Edith
Mary
FitzSimons
formerly MacHarg
Born in Inverell, New South Wales (Australia)
Ancestors 
Daughter of John MacHarg
and Lucy Constance (Marsden) MacHarg
Sister of
Gertrude Maude (MacHarg) Codrington, Laura Constance MacHarg, Lucy MacI MacHarg, Eleanor Grace (MacHarg) Watts, Emily V MacHarg, Violet Agnes (MacHarg) Leask and Douglas William Andrew MacHarg
Wife of
James FitzSimons
— married
1911 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel MacHarg FitzSimons, Lucy M FitzSimons, James Marsden FitzSimons, Peter McCloy FitzSimons and Alexander FitzSimons
Died
at about age 61
in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Oct 2020
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Biography
Edith Mary MacHarg was born in 1879 at Inverell, New South Wales (Australia). She was the fourth daughter of John MacHarg and Lucy Constance Marsden. [1] Lucy passed away in 1933 at Manly, New South Wales. Lucy was a daughter of James and Sarah A unknown. [2] The family moved to Manly, on Sydney's northern beaches but worshipped at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sydney. [3]
Edith was a nurse
Edith initially procured employment as a typesetter at the Sydney Morning Herald before training and becoming a nurse at Sydney Hospital. [3]
Edith married Irish emigrant, James FitzSimons in 1911 at St Leonards, New South Wales. [4] Edith was aged 31 years. They had known one another for fifteen years, since James was Edith's Sunday School teacher at Scots Presbyterian Church, Sydney. The couple made their home at Pitlochry, 11 Bareena Avenue, Wahroonga, high on Sydney's North Shore. There they had a small citrus orchard and dozens of hens. [3]
Edith passed away in 1940 at Chatswood, New South Wales. [5]
Sources
- ↑ [https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?9 New South Wales Birth Index #15720/1879
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #21824/1933
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 FitzSimons, Peter. A Simpler Life. HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney, 2010. ISBN 978 0 7322 8804 4
- ↑ [https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?6 New South Wales Marriage Index #10623/1911
- ↑ New South Wales Death Index #13709/1940
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