Bertha Miriam SAUNDERS

1916 - 2015  (98 years)

• Name	Bertha Miriam SAUNDERS
  Birth	14 Nov 1916  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Feb 2015	New South Wales, Australia   [2]
  Person ID	I424	Furmedge
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Family ID	F190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	James William Alfred FURMEDGE,   b. 2 Jun 1907, Hampshire, England d. 17 Aug 1988, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1935	Portsea, Hampshire, England   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 24 Jul 1935 - Portsea, Hampshire, England Death - 1 Feb 2015 - New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Bertha’s husband James Furmedge was a prisoner of war from 30th April 1941 until 1945. It is possible that she was informed or assumed that he had been killed because in July 1941 she appears to have married a Norwegian, [Living] Isachsen; whom she married a second time in June 1953, following the dissolution of her first marriage. On 21 Feb 1956, a Mrs B M Isachsen (born 14 Nov 1916 and living at 53, Plymouth Street, Southsea, Portsmouth) travelled to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with two children born in 1941 and 1943. Both her’s and the children’s nationality is entered as Norwegian. Their intention was to reside in Australia. (Source: Passenger Lists leaving UK (1890-1960), Reference: BT27; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: The National Archives).

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] 1939 Register (England & Wales), Saunders Household, 38 St John’s Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire; Reference: Class: RG101, Piece: 2267A. [S190] Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia, Bertha Isachsen, memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 252704339, Plot: General Lawn, Governor Lachlan Macquarie, Row 1, Grave 0007. [S87] England & Wales, Marriage Certificate, James William Alfred Furmedge, Reference: Registered: Jul-Sep 1935, District: Portsmouth, Hampshire, Vol: 2B, Page: 1420. [S28] Newspaper Article, Engagements, Portsmouth Evening News, 03 January 1935, pp10. Digital image accessed on The British Newspaper Archive.