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For “Married” 1906 of Alfred Ernest Hammer & Dalice Shepherd

Hammer, Alfred Ernest, Male, Shepherd, Dalise, Female, Kalgoorlie, 1906, East Coolgardie, 1800165, 1906

BDM marriage record gives 'Dalise Shepherd'; later birth/death records give 'Dalice' and 'Caroline Mary' Shepherd for what appears to be the same woman - name recorded inconsistently across records.

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For “Married” 20 MAR 1912 of Herbert Victor Hammer & Catherine Bridget Gentle

Herbert Victor Hammer m. Catherine Bridget Gentle on 20 Mar 1912. Children: Beryl Elizabeth (b.1912 Boulder, reg. 700424/1912), Enid Margaret (b.1917 Boulder, reg. 700148/1917), John Edward (b.1918 Boulder, reg. 700118/1918), Pattie Kathleen (b.1925 Boulder, reg. 700126/1925).

Marriage date from the earlier WikiTree descendants pull; children from WA BDM registration index.

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For “Married” 1926 of Edward Vesey & Rosetta Brady

Vesey, Edward, M, 53, Joseph Edward VESEY, Mary Margaret MCMENEMEY, Hollywood, 1956, Perth, 100111, 1956 (his death). Marriage: Vesey, Edward, Male, Brady, Rosetta, Female, Perth, 1926, Perth, 100638, 1926.

A death record for a Rosetta Isobel Vesey (age 60, d.1959, Palmyra) gives her birth parents as Emanuel Garcia and Jessica White - possibly the same woman as this bride, in which case 'Brady' would be a first marriage surname rather than her birth name, but not confirmed.

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For “Married” 1950 of Samuel James Vesey & Elva Violet Woodward

Vesey, Elva Violet, F, 58, Frederick Augustus WOODWARD, Annie Mary OLD, Geraldton, 1961, Geraldton, 2900112, 1961 (her death, giving birth parents). Marriage: Vesey, Samuel James, Male, Pritchard, Elva Violet, Female, Perth, 1950, Perth, 101816, 1950.

Her death record gives her birth surname as Woodward, but the 1950 marriage record gives her surname at the time as Pritchard - likely a first marriage between her birth and her marriage to Samuel James Vesey, not confirmed.

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For Clarence Raymond Cecil Hammer & Edith Louise Worley

Children of Clarence Raymond Cecil Hammer and Edith Louise Worley (recorded as 'Wasley' on two of the three birth registrations): Gwendolyn (b.1920 Boulder, reg. 700295/1920), Edith Laurel (b.1923 Boulder, reg. 700067/1923), Norma Jean (b.1925 Boulder, reg. 700137/1925).

No marriage date found in the records reviewed so far; union confirmed by the children's birth registrations naming both parents.

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For James Patrick Vesey & Mary Jane Fields

Children of James Patrick Vesey and Mary Jane Fields: Mary Jane (d.1899, age 17, reg. 1524/1899), Albert Victor Francis (d.1910, age 21, reg. 100404/1910), Ernest Everard (d.1924, age 31, reg. 6700028/1924), Violet Beatrice Fields (m. Horace Robert Delaporte, 1918, Narrogin).

James Patrick Vesey and Mary Jane Fields' known children, reconstructed from death and marriage records naming them as parents.

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For Samuel Setchel Frederick Gentle & Susannah Bailey

Gentle, Samuel Setchel Frederic, M, 87, William GENTLE, Ann BOLTON, Quellington, 1937, York, 7100023, 1937. Gentle, Susanna [Bailey], F, 78, Job BAILEY, Sarah Ann LUSCOMBE, Quellington, 1934, York, 7100021, 1934. Children of Samuel Setchel Frederick Gentle and Susannah Bailey (York/Quellington district, 1875-1896): Rebecca (b.1875, reg.16307/1875), William (b.1876, reg.17446/1876, d.1947 age71, reg.4900184/1947), Ann (b.1878, reg.19272/1878), Samuel (b.1881, reg.22197/1881, d.1964 age83, reg.102366/1964), George Ernest (b.1883, reg.24667/1883, d.1951 age67, reg.7100026/1951), Henry Charles (b.1886, reg.28325/1886, d.1976 age90, reg.102882/1976), Susanna (b.1888, reg.558/1888), May Florence (b.1890, reg.1470/1890), Mark Satchel (b.1893, reg.1477/1893, d.1958 age65, reg.4900080/1958), Bertie Job (b.1896, reg.4021/1897, d.1989 age92, reg.104885/1989).

Susannah Gentle's own death record (age 78, 1934, Quellington) names her parents as Job Bailey and Sarah Ann Luscombe, distinguishing her from her own daughter Susanna Gentle (b.1888) with the same first name.

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For William Gentle & Mary Ellen Kelly

Marriage: Gentle, William, Male, Broad, Mary Ellen, Female, Tipperary, 1911, York, 7100006, 1911. Births naming mother 'Mary Ellen KELLY': Edith (1912, 7 hours old, reg.4900021/1912), William (1913, 8 hours old, reg.4900010/1913), Mark William (1917, reg.4900034/1917).

