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             Husband: Walter Herbert Read    
                Born: 1877                 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  1
                Died: 1946                 in Camperdown,  New South Wales, Australia  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elsie May Ashdown     
             Married: 1902                 in Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  1
                Born: 1881                 in Redfern, New South Wales, Australia  1
              Father: Albert James Ashdown   (1846 - 1891) 
              Mother: Julia Colliver   (1841 - 1926) 
 1  F  Doris Muriel Read                                        |   Born: 1903 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. William Henry Sharp                                      |Married: 1921 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1892 Died: 1960                                    |   Died: 1958 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia 1
 2  M  Arthur George Herbert Mervyn Read                        |   Born: 1905 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. Esther Margaret Robinson                                 |Married: 1928 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1908 Died: 1963                                    |   Died: 2001 Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia 
 3  F  Edna May Read                                            |   Born: 1907 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. James John Mares                                         |Married: 1926 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1903 Died: 1997                                    |   Died: 1977 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
 4  F  Jean Read                                                |   Born: 1908  1

 5  F  Elsie Esther Read                                        |   Born: 1910 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. Leslie Roy Morton                                        |Married: 1930 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1893 Died: 1945                                    |   Died: 1977 Gymea, New South Wales, Australia 1
 6  M  Ronald Herbert Richard James Read                        |   Born: 1912 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. Evelyn Budden                                            |Married: 1947 Kingsford, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1907 Died: 1999                                    |   Died: 1990 New South Wales, Australia 1
 7  M  Neville Charles Edwin Read                               |   Born: 1917 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 1
   sp. Merlie Daphne Hynds                                      |Married: 1941 Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1
       Born: 1918 Died: 2005                                    |   Died: 2004 Narellan, New South Wales, Australia 1

Sources:
(1) Ancestry family tree. 

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