Biography

Harry Tedge and Jane Hannah Pearce were married in Leonora in 1907 (Marriage Registration 4300001/1908, Mt Margaret). Their other twelve children were born between 1908 and 1922.  They were: John Thomas born 1908 in Perth (Birth Registration 100984/1908, Perth); Harry born 1911 in Gwalia (Birth Registration 4300061/1911, Mt Margaret); Alfred Edward born 1913 in Gwalia (Birth Registration 4300066/1913, Mt Margaret), died 1917 in Boulder, aged 17 months (Death Registration 700014/1915, Boulder); Margaret Lillian born 1915, Gwalia (Birth Registration 4300004/1916, Mt Margaret); Phyllis Edna born Leonora 1918 (Birth Registration 4300040/1918, Mt Margaret); Frederick born 1922 in Leonora (Birth Registration 4300013/1922, Mt Margaret); Nancy born 1924; Doris Joyce (Joy) born 1927; Elizabeth (Betty) born 1930; Dorothy born 1933; Roberta born 1935; Donald Robert born 30 July 1937. 

The children's father, Harry, who was born in South Melbourne in 1886, died 3 December 1871 in Maylands, aged 87 years (Death Registration 104546/1971, Perth).  His widow, who was born in Durham, England, in 1890, died at Maylands 28 March 1981 aged 91 years (Death Registration 101150/1981, Perth).