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A Cheque for a Million Kisses Goldfields Store to Coffee Palace

Maiden aunts and Bachelor uncles

A Lost Boer War Grave Big Mac

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Our cover: Soldiers marching down Collins Street during World War I, by Kerr Brothers, from the Harold Paynting Collection. Courtesy of SLV. (H99.100/66) Contents Articles A Cheque for a Million Kisses 3 Brenda Ryan

Goldfields Store to Coffee Palace, 3 Half a Century of Family Enterprise 7 Ann Hodgkinson

‘Maiden aunts’ and ‘bachelor uncles’ and others without descendants 11 Bill Barlow, Shane Allan and Maria Picyk 3

A Lost Boer War Grave in the South East Transvaal 14 Thelma Ragas

Big Mac, the Story of a Remarkable Soldier 40 6 Jennifer Webb

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Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 2 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc A Cheque for a Million Kisses by Brenda Ryan

On February 8th, 1902, young Gerald RYAN wrote if there is anything wrong about the theatre to his mother in Maryborough, Victoria. He was and its customs I will gladly leave. But one of two months short of his 15th birthday. the best actors in the piece says I have a future before me on the stage. The author Brenda Ryan Dear Mama, can be contacted at I have a great memory lately for plays as I can [email protected] Yours just to hand. I am not forgetting you at repeat off all the plays played for months at the all Mama and all letters I have written have Princess. They say that everybody at a theatre been to both Papa and you. has a stage fever but this is no ordinary fever as I have been rehersing [sic] the plays for It is not easy to get work in the day as you hours for the last four months. I will be able to think and as for the stage being bad it is wrong save if I keep on the programmes as well and as nothing is allowed at the theatre but what is I have written to Sydney to Mr Herzog and perfectly right. will have them most likely. Mr Herzog has the programmes for the theatre. We have a I am on the stage in Sweet Nell of Old Drury as matinee today so I must stop. page to King Charles II which commences on next Saturday night. I don’t know the salary Hoping you are all well with love to all. yet but fancy about 15/- as I have very little to I remain your fond son, do. Gerald

When Papa comes down he can enquire and PS: Papa can interview Mrs Simmons who I am stopping with and ask her her [sic] opinion of the stage. Address my letters G. Ryan, Princess Theatre, Melbourne.

Gerald Patrick RYAN was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, on 4th April 1887. He was the second of seven children born to John James RYAN and Abigail Matilda RYAN, née KIRK.1 He died in Sydney NSW, on 1st June 1924, aged 37, as the result of an accident. As if he had a presentiment that his was not to be a long life, he gave free rein to his stage fever, following wherever it led, with unremitting focus and commitment.

His stage fever was not entirely born out of those early days at the Princess Theatre. It might almost be said that he ‘caught it’ from his father, who, when a member of the Warrnambool Volunteer Artillery Regiment, served as Manager of the Garrison Dramatic Club. A photograph of Gerald as a young boy in costume, taken by

Image 1: Gerald Ryan circa 1902 - Thinking of Home All images from the author’s collection.

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photographer Thomas GALE of Maryborough, indicates that his role as page boy at the Princess Theatre was not his first experience of treading the boards, albeit in amateur dramatics.

In a newspaper interview in the United States, later in his career, Gerald provided his own perspective on what had prompted his interest in a life on the stage:

At the age of 12 I was placed in a printer’s shop to learn the trade. It was there that I received the inspiration to become an actor. We were printing a book filled with the portraits of famous players, and it seemed to open a new world to me. I used to pore over that volume by the hour, with the result that I became hopelessly stage struck.2

Events moved quickly for Gerald. He adopted the stage name ‘Gerald HARCOURT’ in appreciation of the help and encouragement provided to him by actor Harcourt Beatty, who played King Charles II in ‘Sweet Nell’, and who was, no doubt, the person mentioned in his letter, who had encouraged him to believe he could have a future on the stage.

