Florence Olive Kirkby

   Another name for Florence was Flo Or Nanna To Her Grandchildren.

  General Notes:

Florence spent her childhood at "Coonong" Station at Urana where her father was Station Manager.
Coonong Station, built 1870 with 23 rooms by Samuel McCaughey was unfortunately burnt to the ground in 1993/94 along with millions of dollars worth of paintings (a number of them by Norman Lindsay) and antique furniture and fixtures.

Florence was employed as a house keeper in the Hay region and then in Sydney in 1955 was working as a finisher at "Freidle", a childrens' wear manufacturer and was living in a unit opposite her daughter and son-in-law, Marjorie and Dick at Muriel Street, Hornsby NSW.

Florence moved to Riverwood in ?, where she lived in a pensioner unit complex, not far from her sons, Neville (2 or 3 minute walk) and Russell (a short train trip), and daughter Nola (bus ride) and their families.

Buried With Her Husband

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection.

Florence married Francis Arthur Pollard on 20 Nov 1917 in Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. (Francis Arthur Pollard was born on 23 Oct 1886 in Mossgiel, District Of Hillston, NSW Australia, died on 13 Dec 1948 in Daughter, Marjorie's Home, Muriel St, Hornsby, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 14 Dec 1948 in R.C. Northern Suburbs Cemetery, Sydney, NSW Australia.). The cause of his death was within two years of suffering a stroke.