FatherJohn George Haddock b. 15 Nov 1894
MotherEileen Edna Reid b. 24 Apr 1899, d. 13 Feb 1973
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Evelyn Mary Haddock married Christopher Francis Morris in 1949.1 

Family

Christopher Francis Morris
ChartsMilovitch, Thomas, descendant chart

Story

Bill, Maureen and Evelyn started at St Brendan's primary school Shepparton in 1928.2
 
Move to Melbourne 
The family moved to Melbourne and lived in Collingwood for a short time during the War years. They returned to Shepparton when there was fear of a Japanese invasion of Melbourne.3
 
Soft Drink Poisoning
In December 1948, Evelyn, Maurice and their nephew John Bryant became violently ill after drinking some soft drink and were taken to Mooroopna hospital with suspected poisoning. The police investigated.

In July the following year, the three claimed damages totalling £747 (£249 each) against Cohn Brothers of Bendigo. They claimed that the lemonade they consumed was contaminated with arsenic. Trial was set for 4 October, but the outcome of the case is not known.4,5
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Christopher Francis Morris and Evelyn Mary Haddock entry, marriage registration no. 28139, 1949.
  2. [S165] History of St Brendan's Primary School 1891-1991, St Brendan's Centenary History Committee, 1991, p. 69.
  3. [S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 12 February 2019.
  4. [S201] 'Soft drinks poisoning suspected', Shepparton Advertiser, 1914-1953, newspaper, Thomas Pettit and William Callender, 4 January 1949, p. 1, viewed 8 February 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188078338
  5. [S201] 'Arsenic in lemonade is £474 damages claim', Shepparton Advertiser, 1914-1953, newspaper, Thomas Pettit and William Callender, 8 July 1949, p. 1, viewed 8 February 2019, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188082748