In October 1902, he joined a touring company under the leadership of American actress Janet WALDORF, to tour the Orient and ultimately the United States of America. Apart from playing some small roles in each production, it was Gerald’s responsibility to organise the props and scene changes. It was not always smooth sailing, in every sense of the word, as Gerald explained in a letter from Shanghai, dated 17th January, 1903:

We left Hong Kong on Saturday Jan 3rd, and did not arrive here till the 9th at 4 o’clock as we had very rough seas. Well we were advertised to open the day before, so it had to be postponed to that night, and we arrived there at 4 o’clock. The advance agent said that we could not postpone it as the whole house was booked, and all the scenery and props were on board in the hold. Well you can imagine how we had to rush. We had swarms of sampans (Chinese luggage boats) round the boat and we bundled it on, got to the shore, then put it onto carts drawn by coolies and then to the theatre. It arrived there about 8 o’clock, then we had to unscrew and unpack them. ‘The Royal Divorce’ we played, and the curtain was up at 9.15. We have since played ‘Lady of Ostende’, ‘Camille’, ‘Facing the Music’, and all have been a great success. We play ‘Sweet Nell’ on Monday and Tuesday, all pieces are going to be played for only two nights each.

I have not yet been able to ascertain when or where the tour with the Janet WALDORF troupe ended, but in a letter from Honolulu, Hawaii, dated 31st August 1903, Gerald was no longer part of a touring company. However, he had found work as a bell boy in the recently opened Alexander Young Hotel, and was intent upon saving his fare to San Francisco, California, from his salary of $20 a month, plus board and tips. He obviously applied himself very well to the task, as the next of his surviving letters came from San Francisco, dated 1st February 1904, where he was already part of another touring company.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 4 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Image 3: Gerald in costume for an amateur performance Image 4: American actress Marion TIFFANY

Even at that early stage, a little less than two years He was married in Los Angeles in June 1905, into his career, he was under no illusions as to the when just 18, to American-born actress challenges facing anyone who chose the life of an Marion TIFFANY.3 She had been part of the actor. In answering a letter from his father which first company he had joined on arrival in San suggested that Gerald’s brother Maurice had good Francisco. business instincts, he replied: Despite the prolonged absence from his family, Encourage him, make a business man of him, Gerald felt a great responsibility to contribute to but never let any of the children take to this their financial security and well-being, perhaps profession, as it is a hard and disappointing life because his childhood had coincided with the unless you have a will, a dogged determination economic depression of the 1890s, when it was to succeed no matter how many obstacles you incumbent upon all members of a family to may encounter. And another thing, you must contribute to the welfare of the household. have the talent in that direction. Many of his letters speak of his intention to send Gerald had both the talent and the dogged money home whenever he was in a position to determination. By the age of 23 he had appeared do so. On one occasion when no funds could be in over 350 plays and travelled to many exotic spared, he concluded his letter with the message, destinations, including major cities in India, ‘Enclosed is a cheque for a million kisses, to be China, Japan and Egypt, and also to Manilla and cashed at the Bank of Love.’ It may not have put Mandalay, as well as many cities in the USA. food on the table, but the sentiment especially touched and comforted his sisters Eileen and

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Kathleen, who When work was scarce, he earned a little money remembered and by helping amateur theatrical groups to stage spoke warmly of their productions. He dabbled in pantomime, Gerald’s tenderness vaudeville, script-writing, directing and and affection into producing. He embraced new developments, their old age. There participating in two silent films in the USA4, was seldom a letter before returning to Australia. from Gerald which did not contain Back home, he again performed in both live words of love and theatre and silent films.5 He is known to have encouragement appeared as an actor in eight Australian films to his parents, and was assistant director of one of these. brothers and sisters, He also participated in a ‘crossover’ form of his tone almost entertainment, in which stage actors performed always optimistic. in a Prologue which introduced the film’s For Gerald, good characters and plot to the audience, prior to times were always the screening of a film. He supplemented his just around the income by teaching elocution and dramatic corner. He tried on art, advertising ‘The Harcourt Academy’ in the many occasions to Sydney papers. He even promoted ‘Dr. Sheldon’s persuade the whole Remedy for Coughs and Colds’ in a series of family to move to newspaper advertisements. America, which he saw as a land of great Gerald’s passion for the stage endured throughout opportunity. his life, as did his great devotion and attachment to his family, from whom his choice of career In choosing to be an actor, Gerald of necessity kept him long separated. It is to their reciprocal chose an itinerant and sometimes lonely life. love, admiration and attachment that we owe the Nevertheless, he remained focused, generally preservation of Gerald’s collected letters, news enthusiastic and open to all manner of ideas clippings and photographs, from which this story and opportunities. He learned from his peers, is drawn. n continually honed his skills and became expert at accents and stage make-up.

