Olga Eugenie (Missig) Winn (abt. 1908 - 1991)

Died 18 May 1991 at about age 83 in Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Olga was born about 1908. She was the daughter of Johannes Missig and Mary Freshcorne. She passed away in 1991.^[1] She is buried in the Maryborough Crematorium, Queensland.^[2]

In 1929, Olga married James Charles Winn.^[3]

WINN— MISSiG Wedding.
H.A.C.B. PRESIDENT MARRIED.
A wedding with Nuptial Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Jefffcott, S.M., at the Church of "Our Lady Star of the Sea," Gladstone, when Miss Olga Eugene, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John Oscar Mlssig, of Police Creek, was joined in the sacrament of matrimony to Mr. James Charles Winn, son, of Mr, Nicholas Henry Winn and Mrs. Winn, of Cloncurry, North Queensland,
The bride was attended by Miss Ethel Jordan, As bridesmaid, while Mr, Claude Jordan carried out the duties of best- man.
The wedding, breakfast was held at the residence of the bride's parents at Police Creek, over which Rev. Father Jeffcott, S.M., presided, the usual toasts being honoured.
Mr. Winn is at the present time the president of St. Joseph's Branch No. 300, of the H.A.C.B. Society^[4], and It is unique In the history of the branch that the ceremony should have been performed by one who is at the present time Its secretary, On the day of the wedding the District Board meeting of the Central District was to progress in Rockhampton, and its felicitations, made the occasion still more unique.
Mr. and Mrs. Winn left by the Townsville mail for the North their honeymoon.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Death registration Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages. Olga Eugenie Winn 18/05/1991. Date of birth: 1908. Mother: Mary Frischkorn. Father/parent: John Missig. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/ecc2dfcaa45f91cc7501aeeae442fd8b9de89f0645432fe3bfaa294f0e895f3c. Registration details: 1991/53524.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195292581/olga-eugenie-winn: accessed 15 June 2023), memorial page for Olga Eugenie Winn (unknown–18 May 1991), Find A Grave: Memorial #195292581, citing Maryborough Crematorium, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Richie Wright (contributor 48346415).
3. ↑ Marriage registration Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages. Olga Eugene Missig 17/10/1929. Spouse: James Charles Winn. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/32e996634d841c340e3c50da13c3940e6fcc5605333583e16485cfef547f0659. Registration details: 1929/C/3074.
4. ↑ Hibernian Australian Catholic Benefit Society
5. ↑ The Evening News, Thu 24 Oct 1929. p. 12. WINN--MISSIG Wedding.