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Marriage details for John and Esther.


Groom: John TASSIE.
Age: 23 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Robert Stuart TASSIE.

Bride: Esther Maud Mary JEFFREYS.
Age: 20 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Jeff JEFFREYS.

Date married: 13 November 1878.
Place: Residence of the bride's father, Belvidere, South Australia.

John died 09 August 1934, Glenelg, South Australia, aged 79 years.
Status: Married.

John's second marriage to Mary WARD in 1925 recorded below.

Esther died 04 February 1923, Glenelg, South Australia, aged 64 years.
Status: Married.
Husband named as John TASSIE.

Five children located South Australia and Western Australia records
for John and Esther.


[1]

Jannet Jeffreys TASSIE.
Born: 10 August 1879, Kensington, South Australia.
Died: 1961 Swan, Western Australia, aged 81 years.
Married: Harold Burnham CURLEWIS.
Year: 1901.
Place: Perth, Western Australia.
Harold died 1968, Perth, Western Australia, aged 93 years.
Parents named as Edgar and Louisa.


[2]

Jeffrey Robert TASSIE.
Born: 20 October 1880, Kensington, South Australia.
Died: 1906 Perth, Western Australia.
Married: Matilda McMoran MARSHALL.
Year: 1904.
Place: Perth, Western Australia.


[3]

Annie TASSIE.
Born: 22 July 1882, Glenelg, South Australia.
Died: -


[4]

John TASSIE.
Born: 07 April 1885, Glenelg, South Australia.
Died: 25 April 1918, France, aged 33 years.


WW1 Embarkation Roll.

Name: John TASSIE.
Service number: 3015.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 43 Infantry Battalion - 7 to 8 Reinforcements. (June 1917 - March 1918)
Conflict: First World War.
Date of embarkation: 23 June 1917.
Place of embarkation: Adelaide.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Borda.

Roll of Honour - First World War.

Name: John TASSIE.
Service number: 3015.
Rank: Private.
Unit: 43rd Battalion. (Infantry)
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Date of death: 25 April 1918.
Cause of death: Killed in action.

Cemetery or memorial notes:

Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

War Grave Register notes:

TASSIE, Pte. John, 3015. 43rd Bn. Australian Inf.
Killed in action 25th April, 1918. Age 33.
Son of John and Esther Mary Tassie, of 10 Sea Wall, Glenelg, South Australia.


[5]

Gemmel TASSIE.
Born: 1901 Perth, Western Australia.
Died: -


Marriage details for John and Mary.


Groom: John TASSIE.
Age: 69 years.
Status: Widower.
Father: Robert Stewart TASSIE.

Bride: Mary Ann WARD.
Age: 44 years.
Status: Single.
Father: John WARD.

Date married: 18 April 1925.
Place: St Cuthberts Church, Prospect, South Australia.

Mary died 15 December 1962, Goodwood Park, South Australia, aged 82 years.
Status: Widow.
Deceased husband named as John TASSIE.


Sources:

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, South Australia.

Registry of Deaths and Marriages, Western Australia.

WW1 Embarkation Roll.

AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.