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EDGOOSE, Ethellyn Elizabeth
1894 - 1979 (85 years) Has 8 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1855 - 1937 (82 years)-
Name EDGOOSE, Ethellyn Elizabeth Birth 13 Aug 1894 Thalia, Victoria, Australia 
Gender Female Death 7 Nov 1979 Malvern, Victoria, Australia Person ID I452 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Sep 2026
Father LE LIEVRE, Edward, b. 7 Aug 1855, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 21 Oct 1937, Malvern, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years) Mother WARNE, Mary Anne Burns, b. 8 Jan 1862, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Jun 1941, Malvern, Victoria, Australia (Age 79 years) Marriage 23 Feb 1881 Family ID F302 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, Herbert Harry, b. 26 Aug 1884, Rosebrook, Victoria, Australia d. 9 Sep 1944, Richmond, Victoria, Australia (Age 60 years) Marriage 28 Apr 1920 Corack, Victoria, Australia Children 1. EDGOOSE, Winfrey Le Lievre, b. 24 Mar 1921, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Aug 2008, Victoria, Australia (Age 87 years)2. EDGOOSE, John Franklyn, b. 4 Jun 1923, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 20 Nov 1941, Active Service In World War 2 (Age 18 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F301 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Ethellyn née LE LIEVRE (1894-1979), wife of Herbert Harry EDGOOSE (1884-1944)
Ethellyn Elizabeth LE LIEVRE was born at Thalia, Victoria, Australia, on 13 August 1894, daughter of Mary Ann Burns WARNE and Edward LE LIEVRE, a grazier of Thalia, Victoria, Australia. Ethellyn said (1968) that her grandfather Edward LE LIEVRE came from St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, and that either he or his brother was a sea captain.
MARRIAGE
She married Herbert Harry EDGOOSE, son of John James and Sarah Ann EDGOOSE, at Wycheproof Methodist Church, Victoria, Australia, on 28 April 1920 by licence. Witnesses were Wm. LE LIEVRE and L. C. EDGOOSE. Her occupation was given as "Home duties" and her address was Corack East, Victoria, Australia.
ELECTORAL ROLL 1924
From the 1924 Electoral Roll of 14 Rose Street, Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Herbert Harry, civil servant
EDGOOSE Ethelyn
ELECTORAL ROLL 1925
From the 1925 Electoral Roll of Box Hill, Flinders, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Herbert Harry
EDGOOSE Ethelyn
ELECTORAL ROLL 1931
From the 1931 Electoral Rolls of the corner of Clicote Avenue and Spring Road, Malvern, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth, housewife
ELECTORAL ROLL 1936
Fom the 1936 Electoral Roll of Malvern, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry, corner of Chilcote Avenue and Spring Road, clerk
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth, housewife
ELECTORAL ROLL 1937
From the 1937 Electoral Roll of Malvern, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE, Herbert Harry
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth
ELECTORAL ROLL 1939
From the 1939 Electoral Roll of the corner of Chilcote Avenue and Spring Road, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded):
*EDGOOSE Herbert Harry, clerk
EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth, home duties
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ELECTORAL ROLL 1943
From the 1943 Electoral Roll of Malvern, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Herbert Harry
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth
EDGOOSE Winfrey Le Lievre
ELECTORAL ROLL 1946
From the 1946 Electoral Roll of 2 Chilcote Avenue, S.E.4, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia (abbreviations expanded)
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn, home duties
EDGOOSE Winfrey Le Lievre, student
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ELECTORAL ROLL 1949
From the 1949 Electoral Roll of Malvern, Higgins, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth
EDGOOSE Winfrey Le Lievre
She embarked at the Port of London on the Orient Line R.M.S. Orontes on 3 August 1950, travelling First Class to Melbourne, Australia.