FLAGGED - possible widow remarriage: the 1911 marriage record gives William Gentle's bride as 'Mary Ellen Broad', but every one of their children's birth registrations (1912, 1913, 1917) name the mother as 'Mary Ellen Kelly'. Most likely she was a widow (or previously married) under the surname Broad at the time of this marriage, and 'Kelly' is either her birth surname or an earlier married name reverted to on the children's records - or possibly the reverse. Recorded here as 'Kelly' per the majority of records; not resolved further.

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For Henry Charles Gentle & Ella Phoebe Rebecca Spencer

Gentle, Henry Charles, m. Ella Phoebe Rebecca Spencer, Meckering, 1921, Northam, 4900065, 1921. Their daughter June Bernardine Gentle (b.1924, reg.7100026/1924; d.1961 age37, reg.4900069/1961).

Ella's own death record (age 57, 1951, Northam) gives her parents as William Spencer and Sarah Elizabeth Harris.

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For Mark Satchel Gentle & Ivy Melville Genesta Lang

Gentle, Mark Satchel, m. Ivy Melville Genesta Lang, Perth, 1924, Perth, 100497, 1924. Children: Helen (11 days old, d.1932, reg.7100012/1932), Tony Bryant (d.1991 age 62, reg.102354/1991, implying birth abt.1929).

Ivy's own death record (age 87, 1985, York) gives her parents as James Lang and Ellen Paxton Bryant.

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For Edward Gentle & Charlotte Margaret Schutz

Gentle, Edward, M, 63, James GENTLE, UNKNOWN, Kalgoorlie, 1921, East Coolgardie, 1800164, 1921. Gentle, Charlotte Margaret, F, 89, Charles SCHUTZ, Bridget BOURKE, Kalgoorlie, 1953, East Coolgardie, 1800160, 1953. Five children.

Edward Gentle's own death record gives his father as James Gentle (mother unknown); Charlotte Margaret's own death record (age 89, 1953, Kalgoorlie) gives her parents as Charles Schutz and Bridget Bourke.

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For Charles Herbert Gentle & Adelaide Dunning

Gentle, James Clarence John, M, 32, Charles Herbert GENTLE, Adelaide DUNNING, Chidlows, 1931, Swan, 6100073, 1931. Gentle, Kenneth Arthur, M, 68, Charles Herbert GENTLE, Eliza Jane HOCKING, Fremantle, 1992, Fremantle, 2700632, 1992.

James Clarence John Gentle died 1931 at Chidlow, age 32, reg.6100073/1931. His son James John Charles was born at Carlisle, 1919, reg.102616/1919.

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For David Gentle & Rosie Wally

David Gentle, children by five different partners: Rosie Wally/Walley (Robin, d.1912 age 2, reg.700424... corr. 1400... Kalgoorlie region; Henry, 9 months, d.1914, reg.6100099/1914), Rosie Gentle (Mona, age 17, d.1935, reg.4200025/1935), Grace Narrier (Vale, 8 weeks, d.1931, reg.4200020/1931), Mary Wallin (Mary, b.1917, reg.6100362/1917), Maria Burges (Freolan Simon, age 4, d.1933, reg.6500007/1933).

David Gentle (d.1956, son of Harry Gentle) appears across five separate unions in the WA BDM index between 1910 and 1933, each producing one or two children who mostly died in infancy or childhood. Recorded factually as five distinct unions rather than assumed sequential marriages, since the source gives no marriage registrations for any of them - only children's birth/death records naming both parents. Robin (d.1912) and Henry (d.1914), both with Rosie Wally, are recorded separately rather than merged, since their implied birth years (abt.1910 and abt.1913) don't match.

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For Harold Jackson & Melba Gentle

Gentle, Beryl, F, 6 months, UNKNOWN, Melba GENTLE, Moore River Native Settlement, 1936, Moora, 4200013, 1936. Gentle, Melba, Female, Jackson, Harold, Male, Moore River Native Settlement, 1941, Moora, 4200025, 1941. Jackson [Gentle], Merle Gertrude, F, 43, Harold JACKSON, Melva GENTLE, Shenton Park, 1977, Perth, 101257, 1977.

Beryl Gentle (d.1936, 6 months old) was born before Melba's 1941 marriage to Harold Jackson - father not named in the birth record, recorded here as a child of Melba alone rather than assumed to be Harold's.

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For Eileen Gentle

Gentle, Ronald, M, 23 hours, -, Eileen GENTLE, Mogumber, 1936, Moora, 4200012, 1936.

Same WA BDM death registration index row already cited on Ronald Gentle's own person record (citation #50720): infant died at 23 hours, father not recorded, mother named as Eileen Gentle. This links Eileen Gentle (previously a disconnected stub) to her son.

