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| Like her sisters, she was educated at the elite school in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney,{{http://www.ascham.nsw.edu.au/a-strong-history/|Ascham}}.((Miss Wallis, Headmistress to Mrs M-P, n.d. provenance: Jill Fleming; //Ascham Remembered 1886-1986//, Sydney Fine Arts Press, 1986.))\\ | Like her sisters, she was educated at the elite school in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney,{{http://www.ascham.nsw.edu.au/a-strong-history/|Ascham}}.((Miss Wallis, Headmistress to Mrs M-P, n.d. provenance: Jill Fleming; //Ascham Remembered 1886-1986//, Sydney Fine Arts Press, 1986.))\\ |
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| In 1910, Florette married Sydney (Sid) Charles Edgar Herring; his sister Estella married Florette's step-uncle, [[five_children|Robert Sterling M-P]]. Sid Herring was an estate agent at Gladesville, and distinguished himself during World War I, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.(({{http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/herring-sydney-charles-edgar-6651}})) Florette followed him when he went overseas, with a number of their letters at the time surviving.((Provenance: Jill Fleming)) She engaged in volunteer war work, with Max Barton writing in 1917 that he thought she was assisting (in what capacity it is not known) at a hospital in Harrow (England). She apparently took her little daughter Diana with her overseas though there is little mention of her in this age of children being seen (on occasion) and not heard.(([[https://maxandtonybartonww1lettershome.wordpress.com/|R.A. Barton letter]])) \\ | In 1910, Florette married Sydney (Sid) Charles Edgar Herring; his sister Estella married Florette's step-uncle, [[five_children|Robert Sterling M-P]]. Sid Herring was an estate agent at Gladesville, and distinguished himself during World War I, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.(({{http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/herring-sydney-charles-edgar-6651}})) Florette followed him when he went overseas, with a number of their letters at the time surviving.((Provenance: Jill Fleming)) She engaged in volunteer war work, with Max Barton writing in 1917 that he thought she was assisting (in what capacity it is not known) at a hospital in Harrow (England).(([https://maxandtonybartonww1lettershome.wordpress.com/|R.A. Barton letter]]) She took her little daughter Diana with her overseas, first to Cairo then England.) \\ |
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| {{ :florette_m-p.jpg?200|}} The photo is of the young Florette.((Provenance: J. Godden to Jill Fleming.)) \\ | {{ :florette_m-p.jpg?200|}} The photo is of the young Florette.((Provenance: J. Godden to Jill Fleming.)) \\ |
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| 5. **Phyllis** Claudia 23 July 1886 - 1957. She was born at Maroon Station and baptised at All Saints Church of England, Brisbane by the Rev. M Robinson.(('Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry)). She and Edgar Cannon McConnel married in 1909((Qld marriage registration C892)) and lived for most of their marriage on the McConnel family property [[http://cressbrookstation.com.au/history/|Cressbrook]], near [[wp>/Toogoolawah|Toogoolawah]] in south-west Queensland. Edgar McConnel was an outstanding horseman and helped train the Australian Light Horsemen during World War I.(([[http://cressbrookstation.com.au/the-mcconnel-family-cressbrook-today/]])) Noted anthropologist, [[wiki>Ursula_McConnel|Ursula McConnel]], was Edgar McConnel's sister, and thus became Mary M-P's (Thomas de M. M-P's 2nd wife, as outlined below) step-niece: different generations of anthropologists of Aboriginal life connected to the one family. Phyllis and Edgar had 4 children: Duncan, Elizabeth, Margaret and Helen (later Cook) McConnel. Duncan had three children and Helen Cook two.\\ | 5. **Phyllis** Claudia 23 July 1886 - 1957. She was born at Maroon Station and baptised at All Saints Church of England, Brisbane by the Rev. M Robinson.(('Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry)). She and Edgar Cannon McConnel married in 1909((Qld marriage registration C892)) and lived for most of their marriage on the McConnel family property [[http://cressbrookstation.com.au/history/|Cressbrook]], near [[wp>/Toogoolawah|Toogoolawah]] in south-west Queensland. Edgar McConnel was an outstanding horseman and helped train the Australian Light Horsemen during World War I.(([[http://cressbrookstation.com.au/the-mcconnel-family-cressbrook-today/]])) Noted anthropologist, [[wiki>Ursula_McConnel|Ursula McConnel]], was Edgar McConnel's sister, and thus became Mary M-P's (Thomas de M. M-P's 2nd wife, as outlined below) step-niece: different generations of anthropologists of Aboriginal life connected to the one family. Phyllis and Edgar had 4 children: Duncan, Elizabeth, Margaret and Helen (later Cook) McConnel. Duncan had three children and Helen Cook two.\\ |
| {{:phyllis_ethel_mp.jpeg?250|}} The two younger sisters.((Provenance T.A. & M.T. M-P))\\ | {{:phyllis_ethel_mp.jpeg?250|}} The two younger sisters.((Provenance: T.A. & M.T. M-P)) Phyllis when older.((Provenance: Jill Fleming)) {{:phyllis.jpg?300|}} |
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