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     Elsie Gweneth Wilkinson married James Earle Younie, son of Wallace Rutherford Younie and Jean Elizabeth McKell.¹
     Her married name became Younie.¹

     Eleanor J. Younie is the daughter of James Earle Younie and Elsie Gweneth Wilkinson.¹

     Melanie Boisvert is the daughter of Eleanor J. Younie.¹

     Eleanor Frances (?) was born circa 1868.¹ She married Charles Beckwith Evatt.¹ She died on 5 April 1949 at Bath, Somerset, England.¹
     Her married name became Evatt.¹

     Mary Ethel Stanley Orde-Browne was born in 1867.¹ She was the daughter of Captain Charles Orde-Browne and Annie Maria Michell.² She married Colonel George Wingate.¹ She died in 1943.¹
     Her married name became Wingate.¹

     Maj.-Gen. Orde Charles Wingate was born on 26 February 1903 at Naini Tal, India.¹ He was the son of Colonel George Wingate and Mary Ethel Stanley Orde-Browne.¹ He married Lorna Elizabeth Margaret Paterson, daughter of WAlter Moncrieff Paterson, on 24 January 1935 at Chelsea Old Church, Chelsea, London, England.¹ He died on 24 March 1944 at age 41 at Thion Village, Manjpur, India, killed in action.¹ He was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.^G.¹
     He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on 29 August 1923 in the Royal Artillery.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant on 29 August 1925.¹ He gained the rank of Captain on 16 May 1928.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1938 and bars (1941 and 1943.)¹ He fought in the Palestine Campaign between 1938 and 1939.¹ He gained the rank of Major on 29 August 1940.¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he organised the Chindits operating in Burma.¹ He gained the rank of Acting Major-General on 18 September 1943.¹

     Lorna Elizabeth Margaret Paterson was the daughter of WAlter Moncrieff Paterson.¹ She married Maj.-Gen. Orde Charles Wingate, son of Colonel George Wingate and Mary Ethel Stanley Orde-Browne, on 24 January 1935 at Chelsea Old Church, Chelsea, London, England.¹ She married John R. R. Smith on 5 January 1954.¹ She died in 1990.¹
     From 24 January 1935, her married name became Wingate.¹ From 5 January 1954, her married name became Smith.¹

     John R. R. Smith married Lorna Elizabeth Margaret Paterson, daughter of WAlter Moncrieff Paterson, on 5 January 1954.¹

     Lt.-Col. George Nigel Fancourt Wingate was born on 8 April 1908 at Woolwich, Kent, England.¹ He was the son of Colonel George Wingate and Mary Ethel Stanley Orde-Browne.¹ He married Rosamond Mary Berridge in 1950 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England.¹ He died on 25 September 1982 at age 74 at Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant on 8 October 1939 in the Royal Artillery.¹ He gained the rank of Captain on 28 December 1940.¹ He gained the rank of Major on 10 August 1943.¹ He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1970.¹