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Nellie Louisa (Brenkley) Donahue 1921
Nellie Louisa (Brenkley) Donahue of Salisbury Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) was born on December 8, 1921 in Oswestry, Shropshire County, England United Kingdom to Henry Brenkley and Elsie May (Burgess) Brenkley. She has siblings Ada May (Brenkley) Hollings and Lilian Elsie (Brenkley) Paul. Nellie Donahue is the mother of Arthur Ian Brenkley and Terence 'David' Brenkley.
Salisbury Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
December 8, 1921
Oswestry, Shropshire County, England, United Kingdom
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Nellie Louisa (Brenkley) Donahue's History: 1921
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Nellie's timeline: 1. Nellie was born 8th December 1921 in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. Daughter of Henry BRENKLEY and Elsie May BRENKLEY nee BURGESS. Nellie was the eldest daughter of their parents Marriage. She was one of three, later came Ada May BRENKLEY born 1924 and Lilian Elsie BRENKLEY born 1927. 2. Nellie gave birth to her first son Ian Arthur BRENKLEY in 1939, more commonly known as Arthur Ian BRENKLEY, Nellie gave him away to be fostered at 6 weeks old. Arthur passed away in 2014. 3. Nellie gave birth to her second son Terence BRENKLEY in 1941, Terence was adopted 3 months later he was born. He died in 1991. 4. Nellie Married an American Soldier called Charles Donahue on the 4th December 1942 in Repton, Derbyshire, Charles Donahue's service number is 36345827 and he was posted in the UK in the May of that year. 5. Nellie lived in Chelmsford Essex from 1947 to 1950. In 1949 she sailed back from DURBAN to Southampton and stayed in 8/9 Park Road. 6. In 1950, Nellie sailed with a William Henry HEARN from Southampton to Cape Town with the future permenant residence as SOUTH RHODESIA. Her sister Lilian, now Lilian Elsie PAUL lived in Bulawayo in 9 Yeatman Road for a period of 20 years before they moved to South Africa after the country changed to ZIMBABWE. After 1950 the trace goes cold...... 7. A letter dated 21 November 1968 from Lilian Paul to her sister Ada, now Ada HOLLINGS says that Lily believed Nellie went back to the UK 18 months ago (May 1967) but she wasn't sure as she hasn't seen or heard from her within that time. If anyone can find any information at all that would be a great help, there was a rumor that Nellie got re-married with the guys surname JACKSON but that can't be proven for sure as there is no evidence for it
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12/81921December 8, 1921BirthdateOswestry, Shropshire County, England United KingdomBirthplaceADVERTISEMENT BY
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Riveter (Aircraft works) - 1941
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1. Domestic Servant - Oswestry 1939 2. Riveter (Aircraft works) - Manchester 1941 3. Canteen Worker - Repton 1942. 4. Secretary - Chelmsford 1947-1950
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Corber, Joyce (Born Jan 18, 1941)
Drablow / Shaw, Edna (Born May 23, 1943)
Brenkley, James (Feb 21, 1850 - Jul 24, 1900)
Brenkley , Agnes (Jul 7, 1865 - Jul 21, 1930)
Noyes, Rose (Aug 25, 1892 - Nov 6, 1958)
, Ellen (Oct 11, 1896 - Sep 30, 1914)
, Maggie (Aug 25, 1898 - Oct 4, 1923)
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