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Sydney Edward Way 1884 - 1941

Sydney Edward Way of Melbourne Australia was born in 1884 to Anne (Dean) Way and Richard Edward Way. She had a brother Arthur Glenalbyn Way. Sydney Way married Julia Clara (Dunstone), and died at age 57 years old in 1941 in Melbourne.

Sydney Edward Way

Melbourne Australia

1884

1941

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Introduction

Sydney Edward Way was a very highly respected and kind gentleman. He married a lady whose name was Julia Clara Dunstone who was born in Terowie in South Australia. However, they lived in Carlton, Victoria and produced three children. Their names were Edward Henry Way, born in 1904, Thelma and Jessie. The two daughters were both born after Edward. Edward Way married Elizabeth Mary Tyrrell (born 1906) on 8th April, 1939 at St.Luke's Church of England, North Fitzroy and they produced one child whose name was Noelle Carolynn Way, born 1942. Noelle married Terence Dorgan on 24th April 1965 at St.Thomas' Church of England in Moonee Ponds. Two children were born to Noelle and Terence. Their names Paul Andrew Dorgan born 26th April, 1968 (unmarried as at 2023) and Lorelle Dorgan born 15th October, 1971. Lorelle married Michael Ellis in 1998 at Bundoora Chapel, Bundoora and they produced two sons, Leigh Brenton Ellis, born 30th October, 1999 and Blake Andrew Ellis, born 17th May, 2003. Lorelle and Michael divorced in 2004 and later she married David Andrew Tebbet and they produced one daughter, Lara Ashlee Tebbet born on 17th November, 2008. Thelma Way, Sydney's second child, married Ronald Wood and produced two children, Ronald Edward Wood and Glenys May Wood. Ronald married Maureen McCarthy in the late 1960's and produced two sons, Alan and Peter Wood. Glenys Wood married John McNabb during the late 1960's and produced one son, Andrew and one daughter Suzi, who married a man from South Africa and they produced two daughters. They went to England to live. As at 2023, Andrew was unmarried and has lived in Hong Kong for most of his adult life. Glenys died from Cancer in September 2021. Jessie Way, Sydney's third child married Frank Mackie. Jessie died in child birth as did the baby in 1942.
1884

Birthday

1884

Birthdate

Unknown

Birthplace

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Military Service

Sydney joined the military during World War I. He was a champion rifle shooter and was a member of the Williamstown Rifle Club. Sydney and his son, Edward were both champions of that club.
Professional Career

He never attended any school but had a brilliant mind for mathematics. He became a master metal worker through just learning as life went along.
1941

Death

1941

Death date

Sydney was hospitalised due to an illness but cancer formed in his leg which was then amputated and he never recovered from the surgery, dying in the hospital.

Cause of death

Melbourne Australia
Death location

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Sydney Edward Way lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.

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In 1884, in the year that Sydney Edward Way was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.

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In 1906, she was 22 years old when abolitionist and suffragette leader Susan B. Anthony died, before women's right to vote nationally was realized (in 1920). She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association which later became the League of Women Voters. She died at the age of 86 of heart failure and pneumonia in her home in New York.

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Sydney Way's Family Tree & Friends

Sydney Way's Family Tree

Anne (Dean) Way

Richard Edward Way

Sydney Edward Way 1884 - 1941

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Sibling

Child

Arthur Glenalbyn Way 1869 - 1938

Marriage

Julia Clara (Dunstone)