Coralie Hope Isobel Seymour WALKER [Coralie Hope STANLEY]

1893 -

• Name	Coralie Hope Isobel Seymour WALKER
  Known As	Coralie Hope STANLEY
  Birth	11 Feb 1893	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	31 Mar 1901	Southam, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  Education	From 18 Feb 1902 to 18 Dec 1903  [4]
  	Tokomario School, Milton, Otago
  Education	1906  [1]
  	Auckland
  Education	1907  [1]
  	Invercargill Middle School, Invercargill, Southland
  Education	From 11 Feb 1907 to 25 Apr 1907  [1]
  	Tokomairiro School, Milton, Otago
  Education	From 04 Jan 1909 to 21 Jan 1909  [5]
  	Rangatira Valley School, South Canterbury
  Residence	From 12 Apr 1920 to 10 Feb 1930	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [6, 7, 8]
  Occupation	08 Dec 1921  [9]
  	Jounalist, Sydney, New South Wales
  Occupation	From 27 Mar 1923 to 21 Aug 1923  [10, 11]
  	Publicist for Andre Skalski, tour of New Zealand
  Occupation	From 20 Mar 1930 to 29 Dec 1933  [12, 13, 14]
  	Journalist, London, England
  Residence	From 20 Mar 1930 to 29 Dec 1933	London, Middlesex, England   [15, 16, 17]
  Residence	From 30 Jan 1934 to 01 Jun 1935	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [18, 19]
  Residence	06 Mar 1936	London, Middlesex, England   [20, 21]
  Person ID	I9249	NZ Genealogy Project | WALKER Descendant
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	John STANLEY
  Mother	Ellen WALKER [Nell or Helen],   b. 12 Feb 1870, Milton, Otago, New Zealand d. 05 May 1934, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F2983	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Cyril McKELLAR,   b. 04 May 1879, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand d. 15 Nov 1960, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	04 Jan 1916	Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand   [22, 23, 24]
  Separated	12 Apr 1920	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [25]
  Divorce	16 Feb 1924	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [26]
  Children	1. Helen Gloria Seymour McKELLAR [Gloria],   b. 24 Oct 1917, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
  Family ID	F3119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Feb 1893 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Census - 31 Mar 1901 - Southam, Warwickshire, England Marriage - 04 Jan 1916 - Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand Residence - From 12 Apr 1920 to 10 Feb 1930 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Separated - 12 Apr 1920 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Divorce - 16 Feb 1924 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Residence - From 20 Mar 1930 to 29 Dec 1933 - London, Middlesex, England Residence - From 30 Jan 1934 to 01 Jun 1935 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Residence - 06 Mar 1936 - London, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Coralie Hope Stanley McKellar Photograph from "The Sun" (Sydney), Sun 18 Feb 1934, Page 39, BEACH COMBINGS

  
  

  Documents		News articles about Coralie Stanley or Coralie Stanley McKellar. Selected Australian and New Zealand articles about Coralie Stanley, or after marriage, about Coralie Stanley McKellar. Coralie also used a nom de plume, Lalie Seton Cray initially when publishing in Australia.
  		Magazine and Newspaper articles by Coralie Stanley McKellar. Collection of Magazine and Newspaper articles by Coralie Stanley McKellar. Coralie Hope Seymour STANLEY used the name Coralie Stanley McKellar as an author and reporter. She also used the nom de plume Lalie Seton Cray initially in Australia.

  
  

