WEIDENHOFER, Valerie May

1911 - 2012  (101 years)

• Name	WEIDENHOFER, Valerie May
  Born	14 Sep 1911	Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Oct 2012	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Person ID	I13397	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	WEIDENHOFER, Walter Wallace,   b. 16 May 1875, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ,   d. 9 Dec 1946, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	DYER, Jessie May,   b. 18 Aug 1879, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 27 Sep 1957, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1 Feb 1905	St George's Church, Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia
  	St George's, Anglican Church
  Family ID	F3192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	CALVERT, Darcy,   b. 5 Nov 1910, South Arm, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 17 Dec 1946, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 36 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1931	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Children	1. CALVERT, Diana Florence,   b. 10 May 1932,   d. 15 Jul 1996, Hobart Tasmania Australia  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   2. CALVERT, David Wallace  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F1982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	FIFE, Peter
  Married	2 Sep 1960
  Children	1. FIFE, Valma  [natural]   2. FIFE, Margaret  [natural]   3. FIFE, Dianne,   d. 1996  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F3236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 - 2004. Written by Wyn Allen (née Weidenhofer) 2004 ©. Reproduced with permission of Stewart Allen, Barry Malcolm and Carlien Melrose. Valeria May Weidenhofer 1911 - Born 14 Sep 1911 Hobart, Tasmania Married (1) Abt.1931 Darcy Calvert Died 17 Dec 1946 Married (2) 2 Sep 1960 Peter Fife Born 11 Nov 1906 London, England Died 30 Oct 1969 Hobart, Tasmania Always known as Val, she was the second of five daughters born to Walter and May. As a schoolgirl,Val attended Hobart High School, where she studied commercial subjects, such as shorthand and typing. Leaving school she worked for a time in the office of her father’s business. Walter was a manufacturers’ agent, and Val well remembers one of the products which her father promoted – “Hoadley’s Violet Crumble Bars”. Later, Val took a position in the office of a law firm in Hobart. She became very interested in the complexities of the Australian Law System, and was always keen to be asked by her employer to research a particular subject in the library. Both of Val’s parents were excellent ballroom dancers, and Val inherited this ability. When she was a debutante at the Hobart Masonic Ball, she was especially proud when her father partnered her on the dance floor. Later she learnt Scottish dancing,which she also very much enjoyed. In 1931 Val married Darcy Calvert and they were to have three children – Diana, David and Valma. In December 1946, tragedy struck twice in Val’s life. On the 9th of that month, her beloved father died from the effects of a stroke, which he had suffered some months earlier. Only eight days later, Val’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack. In 1960, with her family grown up, Val married Peter Fife, who died in 1969. Val had always taken a great interest in her father’s family, most of whom lived in South Australia and Broken Hill.Many of these relatives visited Tasmania and Val corresponded with some of them. Val and her second husband, Peter, visited Adelaide and made contact with many of her cousins. When, in 1998, a Weidenhofer family gathering was organised,Val, aged 87, was most enthusiastic, and was one of the first to accept an invitation.At the age of 92,Val still lives in her own home and enjoys visits from members of her extended family. She was particularly pleased and proud when one of her grandsons asked her if he and his fiancée could be married in Val’s lovely garden. It was a very happy occasion. Each Sunday morning Val cooks a roast dinner when her sister, Lin, comes to visit.