|
Name |
CROXFORD,
Lois Maude (Sister) |
|
Date
of Birth |
1892 |
|
Place
of Birth |
Violet
Town, Victoria |
|
Date
of Death |
8
August 1947 |
|
Place
of Death |
Prospect
SA |
|
Place
of Burial |
Dudley
Park Cemetery |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
|
|
Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
c1930s
- 1947 |
|
Addresses
in Prospect |
From
1925 lived at 45 Prospect Road Then
as “Annondale Hospital” Sister
Croxford ran a private hospital at 45 Prospect Road from 1928 to the mid
1940s (probably til her death in 1947). |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
First
known as Annandale then Annondale |
|
Parents |
John
Edward CROXFORD and Adria(h) Mary PERRY |
|
Spouse(s) |
Vernon
Valentine VAUGHAN Apparently
this marriage did not last and she retained her name both professionally and
privately. |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
1919 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
Victoria |
|
Children |
|
|
Occupation(s) |
Nursing
sister and producer of medicinal ointments |
|
Interests |
|
|
Religion/Churches
|
St.
Cuthbert’s Church, Prospect SA |
|
Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Sister
Croxford was a well known identity in Prospect and her ointments for
dermatitis, baby eczema and scalp problems were advertised widely. From the time of her death until at least in
the 1950s “Sister Croxford Medicine Supply” ointments were sold exclusively
by Freeman’s Chemist, 201 Prospect Road. Sister
Croxford’s father is reported to have “disappeared” while swimming in 1914
but apparently returned and is reported dying in a car accident in April 1927
at Baulkham Hills NSW. He is described as living apart from his wife and with
another woman. He is acknowledged on the grave in Dudley Park Cemetery with
Sister Croxford and her mother as having died March 1926 in Sydney.. |
|
Sources
of information |
Historic
Homes, Vic BMDs, Trove, SA BMDs |
|
Principal
Researcher |
Lesley
Attema (Prospect Local History Group) |
|