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A NAME IN A LIST ISN'T MUCH GOOD FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS! YOU WON'T FIND ANY MENTION OF LOUISA SILVESTER IN ANY PUBLISHED MORNINGTON PENINSULA HISTORY.
In 1890, the Sorrento 3rd 20 travelled to Rosebud to play an AUSTRALIAN RULES football match agai...
Surnames:
SILVESTER, VIVIAN
TROVE'S QUIRKY WAYS LED ME BACK TO MY FAVOURITE MORNINGTON PENINSULA PIONEER, S.S.CRISPO.
Trove serving me HOVER when I ordered HOVE led me to an article about the Rosebud Union footy team of 1890, which I had been trying to relocate for years. Iron...
Surnames:
CRISPO, WILLIAMS
The WHAKAPAPA CLUB, the main Maori Genealogy Site on the net, has been updated and they have a new look and address
The Whakapapa Club is a child of maori.org.nz. Born in 2000, the Whakapapa Club grew of age in 2018, moving out of home and into th...
Dorcas Augustine FINDLAY b 22 August 1891 Sydenham Christchurch New Zealand
Her parents were possibly Hugh FINDLAY and Elizabeth JARDINE
Information Journal.
Groom: William CALDWELL.
Bride: Elizabeth CAMPBELL.
Year married: 1859.
Place: Victoria, Australia.
Possible death for William is 1912 in Numurkah, Victoria.
Age: 80 yerars.
Parents unknown.
Elizabeth died 1909 i...
Surnames:
ASH, ATKINS, BERRYMAN, BOURKE, BOURNE
and 26 more
I know Roy was married twice first marriage was to Juanita parks in Marion county Arkansas the second I do believe was to my mother Joyce maiden name was Avey any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't find anything . My mom's divorce papers said...
His father was Ren Allen Davis his mother was Ida Mae White Ren passed away in 1961 Ida passed away 1972. I know he had a brother Hobart. Roy was my father never knew him or any of his family need help please
Catherine Graham married James McCulloch 1774 Port of Mentieth Scotland. Family legend has her connected to the Duke of Montrose. Don't think she was a daughter as some family members have claimed, but there is apparently some relationship which I ha...
Surnames:
BROADLEY, CARWARDINE, MCCULLOCH
Information Journal.
Groom: Albert TERRY.
Birth place: Given as Buchingham.
Bride: Julia ROBINSON.
Birth Place: Given as London.
Year married: 1866.
Place: Victoria, Australia.
Deaths for Albert and Julia not located at time of posting...
Surnames:
BEST, BURROWS, HARRISON, HICKSON, HILL
and 9 more
John George Butts (1840-1891) was born 2 April 1840 in Dorset, England, the youngest son of Rev Edward Drury Butts (1793-1863), Incumbent of Melplaish, Dorset & Mary Hill, only daughter of James Hill, Esq., Walthamstow. He was a cousin of the Marchio...
Surnames:
BARCLAY, BEAMISH, BEAUCHAMP, BUTTS, COFFEY
and 13 more
Information Journal
Groom: John TERRY.
Birth place: Given as Tasmania.
Bride: Eveline Emma FOLKS.
Birth place: Given as Saffron, Walden, England.
Year married: 1876.
Place Victoria, Australia.
John was born 29 July 1844 in Tasmania.
P...
Surnames:
ANDREWS, ANKETELL, BAINBRIDGE, BELL, BIRCHMORE
and 14 more
My maiden name is Smith. My great-grandfather, Bernard Smith, immigrated here about 1872 from Ireland. He married, but I am not sure in the US or in Ireland, my great-grandmother, Margaret Traynor, also of Ireland. They married in early 1800 in NYC ...
Surnames:
BECKERLY, DAVIS, RYAN, SMITH
TERRY marriages 1853-1865 Victoria Australia.
Males
Joseph
Married: Sarah Ann LORD 1853.
No issues located.
George Howard
Married: Elizabeth FANSTON 1854.
Three issues located.
FANSTON also recorded as FENSTEN, FUNSTONE and FEWSTONE
i...
Surnames:
BAMFORD, CARTHY, COLLINS, DAVIES, DOXEY
and 24 more
The Train Wreck at Ongarue
On 6 July 1923, at 05:52, 17 people died in a train crash at Γ
Εngarue near Taumarunui. This stands today as the country's third most deadly rail disaster. The worst in terms of loss of life was the 1953 Tangiwai Disaster ...
Surnames:
BILLING, BROWNLEE, CAMERON, CURRIE, DIGNAN
and 17 more
The details of this will were found by chance (in the second result for a trove search for "WILLIAM BENNETT WRIGHT", limited to Victoria.)W.B.Wright most likely farmed the part of today's Keilor Park, Melbourne, near Wright's Rd. (Melway 15 A 5-6.)
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Surnames:
DUNN, HARRAP, WRIGHT
and Mary Wright. Ada Benn,Martin,laterMiller d.June 1941 New Canton, Pike Ill. 1880 census showed Ada and Hezikiah living Bellview, Calhoun, Illinois. Hezikiah died Jan. 1882 in Calhoun county, Illinois... no record as to burial. No record as to iden...