• Notes

  Biography. Coralie Hope Isobel Seymour WALKER was born in Dunedin, on 3 February 1897, the daughter of Helen WALKER. Her father's name was not recorded on her birth registration. Coralie was known as Coralie Hope Seymour STANLEY during childhood and when she married, her mother claiming to have married John Stanley in 1895 at Sydney. Coralie attended school at Milton, Otago (1901-1902), Auckland (1906), Invercargill (1907), Bushside near Ashburton where her aunt was a teacher (1908) and Rangitira Valley School, South Canterbury (January 1909). Coralie obtained work at the literary department of "The Evening Star" in Dunedin where she worked for a year in 1910. Coralie enjoyed singing and dancing. In 1910 she was reported to have performed a song and dance in the Loyal Centenary Lodge Concert in the South Dunedin Town Hall. She moved to Wellington and was trained in singing by Madame Mueller, competing in several Wellington singing competitions in 1912. Madame Mueller was well known as a successful teacher of singing. By 1913 Coralie was well known in Wellington amateur theatrical circles. in 1913 she was engaged in training the ballet for the Nelson Amateur Dramatic Society performance of "The Runaway Girl." In the performance Coralie took the role of Dorothy Stanley. Following her success in this production, in 1914, she was appointed by Blenheim "Winter Carnival" executive to provide the dancing portion of their forthcoming function. Coralie advertised for girls to train in dancing for the event. Subsequent newspaper reports indicated that the girls who received her tuition made popular performances of the Tango. Coralie performed her solo "Babette's Dance" from "La Femme de Chambre" and the Madrid Tango with a partner successfully. Later in 1914 Coralie performed in a Concert in Gisborne in Aid of the Belgian and Patriotic Funds. The Gisborne newspapers reported that Coralie "is more than a dancer; she is a capable little actress, and each of her descriptive dances resolved themselves into little scenes, which held the attention of the audience closely throughout." In January 1916 Coralie married Alfred Cyril McKELLAR in Wellington. Alfred was a bank auditor based in Wellington. He joined the army in November 1916 and trained as an officer, departing for the war in Europe in November 1917, a month after Coralie gave birth to their daughter Gloria McKELLAR. Alfred returned to Wellington after his war duty in February 1919 and resumed his auditing position at the Bank of New South Wales in Wellington. In 1918 Coralie was living in Christchurch and she contributed to fund raising for the Lady Liverpool Fund, a fund established to encourage NZ women and children to contribute to the war effort by knitting, sewing and raising money for the soldiers. Coralie was reported to have donated money and performed in numerous fund raising concerts. Coralie, her mother and daughter, arrived in Sydney, Australia, from Wellington on the ship Moeraki in April 1920, leaving Alfred in New Zealand. Coralie began publishing articles and poems under her own name and using the nom de plume "Lalie Seton Cray" in a monthly magazine "The Triad: a journal devoted to literacy, pictorial, musical and dramatic art." She was most prolific in 1921 and 1922, publishing over 20 articles in each year. In May 1922 "The Dominion" (Wellington) reported that Mrs. Coralie Stanley McKellar, who contributes largely each month to the "Triad"? and "Stage and Society" magazines, is now on the permanent staff of the "Daily Telegraph" (Sydney). Coralie also participated in Sydney dramatic productions, producing a Christmas Pantomime in 1921 and appearing in "Dear Brutus" in 1923. In March 1923 Coralie arrived back in New Zealand as publicist for the celebrated Polish pianist, Andre Skalski. She organised receptions and over 25 concerts around New Zealand during April-August for the pianist. Andre Skalski arrived in Sydney in 1921 and had held piano recitals and conducted the New South Wales State Orchestra during 1922. Coralie was granted a restitution of conjugal rights order against her husband, Alfred Cyril McKellar, by the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) at Wellington in August 1923. Alfred was living in Wellington while Coralie resided in Sydney. After Alfred failed to comply with the order, a decree nisi was granted in February 1924, to be moved absolute after three months. After the tour Coralie returned to Sydney and was appointed Organiser and Official Secretary for the Australian Branch of Egypt Exploration Society. She successfully raised funds for the Society which resulted in Australian museums receiving artifacts from excavations in Egypt and four or five cases of treasures from the grave of Tutankhamen. When she visited New Zealand in 1926 she took her jade tile ring which once graced the hand of Auk-na-ton, the wife of Tutankhamen. After visits to China, Coralie returned to New Zealand during 1926-1928. She gave lectures at many schools throughout New Zealand about her experiences in China, emphasising the importance of obedience in Chinese culture. She used ancient artifacts from China to reinforce her stories. At the beginning of 1930 Coralie, her mother and daughter Gloria moved to London where Coralie worked as a reporter. They returned to Australia in December 1933. Coralie published regular articles ("Beachcombings") in the Sydney Sun newspaper and appeared as a regular commentator on Sydney radio. She wrote and acted in a radio play in 1934, the performance occurring two hours after her mother died. After a visit to New Zealand in 1935, Coralie and her daughter Gloria returned to London in 1936. They lived there until 1938 when they traveled to the United States, with an intended stay of six months. I have been unable to trace Coralie further, or her death. Numerous newspaper articles about Coralie and a selection of her publications are compiled in her "Documents" (above). In 1924 it was reported that Coralie a married Captain H.H. Kilby when visiting Epi Island in what is now Vanuatu. He was possibly the aide-de-camp to the Governor of Victoria, Col. The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray Rous, Earl of Stradbroke. Coralie had spent time in Melbourne in 1924 raising funds for the Egypt Exploration Society. However, Coralie continued to use the surname McKellar after visiting the present Vanuatu and Captain Kilby never traveled with Coralie when she went to New Zealand, England or America.

