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hi everyone,

I am trying to help a distant cousin find her immediate ancestry and am hoping someone could help me as I have very little information and have almost exhausted all my ideas. What I have so far

Michelle Patricia Bennett
DOB 14 October 1961
POB Carlton Victoria Australia
DOD 15 August 1986
POB Heathcote Victoria Australia
Michelle was working at Puckapunyal Victoria when she was involved in a single vehicle accident and killed.

Michelle married Daniel Forte and had daughter Shannen dob 8/6/1984 at Bendigo base hospital, victoria.

Shannen thinks her grandmothers name was Frances
Frances had 3 marriages as far as she knows

1st marriage to Unknown Bennett (daughter Michele Patricia Bennett)
2nd marriage was to Mario segafredo and she had several children to him (4 boys and possible 2 girls) we think their names were Donna and Michele then the 4 boys Mark Michael Shane and Dean
3rd marriage and when she died in 1986 her surname was Geary

What she would like to know is who are michelles parents (her grandparents), did they come from Australia or overseas and also any further information on her mother or siblings etc as she died when she was almost 2 yrs old.

Thank so much
Kerryn

wont the birth cert of michelle name both parents

plus what parent info would be on the marriage cert to Daniel

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

Name: Mario Giovanni Segafredo
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1972
Subdistrict: Heathcote
State: Victoria
District: Bendigo
Country: Australia

Also Frances Margaret Segafredo
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Mario is with Heather Segafredo in 1980 (No Frances Margaret)

Australia, Electoral Rolls

1968
Subdistrict: Heathcote
State: Victoria
District: Bendigo
Address: High Street
Frances Margaret Bennett F Home Duties
Thomas Alexander Bennett M Labourer
Beryle Bennett F Home Duties

1963
Subdistrict: Heathcote
State: Victoria
District: Bendigo
Address: High Street
Frances Margaret Bennett F Homes Duties
Thomas Alexander Bennett M Labourer
Keith James Bennett M Post Cutter

Victoria Funeral Notices

First name(s) Frances Margaret
Last name Geary
Year 1989
Cemetery Heathcote Cemetery
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria funeral notices
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

First name(s) Michele Patricia
Last name Forte
Year 1986
Cemetery Heathcote Cemetery
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria funeral notices

(note, Michele- one L)

Australia, Electoral Rolls
Name: Michele Patricia Bennett
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1980
Address: 14 Alfred Street
Subdistrict: Preston East
State: Victoria
District: Batman

https://billiongraves.com/grave/FRANCES-MARGARET-GEARY/19970463#/

NameFRANCES MARGARET GEARY
Birth Date8 Jan 1942
Death Date14 Aug 1989
Cemetery NameHeathcote Cemetery

Loving wife of Tom
Devoted Mother to Donna, Michelle (dec), Mark, Michael, Dean and Shane

Husband:
NameTHOMAS JOHN GEARY
Death Date26 Oct 2009

Donna, Mark, Dean and Shane are on Facebook- is Shannen in touch with them?

Can they not shed more light on the family tree?

Donna has photos of Michele and Frances on her FB

I've pm'd the link to Donna's FB

Actually Donna has a photo on her FB account with a small family tree added. The photo is dated 1939-40. It is for a Bennett family- and I think this is the Family:

Alexander Talbot Bennett (c1907) and Irene Murial Bigham (c1908) had children:

Martha, Ted, Elsie, Leslie, Ken, & Bryon.

It says 'Ken was my Dad'

Looking at other trees that have Alexander Talbot Bennett, they suggest that his son Kenneth married Frances Bull and had Daughters, Donna and Michele.

If you 'Google' Alexander Talbot Bennett a lot of information is available from relatives.

thank you so much for all of this. I just couldn't get started. I will contact Donna etc and see what they have

I haven't had any luck contacting Donna unfortunately (did sent a fb message and friend request). I have found heaps though but need some help with Frances Margaret Bull. Frances born 8 January 1942, married 3 times (Bennett, Segafredo, Geary) and died 14/8/1989 and buried in Heathcote, Victoria, Australia. I cannot find anything on her parents at all so am hoping maybe someone can find something for me to get started on.
Thanks so much

Kerry- I'm a bit confused as Shannen is already in touch with Dean via FB, can he not give her any details of his mother?

Hi Austin

I don't know what the problems are but for some reason she doesn't want to ask/find through him?
I am only the ring in asked to do it. She has said there are all sorts of problems in her family. I have sent a couple of the other children friend request and questions about them but no response as yet.

I have most of the rest of her family in ancestry as they were all very easy to find other trees that covered them so just Frances Margaret Bull I am pulling my hair out for. I know her birth date just not where she was born. Once I get a bit on Frances I will give the tree to Shannen to do what ever she wants to with it.

Thanks Kerryn