Rita Alice Mondientz

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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Family Time Line

Harold Desmond Waples
1922–1975
Rita Alice Mondientz
1914–1986
Marriage: 8 October 1949

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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