Violet Thomas

Violet Thomas

Violet Maxwell aka C Bede Maxwell

• Step-father: Carl Adolphe Franz Spuhl
• Mother: Lillian Thomas

• Birth*: Violet Thomas was born on 1 August 1901 at Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• Baptism: She was baptized by Carl Adolph Franz Spuhl (aka Spool) and his wife Matilde Wallach Spuhl Registration Number 517/1912.
  She remained in contact with her mother. She changed her name legally to Catherine Bede Maxwell and was an author of several books under the name C. Bede Maxwell.
• She was the daughter of Carl Adolphe Franz Spuhl and Lillian Thomas.
• Marriage*: Violet Thomas married Clarence Bede Maxwell, son of James John Maxwell and Margaret Frances Daly, on 9 April 1921 at St Barnabas Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia; According to the rites of the Church of England.
  
  Consent given in writing by JJ Maxwell (groom's father) and CAF Spool (bride's adoptive father).¹
• Death*: Violet Thomas died on 13 March 1995 at Salem, Oregon, USA, at age 93. The cause of death was.
• Married Name: Her married name was Maxwell.
• Education*: She was educated at Sydney Girls' High School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.²
• Occupation*: She was Author:
  
  Publications included:
  
  Wooden Hookers, Angus and Robertson, Sydney 1940
  The Cold Nose of the Law, 1947
  Surf - Australians against the Sea, 1949
  Noonday Devil, (A novel) 1950.^2,3
• Residence*: Violet and an unknown person lived Glebe Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia 9 April 1921.¹
• Note*: She Wooden Hookers: Epics of the Sea History of Australia in 1940 at Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• Residence: Violet and an unknown person lived 15 Hardy Street Ashfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1944.²
• Note: She Good talk, theatre, music, pedigree dog breeding between 1944 and 1950.^2,3
• Note: She The Lyceum Club is an arts, literature and social activism group for women only. in 1950 at Lyceum Club 77 King Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.³