The official Newsletter of The Warrnambool Branch of the A.I.G.S. Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE NUMBER : 37 AUGUST 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER : The Warrnambool Branch of The Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc does not accept any responsibility for the opinions or the accuracy of the information contained in this newsletter. CORRESPONDENCE : All correspondence should be directed to The Editor, The South West Genealogist, PO Box 607, Warrnambool Victoria Australia 3280 AREA ADMINISTRATOR : The Area Administrator may be contacted by writing to the address given for correspondence. MEETINGS : The Warrnambool Branch of The A.I.G.S. Inc meets on the second Thursday of the month in the library of the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum 23 Merri Street, Warrnambool. The Branch Management Committee meets at 7.30 pm, Monthly Meeting is at 8.00 pm. Visitors most welcome. LIBRARY : The Warrnambool Branch of the A.I.G.S. Inc staffs the library at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum on a volunteer roster, please enquire if the library will be open on (055) 64 7841. (9.30 am to 4.30 pm). OFFICEBEARERS AREA ADMINISTRATOR Marie Boyce SECRETARY Aurelin Giles MINUTE SECRETARY Irene Sheppard TREASURER Gloria Van Baaren RESEARCH OFFICER Betty Beavis PUBLICATIONS/PROMOTIONS Doug Holmes RESOURCES/PROJECTS Helen Price/Sandra French FUNDRAISING Sandra French/Marjorie Anderson SUBSCRIPTIONS : A yearly subscription to The South West Genealogist may be obtained by forwarding an annual subscription of $6.00/year to the above address. Subscription will be reviewed annually to take into account production costs and postage rates. PRODUCTION : Master copy prepared using facilities of Keltoi Genealogical Services, 5 Clifton Street, Warrnambool. Photocopying courtesy of Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum, 23 Merri Street, Warrnambool. Edited and produced by Douglas F Holmes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Pages Area Administrators Corner 2 Attention Amateur Genealogists 2 Warrnambool & District Historicals - August 1918 3/4 Warrnambool & District Historicals ~ August 1893 4/10 Marie's Memorabilia 5/6 Death Notices From The Hamilton Spectator 7/8 Victorian State School Committees Appointed 1977 9/10 Family History Seminar 10 EDITORIAL Welcome to this issue of the South West Genealogist featuring a new series on Pioneer Women in Marie's Memorabilia and a poem from our Research officer. Page Two THE AREA ADMINISTRATORS CORNER Dear Members and Friends, As you read this newsletter Marie is taking her annual holidays in sunny Queensland but is slowly getting back into the swing of things (see Marie's Memorabilia on page 5). All being well Marie will resume her Area Administrators position on her return as her convalesence is progressing very well. Regards to all Doug Holmes (for the) Area Administrator *************************************** ATTENTION AMATEUR GENEALOGISTS My love of genealogy I subject to close scrutiny Is rooted in my family tree Each family portrait that I see Persistently I follow through Wondering of which family faces The generations, clue by clue, The lineaments of my own bear traces Tracing the threads of ancestry That, interwoven, fashioned me. And when a pictured face you know Be sure to label it and so From spidery script and tattered page, Prevent a fate that most would veto From lichened tombstones worn with age, Travelling the centuries incognito The names and dates, before they fade I seek - these are my tools of trade. The secrets of the past I seek. Could but these dusty records speak A death certificate maybe And tell me all I need to know or birth date from the registry, Of those who penned them long ago A marriage record, frail and bent - Each one a precious document; And many hidden facts I learn But not always the ones I yearn. The press of by-gone years may prove Where is that titled Earl I fancy A veritable treasure trove, And all the money held in chancery ? of faded letters from the past Provide a missing clue at last. The Highland Sergeant six feet tall With bearskin, swinging kilt and all Some find it good to hunt through miles Alas, too often in their place of carded land selection files, The family skeleton shows his face Probate certificates or wills Grinning to see the sins appear which also serve the gaps to fill. That have been buried many a year. Old shipping lists I oft peruse But what delight when I succeed For names of passengers or crews. In finding every link I need Hoping to find, recorded clear, To follow an unbroken line The ships that brought my people here. Way back to Sixteen forty-nine. Government gazettes ad infinitum In civilization's early dawn Can furnish many a helpful item: When animals were more feared than man Great Grandpa may even be A sturdy branch or leafy limb Gazetted for insolvency; Was Everyman's ideal home; And lists of shareholders and leases Sometimes include one's predecessors. Such