James Bashford Bain

James Bashford Bain (1893 - 1971)

James Bashford Bain was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 27 December 1893. Born only three months after his parents marriage, he was the eldest child and first son of <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"James Cairns Bain 1870\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[James Cairns Bain]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Mary Emma Bashford.James married Eva Mary Yates in Ipswich, Queensland on 4 September 1918.Eva Mary Yates was born in Queensland on 4 November 1895. She was the third child and second daughter of <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"David Yates 1851\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[David Yates]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Mary Hayes.James and Eva produced 3 children, 1 son and 2 daughters:<ul><li>James Edward Bain - b. 7 Aug 1919 ; m. Joyce Austin</li><li><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Doreen Bain 1921\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[Doreen Bain]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> - b. 21 May 1921 married <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Douglas James Hardie 1917\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[Douglas James Hardie]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link></li><li>Mary Bain - b. married Charles Schieffelbein</li></ul>In 1919 when he was 25, James was working as a railway clerk with the South Division Traffic Branch, based in Ipswich. By the time the children were in their early teens the family were still living in Ipswich in a medium sized timber house on a 66 foot frontage block.Because James was a railway man, the family was relatively protected from many of the deprivations of the depression. That said, they didn\'t have money to burn and Eva took in work as a tailoress supplementing the families income, this is most likely because James had a fondness for the racetrack.Eva was religious, and at times a demanding woman with high expectations of her children. All of the children were well educated attending Ipswich Central School moving on to grammar school. The girls especially were raised to be ladies. The family were comfortable, taking regular family holidays to the beach.In 1939 the family moved to Prospect Avenue in Sherwood Brisbane, where they lived until Eva died in August 1967, she was 72.After Eva\'s death James moved in with his daughter Doreen and her husband Douglas \'Tich\' Hardie, where he lived until his death in 1971 at age 77.',557186,2),(786548,'Doreen Bain (1921 - 2000)Doreen Bain was born in the family home at ? st Ipswich, Queensland on 18 May 1921. She was the second child and eldest daughter of <a></a><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"James Bashford Bain 1893\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[James Bashford Bain]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Eva Mary Yates.Doreen\'s childhood and teenage years were spent in Ipswich with her family, they were very close, and Doreen had a special bond with her mother. Her mother Eva was religious, and at times a demanding woman, she expected her girls to be ladies. The family was what we would consider \'comfortable\', with James working as a Railway Clerk in Ipswich whilst Eva took in work as a tailoress supplementing the families income. Their ? Street house was a medium sized timber dwelling on a 66 foot frontage block. Doreen was very afraid of heights as a child, in fact so afraid of heights, that she couldn\'t walk across a bridge. The depression began when Doreen was 8, but as a railway man, whilst there was not money to burn, but they did not have to go without any of the essentials. The family was relatively comfortable, and took regular trips to the coast, but never had a real vacations.Doreen started school at 5, Eva and James sent her to Girls Central School (now Ipswich Girls Grammar), which was a non-denominational school. She walked to school every day, about 1 and a bit miles. Doreen did very well at school, in fact too well, and the school started skipping her up classes. Doreens parents were not happy with this practice and requested that the school stop it. The school refused and Doreen\'s parents moved her to Silkstone School, a co-education facility approx ? milesfrom their home, when she was 10. Doreen stopped coming top of her class at the mixed school, her explanation was she found other things to amuse her..... Doreen stayed at school untilshe was 13, but to do so she had to do year 7 twice. Doreen had the opportunity to go onto high school (then known as Grammar School or Technical College), but she never really liked school and left by choice. Doreen\'s sister Mary when on to Grammar school, which was unusual for the lime.When Doreen left school, she went to work in Woolworths which was the beginning of a long career as a retail sales, working in the fashion, millinery, manchester, jewellery and hairdressing industries.  