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OLIVE MYRTLE QUINTRELL

1905 —1997

  "To us, she defined the word 'family'"

 

  Olive in 1995, aged 90

  CONTENTS

1

CENTENNIAL PARK CEMETERY, ADELAIDE.

19 SEPTEMBER 1997

11

2

CHILDHOOD YEARS: ADELAIDE 1905 — 1914

15

3

LILY AND THE POTTED PALM

23

4

THE TWENTIES: YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD

27

5

WAR YEARS 1940 — 1945

33

6

POST—WAR YEARS: NEW POSSIBILITIES: 1946 — 1951

39

7

THE FIFTIES: 'HAPPY THAT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE'

43

8

THE OVERSEAS TRIP

49

9

THE SIXTIES: 'THE TIMES THEY ARE A' CHANGING'

57

10

THE SEVENTIES: SADNESS AND NEW HOPE

61

11

MINNIE'S RING

63

12

AN ODYSSEY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 'CANADIAN CONNECTION'.

65

13

THE EIGHTIES: NEW HOPES AND NEW CHALLENGES

71

14

A LIFE DRAWS TO ITS CLOSE

77

15

POSTSCRIPT: 'C'ARN THE BLOODS!'

79

16

GENEALOGY OF OLIVE MYRTLE QUINTRELL (NEE SCOTT)

81

17

OLIVE QUINTRELL'S CANADIAN DESCENDANTS

86

18

OLIVE QUINTRELL'S AUSTRALIAN DESCENDANTS

87

 

 Olive Quintrell 1905—1919