Biography

‘Two husbands and a brandy every night is the secret to a long life’. So said my godmother Flora Jean Judd on her 100th birthday. ‘Aunty Jean’, as she was commonly called, was born in Brighton on 10 November, 1904. She lived for a little over 101 years and was the last remaining child of Arthur Judd and Mary Jane Davie.
At 23 years of age she got her driver’s licence, a very unusual occurrence for a woman in that time. Jean drove in motor car gymkhanas with 44 gallon drums at each end of a paddock - the drivers would drive past, pick up a flag and deposit in the drum at the other end. Jean married Jack Ware in 1931. They had no children and were divorced in 1945. Jean worked as a driver for the Red Cross during WW2 in Melbourne. She loved to play the piano and sing. Later she was employed by George Heslop, a veterinary surgeon, as a driver and secretary (?when). George and Jean eventually married in 1956 and lived in Kambrook Road, Caulfield. It was about this time that George and Jean were kind enough to accommodate my whole family during the time it took my father to build our house in Biscop Rd, Moorabbin. I remember bread and milk being delivered along Kambrook Rd, Caulfield in horse drawn vans. George died in 1985 and Auntie Jean spent her final years in Inala Village, Blackburn South. She was a dignified woman with a sharp mind and keen sense of humour. I recall her being a lively character at my mum’s 60th birthday party in 1992.
Facts
  • 10 NOV 1904 - Birth - ; Brighton, Victoria, Australia
  • 16 FEB 2006 - Burial - ; Springvale, Victoria, Australia
  • 11 FEB 2006 - Death -
  • 1931 - Marriage -
  • 25 JUN 1956 - Marriage -
  • 1954 - Residence - ; Ripponlea, Isaacs, Victoria, Australia
  • 1954 - Residence - ; Ripponlea, Isaacs, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors
   
Richard Langridge JUDD
26 MAY 1845 - 23 APR 1910
 
 
Arthur Richard JUDD
17 APR 1872 - 5 AUG 1966
  
  
  
Margaret Anne BROUGH
29 MAR 1849 - 6 JUN 1925
 
Flora Jean JUDD
10 NOV 1904 - 11 FEB 2006
  
 
  
George DAVIE
21 OCT 1833 - 2 JUN 1915
 
 
Mary Jane DAVIE
23 JAN 1877 - 22 JUN 1961
  
  
  
Jane BAIN
4 JUL 1849 -
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Arthur Richard JUDD
Birth17 APR 1872Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Death5 AUG 1966 Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Marriage4 JUL 1900to Mary Jane DAVIE at Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Marriage1894to Willamina Elizabeth DAVIE at Victoria
FatherRichard Langridge JUDD
MotherMargaret Anne BROUGH
PARENT (F) Mary Jane DAVIE
Birth23 JAN 1877Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Death22 JUN 1961 Hampton, Victoria, Australia
Marriage4 JUL 1900to Arthur Richard JUDD at Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
FatherGeorge DAVIE
MotherJane BAIN
CHILDREN
FFlora Jean JUDD
Birth10 NOV 1904Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Death11 FEB 2006
Marriage1931to Jack WARE at Victoria, Australia
Marriage25 JUN 1956to George Gordon HESLOP
MRichard Allan JUDD
Birth31 DEC 1910Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Death19 DEC 1984Seaford, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marriageto Anita TUCKER
MarriageAUG 1935to Alva Jean MUIR at Victoria, Australia
FAlexandra May JUDD
Birth21 MAY 1901Ballarat, Victoria
Death5 DEC 1985East Ringwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Marriage29 JAN 1954to George Alexander CAMERON
MArthur Robert JUDD
Birth3 APR 1903Cheltenham, Victoria
Death7 APR 1903Cheltenham, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
MGordon Fleming JUDD
Birth31 MAR 1908Highett, Melbourne, Australia
Death27 JUL 1995
Marriage2 MAY 1931to Thelma Mary MIGAN at Victoria, Australia
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Jack WARE
Birth
Death
Marriage1931to Flora Jean JUDD at Victoria, Australia
Father?
Mother?
PARENT (F) Flora Jean JUDD
Birth10 NOV 1904Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Death11 FEB 2006
Marriage1931to Jack WARE at Victoria, Australia
Marriage25 JUN 1956to George Gordon HESLOP
FatherArthur Richard JUDD
MotherMary Jane DAVIE
CHILDREN
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) George Gordon HESLOP
Birth8 JUL 1887Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Death3 FEB 1983 Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia
Marriage25 JUN 1956to Flora Jean JUDD
Marriage26 SEP 1932to Muriel SCOTT at Melbourne, VIC Australia
FatherRobert HESLOP
MotherMary GRUBER
PARENT (F) Flora Jean JUDD
Birth10 NOV 1904Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Death11 FEB 2006
Marriage1931to Jack WARE at Victoria, Australia
Marriage25 JUN 1956to George Gordon HESLOP
FatherArthur Richard JUDD
MotherMary Jane DAVIE
CHILDREN
Descendancy Chart
Flora Jean JUDD b: 10 NOV 1904 d: 11 FEB 2006
George Gordon HESLOP b: 8 JUL 1887 d: 3 FEB 1983

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