Lorna Dorothy Weily (1916-1999)


 * Sex : Female
 * Born: 7 Jul 1916, Orange, Wellington County, New South Wales, Australia
 * Died: 6 May 1999, Corryong, Victoria, Australia at age 82

Pedigree
Lorna is the daughter of Unknown (-) and Annie Marjoram (1896-1959).

Siblings

 * Oswald Mcabe Marjoram (1915-1992)

Full Name
Lorna Dorothy Weily

Name Variations
Lorna was called Dorothy Marjoram when she was born. Lorna was Lorna Dorothy Marks after her marriage.

Biography
Lorna's birth certificate states that she was born on 7 July 1916, her baptism certificate states that she was born on 2 July 1916. She was born at Annie's home in Kite Street, Orange.

Lorna was baptised on 24 Aug 1916 at the Holy Trinity Church in Orange, Wellington County, New South Wales.

Lorna's mother, Annie was forced to give her up to her then employer before her parents would accept her back into the family. Lorna knew nothing of this until she applied for a passport at age 60 and discovered that she had no birth certificate. Lorna was handed over to Annie's employer William John Weily (1868-1944).

The Great Depression
Lorna met Percy Marks who also lived in Orange and they married in 1936.

Lorna and Percy lived in the house in Sale Street, Orange after their marriage. Bubba gave them the land and they had the house built. Percy may have assisted in the construction of the house. He gathered up the nails they dropped during the construction and did not need to buy any for years.

Lorna and Percy had a still born daughter in 1937.

Lorna and Percy had a daughter, Sylvia, in 1939.

When Sylvia was a baby they put her in the pram and picked plums on the block across the street.

World War II
In 1942 Percy joined the Royal Australian Air Force. Lorna stayed behing to riase the children.

Lorna and Percy had a daughter, Enid, in 1942.

Post War Life
Percy purchased a farm at Borenore called Roma. The family moved there in June 1946. They ate a lot of rabbits the first couple of years.

Lorna and Percy had a daughter, Tricia, in 1947.

In Jan 1950 she moved from Orange to Lightwood, Jingellic, NSW, Australia. The property was a square mile block, subdivided from the original "Lightwood" property and contained the original farm house.

In the first year they moved in, there was a great bush fire and all the land was burned. Percy and Lorna stayed to fight the fire. The children fled with a neighbour to the Jingellic township, though later they wished they have stayed. Thier hay sheds were destroyed in the fire.

Membership: Walwa and Jingellic Red Cross Society, Jingellic, Selwyn County, New South Wales, Australia. Back Row: Mrs Nugent, Mrs Doelan, Mrd Irene Purss, Mrs Lorna Marks, Mrs Wolter, Mrs Jarvis Front Row: Miss Mavis Kohlhagen, Mrs Vida Houston, Mrs Sheather

In 1972, after having spent the best part of a year travelling around Australia and having sold the Lightwood Property to son-in-law Pillip Potter, Percy and Lorna retired and settled down to live at 19A Maltman Street, Caloundra.

Lorna's death was registratered on 18 May 1999 in Victoria, Australia

Lorna is burried in Caloundra, Queensland, Australia. The undertakers were Gregson and Weight Undertakers, Caloundra.

Spouse(s)
Lorna married Percy Stanley Marks (1911-1988) on 22 Feb 1936 in Orange, Wellington County, New South Wales, Australia

Offspring
+Three daughters.
 * One daughter who was died during birth in 1937. She is burried in the Methodist section of the Orange cemetery because the Anglican church would not allow her to be burried in the Anglican section. This was becuase she was not christened.