Audrey Jean RENSHAW
1922 - Deceased
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Name Audrey Jean RENSHAW [1] Born 29 Dec 1922 [1] Gender Female Notes for biography Audrey, the youngest member of the family, was always fond of animals and babies, so it was not surprising that she married a farmer - Stan McFee. Even as a young child she loved cats and other animals and would spend a great deal of time down at a neighbour's home - Mrs. Crutch - where they had cows, chooks, ducks and dogs as well as numerous small children. They had a dairy where they separated the milk and made butter.
Audrey did not take school very seriously - only when she had to bring home her report to show dad. She later used to say she felt like crawling under the table!
After Primary and High School she became apprenticed to a very good dressmaker — Ellie Sadler - and later worked as a cutter for the well known firm of Lucas's in Ballarat. She is still an excellent dressmaker.
After her marriage to Stan, she went to live on Phillip Island, Victoria, where Stan was a chicory farmer and later, when the market was no longer profitable for chicory, he became a builder.
They had five children - Peter, Bill, Jill, Anne - who drowned when only three years old - and John.
Stan and the boys all took an active part in the local Cricket Club and the Field and Rifle Club.
For a few years Audrey turned their chicory kiln into a tourist attraction, showing tourists and school children how chicory was grown and then processed in the kiln.
Well respected by the Island residents and loved by his family, Stan died suddenly of a heart attack on his 55th birthday.
Audrey still lives, with John, in the house that Stan built when they were first married.
Peter and Bill are partners in an electrical appliance shop on the Island and John is a joiner working for a firm in nearby San Remo. Jill became a nursing sister and is now married and living in Gippsland.
Always of a warm, outgoing disposition, Audrey takes an interest in gardening and in local organisations on the Island. [2]Died Deceased Person ID I13 Mitchell Last Modified 3 Feb 2021
Father Albert RENSHAW, b. 12 Dec 1887, d. 22 Aug 1971 (Age 83 years) Mother Eva Alice THORNE, b. 9 Jun 1885, d. 29 Feb 1940 (Age 54 years) Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Stanley Thomas MCFEE, b. 1926, d. 7 Mar 1981 (Age 55 years) Children + 1. P. MCFEE 2. Anne MCFEE, d. 1956 + 3. W. MCFEE + 4. J. MCFEE + 5. J. MCFEE Last Modified 14 Jul 2020 Family ID F76 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Audrey McFee, nee Renshaw in April 2002.jpg 
Audrey Renshaw in 1942 
Audrey, Stan & children 
Audrey - relaxing with a cuppa at home.JPG 
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. 
At Mirboo North (L to R) - Mavis Mitchell, Noel Renshaw, Dawn Silby & Audrey McFee 
Audrey & Stan McPhee 
Audrey holding a chicory root in the left hand and endive in her right hand 
Chicory 
Chicory kiln - painting by Enid 
Wedding of Stan McFee and Audrey Renshaw 
Audrey, Albert, Mavis & Enid in Geelong in 2006
From page 13 of '07 - We Shook The Family Tree Again"
Audrey, Albert, Enid & Mavis - about 1942
From page 13 in '07 - We Shook The Family Tree Again'
ww - Eva & Albert Renshaw with children
Source: "What's in a Name #2 - Thorne', page 10
Audrey & Stan 
Audrey
Stories 
Audrey's story 
Renshaw reunion - Fitzroy Gardens in December 1985
Attendees: Lila Renshaw (Collins), Lindsay Renshaw, Sandra Renshaw (Hartinge & Gruar), Douglas Renshaw, Linda Renshaw, Shirley Renshaw, Dorothy Renshaw (Deason), Noel Renshaw, Dawn Silby (Renshaw), Melva Renshaw, Sally Renshaw (Saunder), Enid Renshaw (Cummins), Harry Cummins, Audrey Renshaw (McFee), Albert Renshaw & Mavis Renshaw (Mitchell).
Source: pages 7 & 8 in '01 - What's in a Name #1 - Renshaw'Audrey volunteering at the Rotary Op Shop in Cowes
From 'We Shook The Family Tree Again', page 62
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