Sources 1 The collected letters of Gerald Patrick Ryan (Gerald Harcourt) 1902 –1924. These were sent with news clippings and photographs to Gerald’s family in Maryborough Victoria over the course of his career, are currently held by the author, his great niece. They were supplemented with the reminiscences of his sisters Eileen and Kathleen Ryan. 2 National Library of Australia – Trove Digital Newspapers From 295 listings of Gerald Harcourt, predominantly advertisements for theatrical performances or reviews by theatre critics, two sample advertisements are: ‘The Danger of a Cold - Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds’ The Argus, 7 Aug 1919; and ‘PRINCESS THEATRE’, Launceston Examiner,13 Apr 1920. 3 Andrew Pike & Ross Cooper: Australian Film 1900 – 1977, OUP, Melbourne, 1980.

References 1 Gerald’s siblings were Percival, Eileen, Maurice, Moira, Kathleen and Geraldine. 2 Springfield Homestead, Massachusetts, USA, 28 May 1910. 3 Marion Tiffany was the stage name of Marion Cecilia Owen, daughter of Edward and Cecilia Owen, of California. Mr Owen was Clerk of the United States District Court in Los Angeles from 1887 to 1912. 4 A Sword of Damocles (1914), and The Resurrection (1914). 5 Seven Keys to Baldpate (1916), The Enemy Within (1918), Satan in Sydney (1918), Desert Gold (1919), The Face at the Window (1919), Silks and Saddles (1921), A Girl of the Bush (1921) and Know Thy Child (1921).

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 6 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Goldfields Store to Coffee Palace

Half a Century of Family Enterprise by Ray Watson

One November day in 1859 on the Victorian for those like himself who wished to turn a profit goldfields at Sandhurst, the windows and stone from trading.4 From that point on, John could be walls of the new St Kilian’s are converting the licensed to deal. harsh outside brightness into a gentler, mellower The author, Ray Watson, can light inside the church where a few people are The earliest records of John WOTTON’s dealing be contacted via email address: [email protected]. clustered near the altar. Among them, a thirty- indicate a focus on property which could have three-year-old John WOTTON is standing facing been taken from Dr BACKHAUS’ playbook. At the commanding figure of Dr Henry BACKHAUS. a sparsely attended auction at Sandhurst Town Hall on 30th December 1856, John bought three Several years earlier, Dr BACKHAUS had come town blocks of land, one for £13 and the other to the rough new community of Bendigo Creek two for £12/10/0 each.5 He was again dealing diggers as Roman Catholic pastor. Soon, his in land when he paid £8 each for two blocks at semaphore system had enabled up to 2000 of Strathfieldsaye in August 1859.6 Then the next a total community of 15,000 to ‘attend’ Sunday month, he was selling off one of his city blocks.7 Mass.1 But controversially, his interests had extended way beyond religious activities: But records from 1859 also show that at that time renowned musician; exhibitor; Hospital and John’s dealing was not confined to property. By Savings Bank Committee Member; diner at then he was also the proprietor of a store. The Sandhurst’s leading tables; combatant in press 1859 Sandhurst rate records list John WOTTON and legal disputes; rescuer at accidents. Best as the owner and occupier of a house, land, and known of all was his significant role in the shop, Nett Annual Value £30, at New Chum property business.2 He was a Sandhurst celebrity: Gully.8 His ‘store’ was just one of the four rooms ‘Walk along Pall Mall. The tall old gentleman in in a small wooden structure on which he paid long hair and coat…is Dr Backhaus. He is a man rates. Nevertheless, it was a big advance on the respected by all, of any and every denomination.’3 tents in which most goldfields stores had started. Any member of this community who, like John Moreover, as shown by a series of advertisements WOTTON, had an eye to business would have in the Bendigo Advertiser during 1859, John’s paid attention to Dr BACKHAUS’ activities. ‘storekeeper’ activities were not confined by the physical boundaries of his small rated block.9 Because the Bendigo Diggings were an enterprise built on all kinds of speculation, it was not surprising that many ‘would-be’ dealers had been PUDDLING MACHINES FOR SALE attracted there. But John WOTTON’s background For sale, owing to a disagreement between did not suggest that he was of their mould. He the mates, two Puddling Machines, two horses. came from a Devon farming family and was new Plenty of water and good payable dirt. Apply to to mining. After arriving from Plymouth as an John Wotton, at the Devon and Cornwall Store, unassisted passenger aboard the Plantagenet in New Chum Gully. July 1853, as a novice on the Victorian goldfields he faced a steep learning curve to acquire the Since he had set the name of his store to attract knowledge and skills which would turn him into custom from the numerous contingent of a man of enterprise. These were turbulent years Cornish miners as well as from his own Devon on the goldfields. The 1853 Red Ribbon Riots compatriots, it appears that John had some on the Bendigo Goldfields had occurred just natural flair for entrepreneurship. Powered by before John’s arrival but he was in the colony horses, puddling machines, with their heavy the next year when the Eureka rebellion erupted wooden shafts fixed in beams supported on heavy in Ballarat. Then in 1855, the Goldfields Act posts planted deep in the ground, were items of reformed the goldfields’ licensing system in a way fixed equipment, far too big for any store shelf. favourable to John’s new ambitions. It introduced They were also considerably more expensive than a separate Business Licence recognizing a role common store items such as a digger’s shovel.

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provided John with links into two important groups. Through his new wife and her Keating relatives he was marrying into the Tipperary clique of the Irish diggers. Secondly, through the affiliation of that clique with Dr BACKHAUS, he was linking himself with the substantial New Chum German mining community.11 In addition, even though Ellen could not read or write, she would become a positive asset for his business. John himself had already been moving to develop the hospitality side of his business by making If not selling directly, John’s store was at least connections with local suppliers of beer. With brokering sales of larger expensive requisites Ellen, he could advance a complementary food to miners. side. Moreover, the general principles of sales and customer relations which Ellen had imbibed as a Competition was stiff among the goldfields’ child at her father’s forge would also be useful. storekeepers as they attempted to supply miners with anything they might need which storekeepers Nevertheless, the central hope John had in could obtain. Any storekeeper with the social skills mind for his marriage was more personal than of a Dr BACKHAUS would more easily liaise with commercial. It involved some other life skills customers and suppliers. That John had at least Ellen had learned as an eldest daughter of a family some level of similar social aptitude is shown by living around a blacksmith’s forge. There she had his successful application for membership of the learned the care of babies and young children. Ancient Order of Foresters. This membership Now she would apply this knowledge to the would also have been useful because of another family she would start with John. Unfortunately, emerging trend. Within a changing pattern of there was to be some delay in this matter. During supply and demand, grog had always been one the first years of their marriage the WOTTONs constant commodity on goldfields storekeepers’ lived childless in the house-cum-store building shelves. Initially, this commodity consisted of located in what became known as Thistle St.12 illicitly distilled local spirits, but by the end of the Then Ellen found herself pregnant and a daughter fifties, local breweries were starting to provide a was born in 1862. The baby was called Elizabeth, steady and legal source of supply. John needed to probably in honour of John’s mother, Elizabeth network with these brewers. BAKER.13 That same year John expanded his business by renting property directly from Dr It was at this stage in his business dealings BACKHAUS.14 In these good times Ellen and that John WOTTON, the thirty-three-year-old John must have looked forward to a rosy future. ‘storekeeper’, is to be seen facing Dr BACKHAUS Nevertheless, six months later the new parents among the small group in St Kilian’s on that day were making arrangements to bury their baby in a late in November 1859. John is about to undertake newly-purchased grave at the Bendigo Cemetery.15 a new and completely different deal in his life. On During 1863 Ellen again became pregnant. Early this day he is marrying one of Dr BACKHAUS’ in 1864, a healthy second baby daughter was flock, a twenty-eight-year-old Irish woman born delivered. Ellen named the new baby Margaret in Cappawhite, County Tipperary. Her name is after her younger sister, Mrs KEATING. Ellen McDONNELL. She cannot read and signs the church register with her mark. Today Dr But in that year things were to again sour. Ellen BACKHAUS is wearing the vestments identifying would never experience a comfortable life for him as clergyman to the Irish Roman Catholic too long a period. In 1864, with locally-brewed community and cuts a grander figure than that beer now being in plentiful supply, the retail seen walking down Pall Mall. Another figure at sale of beer was being regulated by licence. centre stage in this marriage tableau is Thomas Both John WOTTON and Thomas KEATING, KEATING, also from Tipperary and the husband now also running a store in Lily Street, would of Ellen’s sister, Margaret. Thomas, a digger and need to obtain prized beer licences if they were later also himself a storekeeper, signs the register to continue to develop this profitable side of as a witness of the marriage.10 their businesses. But before that could happen, calamity struck the Wotton household.16 Though commercial interests were far from being the central motivation for John’s marriage, he did On a visit to Glasgow and Thunder’s Sandhurst see some commercial benefit coming from his brewery in May 1864, John slipped and cut his new status. As a New Chum storekeeper, marriage thumb on glass. Probably he had cut himself many

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 8 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Image 2: Nicholas White (photographer), The Very Rev. Dr. Backhaus, 1882, Courtesy of SLV Pictures Collection (H9.160/280) times before. But at a time when knowledge of Temperamentally, antiseptic processes was limited and antibiotics Thomas appears to non-existent, such slight accidents could prove have been very similar fatal. John suffered eight days of pain before his to John WOTTON and death on 26th May 1864. The death certificate, later chose to identify signed by Dr ATKINSON, showed the cause of his occupation as death as gangrene and erysipelas.17 The first ‘dealer’. As a ‘dealer’s symptoms would have been shivering, thirst and wife,’ Ellen’s bumpy ride fever; followed by swelling and redness of skin through life continued with probably some blistering; next the problem until the mid-seventies would have extended to the face and head. At the when Thomas became end the blisters would have exuded pus and he insolvent. However, he would have been delirious.18 soon bounced back and the family was again on John’s death provoked a crisis for the family. Ellen the up. Thistle Street was left without a husband or father for baby was left behind in favour Margaret. Financially John’s death also raised of a new home in High concerns. Ellen still had the ‘store’ as a source of Street. The business income. But how could an illiterate widow hope to was moving up a notch pay off John’s debts, run a store, and at the same to the more centrally located Derby Hotel in time look after her new baby? Mitchell Street and Thomas was making several new property deals including some with a mining Fortunately for Ellen, John’s brother members orientation. In the midst of all this activity, Ellen of the Ancient Order of Foresters stepped into died of tuberculosis in 1878. the breach by raising money to get her across her immediate financial hurdle. By the end of Two years later Thomas married Sarah July they were advertising a concert and dance SUNDERLAND in St Paul’s Anglican Church. to be held at Glinnon’s Commercial Hotel, Long She was a Yorkshire-born housekeeper whom Gully, to raise money for Ellen.19 Seats were sold he had hired to look after his family. But Ellen’s at two shillings each and there was a bumper death and this new marriage had not broken the attendance.20 family’s connection with Dr Henry BACKHAUS. Though Dr BACKHAUS himself was nearing the end of his life, before his death he was yet to play a A BENEFIT CONCERT – Last evening a benefit final noteworthy part in the fortunes of the family concert was given at Glinnon’s Commercial Hotel, business now trading under the Berkley name. Long Gully, by the Forester Minstrels, the object being to assist the widow of the late Mr. John Wotton, In the early eighties, Thomas BERKLEY left who a few weeks ago cut his thumb by falling on the Derby Hotel after making a hand-shake a bottle, at Glasgow and Thunder’s Brewery, and agreement to lease a Backhaus-owned central subsequently died from the injury he received. business property on the corner of Mitchell and Deceased was a member of the Forester’s, and with Hargreaves Streets. Before Dr BACKHAUS died the most creditable feeling, they resolved to give in 1882, Thomas was already advertising his a benefit to his widow, who was left in desperate proprietorship of what would now be known as circumstances. The large room at the hotel was well Berkley’s Coffee Palace. filled, about two hundred persons being present, and the performances, which consisted of negro melodies, choruses, and eccentricities were given in TELEGRAPH COFFEE PALACE a manner highly satisfactory to those present who Mitchell Street Sandhurst warmly responded to the efforts of the amateurs. T. BIRKLEY and Co. Meals from 7a.m. to 10 p.m. Dinner consists In the longer term, the Keatings too helped as best of Soups, Fish, Joints, Steak, Chops, they could. Ellen joined Thomas KEATING and Puddings, 1s. Tea and Coffee with pastry, many others on the list of those applying for beer 6d. Scotch Pies always hot. Wedding and licences in the Sandhurst Court of Petty Sessions Canterbury Cakes made to order, and on 7th September 1864. Success with this always kept on hand. Wedding or other application gave Ellen a legal means of keeping parties supplied at shortest notice. Best her ‘store’ open. Within a couple of years she accommodation for boarders and visitors. married Thomas BERKLEY and the enterprise changed name too.

