Edith Maude Fradd 1893

 

Fig. 1 Edith Maude Fradd

 

Edith Maude Hill was born on 01 Jun 1895 in Lower Broughton, South Australia, Australia to Herbert Abraham Hill and Ada Edith Mathews.

She married Herbert William Fradd on 14 Oct 1914 in Residence of Herbert Abraham Hill, Laura District, Clare and raised a family of 8 children, 5 in Laura and 3 in Crystal Brook. Herbert was listed as living on West Terrace in Laura, South Australia with the occupation of a Farm Labourer and he was also a shearer.



Fig 2. Page from Longfellows Birthday Book

Edith and Herbert raised 8 children; four boys and 4 girls. Herbert married Edith Maud Hill of Clare on the 14^th October in 1914;  they lived in an old stone house on a big block in Stanley Street, Crystal Brook and prior to that, lived in Laura, South Australia. Edith went by the name of Edie and is the maternal grandmother of Gary Kenneth Fradd.

Apparently she called all of her sons by the nickname "Joe" and all of her daughters by the nickname of "Fan". This was an oddity that perplexed her daughter in law Hilda Joy who remarked to me that both Herbert William and Edie would use the "Joe" and "Fan" terminology and yet each still seem to understand which individual they were talking about.

Editors note: This must have worked on Mum because she would quite often call me Joe as would Dad.
Edith's husband Herbert William Fradd died on the 19th March 1955; over 12 months before his grandson Gary Kenneth was born.

Fig.3 Surprise Birthday Guest List

J Parker (Hilda Joy Parker) was present above at a surprise birthday party. She married Edith's youngest son Kenneth Maxwell Fradd one year later; father of Edith and Herbert's grandson Gary. Edith Maud died on 17 Jan 1966 in Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia when he was 12 years old. He remembered her moving into a house off of Gadd Avenue and weekly visits to the Fradds in Lyons Street Crystal Brook.