Margery Merlyn (Baillieu) Myer DBE (1900 - 1982)

Born 8 Jan 1900 in Queenscliff, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Wife of Simcha (Baevski) Myer — married 8 Jan 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States

Died 3 Sep 1982 at age 82 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Merlyn (Baillieu) Myer DBE was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Merlyn (Baillieu) Myer DBE is Notable.

Margery Merlyn Baillieu (married name Myer) was born in 1900 at Queenscliff, Colony of Victoria, the daughter of Agnes (Sheehan) Baillieu and George Francis Baillieu.^[1][2]

She married Sidney Myer on 8 January 1920 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California, United States.^[2][3][4]

They had:

1. Kenneth
2. Neilma
3. Sidney

Margery Myer was elevated to Dame Comander of the Order of the British Empire on the 11th of June 1960.

Margery died on the 3rd of September 1982 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 82 years.^[2][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 5898 / 1900. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Margery Merlyn BAILLIEU); (Place: QCLIFF); (Mother: Agnes SHEEHAN); (Father: Geo Francis)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Stella M. Barber, 'Myer, Dame Margery Merlyn (1900–1982)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/myer-dame-margery-merlyn-14832/text26227, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 12 December 2021.
3. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4T-YW72 : 22 July 2021), Sidney Myer and Margery Merlyn Baillieu, 08 Jan 1920; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004270317.
4. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL41-8DZV : 22 July 2021), Sidney Myer and Margery Merlyn Baillieu, 08 Jan 1920; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004354640.
5. ↑ Death record: 21569 / 1982. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Margery Merlyn Baillieu MYER); (Place of birth: Queenscliff); (Place of death: Parkville); (Age at death: 82); (Mother: Agnes SHEEHAN); (Father: BAILLIEU George)

See Also:

• "Biography - Dame Margery Merlyn Myer - Australian Dictionary Of Biography". 2022. Adb.Anu.Edu.Au. ADB
• Merlyn Myer