Valerie Clairette Collard

1907 - 2004  (96 years)

• Name	Valerie Clairette Collard
  Birth	27 Aug 1907	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Feb 2004	Kensington Park Nursing Home, Kensington WA
  Burial	23 Feb 2004	Karrakatta, Western Australia
  Person ID	I58022	First tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Pierre Hubert Gerard Collard,   b. 20 Feb 1866, Trois Ilots Flacq Mauritius d. 24 Nov 1923, Toorak Victoria (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Martha "Mattie" Quin,   b. 25 Jun 1872, Sandhurst (Bendigo) Victoria d. 12 May 1948, Lucknow Hosp, Claremont Western Australia (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F63786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cameron King,   b. 16 Feb 1910   d. 10 Jan 1976 (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Valerie Ann King   2. Mary Josephine King   3. Mavis Vivien King   4. Claire Estelle King   5. Lucy Elaine King   6. Wilma Katherine King   7. Bernadette Joan King
  Family ID	F63787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Clifford Stanley Douglas
  Family ID	F63788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Information Source: Peter Collard - Collard Geneaology. During her attendance at "l'Avenie College which was conducted by her grandaunts, the Pignolet sisters, Val was taught by Professor Guerin. Two of her elder cousins, linda and Emma Collard who were also students were required to teach some of the younger children. Val had a particular affection for her grandaunt, Nele Pignolet (1857 - 1935) who was known as Tante Nelie. The latter frequently arranged prayer meetings for some of the children in her bedroom, while others stayed outside to play. Over a period of many years, Val enjopyed a close friendship with her spinster cousin Nellie Collard who was affectionatley known as "Little Nel" to distinguish her from Tante Nellie. Following her husband Cameron's Death in 1976, Val ytravelled to Melbourne several times where she stayed at a motel close to Nelie's flat. Nelie loved her food and the pair frequently visited restaurants for lunch. An establishment known as "The Green Room" was one of their favourites. She travelled 8 times to England, meeting Cliff in Cornwall during her third trip, in July 1982