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Floris Telfer

1904 – 1951
Eldest child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm
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Biography

Role: Eldest child of Mark Telfer and Julia Seebohm

RelationName
FatherMark Telfer (1877–1946)
MotherJulia Matilda Seebohm (1876–1939)
SpouseHarry Bunston
SiblingsKenneth Alexander Telfer (1904–?), Gilbert Melville Telfer (1911–1978), Jean Maryann Martha Telfer (1910–1984), Joyce Elizabeth Telfer (1912–2012), Maifie Beryl Telfer (1913–1948), Lindsay Roland Telfer (1920–1976)
ChildJennifer Bunston (married Alwyn Chant)
Floris Ethel Victoria Telfer was born in 1904, the eldest of seven children born to Mark Telfer (1877–1946) and Julia Matilda Seebohm (1876–1939) of Tantanoola, South Australia. Her siblings were Ken, Mel, Jean, Joyce, Maifie and Lindsay.

She married Harry Bunston and they had one daughter, Jennifer, who married Alwyn Chant. Jennifer and Alwyn had three children — Terry, Graham (who married Gaye Frost), and Belinda.

In her father's obituary, she was listed as Mrs. T.C. Bunston (Floris) of Tantanoola.

Family Stories

Floris was the eldest child of Mark and Tillie Telfer. The family history notes that she married Harry Bunston and they had one daughter, Jennifer, who married Alwyn Chant. (From the Borders to the Bush, p.243)

Sources

  • From the Borders to the Bush by Donald Telfer (1986) — page 243

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