'Occupations'
Maternal grandparents
GrandFather - John Devitt - 'Clerk' later 'commercial traveller'*G Grand Father - (Born of Irish parents in Manchester, UK, 1858); John Edward Devitt; 'Bricklayer' Passenger list 1876, 'Stone Mason' in later Australian census/electoral/other (AU);
travelled to South Africa from Australia in period 1900 - 1905 re building bridges (re Boer war/post Boer war construction?) Great Great Grandfather - Irish born Edward Patrick Devitt - 'Bricklayer' UK Census 1871; (query stonemason/bridge building railways 1861?)
*Grandfather's siblings included 'hotel owner'; 'teacher'; 'milliner'; 'book-keeper'
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Grandmother Lily Hooper - 'Ballerina'*(My English '25%!)
G Grand Father - George Charles Beech Hooper, came to Australia as a 'Gold Seeker' (passenger list); later 'Clerk' for Melbourne Steamship Company
G G Grandfather - Peter Hooper - 'Independent Means'; propertied, near Bath (Corsham Wiltshire UK)
Maternal Grandfather - Jeremiah Taylor - 'East India Man'/mariner; later Farmer/Farm Labourer
*Lily and all 'full' siblings involved in occupations associated with JC Williamson dance/ballet/comic opera/theatre in both Sydney and Melbourne
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