Peerage Record – 33912

     Mary Isabel Minchin was born on 12 February 1921.¹ She is the daughter of Max Ernest Minchin and Annie Isabel Scott.² She married Owen Geoffrey Scholes, son of Llewellyn Robert Scholes, on 24 December 1949.¹
     She gained the rank of Wireless direction finding Officer in the Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force, during the Second World War.¹ She was a music and art teacher.¹

     Llewellyn Robert Scholes lived at 10 Woodward Avenue, Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Owen Geoffrey Scholes is the son of Llewellyn Robert Scholes.² He married Mary Isabel Minchin, daughter of Max Ernest Minchin and Annie Isabel Scott, on 24 December 1949.¹
     He graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S.)¹ He lived in 1976 at Conrad Straight, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia^G, although I suspect that this is incorrect as it is part of the race track in Bathurst.¹

     Robert Geoffrey Scholes was born on 18 January 1951.¹ He is the son of Owen Geoffrey Scholes and Mary Isabel Minchin.²

     Elizabeth Anne Scholes was born on 9 April 1953.¹ She is the daughter of Owen Geoffrey Scholes and Mary Isabel Minchin.²
     Elizabeth Anne Scholes usually went by her middle name of Anne.¹ She graduated from Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G, with a Bachelor of Economics (B.Econ.)¹ She was a trainee nurse.¹

     Catherine Manon Scholes was born on 7 September 1954.¹ She is the daughter of Owen Geoffrey Scholes and Mary Isabel Minchin.²
     She was a trainee nurse.¹

     Margaret Llewellyn Scholes was born on 16 December 1958.¹ He is the son of Owen Geoffrey Scholes and Mary Isabel Minchin.²

     Catherine Ann Minchin was born on 18 June 1931.¹ She is the daughter of Max Ernest Minchin and Annie Isabel Scott.²
     She was a nurse at Princess Margaret Hospital, West Perth, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹ She lived in 1976 at 36 Mountjoy Road, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia^G.¹

     Alfred Hugh Minchin was born on 15 April 1884 at Gawler, South Australia, Australia^G.² He was the son of Ernest William Minchin and Helen Victoria Kildahl.³ He married Dora Muriel Donaldson, daughter of Lester Stuart Donaldson and Adelaide Miriam Günther, on 12 April 1909 at Honolulu Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.^G.^4,5,6 He died on 16 July 1954 at age 70 at 18 Heath Street, Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.⁷ He was buried on 19 July 1954 at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.⁸
     Alfred Hugh Minchin usually went by his middle name of Hugh. He fought in the First World War, in the 1st Australian Imperial Force.¹ He was a harbourmaster and fire insurance inspector. He lived at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Dora Muriel Donaldson was born on 2 August 1883 at Echuca, Victoria, Australia^G.² She was the daughter of Lester Stuart Donaldson and Adelaide Miriam Günther.³ She married Alfred Hugh Minchin, son of Ernest William Minchin and Helen Victoria Kildahl, on 12 April 1909 at Honolulu Cathedral, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.^G.^4,5,6 She died on 26 February 1985 at age 101 at Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.^7,8 She was buried on 1 March 1985 at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.⁹
     Dora Muriel Donaldson also went by the nick-name of Bo. From 12 April 1909, her married name became Minchin. She lived in 1976 at 1/6 Sutherland Road, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