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Audrey
Celina Farndale 15 July 1916 to 5 February 2005
FAR00827
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Comptometric operator for the Hudson Bay Company |
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Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada
1916
Audrey Celina Farndale, daughter of Mark and Mary (nee
Wiltz) Farndale (FAR00603), was
born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 15 July 1916 (Letter,
Obituary).
1938
The Winnipeg Free Press, 21 July 1938:
Engagements: Mrs. Mark Farndale announces the engagement of her daughter,
Audrey Celina, to Mr. Ernest Stewart McKelvie, only son of Mrs. Thomas
McKelvie. The wedding will take place quietly August 19.
Audrey Celina Farndale,
married Ernest Everitt Steward McKelvie, at 88 Maryland Street, Manitoba on 19
August 1938. Rev PT Pilkey officiated. (Letter)
The Winnipeg Free Press, 23
August 1938: McKELVIE-FARNDALE. Friday, Aug. 19th, the marriage was
solemnized of Miss Audrey Celina Farndale to Mr. Ernest Stewart McKelvie, at 88
Maryland Street. Rev. P. T. Pilkey officiated.
Audrey and Ernest had two daughters, Margaret (“Terry”)
McKelvie and Bernice McKelvie.
British
Columbia
1953
Audrey moved
to British Columbia in 1953, first to Chilliwack, then to Vancouver and finally
to Victoria (obituary).
She was
employed by the Hudson Bay Company as a comptometer operator and later by the
Federal Government in a secretarial position.
The comptometer was the
first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator, patented in the
United States by Dorr E. Felt in 1887.
A key-driven calculator is
extremely fast because each key adds or subtracts its value to the accumulator
as soon as it is pressed and a skilled operator can enter all of the digits of
a number simultaneously, using as many fingers as required, making them
sometimes faster to use than electronic calculators. Consequently, in
specialized applications, comptometers remained in use in limited numbers into
the early 1990s, but with the exception of museum pieces, they have all now
been superseded by electronic calculators and computers.
1982
Gordon Farndale (FAR00819) with Audrey
McKelvie (nee Farndale) daughter of Mark Farndale, about 1982
1998
Audrey's
husband Ernie died in 1998.
2005
Audrey Celina McKelvie died on 5 February 2005.
The Victoria Times-Colonist, 2 November 2005: Obituary.
Audrey Celina Farndale McKelvie. McKelvie, Audrey C. McKELVIE, Audrey C. July
15, 1916 February 5, 2005 Audrey crossed the bar mid morning Saturday. She was
born in Winnipeg and moved to BC in 1953, first to Chilliwack, then to
Vancouver and finally to Victoria. She was employed by the Hudson Bay Company
as a comptometer operator and later by the Federal Government in a secretarial
position. She is survived by daughters Margaret (Terry)
and Bernice, by grandsons Michael (Gail), David (Kate) and Brian (Jenn)
Sagar and by great-grandchildren Lynn and Tom. Audrey's husband Ernie died in
1998. Her grandsons will remember her for her generosity in support of their
education. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be
no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems
asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the
boundless deep Turns again home. -Tennyson No service at Audrey's request.
Private cremation. 38944