shelters now are infra dig; But thankfully I still can seek old photographs can yield a clue From trials of Nineteen ninety-three But do be sure of 'who is who, - A refuge in my family tree The Grandma I framed with pride Proved to be 'some-one else's' bride. A.E.B. Page Three WARRNAMBOOL AND DISTRICT HISTORICALS (Compiled by Betty Beavis, Branch Research Officer) AUGUST 75 YEARS AGO - 1918 (As reported in the 'Warrnambool Standard') ENLISTMENTS WELCOME HOME W J MARSHALL, Orford Pte Patrick PICKETT, Sth W'Bool James MORTON, Yarpturk Trooper Jim CAMPBELL Pte Frank WYND, Ellerslie DECORATIONS: FAREWELLS: Gunner Harold ROPER, M.M. Spr. W WORLAND, M.M. Pte Reginald L McLAREN, Wangoom Pte W F RYAN, D.C.M... Naringal Pte Archie McCALLUM, Allansford Pte H J SLATTERY, M.M., D.C.M. Pte Malcolm McCALLUM, Allansford Driver J A GREENBANK, M.M. Pte W SARLL Jack Granter. CROIX DE GUERRE Pte A (Ralph?) GIBLETT Lieut A MURIEL, M.C. Pte William MATTINSON Lieut H Liddell MACK, R.N.R., D.S.C. Pte Jack WALLACE Pte Ivan McKELLAR PROMOTIONS: Pte Frank GREENING Pte R J STOREY, Dennington Leslie WATSON to Staff Sgt. Pte Archie FOTHERINGHAM Sgt Douglas J MAINLAND LETTERS, ETC. FROM SOLDIERS Cpl ANDERSON re death of Spr H J HENRY RETURNED NURSE re death of Pte T D DONOVAN Pte Joe EDMONDS Sister Beatrice McGENNAN Pte Arthur DAY (deceased) Jack GRANTER NURSE AT FRONT Pte Mill de GRANDI re late Capt TATNALL Dorothy CRAWLEY Cpl W DOLAN GOLDEN WEDDING DEATHS (Civilian) Mr & Mrs Alex CHAPMAN, Kelp St. Pioneer Daniel CLARKE Mrs Francis MacNAMARA (Bridget), FAREWELLS (Civilian) Bushfield. William GINGELL, aged 50, son of Jacob Mrs W ALLAN, leaving for Melbourne Gingell, Koroit. Died Greenbushes WA. Mrs G E BATTARBEE Robert OFFICER, son of WJ Officer. T E BURRIDGE, (Nestle') Mr & Mrs D HALLIWELL, leaving for ACCIDENTS (Civilian) St Kilda. Mr & Mrs Thomas DIXON, leaving Purnim James BRAGG, near Kirkstall West. J J GLEESON, Corkscrew Hill, Grasmere. Thomas HYDE Mrs SHERRIFFS, Jubilee Park. H A TOWNSEND Leo BURNS, Hopetoun Road. Miss Maude MILLER, off to FIJI as a Miss E FARRELL missionary. Frederick TOOHEY, Mepunga James FARY, West Reserve. Page Four WARRNAMBOOL AND DISTRICT HISTORICALS (Cont) ITEMS OF INTEREST Details of Vety-Captain HUMM's property - for sale. Band recital for wife and family of James O'KEEFE. J F GORDON, from Albury. purchases Mr SWINDLEY's dental practice. *************************************** WARRNAMBOOL AND DISTRICT HISTORICALS AUGUST 100 YEARS AGO - 1893 (As reported in the 'Warrnambool Standard') OBITUARIES, Etc Death of Mrs Arthur STEPHENS (nee LANCE). Death of James SUHAN, Dennington, aged 46. Death of Elizabeth NAPTHINE. ITEMS OF INTEREST Rope Quoit Clubs very popular. Numerous teams with players named: Warrnambool, Ramblers, Post Office, Fire Brigade, Sheldrick Brewery, Carriers, Reading Room. C Y M S. Mailor's Flat. Woodford, Ellerslie and Ballangeich. A promising source of information if your ancestors were young men at this time. Captain HALL stands as candidate for Koroit Borough Council. Accident to C JELLIFF at open crossing in Cole's Lane. Accident to William HILL, employee H H SMITH. Michael and Daniel SHANAHAN drowned in boating accident at Levi's Point. Merri River floods Chinese gardens. Dissolution of Partnerships: Charles ALSTON, Matthew SWAN & Thomas HIGHAM, furniture dealers. Koroit Street. Patrick LYNCH & James LOVE, butchers, Nullawarre. Butcher's plant of C O'SULLIVAN, Woodford. to be sold. S McDONALD, Warrnambool, appointed land valuer in connection with probates in Western District. Only two similar positions in Victoria. Will of Francis Alexander CORBETT of Woonwarren, Warrong. formerly of Port Fairy. Many family details. Thomas LOWE's general store at Panmure destroyed by fire. Customers to be supplied from his Cudgee store. Child. Silas KILLICK, wanders from home at Kirkstall. Found. (Cont page ten) Page Five MARIE'S MEMORABILIA This month Marie begins a new series on Pioneer Women which follows below. RECORDS OF THE PIONEER WOMEN - 1835 - 1860 PREAMBLE An original copy of this book is held in the Rare Book Collection, Latrobe Library, State Library of Victoria. The book was published by Osboldson & Co., Pty Ltd, Temple Court Place, Little Collins Street, Melbourne. On page 393 of the September 1991 issue of the Genealogist, reference was made to a recollections of nineteenth century women. This was contained in the above mentioned book published in 1937 for the State's Centenary. Readers were advised that this was available on microfilm at the State Library of Victoria. I purchased a microfilm copy of this book, mainly because of the dearth of information about our pioneer women. This is now in the Warrnambool AIGS Library. Most of the many stories are eight or nine lines, some less, others are a lot longer, and all have been submitted by the Pioneer herself or members of her family. On the following page begins a precis of information in each instance, setting out married name, maiden name, dates of birth and death, and places where individuals settled.