She worked there for 6 months and then got a job at the Rockmans showroom in Brisbane, quite a glamorous job at the time. She travelled to Brisbane every day by train, to earn 9 and sixpence. The trainfare used to cost her 7 and sixpence.The Bain home was a hive of activity, and there were always kids at the Bain house, playing cricket and rounders in the yard and on the street. Doreen and her sister used to teach the neighbourhood lads to dance as a means of entertaining themselves. It was thru these dancing lesson that she met Tich Hardie. She was 15 at the time. One of Tich\'s friends took part in the dance lessons and introduced them.Their first date was to the movies at the Garden Theatre in Ipswich, and they used to go to dances together. Every Sunday night when Doreen went to get the bread Tich used to meet her and walk with her. Doreen bought Tich a pair of Gold cufflinks with his initials for his 21st (he still has them).In 1939 when Doreen was 18, the family moved to Prospect Avenue in Sherwood Brisbane. When war broke out, Doreen worked voluntarily in the St George Canteen, which made the meals for soldiers that were joining the army, about the same time Tich joined up, and after nearly 3 and half years, Doreen finally took him to meet her parents just before he disembarked for the Middle East in 1940.Doreen continued to work at Rockmans until she turn 21, on ? she joined the Australian Womens Army Services (AWAS), where she worked as a clerk in the recruitment and discharge section. She was based at Fraser\'s Paddock. In the army she earned 3 pound (35 shilling) ?????. Doreen left the army on ? as a Corporal.Doreen & Tich got engage after Tich came back from North Africa in March 1943, but because they didn\'t know when Tich would be back again, the family ate one wedding cake just waiting. Tich returned to Australia from Papua New Guinea on ? and on 21 October 1944, at 23 Doreen married <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Douglas James Hardie 1917\" /><ac:link-body>Douglas James Hardie</ac:link-body></ac:link>. Douglas, son of <a></a><ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"George E Hardie 1871\" /><ac:plain-text-link-body><![CDATA[George E Hardie]]></ac:plain-text-link-body></ac:link> and Joan Kitching, was born in Ipswich on 28 February 1917 and was 27 at the time.The wedding was held at the Sherwood Church of England. The bridal party included ???. Because of rationing, there wasn\'t any wedding invitations. The Bains held the reception at their home in Sherwood, there were 34 guests at the reception. After the wedding they went on a honeymoon to Currumbin camping grounds for 6 weeks. After their marriage, the newlyweds moved in with Doreen\'s Parents where they lived for a number of years as they saved for their own home.Doreen and Tich were still living with James & Eva when their only child Gary James Hardie was born on September 26 1947 at ?. he weighed ? . Doreen lost her hearing a year later as a result of ????.In 1949 the family bought their first home at 139 Ardoyne Rd Oxley, Oxley at the time was very sparsley inhabited. There was still lots of room and the blocks were large. The house cost them £1269.In 1958 the family purchased their first car, a Ford Prefect, it cost £160 and was ?. Doreen decided she didn\'t want to drive, never getting her license. the family was very happy with a wide network of friends. Every year, they went on holidays, generally to the beach either at Burleigh or Caloundra.In March 1967 they attended the wedding of their only child to Jennifer Lorraine Jessop. Five months later in August, Doreen lost her mother Eva. After Eva died Doreen\'s father James came to live with them in Oxley. He lived there until he died in ?. It was a very full house, with Gary and his wife Lorrain living there until the birth of their first child, Elizabeth, 5 months later in January 1968. In May 1971 just after her 50th birthday, Doreen had her first ever plane flight to Newcastle to see her second grandchild and first grandson, Matthew.In 1976 they travelled to Port Macquarie for their son Gary\' second marriage to Janeanne Cook, daughter of Vernon Cook and Margery Curtis. In 1981 their third grandchild, Kassia arrived, followed in 1986 by Bryce, then in 1988 by Kassia.In 197? Doreen bought a Hair Salon. In January 1977 Doreen got her first passport (No. K578170) in preparation for her first overseas trip, travelling to Japan with her sister Mary.In 1980 Tich retired and then in In 1981, Tich and Doreen sold the house in Oxley for $70,000 and moved to Lake Cathie to be closer to Gary, Janeanne and the children. There they built duplexes with Doreens sister Mary and her husband Charles Scheifelbein.Doreen lived out her life in Lake Cathie, an active member of the local community. In ? ? Doreen suffered a heart attack, and then in June 2000 she was diagnosed with uterine cancer. She died on 2nd October 2000 at Laurieton Nursing Home, Laurieton, from Heart failure brought on by complications from her chemotherapy. She was 79.Doreen then renewed her interest in lawn bowls and spent 5 years devoted to fundraising for the Ladies Club.',557188,2),(786550,'

James Bashford Bain

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