Ceacle Frank Valentine Faggotter1

(1927 - 2006)
FatherLance Valentine Roy Faggotter1 b. 21 Apr 1907, d. 17 Oct 1960
MotherMollie Roysey Ilberta Gibson1 b. 31 Mar 1908, d. 26 Sep 2001
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Relationship2nd cousin 1 time removed of John Henry Talbot

Child with an unknown spouse:

Ceacle Frank Valentine Faggotter

Life Events

     Ceacle Frank Valentine Faggotter was born on 21 June 1927, son of Lance Valentine Roy Faggotter and Mollie Roysey Ilberta Gibson.1

At the time of his marriage in 1949 he was an international jockey.2
From the "Barrier Daily Truth", 19th January 1949
Val Faggotter's
Wedding

     The Sydney jockey, Val Fuggotter, is to marry Miss Lorraine Uhl in Sydney on February I. There, is a big Broken Hill flavor about this wedding as both Val and his fiancee were born in Broken Hill.
     Val left here about seven years ago and just recently completed his apprenticeship. In Sydney he met Miss Uhl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Uhl, now of Wilcannia, and formerly of Broken Hill. Miss Uhl is a nurse in a metropolitan hospital. She left Broken Hill about eight years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Uhl are going to Sydney to be at the wedding.2


He died in 2006, aged 78 years.1

Val had an obituary on 24 February 2006 , in "The Coffs Coast Advocate"
     THE Australian racing industry has lost one of its greatest characters with the death of former Coffs Harbour trainer Val Faggotter on February 17.
     Born in Broken Hill, the young Faggotter began his working life in Sydney racing stables in the 1940's.
     In a stroke of good fortune, during his first year as an apprentice jockey he rode two of the greats of Australian racing, super sprinter San Domenico and champion mare, Flight.
     "Getting on one great horse was unexpected as apprentices didn't get many opportunities in those days," he once said in a local radio interview. "But to get on two good ones? I couldn't believe my luck."
     Faggotter left Australia in the 1950s and rode overseas for more than 20 years, winning more than 2000 races in England, France and India before returning to Australia in 1974.
     A close friendship with legendary jockey Sir Gordon Richards saw Faggotter wearing the royal colours for the Queen and Queen Mother, then gaining a mount in the English Derby at Epsom Downs.
     He was especially proud of becoming one of the few close friends of the brilliant but difficult Lester Piggott. "Exceptional men are always a little difficult to understand," he would say of that flawed genius on horseback.
Retired to Coffs

     Returning to Australia in 1974, Faggotter rode briefly for a period in Brisbane before 'retiring' to Coffs Harbour.
     But with the racing bug still in his system, Faggotter took out a trainer's licence and found a number of good horses.
     The best was Misty Sarah, owned by local businessman John Samios, with a string of race victories to its credit.
     Faggotter often said the best protege in his stable wasn't equine, but a young apprentice named Glen Colless.
"I always knew he had special ability but thought he wouldn't ride for long," Faggotter said. "He was tall and had a big build but gee, could he ride."
Amazingly, the Colless career has boomed against the odds with one Brisbane riding premiership already secured and the top position held in the current season.
     In 1997, Val and Lorraine Faggotter retired for a second time to Cooroy on the Sunshine Coast.
     He was 78 at the time of his death.
     Val is survived by Lorraine, children Helen, Brad, Desley, Jim and their families.2

Citations

  1. [S136] Ancestry.com.au, online http://search.ancestry.com.au
  2. [S195] "Trove" Digititised Newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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Doris H Faggotter1

(1913 - )
FatherHenry Faggotter1 b. 31 Aug 1872, d. 22 Aug 1951
MotherEmma Catherine Isabella Matthews1 b. 3 Mar 1879, d. 1961
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Relationship2nd cousin of John Henry Talbot

Life Events

     Doris H Faggotter was born in 1913 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, daughter of Henry Faggotter and Emma Catherine Isabella Matthews.1

Citations

  1. [S195] "Trove" Digititised Newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/

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Helen Faggotter1

(1950 - 2008)
FatherCeacle Frank Valentine Faggotter1 b. 21 Jun 1927, d. 2006
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of John Henry Talbot

Life Events

     Helen Faggotter was born on 29 April 1950 in Australia, daughter of Ceacle Frank Valentine Faggotter.1

She died in 2008, aged 57 years, in Australia.2

Citations

  1. [S195] "Trove" Digititised Newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/
  2. [S136] Ancestry.com.au, online http://search.ancestry.com.au

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Leo Thomas Russell Spencer1

(1897 - 1969)
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Life Events

     Leo Thomas Russell Spencer was born on 6 November 1897 in Clarendon, South Australia.2

Leo was deaf and was educated in the South Australian Institution for the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb, Brighton, South Australia, now known as Townsend House. His sister Mavis was also a deaf student at the same facility and both won awards for their achievements.3
Townsend House


On 20 December 1934, Leo, aged 37, married Ida Edith Muriel Faggotter, daughter of Henry Faggotter and Emma Catherine Isabella Matthews, in Deaf and Dumb Church, 262 South Terrace in Adelaide, South Australia.1

He died on Monday, 22 September 1969, aged 71 years, 10 months and 16 days, in Edwardstown, South Australia,1 and he was buried on 25 September 1969 in the Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia, in the General AF section, path 28, grave 751A.4

Citations

  1. [S136] Ancestry.com.au, online http://search.ancestry.com.au
  2. [S1] Birth Registrations, SA Births 1842-1906.
  3. [S195] "Trove" Digititised Newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/
  4. [S39] Centennial Park, online http://www.centennialpark.org/deceased-search/…

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