- Jean was born in United Kingdom, married to Alex and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren who all live in Perth, WA.
She retired from work in 2014 after 20 years working for the Western Australian State Government in the Department of Culture and the Arts Administration Team. Her interests are Genealogy – She has completed the U3A Online Genealogy Course and has been working on her family tree for the past 15 years but with names of Brown and White in the family its taking longer than anticipated. With the advent of DNA testing this brought a renewed passion in her research as it brings more connections. Jean is also a member of her local Family History Association and is in involved in many of their activities.
She is also a member of a U3A in the Perth Northern Suburbs area and attends weekly meetings. She is involved with the U3A Network WA and is currently the Network Treasurer. Her other interests are reading, walking and visiting new places. She takes an active interest in her local community.