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For Alice Maud Hammer (1897–1898)

Hammer, Alice Maud, F, Joseph HAMMER, Isabel BURNETT, Southern Cross, 1897, -, 4003, 1897

Corrects 'Auce Maud' (likely an OCR misread) to 'Alice Maud'. BDM birth record confirms parents and matches the existing 1897 birth year.

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For Charles Henry Hammer (1909–1909)

Hammer, Charles Henry, M, 6 days, Joseph HAMMER, Isabel BURNETT, Southern Cross, 1909, Yilgarn, 7000003, 1909

Resolves earlier concern about this person colliding with an older sibling of the same name - BDM confirms this Charles Henry Hammer is a distinct, separate infant, correctly a child of Joseph Jr.

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For Alice Roberts (1887–1975)

Hammer, Alice, F, 86, William ROBERTS, Mary (UNKNOWN), Como, 1975, Perth, 102237, 1975.

Como is a Perth suburb; no existing place record for it yet, so left as a citation-only detail rather than forcing a placeId. Father William Roberts matches exactly; mother recorded only as 'Mary (UNKNOWN)' here versus 'Mary Ann Simmons' already in the tree - consistent with a partial/unknown maiden name capture rather than a conflict.

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For John Hammer (1868–1912)

Hammer, John, M, 44, Joseph HAMMER, Lilian Catherine VESEY, Boulder, 1912, Boulder, 700155, 1912

Death index confirms parents Joseph Hammer and Lilias/Lilian Catherine Vesey; age 44 at death in 1912 implies birth 1868, matching WikiTree's 23 Jan 1868.

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For John Edward Hammer (1918–1955)

Hammer, John Edward, M, 37, Herbert Victor HAMMER, Catherine Bridget GENTLE, Mandurah, 1955, Murray, 4700057, 1955.

Confirms his death: age 37, Mandurah 1955, reg. 4700057/1955, parents Herbert Victor Hammer and Catherine Bridget Gentle - consistent with a 1918 birth.

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For Philip Joseph Hammer (1924–1925)

Hammer, Philip Joseph, M, Roy Philip HAMMER, Mabel Olive SMALLWOOD, Katanning, 1925, Katanning, 3500081, 1925.

Also a child of Phillip Roy Hammer x Mabel Olive Smallwood (fam_roy, pending in #813) - born Tambellup 1924, died Katanning 1925 aged 18 months. Link deferred until #813 is approved.

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For Louis Hammer (d. 1927)

Hammer, Louis, M, 65, Joseph HAMMER, Eva WOOD, Perth, 1927, Perth, 100889, 1927.

An entirely separate, unconnected Joseph Hammer to any already in the tree - born too early (implied abt.1862, from Louis's death record) to be Joseph Hammer Jr, and his wife's name (Eva Wood) doesn't match Joseph Hammer Sr's wife (Lilias Catherine Vesey).

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For Victor Hammer (1905–1970)

Hammer, Victor, M, Louis HAMMER, Ellen SELLER, Subiaco, 1905, -, 6438, 1905 (birth); Hammer, Victor, M, 65, Louis HAMMER, Ellen SELLER, Hollywood, 1970, Perth, 101700, 1970 (death, age consistent with the 1905 birth).
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For Jane Williams (d. 1914)

Hammer, Jane, F, 50, William Geen WILLIAMS, Mary RICHARDS, Dongarra, 1914, Irwin, 3300006, 1914.

This Charles Henry Hammer is otherwise unconnected to the tree, but his surname appears once as 'HANMER' rather than 'HAMMER' on his son's 1921 death record (with wife's name spelled 'Jean' rather than 'Jane') - almost certainly the same man, name recorded inconsistently. Her own death record (1914, Dongarra) means she cannot be the mother of Winfred (b.1925) - that's a second wife, Sylvia Annie Moore.

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For Gertrude Mabel Hammer (d. 1960)

Hammer, Gertrude Mabel, F, 53, William Arthur SHEPHERD, Edith Emma STEVENS, Perth, 1960, Perth, 101328, 1960.

Married surname Hammer, birth surname Shepherd (a different Shepherd family to the William Arthur Shepherd not appearing in the 54-marriage Shepherd index already searched) - spouse not identified in this record.

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For Mary Jane Fields (d. 1937)

Vesey, Mary Jane, F, 86, Henry FIELDS, Harriet BOOTH, Narrogin Government Hospital, 1937, Williams, 6700039, 1937.

Her own death record names her parents (Henry Fields, Harriet Booth) and gives her age as 86 in 1937, implying birth abt.1851.

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For Alexander Veseys (d. 1926)

Vesey[s], Alexander, M, 71, Robert VESEYS, Vera ROBERTSON, Claremont, 1926, Perth, 101064, 1926.

Surname consistently spelled 'Veseys' with a terminal S in both records, distinct from every other 'Vesey' entry in this batch - kept as its own family rather than assumed to be a spelling variant of the main Vesey name, though the two are obviously related surnames.