Life Story: Jeanette Maree McCullough

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The following is the “Life Story of Jeanette Maree” as told in my Ancestry Family. Jeanette Maree goes by Maree in life.

When Jeanette Maree McCullough was born on March 22, 1940, in Seymour, Victoria, Australia, her father, David John, was 24, and her mother, Vera May, was 21. She had (has) four brothers and five sisters). She was married three times and had two sons and three daughters.

Jeanette Maree McCullough married Hans Lauterbach in Nagambie, Victoria, Australia, on September 20, 1957, when she was 17 years old. She was already three (3) months pregnant at the time with her first son, David Erich (1958-1998). She and Hans had four other children: Janine Vera Ann (1960-1989), Lisa Maree (1962), Tania Mary (1963), and Carl (1973).

Jeanette Maree and Hans were divorced in 1979 after 22 years of marriage. She was 39 years old. In the same year, she married Victor Dobrogorsky. Jeanette Maree and Victor were married for 18 years and divorced in or before 1997 (source still pending). Shortly after her separation (or divorce) from Victor, Jeanette Maree filed for bankruptcy on 22 June 1995.

Jeanette Maree married Manfred Karl Heinz Hillebrand in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on September 1, 1997, when she was 57 years old. They remained married until the death of Manfred in January 2024.

In 1989 her eldest daughter (Janine Vera Ann) committed suicide, at the age of 29. Eight years later, in 1998, her eldest son (David Erich) also committed suicide, at the age of 39.

Her husband Manfred Karl Heinz passed away on January 20, 2024, in Tallarook, Victoria, Australia. They had been married 26 years.

Updated March 24, 2024