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). School Admission, Progress, Withdrawal Registers [S762] New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S199] 1901 England Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. Name Coralie Stanley; Age 8; Estimated Birth Year abt 1893; Relation to Head Pupil; Gender Female; Birth Place New Zealand; Civil parish Southam; Ecclesiastical parish Southam St James; Town Southam; County/Island Warwickshire; Country England; Registration district Southam; Sub-registration district Southam; ED, institution, or vessel The Orphanage. [S695] David Bryant, NZSG Kiwi Index - School Records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.). [S447] NZSG Index Version 5, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., Auckland 2008). [S2206] NSW, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922, (Ancestry.com). Port of Arrival Sydney, New South Wales; Voyage Arrival Date 12 Apr. 1920; Vessel Name Moeraki [S750] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com). Ship Baradine, arrived London 22 March 1930. Coralie and Gloria McKellar Port of embarkation - Melbourne. [S2211] Trove - Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW), (National Library of Australia). BARADINE OUTWARD. The P.& O. Branch Service steamer Baradine is to leave Brisbane on Feb. 1, Sydney Feb. 5, Melbourne Feb. 10, Adelaide Feb. 15, and Fremantle on Feb. 20 for the United Kingdom. - Mon 20 Jan 1930 page 4 [S2207] Trove - Mullumbimby Star (NSW), (National Library of Australia). The Fascination of the Garter. There is nothing the matter with Coralie McKellar, who does the woman's column for the Sydney 'Telegraph.' .... - 8 Dec 1921 page 6 [S719] Papers Past - New Zealand Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. A Sydney correspondent writes that Jean Gerardy, the famous 'cellist, arid Andre Skalski have arrived tack in Australia from New Zealand. - 21 September 1923, Page 12 [S1189] Papers Past - The Dominion, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Mrs. Coralie F. McKellar, Press representative of Andre Skalski, has arrived in Wellington to make preparations for the opening of the season here. - 16 April 1923, Page 2 [S2208] Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, Electoral Registers, 1889-1970, (ancestry.com). In 1931, 1932 and 1933 Registers - Coralie and Helen Stanley-McKellar, Kensington South [S750] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com). Name Coralie McKellar, Arrival Age 32, Arrival Date 22 Mar. 1930, Port of Arrival London, England, Ship Name Baradine [S1020] UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, (Ancestry.com). Name Coralie McKellar, Gender Female, Departure Age 36, Departure Date 29 Dec. 1933, Departure Port England, Ship Name Moldavia, Destination Port Sydney, Australia [S750] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S1020] UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S2208] Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, Electoral Registers, 1889-1970, (ancestry.com). [S2209] Fremantle, Western Australia, Passenger Lists, 1897-1963, (ancestry.com). Name Coralie McKellar, Departure Place London, United Kingdom, Arrival Date 30 Jan. 1934, Arrival Place Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, Vessel Moldavia [S2210] Trove - Smith's Weekly (Sydney), (National Library of Australia). Coralie and Gloria leave on the "Monterey" to-day. First port, I hear, will be Auckland. - 1 June 1935, Page 21. [S762] New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. Coralie Stanley, widow, 41 years, Australian, arrived New York 21 Jun 1938 from Southampton, UK on ship Pennland with daughter Gloria. [S750] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com). Name Mrs C McKellar, Arrival Age 42, Port of Departure Melbourne, Australia; Arrival Date 6 Mar. 1936, Port of Arrival London, England; Ship Name Mongolia Also Gloria McKellar [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S2001] Archives New Zealand Online - Military Personnel Files, (Archives New Zealand, https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz), none. [S2206] NSW, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922, (Ancestry.com). Passengers: Mrs H Stanley, Mrs C McKellar and 11 children not named; Port of Departure Wellington, New Zealand; Port of Arrival Sydney, New South Wales; Voyage Arrival Date 12 Apr. 1920; Vessel Name Moeraki [S575] Papers Past - NZ Truth, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), NZ Truth, Issue 951, 16 February 1924, none. An order for restitution of conjugal rights having been ignored by Alfred Cyril McKellar, bank inspector, of New Zealand, his wife, Coralle Hope Seymour McKellar, now working an a free lance journalist in Australia, put forward an application for divorce through her lawyer, Mr. D. M. Findlay. Petitioner's evidence was taken In Sydney. A decree nisi was granted, and the interim custody of the one child of the marriage was given petitioner.