(FindMyPast: Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960)
ELECTORAL ROLL 1954
From the 1954 Electoral Roll of Malvern, Higgins, Victoria, Australia:
*EDGOOSE Ethelyn Elizabeth
EDGOOSE Alan Graeme
FIREBALL
A report in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 16 July 1954 tells of her witnessing a fireball pass over her house and hitting her neighbour's house 'like a shell blast':
"Fireball Hits Home Like Shell Blast
MELBOURNE. Thursday. --- A fireball struck the home of Mrs. R. JONES, in Scotts Grove, Glen Iris, smashing the chimney and part of the roof during a Melbourne thunderstorm this afternoon.
Ceilings in four of the rooms were badly damaged.
Mrs. JONES, who was alone in the house, said "It was like the explosion of a shell -- a terrible experience.
"In an instant the house was filled with thick greyish smoke.
"Parts of the chimney collapsed into the dining room. Soot and pieces of brick were scattered all over the place."
A neigbour, Mrs. E. EDGOOSE, said she saw the fireball sweep over her home and hit the chimney of Mrs. Jones's house.
"It was like a bright yellow ball about 12 inches wide," Mrs. EDGOOSE said.
A hailstorm followed the fireball."
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
12 MARCH 1957
On 12 March 1957 Marie GOODMAN née BARROW wrote from Halcyon, 14 Whybourne Crest, Tunbridge Wells, England to her cousin Ethellyn EDGOOSE née Le Lievre:
"My dear Cousin Ethelyn (sic)
Strangely enough I thought
of you this morning, & behold when I came
down stairs your letter arrived by the 1st
post. You have had a wonderful time
& have done & seen so much since your
arrival. I could find it in my heart to
o envy you, putting in three weeks in Menton
which I remember so well. Percy my husband
& I spent some weeks at Canne & went to
Menton from there, we had 3 months on the
Continent on that journey home from Australia.
France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium &
several Parts of Austria. It was indeed
a lovely holiday. I do hope your heavy cold
has now gone, & you feel as well as you
did when you came here. I had a very heavy
head cold early in Dec, & it left behind
a severe cough which with all the medicines
I have tried has not left me yet I regret
to say & I do feel these choking bouts a
strain on my heart, as I already have high
blood pressure. We have had such a lot of
rain & damp weather this Winter, it does
not give one much opportunity of shaking it off.
Perhaps a little drier weather & warmth in
the (illegible) will see an end to it. I am very sorry
we shall not meet before your departure
but Bobs & I wish you & Graeme a safe & happy
voyage home again & I hope the twins will
be equal to walking the plank & come on
board to welcome you home. Now you must
be longing to see the grandchildren. who will
have grown so since you saw them last &
your (illegible), and many other life long friends.
When you see the family at Box Hill, please
remember me most kindly to them all,
it is many many years since ewe met I daresay
you will one day visit England again, &
renew many happy memories of the time you
have spent here. I asm happy to see the
spring appearing, with all the beauty it
brings with it, for Winter with its severe
(illegible) & its many dark days is somewhat
of a nightmare, when one is no longer young.
Dear Bobs & I keep very well all things
considered, & we have both been so pleased
to see you & Graeme not being able to get about
on my feet too well, it limits what I should
like to do in the matter of entertaining. Come
again dear Cousins wishing you both a happy
voyage & trusting you will find all your dear
ones well with love from Bobs and myself to you both
Your affectionate Cousin Marie"
Ethel (sic) and Graham (sic) EDGOOSE of 30/31 Leinster Square, Paddington, London, were on the electoral roll there in 1957.
They embarked at the Port of London on 16 March 1957 bound for Melbourne, Australia. They travelled First Class on P. & O.'s Iberia.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
25 JANUARY 1962
An airmail letter dated 25 January 1962, postmarked 24 January 1962, and addressed to Mrs. Ethellyn EDGOOSE at 36 Scott Grove,
Glen Iris, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:
"Dear Ethellyn & Graeme, How very kind of you to think of
me at Christmas time, and Thank you for your beautiful card.
