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Firstly,apologies for having wrongly written this wonderful woman's name as Isobel for so long. It was the discovery of the correct spelling that led to my breakthrough. She has been variously described as a Mrs and a Miss but I now believe that not ...
CHAPMAN marriages 1860-1863 Victoria Australia.
Males
Henry
married: 1860 Mary BRENNAN.
Arthur Blandy
married: 1860 Elizabeth Frances PALLING.
Edward Thomas
married: 1860 Annie GEORGE.
James Andrew
married: 1860 Mary Thomas RICHARD...
Surnames:
CHAPMAN, COATES, COUVES, DUNCAN, FRASER
and 23 more
Did Catherine Slater have a sister?
There is a story that has been in the family for a long time
There were two girls( sisters) fount in the bush by Aborigines In the argyle county
They were taken to authorities, one went to live with white relat...
Surnames:
KELLY, KIRBY, MACKENZIE, RADBURN, ROESBOTTOM
and 2 more
I am totally new to this and want to know how to get started finding out about my maiden name. Mansir. I know a little about some of the who's and where's but want more info. I also am working with zero funds so if anyone has any info or Ideas I w...
Surnames:
MANSIR
I am at a brick wall with Peter. He is buried in Jefferson County Missouri. It is documented that he came from South Carolina, Spartanburg area, I am so very lost. He had a son John, that was one of the founders of Desoto Missouri, John's son was Sil...
Surnames:
WILLIAMS
SCHILLING marriages 1906-1930 Victoria Australia.
Males
Ernest Gotthold
married: 1907 Mary Jane PILMORE.
Frederick Rudolph
married: 1908 Florence CUST.
Robert Adolf
married: 1909 Louisa Maria HARDERS.
Henry
married: 1911 Mary MATTO...
Surnames:
BISSELL, CLARK, COLESTON, COLTHURST, COOPER
and 24 more
Sweet family documents for Oswald Sweet and Marie ( nee Laing, McDonald)
Married 1920's and I believe lived for a time at Oaklands Junction in Victoria.
Marie Laing / McDonald was a Scottish contralto who performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Her fir...
Surnames:
LAING, MCDONALD, SWEET
I have been trying to locate Samuel Meakins c1807/9 Potterspury Northamptonshire UK. He married Ann Williams in 1831 in Potterspury.
I know in the 1871/81 census Samuel has his place of birth as Paulerspury, other census have born Potterspury.
...
DIAMOND Deaths
Victoria Australia 1972-1985
Males
Frank DIAMOND.
Born: 1901 Maryborough, Victoria.
Died: 1972 Coburg, Victoria.
Age: 71 years.
Parents: John DIAMOND & Ellen HILL.
Samuel William DIAMOND.
Died: 1972 Heidelberg, Victoria....
Surnames:
DIAMOND, DOOLAN, GAWNE, HAYWOOD, HENDERSON
and 9 more
Surnames:
WHOSTON
In the 1930 census, my grandparents, Ammon and Manie Welker at living in Eddyville, KY.
There is listed a daughter by the name of Sylvia, who is 17 years old at the time. I am the daughter of Bettie, their youngest daughter, who was born in 1933, th...
Surnames:
WELKER
DIAMOND marriages 1930-1942 Victoria Australia.
Males
Matthew Francis
married: 1930 Eileen Marian DAVIS.
John Gerald
married: 1930 Mary Eileen CONRAY.
William Abraham
married: 1932 Adelaide Agnes UNGER.
Stanley Arthur
married: 1933...
Surnames:
BAILEY, CLARKE, CLEMENTS, COCHRANE, COHEN
and 23 more
My name is Ann and I live in Melbourne, Australia.
My Great Great Grandfather is Michael MAGUIRE born about 1825 in Ireland. I have his name on a marriage certificate as father of the groom who is James MAGUIRE Born 1850 who married Eliza Conley ...
the WAIRARAPA QUOTA TENTH REINFORCEMENTS
Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 November 1915
some birth dates may be approximate, based on recorded age at death
number of children are those I have found, there may have been others
All care was taken to resear...
Surnames:
AKEHURST, AUGUST, BETTRIDGE, CLAY, CORLETT
and 24 more
from the MOTUEKA MAGISTRATE'S COURT 30 March 1916
before Mr J. S. Evans, S.M.
POLICE v HAROLD TREWAVAS
1/ driving a vehicle without lights, contrary to the by-laws
2/ furious driving
Constable PIDGEON stated that defendant endeavoured to avoid...
Surnames:
BARROW, CLIMO, CRISP, EVANS, GROOBY
and 11 more
James William SUMMERSBY (1865-1931)
was born in Molsley, Surrey, England
Maren Kristina (aka Mary Christina) NIELSEN (1870-1964)
was born in Denmark
JAMES & MAREN married in New Zealand 17 Nov 1889
they had 18 children
... 1
1890 - 1963 ...
Surnames:
BURTON, DEW, HAROLD, MOORE, NIELSEN
and 1 more