4: Parents:Bert Michael and Tilly
3: Leslie Courtney = Mary Michael
2: Children: Pat, Ruth, Michael, Geoffrey.
Cynthia Mary Margaret Courtney (nee Michael) (Mary)
b Aug 1912 [freebmd Cyntha M M Michael Cardigan Q3 1912]; d Nov
2014 (aged 102)
Parents: Bert and Tilly Michael
Married Leslie W Courtney 1936 (Manager at Avana, food manufacturer d Dec 1959 aged 51).
children:
Pat =Jim Johns (Monmouth)[James John m Q4 1956; d 2014]
grandchildren: b Q2 1957 Hilary M; Q3 1958 Linda S (Lindy);
Q2 1960 Neil C (d 2016).
Ruth =John Knight (Newport)[John H Knight m Q1 1962, d]
grandchildren: b Newport Q3 1963 Amanda; b Newport Q1 1965
Janette M (Jaynie); Cheryl (d young)
Michael (automotive engineer, Newport)
Geoffrey (parks, died young, Newport)
Q1 1937 Courtney Patricia A Michael Newport
Q3 1938 Courtney Ruth P Michael Newport
Q3 1942 Courtney Michael W Michael Newport
Q4 1945 Courtney Geoffrey S Michael Newport
Lived in Newport at various addresses.
Initially trained as a nurse. Husband died relatively young. Served as a councillor. Awarded MBE.
From Newpaper in 2013 on occasion of her 101th birthday:
Mrs Courtney, a former Shaftesbury councillor, spent most of her working
life as a nurse at St Woolos Hospital and Pontypool Hospital, where she
met her late husband Leslie, whom she married in 1936 and went on to
have four children.
She received an MBE at Buckingham Palace in 1996 for her work with
charities over 25 years. Her roll of honour includes a past chairwoman
and president of the Autistic Society; delivering meals on wheels with
the WRVS; working with Oxfam for 25 years; being honoured by the NSPCC
and the Royal British Legion for her charity work; and becoming a life
member of mental health charity MIND.
She raised thousands of pounds for organisations such as the Red Cross,
and remained active into her 90s, helping Oxfam on Cross Street and
working four hours a day during holidays as a tour guide at Tredegar
House.
