History

Alice's history begins in Denmark, when her parents were married in the year of 1918, about 6 months before the end of World War One.

When the war ( WW I ) ended, they packed up and left Denmark for Australia.

Both intellectuals and well qualified, they came from influential backgrounds.

They arrived in Sydney in 1919, to start a new life.

Alice's mother

Marie Elisabeth Rude

The mother of Alice was Marie Elisabeth Rude, who was born in 1891 and here, photographed in 1916, an attractive 25 years of age. She was the daughter of a prominent family in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Alice's father

Karl Martinus Andersen

The father of Alice, he was born in 1896 and photographed here in early 1918, while still in the Danish Navy and at age of 21. This photo was taken at the time he was married to Marie.

Karl came straight out of trade school and joined the Danish Navy. He served in the engine room of Peder Skram, the flag ship of the Danish Navy. After arriving in Australia, he became a foundation member of the Sydney Adyar Theosophical Society in 1920. They started the Sydney Radio Station 2GB in 1926, only a couple of years after the very first Radio Stations began to broadcast in Sydney.

The life of

Alice Wanscher

Alice was born in 1924, in Granville, New South Wales, Australia, by Danish parents.

Apologies for the quality of the above photo. It is a copy of an inkjet print of a copy of the original photo. It still gives a good impression of a strong woman with a determined attitude. Note that she has just been vaccinated on her right arm.

At the age of 4, she was brought to Denmark, in 1928, where she grew up.

He worked full time at Clyde Engineering in Granville, NSW. In 1928, something caused the family to return to Denmark. While in Denmark, the family broke up and Karl returned to Australia. Arriving in 1930, at the start of the great depression, he unsuccessfully tried to get work on the construction site of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Seeing dark days ahead, he travelled to the NSW South Coast and began prospecting for gold, along the Clyde River, near Bateman's Bay. He was moderately successful and managed to just get by, while also supporting Alice, who was still in Denmark.

In 1935, he returned to Granville, where he finally found full time employment and living in a sleep out in Dixmude Street, Granville, NSW. From there he moved to Woolloomooloo, Sydney and found work in Redfern. He took up art and again became active with the Sydney Adyar Theosophical Society, which is still going today.

Here is another photo of Marie, taken in 1928, when she is, by now, 37 years old. She is wearing the top fashion of the day and it looks like it might be winter. It also looks like they had more important things on their minds, than to cut the grass. After living for 9 years in Granville, NSW, Australia, they were, in fact, getting ready to return to Denmark.

This is the earliest photo that I have been able to locate of Alice. In this photo, she is 4 years old. I have a strong reason to believe that this photo was taken in the front yard of a timber house in Gordon Street, Granville, in the winter of 1928.

Here he is, photographed in 1936, in the garden of Dixmude Street, Granville.

In Denmark, Alice lived with her father's sister (Hariet) on Smedje Bakken, in Langballe, near Aarhus, Denmark. Her father had 5 sisters (Hariet, Agnete, Vera, Ingrid and Jenny) and one brother (Hartvig). They were all children of Magnus Andersen, who was well known in the district and eventually lived to be about 95 years old. They all went to the same school (Langballe Skole) around 1900 to about 1910. Alice also went to that same school, a generation later and the above photo is from 1936, where Alice is 5th from the left in the girls back row. Then, known as Alice Andersen, she was 12 at that time. She kept in contact with most of these students, until she left for Australia, 23 years later (in 1959).

Alice loved her mother and cared for her to the best of her ability.

At this stage he is 39 years old.

Alice grew up and married Paulli in 1945. With him, she had two children.

Alice idolised her father, so much that she moved from Denmark to Australia, so as to be with him.

Born in 1916, Paulli was a tradesman, who built his own house and later travelled the world.

Here he is in 1956, with their two children.

Paulli lived to be 70.

Alice grew up in the same house, which her own father had grown up in. It was situated on Smedje Bakken, in Langballe By, near Aarhus, in Denmark.

Alice came to Australia and her children grew up.

Now she is 90 years old and she is thanking everyone for all they have done to make her happy and contented.

( Alice's grandchildren )

We love you grandma

Have a great 90th birthday