I am becoming very negligent I fear because everything is really
an effort to me. As I have entered the nineties, I just feel I cannot
cope with things as I once did. It is not that my mental Faculties
have deserted me , but physically my years tell upon me, so I do
have to drive myself to accomplish anything. As I cannot walk any
where alone I am dependent on others doing shopping for me, or
accompanying me anywhere I wish to go, as having lost my balance
I am liable to fall. I have a very good housekeeper and a woman 3
mornings a week, beside my gardener, and a taximan very kind, who has
taken me about for the last 4 or 5 years - I had a much loved friend a
Miss Roberts who was with me for 10 years. She died in July 1960, & Miss
Ibbotson has been with me ever since. She is very capable & very Thoughtful
& does everything for me. My Sister Emily who was with me when when Fred
came died in 1956. She had by that time found a house, and was living
in Leicester. My sister Lisle Mrs Taylor came to spend Xmas with me
arriving Dec 19th. We love to be together, she is the youngest of our
Family, & would join me here if it were possible, but as her Income
is derived principally from property, it is necessary for her to be
in Leicester, as nothing can be done without her consent. Altho she has
a most excellent Solicitor, An Accountant, & two Agents who attend to
rents, repairs etc, There is nothing we should both have like better
than to share one house - I love having her here & the pleasure is mutual.
We spent a very Happy Christmas together, the 3 of us, & then I caught
this Influenza that has been so prevalent. Dorothy then had it, such
a dreadful also - I was in bed, when I heard the Telephone ring,
and a few minutes afterwards, Lisle my Sister came into the bedroom her
eyes swimming in tears It was a trunk call from Bristol from our
Niece Marie Glass's Son to say our dearly loved Niece had died quite
suddenly. Mother and married Son shared one large house purchased
a year ago - Marie and Lisle were devoted to each other, and were more
like 2 Sisters than Aunt & Niece. When Marie was born Lisle was a
little girl, & Marie was in our home for about 6 years, so that they were
children together, & that bond has always been between them. What distressed
Lisle so, Marie has for years spent the whole month of Oct with Lisle, &
this year Lisle had to put off the visit because there were workmen at
work in the house, & Lisle had fixed the 9th [????) this year for the visit
& she had the fear in her mind that she had disappointed Marie. This
was certainly not the case. Our Niece has had Bronchitis several times
& my Sister said, You could hear her distressing breathing all over the
house. On the night she died, she was in bed, & had asked her Son John
if he would go to the shops get something for her - His wife had not then
come home, when he returned Marie was dead, so she was alone.
The Dr said it was Bronchial Pneumonia. It came as a great shock to us
as she had an unusually sweet nature. I do hope you are both quite
well, & Graeme making a home for himself - If you are or hear anything
of our family remember me very kindly to them all. With every kind
thought to you both, & my love. Yours Affectionately Marie Goodman.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
30 OCTOBER 1962
"On 30 October 1962 Marie GOODMAN née BARROW wrote from Halcyon, 14 Whybourne Crest, Tunbridge Wells, England to her cousin Mrs. Ethellyn EDGOOSE at 36 Scott Grove, Glen Iris, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia:
"My dear Cousins
First let me wish you both a very
Happy Christmas, & all of you good health in which to enjoy
it. I have by me the very nice letter you wrote to me on the 11th.
June. How the time has flown to be sure. I was very interrested
to hear all the news of the Family, & especially glad to hear
of Graeme & his interest in his work. So he had been to
Gordon near Sydney on behalf of his Firm? Of course I
know Gordon we always lived on the North Shore, & our
home was in Neutral Bar. I hear pretty regularly from
my old Maid, Mrs Annie Smith, who lived with us for
20 years. She purchased a house in Banksia on the Western
Shore & lives in retirement there. You see her husband died
on the same day as the late President Rooseveldt. She was
one of the most intelligent & capable girls I ever had. I am happy
to say I still keep very well, & on the 18th November shall be
92 if I am spared. I have so much to thank God for, in being
allowed to keep all my faculties, hearing sight & mind etc.
