Teresa Mary Healy (Therese)

Teresa, known as Tess or K, was born on July 18th, 1909 in Port Kembla, NSW.¹ Tess or K's father was Michael Dwyer Healy and her mother was Anne Halberstaedter. Her maternal grandparents were Adolf Halberstaedter and Anne Fern or Fearon. She had four brothers and four sisters, named Maurice, John (Jack), Michael (Des), Brian, Mary(Mollie), Nancy, Catherine (Kitty) and Ursula. She was the youngest of the nine children. She died at the age of 70 on June 25th, 1980 in Bankstown Hospital, NSW. Her body disposition was by some other unspecified means on March 21st, 2008 in Ashes cast upon the waters between "The Heads".²³

General Notes
- Married Ernest Walter Dawes KINSCHER in 1937.
  One Child Terence Desmond KINSCHER (b. 28-Jul-1938).
  
  Even though she was christened as Teresa, throughout her life she also spelt her name as Therese and was know as Tess or just plain K.

Occupation Details
- Tess or K's occupation was Nurse.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Tess was trained as a nurse in her younger years, at Nyngan NSW, as well as other NSW country hospitals. She worked during the war years, from 16th July 1942 to 28th August 1946, at the Globe Worsted Mills Pty Ltd Gordon Street Marrickville NSW, phone LA3204. In later years she worked as a private nurse to many elderly folk.

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