Noel John Giles ⁵⁴⁶

   Another name for Noel was Noel John Tierney.

  General Notes:

Paul Shurte notes:
Noel became known as Noel John Giles Tierney after he was adopted. Noel's adoptive parents were Violet (nee Vuoweous) and Joe Fredrick Tierney. He was about two and half when Molly made the choice to put Noel up for adoption. Molly took Noel away to the Tierney's home and away from Noel's mother without letting Noel what was going on. It was rather dramatic according to Noel.
He later added:
in Australia there is Dawson's living in Lismore, NSW that are related.
In Beenleigh my sister Sharon Haack is also related but neither have done family research however they might help.
It is an enigma discovering the family linage but as luck had for me I was able to discuss with Grandmother Mary "Molly" Dawson and Heather "Jean" personally about their life. I tried to record as much as I could and have the data saved in my records. The closest living family blood tie for Amber will be the Noel Tierney family that was living in Bungunya Qld. Noel is the first son born to "Jean" and he was placed in adoption while Jean was bonded like my mother out to work. I never knew bond meant the same as slavery but the employees treaded the bonded girls that way. The WW II allowed those women to become free of the Bond if they severed in a branch of government, married, or turned 21. Jean turned 21 and thought her American gent would marry her but he went AWOL and hid out in the bush with Jean trying to live out the war but we was returned to the US under military escort. His family had money and he was allowed to return to society and I think part of the condition was he had to marry his school sweetheart not some 'fluzzy' escaping the war. I was lucky to have a mom that was Jean's sister. She didn't marry dad but did what was called POD (person of Death) that allowed her to have dad's name. She ended up having 8 of his kids as well and they lived happily in Australia until they both died. Jean, her mother, Molly and my mom eventually returned to being a family that talked to each other but life cut Jean to short a time to have a lot of time with her Mom. I was fortunate both Jean and Granny talked to while I researched my family. I have some good stuff I can share. I think I even have some photos of a few Giles. I understood a few of the Giles ended up working near Ballina NSW - when I was a little boy I used to go and watch them cut up the whales when the Giles still fished the old ways. It was very smelly on the beach but for my brothers and I we loved the adventures.

Paul Shurte later added:
I will try and gather some of my data together about my Aunt Jean - to be honest it will be hard as my vision is shot. I'm classed as legally blind but I argue the point however the walls and trees don't listen. My spouse of 43 years passed away and so I stumble over the newly created messes I make trying to get organized - what I can tell you is as a little boy in 1961 we arrived in Australia- we went directly to my uncles house we called Carl - apparently as time passed we discovered by comments and actions Carl was favored by grandma Dawson (Mary "Molly" nee Dawson "
We never knew of Jean or of her other name Heather because Molly forbid my mother (Dorothy Giles (new Dawson) Shurte from saying her name. Apparently as life goes on forgiveness and restrictions of social rules can occur- Molly in her 90s told me about heather jean and I talked to grandmother Molly for many sessions - you have to understand I'm living then on the Great Lakes doing search and rescue during a period will in charge of stations with personnel under me so being at home making phone calls to Australia helped my home sickness but it was then costly - as I communicated I manipulated mom and Jean to reunite and Jean then imposed herself on her mother. Before Molly died she buried the anger she accused the girls of causing. Point one - Jean you call Jean Giles has that name because grandma had a relationship with the then constable (police office) that toyed with her (let's just say he rubbed the Jennie until he got the lamp to produce smoke) - anyway heather jean was born and not a lot of love was given to her.
When 13 Molly bonded her out and her wages were to come to Molly- the same happened to Dorothy when she turned 14 and it was the act of Japan that got mom free from bondage if she served in designated war zone
After Jean was in bonded position she made same error her mother did or let's put it this way - some asshole decided to take advantage of a young girl and did so and she became pregnant - a boy was born - his name was Noel - we were taught to call him uncle Noel so grandma didn't know who we were talking about. When Noel was about four Molly made up her mind if Jean was to work Molly was going to care for a baby boy so she forced granddad to put him up for adoption.
Granddad knew a couple that wanted a child and they took and trained Noel about farming - Noel took some heavy duty beatings from the strict adoptive parents and eventually ran away - asS time passed he became what I call the true Australian stockman - as well as many other things - he became a part of Australia unsung hero's- he married miss Lane and lived in Bungunya but I would guess she had passed by now - she had dementia very bad when I saw her uncle Noel looked as old as I feel today
He had kids and grandkids
As far a Jean heather Giles goes she did run off with a man as she told me and had children with him - he had some kids of his own and she grew to love all of them but out of the blue one day he just told her she's out
She said she had a few children but the men took them
One man that promised to marry her was an American and went awol he was sent back to America and abandoned her and kids
The second guy just wanted a babysitter- but she loved him and the kids he took the children and used the law to make it so she could never see them again
The last man she was with was a taxi driver and she loved him forever even after his death. She said he was the only person that hugged her besides my mom before they went to sleep and when they wake up
You have to understand two girls in one house - one is Ligament, and the other is il-ligament - one seems to be handed everything, and the other denied all - but there is a story not told by poor Jean Heather - She was treated unfairly by my grandmother and she admitted to that when she was in her later 90s.
Jean Heather never wanted to give up her son Noel (we called him Uncle Noel, but he really was our cousin). A daughter was born after my mother was born but she died shortly thereafter and then a daughter (named Pauline) was born - my mother named me after her and my fathers fried killed fighting in Pacific.

Noel married Grace Lillian Lane. (Grace Lillian Lane was born on 2 Oct 1930 in Inglewood, Queensland Australia and died on 24 May 2011 in Goondiwindi, Queensland Australia ⁵⁵³.)