Clara McDermott Spratt
Clara was the daughter of Thomas Spratt and Annie Ramsay Leggett. She was born at Hargraves, New South Wales, on 23 December 1877. McDermott was the name of Thomas' mother.
Young Clara and her brother George
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Clara married John Carty, postmaster, on the 24 th November 1903 at her father's hotel at Hargraves. They later moved to Orange then Bathurst. Sometime between 1915 and 1928 the family moved to Bondi Junction in Sydney.
Children of the marriage were
- Mervyn Lionel Carty : birth registered in Mudgee, NSW, in 1905. Married Ruby Wilson in 1942 and had 3 children. Died 29 May 1985.
- Oswald Stanislaus Carty : born 20 June 1906; birth registered in Mudgee, NSW. Married Mary (Masie) O’Rourke in 1934 and had 3 children. Died 31 December 1984.
- Olive Veronica Carty : born 2 March 1908. First marriage to George Hall in 1930; second marriage to Russell Burns in 1948 with no children from either marriage. Died 30 January 1985.
- Leslie John Desmond (Jack) Carty : born 1913. Married Edith Caroline Colebrook at Waverly on 4 November 1939 and had 4 children. Second marriage to Aida Rocco in 1960. Died 11.October 1990.
Clara Carty
John Carty died in 1938. Clara died in October 1946 at Maroubra, in Sydney.
