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John Charles Omand FREE

John Charles Omand FREE

Male 1910 - 1974  (64 years)   Has 40 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John Charles Omand FREE 
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth Record 1910  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    #10943 
    Birth 21 Mar 1910  Fairfield, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Record 1974 
    #13238 
    AKA Jack 
    Death 31 May 1974  Preston, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • P.A.N.C.H Bell Street
    Burial 4 Jun 1974  Fawkner, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Roman Catholic Compartment S #1801
    Siblings 9 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William FREE,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (5 x Great Grandfather) 
    Eliza MERRITT,   b. 1839, Norwood, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1887, Carlton, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
    Siblings 1 brother and 8 sisters 
    Person ID I9545  MyBradyTree

    Father AncestorsSamuel Charles FREE,   b. 10 Nov 1874, Bungaree, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1922, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother AncestorsNewryll Florence GOLGERTH,   b. 1 Jul 1881, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1948, Kew, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1899  Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Rite of Methodist Church
    Reference Number #5628r 
    Family ID F4174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsMary Margaret DAWES,   b. 30 Jun 1908, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1985, Preston, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Other Partners: UNKNOWN;   Frederick BENSON  m. 17 Mar 1928 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1934  Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Registry Office
    Family ID F4228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth Record - #10943 - 1910 - Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1910 - Fairfield, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Oct 1934 - Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 May 1974 - Preston, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 4 Jun 1974 - Fawkner, Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

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  • Notes 
    • "Jack" as he was known to all, suffered from an early age the bone disease called "austeo-myaliatis" which required him to endure many operations, which left him with one leg and an arm shorter than the others. He was one of the most likeable people you could ever meet, and he was never unhappy outwardly about his handicap. He had a motor bike and sidecar and would ride around visiting family members. He would give the kids rides in the sidecar and he was well known the local area and everyone would call out "hi! Jack. He loved a beer and was always with a happy disposition.
      Jack would often arrive at his sister "Lovie" Pettit's home a "little tipsy" she would say 'jack you are drunk' he would smile, flop down on the couch and go to sleep. He worked for many years as a "French Polisher" for the Gainsborough Furniture Company, and then in later years, he took work with the Melbourne City Council in the parks and gardens department.

      He worked mainly in the princes park area and although he was a Fitzroy supporter, jack worked part time for the Carlton Football Club as an attendant and in other areas around the club. When jack died, the Carlton football club and its cheer squad both placed tributes to him in the newspaper. John Desmond " jack" white recalls riding on a flat tray cart pulled by a horse with "Uncle Jack" at the reins. He was selling timber off-cuts in potato bags for either a "trey or a zack" which was three pence or sixpence in the old currency. I.e. Sixpence equals 5 cents today.

      When he was not banging away on an old kerosene tin and calling out his wares, uncle jack would break out in song, singing "I'm in heaven" or "would you , would you". He was also very good on the harmonica ie. "Mouth Organ" and he would go down the back yard with Dorothy's son Robert and the dog. He would play it, Robert and the dog would join in song, this to the amusement of all who saw this performance.

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "John Charles Omand FREE". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9545&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed May 3, 2025).


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