I read a great deal, and always have, many friends drop in to see
me, so I am not left alone. It is not a month since I hired
a Car. & took my nephew John Barrow's widow, my companion
Dorothy Ibbotson, & myself to Penshurst Place the home of Your
Governor Generals [word crossed out]. I have been there several times. They
have a wonderful garden which Dorothy was most anxious
to see. The house externally is very plain , & the garden is
not attached to it, but it is one of the show places, & is
reputed to be the garden referrred to in That delightful story
"The Secret Garden" Dorothy is garden mad, & is at work in
(illegible) every hour she can spare from running the house. She
has been with me over 2 years, & I hope will remain while
I need her. She comes from Warwickshire, & was with my
husbands only Sister until she died. All my friends receive
her as they do me, because I could not possibly go out without
her. - My husband of course knew her, as she was with my
Sister in Law Gertie Prentis when we came home to live. I
also have a woman 3 mornings a week, & a Gardener 1
day a week, so I am well looked after. My dear Sister
Lisle Mrs Taylor will I hope be coming to spend Xmas
with me. She is verry Precious to me, unfortunately has
not been too well lately - Her Dr goes in for a check up
every 4 weeks, & in addition to our letters, we have a chat
on the telephone every Sunday morning. I think I mentioned
before, that my sister Emily whom You met died 7 Years
ago on 24th December. The whole world seems to be very upset
& uneasy these days, but there does not seem much we can do
about it, only hope the madness of war will never happen again.
I hope dear Cousin you are now keeping well, & all the Members
of the Family - Remember them all very Kindly from me, &
with love to You & Your immediate Family.
Yours Affectionately
Marie
From the 1963, 1967 and 1968 Electoral Rolls of Malvern, Higgins, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Ethelyn (sic) Elizabeth
EDGOOSE Alan Graeme
In 1968 she was living at 36 Scott Grove, Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, which she bought when she sold her parents' family home 2 Chilcote Avenue, Malvern, after her return from England in 1958.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
4 JULY 1968
A letter from Mr. R.P. WINFREY of Castor House, Nr. Peterborough, England, addressed to M.J. Edgoose, Esq., XVI West Close, Fernhurst, nr. Haslemere, Surrey, on 4th July 1968:
"Dear Mr. Michael Edgoose,
Thank you for your letter of 28th June, which only reached me this morning.
By an odd coincidence Mrs. Ethelyn Edgoose arrived in London from Australia last night, and is staying at the Royal Overseas League, Park Place, St. James' Street, S.W,1. Tele: Hyde Park 5051, and I would suggest you get in touch with her.
He husband, who died a number of years ago, was a second cousin of my father, who was the late Sir Richard Winfrey, and he frequently visited our home during the 1914/1918 war. Mrs. Edgoose has a number of children and grandchildren some of whom have the christian name Winfrey.
I would think it quite certain that the Mary Winfree who married James Edgoose at Moulton in 1807 was a member of our family, although I have no records that go back earlier than 1820. I personally have never heard of Sir William Winfrey.
I am sorry I cannot be more helpful but my father really did not bother about family records so nothing much has been handed on to me.
You will find Mrs. Ethellyn Edgoose a very interesting person who has done a lot of research into the origins of the Edgoose family and I commend you to get in touch with her.
Please do not hesitate to write to me again if you think I can be of any service.
Yours sincerely,
[signed] R.P. Winfrey
There is a reference to E. EDGOOSE in the book The Gallery on Eastern Hill published in 1970 by The Victorian Artists Society of Australia.
ELECTORAL ROLL 1977
From the 1977 Electoral Roll of Hawthorn, East Yarra/Kooyong, Victoria, Australia:
EDGOOSE Ethellyn
She died at Malvern, Victoria, on 7 November 1979.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Find A Grave has her birth as 13 August 1893 and her death as 7 October 1979.
(revised 03.09.2026)