Theodore Berford LITTLE [12445]

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  General Notes:

Theodore's first marriage was to Ada Emily ????? who died on January 16, 1922 and they had children.

Theodore married Tassorette Louie Setford (1884 - 1959) in 1923 . After the boating accident in which Tassorette's first husband, Darrell McIntosh Dysart Ray (1884-1921) died at Lakes Entrance in 1921, Tassie had been taken to Theodore Little's house on the shores of the Lakes.

Theodore was a stock and station agent and resided at St Kilda East.

Theodore died on January 28, 1929 from heart failure whilst bathing at the Ocean Beach at Lakes Entrance, Victoria[4].

An inquest was held into his death on January 28, 1929[5]. Rex Albert Foord, a draper of Bairnsdale gave the following account of what happened:

[he was] hit by a wave and carried under the water and when the wave passed the body came up to the top. I knew something was wrong as he did not make a struggle...'. Resuscitation attempts were made by a Doctor present on the beach, but to no avail.
Theodore was buried at Sale Public Cemetery in a grave with his first wife Ada Emily and daughter Doris .

His estate was proved on August 5, 1925. Most of his money was left to his sister and children. He left to Tassorette Louie Little £2,500 and released her from all moneys which may at any time during my lifetime have been advanced by me to her