Clara Ann Millicent Telfer

Role: Wife of Francis Adam (Frank) Telfer (1875–1955), son of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer

Born: 1 September 1878 — Millicent, South Australia
Died: 24 May 1966 — Mount Gambier, South Australia
Husband: Francis Adam (Frank) Telfer (m. 23 October 1899)
Children: 5 — Ronald Edgerston, Millicent Joyce, Dorothy Margaret Hope, Gordon Francis, Estelle May

Husband: Francis Adam Telfer (1875–1955)

Family

Life Summary

Clara Ann Millicent Dunn was born 1 September 1878 at Millicent, South Australia. She married Francis Adam (Frank) Telfer on 23 October 1899 at the residence of her husband's father, Adam Telfer, Tantanoola. Frank was the fourth child of Adam Francis Telfer and Margaret Dougal Telfer. Clara and Frank had five children — Ronald Edgerston, Millicent Joyce, Dorothy Margaret Hope, Gordon Francis and Estelle May — and lived at "Pleasant Hill," Glencoe West. After Frank's death on 28 May 1955, Clara continued to live in Mount Gambier until her death on 24 May 1966.

(Clara is identified as Frank's wife — NOT a child of Margaret Dougal Telfer. She is the wife who married into child #4 of Adam & Margaret's family of 12.)

Source: From the Borders to the Bush (marriage passage pp. ~286; confirms wife "Clara", mother of the five, death 1966 Mount Gambier) and A Telfer Family Tree — Supplement 2008 (exact figures: Frank 17 Aug 1875 Edgerston / d. 28 May 1955 — see Francis Adam Telfer (1875–1955) Sources & Verification, corrected from 27 May on SA Death Reg 826/2940 + Border Watch notice 31 May 1955; Clara Ann Millicent DUNN b. 1 Sep 1878 Millicent, SA, m. 23 Oct 1899 residence of Adam Telfer Tantanoola, d. 24 May 1966; five children). Exact birth/day figures for her trace to the Supplement detail page.

Family Stories

(No separate anecdote on file for Clara. Her story is carried through the "Pleasant Hill" narrative on her husband Francis Adam Telfer's profile.)