Brief Life History of Rita Alice
When Rita Alice Mondientz was born on 29 May 1914, in Gympie, Queensland, Australia, her father, Theodore Immanuel Heinrich Mondientz, was 27 and her mother, Alice Owens, was 20. She married Harold Desmond Waples on 8 October 1949, in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. She died on 28 January 1986, in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, at the age of 71, and was buried in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia.
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Sources (6)
- Rita Alice Mondientz in the Queensland, Australia, School Admission Records, 1860
- Record Transcription: Queensland School Pupils - Torquay Provisional School
- Record Transcription:Australia Electoral RollsLearn about this record set - Monto
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World Events (8)
1918
Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
1918
Battle on the Somme. Australian forces capture Mont St. Quentin.
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
Name Meaning
Originally a short form of Margarita, the Spanish form of Margaret , but now commonly used as an independent given name. Its popularity in the 1940s and 50s was influenced no doubt by the fame of the American film star Rita Hayworth ( 1918–87 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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