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Rediscovering Ginninderra:
Frances ('Fanny') Murty

Born: 1856; Died: 1889; Married: Donald Murty

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Fanny Plummer married Donald Murty in 1877 and they lived at 'Gledeswood' for the remainder of their lives. Donald and Fanny Murty's family were:
William Garret 13.10.187 (died 1966)
Minnie Francis 10.2.1881 (died 1961)
John Stanley 28.11.1883 died in his 29th year
Walter Archer 23.4.1885 died in his 3rd year
Harold Eustice 1887 died in his 18th year
Cecil Herbert 1888 died in infancy under 3 months of age.

Fanny Murty died in July 1889 at the age of 33 years. Donald Murty died in April 1928 at the age of 75 years. Their weary bodies last resting place was side by side in the Methodist Church grounds at Weetangera near Canberra.

Forever with the Lord
Amen! So let it be
Life from the dead, is in that word
Tis Immortality
Text of record believed to have been written by William Garrett Murty.

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