Osmond De Courcy Day (1893 - 1963)

Born 1893 in Paynesville, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie Lillian (Ray) Day — married 1915 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1963 at about age 70 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Osmond De Courcy Day was born in 1893 in Paynesville, Victoria, Australia, the son of Henry Barkly DAY and Rose Arc Christie.^[1][2]

Marriage

He married Elsie Lillian Ray in 1915 in Victoria.^[3] Their children were:

• Henry Persic Day (1916–?)
• Rita Lilian Day (1918–?)
• Alma Rose Day (1919–?)

Occupation

Osmond worked as an apprentice for Peter Tierney, who owned the shipyards later known as the Paynesville Boat Yards, which he bought from Sylvus Eriksen in the 1890s.^[4]

Death

Osmond died in 1963 in Bairnsdale, Victoria.^[5] and was interred in Paynesville Cemetery. ^[6][7][8]

Research notes

In some sources the second name is spelled De Courey.

Sources

1. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index</ref6537/1893 (Spelt Osmund on birth reg)
2. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Birth certificate
   Record information
   Event: births
   Registration number: 6537 / 1893
   Family name: DAY
   Given name(s): Osmund Decourcy
   Place of event: PAYN, Australia
   Personal detail
   Mother's name: Rose Arc
   Mother's family name at birth: CHRISTIE
   Father's Name: Henry Barkly https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
3. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index 8482 / 1915. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Osmond Decourcy Day and Elsie Liln RAY)
4. ↑ Paynesville Maritime Museum Bould, A. The History of the SS Gippsland. The PMM Journal 1 Jul 2015 Issue 1, p3; accessed 31 May 2023
5. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index reg 23271/1963
6. ↑ Paynesville Cemetery register
7. ↑ McClure S. Paynesville Cemetery 1897-2002 [electronic resource] : Monumental Inscriptions, plus over 800 photos Bib ID 307615 Available via National Library of Australia, the Prahran Mechanics' Institute Victorian History Library and the Melton City Council Library Service, Melton.
8. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Death certificate
   Record information
   Event: deaths
   Registration number: 23271 / 1963
   Family name: DAY
   Given name(s)Osmond De Courcy
   Place of event: Bairnsdale, Australia
   Personal detail
   Mother's name: Rose
   Mother's family name at birth: CHRISTIE
   Father's Name: DAY Henry Barkly https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/