George Vincent OWEN (1920-2000)

George Vincent OWEN,¹ son of John OWEN (1879-1970) and Rachel Elizabeth BURLEY (1883-1963), was born on 13 March 1920 in Wollongong, NSW. He was named George after his father's brother George who was wounded on the original Anzac Day in World War I and who later died as a result of those wounds.² He was a school principal . He became a school principal later in life and was the youngest ever principal appointed in Australia (at that time).³ In 1992 he was diagnosed with the medical condition stroke.⁴ He resided at 6/26 Richmond Ave in Dee Why, NSW. The dates are not known but it was after he was divorced from his wife Marie.⁵ In 1992 he resided in Bayview, NSW. As a consequence of his stroke he moved into a nursing home there.⁴

he died (aged 80) on 2 September 2000 at Minkara Nursing Home, 10 Minkara Rd in Bayview. A death notice was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 5 September 2000. That notice states George was late of Minkara, formerly of Narrabeen and Dee Why.^6,7

It is known that George hand-built two homes by himself in the Dee Why district of Sydney, NSW.²

Marie Joan QUESSY¹ and George Vincent OWEN had the following children: