Olive Pauline Stores
- Born: 1904, Tumbarumba, NSW Australia
- Marriage (1): Norman Errol Sparre on 14 Nov 1928 in Wynnum South, Brisbane, Queensland Australia 692
- Died: 14 Jun 1953, Maryborough, Queensland Australia at age 49 692
Noted events in her life were:
• note. 692 Ross Miller notes:
Olive Pauline
Olive was born in Tumbarumba in 1904. The family seeming weakness for alcohol plagued her and was to become the central dictate in her life. The Stores were not on their own in this - Tumbarumba was a frontier mining town and drinking was the main recreation. Many fell victim to the habit.
She had wandered north and married military pensioner Norman Spaare at Wynnun South in Queensland on 14/11/1928. (How or why she was in Queensland, I don't know). Life started spiraling out of control for Olive, to the point where she was not always at home, despite having two children. Although officially listed as a housewife, she was living at a boarding house in August 1934 when she stole clothing and a handbag from the proprietor valued at £2.10. She was convicted and placed on her own bond of £5 for good behavior.
Somehow Olive was taken into the care of the Catholic institution, Home of the Good Shepherd, in Mitchelton, Enoggera, and was resident there at the time of the 1931 census. She had moved to the HOGS in Ashfield, Sydney, by the time of her divorce proceedings.
Norman was granted decree absolute for desertion in 1938. He told the court he had moved from Sydney to Queensland in 1926 but had returned in 1936 after being forced to sell all his possessions due to his wife's habits. He described his wife as a helpless inebriate. On one occasion, he declared, he found her with an aboriginal. (OMG..The ultimate insult back then !!!) She was in the habit of staying away
from home for days at a time. At length, he said, he could stand it no longer and told her he was going back to Sydney to live near his people. Her reply was that he could go to hell.
After that he said he saw her occasionally In Brisbane before he took his departure.
Replying to the judge, Norman said he did not know where she was living. She
was to be seen about the hotels and her condition was deplorable.
Correspondence between them was disclosed. Had written (in part): "Just a few lines asking you to forgive me for the children's sake. I have been load, and well I know It I don't know what on earth I'm going to do.If you will take me back, Norman. I promise you I will never have another drink In this world. I was mad not to go to Sydney with you yesterday. I realise everything now. , . . "Norman, would you consider this letter? As true as God I will do my best to inake everything up to you…"
In another she said: "In answer to your letter I received a few days ago, I am slck to death of reading your silly letters. Don't think that you are going to drive me to my grave by tormentIng me. Get a divorce and go to hell and do what you like, but I can assure you you won't be the only one . .. .. .. I have been true to you all my life, but
won't guarantee the future. Your wife in name only. - Olive."
Other letters demanded Information as to how the children were getting
along. A final communication contained this passage: "You may go ahead with your divorce. I will defend myself as I can get good evid ence concerning a woman you wore seen with In Paddlngton." Norman denied there was any truth ln that suggestion.
The judge granted a decree nisi on the ground of desertion and made no
finding on the Issue of drunkenness. Decree absolute came after the statutory period.
In 1942 Olive was living at the Dutton Park unemployment camp and must have sunk almost as far as she could go. Many desperate and formerly upright people were housed thus by the government. In early February 1942, Olive and another woman camp dweller had been drinking at the Annerley Rd hotels (how did they afford that?) and had taken away a quart bottle of wine which they shared between them. They had been arguing about politics when it was alleged the accused Blacker attacked Oliver with a safety razor. She had felt a stinging pain and saw the blood. Blacker denied the attack, saying Olive had cut herself. The Police were called and found safety razors and cheesecloth with blood on it at the address. Accused said she had been drinking for three days. She was convicted and jailed for three months.
Unemployment reached 30% around Brisbane during the Depression and while families were housed in established camps and the men paid for doing public works, the single unemployed had to fend for themselves and several shanty towns like Dutton Park sprang up. housed hundreds of people and was described in 1937 as having a 'colourful profusion' of the 'most picturesque and best constructed tin and bag houses'.
She died in Maryborough, Queensland in June 1953.
• connection. 1060 Daniel Folmer's connection to me is as follows:
Daniel Folmer . . .
His grandparents were . . .
Norman Sparre (c1900) who married Olive Stores (1904)
Her father was Walter Stores (1870)
His father was Thomas Stores (1836)
His father was Edward Stores (1802) who married Sarah Parkes (1809) father was John Parkes (1767) & he also had Thomas the Sprig of Myrtle Parkes (1824)
He had George Parkes (1857)
He had Sarah Parkes (1894) who married William Grace (1892)
His father was Edward Grace (1841) & he also had Albert Grace (1875) who married Mary Davies (1883)
Her father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
Olive married Norman Errol Sparre on 14 Nov 1928 in Wynnum South, Brisbane, Queensland Australia.692 (Norman Errol Sparre was born circa 1900 in Townsville, Queensland Australia and died on 19 Nov 1976 in Bridgeman Downs, Queensland Australia 692.)
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