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TELEGRAPH COFFEE PALACE Mitchell Street Mrs Berkley begs to notify that she has Through his lease agreement, in addition to returned to the above-named, which has been operating Berkley’s Coffee Palace, Thomas thoroughly renovated and new rooms added, expected to turn a profit from renting the other which affords her good accommodation for shops already in the building and from erecting boarders and travellers, and trusts by strict additional retail space on the site. But after he attention to business, she will receive a fair had sub-leased the Coffee Palace and the new share of patronage. corner retail space was completed, Thomas too died in 1887. By then strikes and company failures were signalling the increasingly difficult economic Widowed Sarah BERKLEY then found herself conditions of the Depression which peaked involved in litigation. The Backhaus Trustees and internationally in 1893 and was highlighted in some of the sub-lessees brought forward cases Victoria by a crisis leading to a five-day bank challenging her rights under the lease agreement closure. Sarah BERKLEY steered the business struck by her dead husband. Some sub-lessees through those years and thence into the early also launched compensation litigation against years of the twentieth century. At that time she her. In the end, after Sarah settled a minefield of moved with her family to Melbourne, thus ending disputed court claims, Berkley management of the a half-century association with the goldfields for Coffee Palace was re-established in 1892. an enterprise started there by John WOTTON. n

Sources: 1 Cardinal Moran, History of the Catholic 14 1862 Sandhurst Rate Books, p.112, Rate No. 3620. Church in Australasia, The Oceanic 15 Grave No.1281 where John and Ellen would Publishing Co, Sydney, c.1895 pp. 843-844. also be buried. 2 Ibid. Also passim in M. Nolan, The 16 The 1864 Sandhurst Rate Books, p 14, Enterprising Life of Dr Henry Backhaus, Rate No. 518 and the Bendigo Advertiser, 1 Author, Bendigo, 2008 and the 154 citations September 1864, p.3 record these events. in the Bendigo Advertiser and the 24 citations 17 Department of Justice Victoria Australia, in the Argus for 1852-1859. Deaths, 1864, Registration No. 4147. 3 Annals of Bendigo, vol. 1, 1859, p.52. 18 These are the stages of erysipelas outlined by 4 South Australian Register, 26 June 1855, p.3. a medical practitioner of the time: A. W. Chase 5 Bendigo Advertiser, 31 December 1856, p.2. M. D., Receipt Book and Household Physician, 6 Ibid. 24 August 1859, p.3 Malcolm and Grigg, Sydney, 1887, p.17. 7 Ibid. 27 September 1858, p.3. 19 Bendigo Advertiser, 30 July 1864, p.1. 8 1859 Sandhurst Rate Books, p75, Rate No.822. 20 Ibid. 2 August 1864, p.2. 9 Bendigo Advertiser, 24 June 1859, p.3. 21 Ibid. 1 September 1864, p.3. 10 Department of Justice Victoria Australia, 22 The ‘Profession’ named on Ellen’s Death Marriages, 1859, Registration No. 431. Certificate. 11 Among the New Chum Reef German 23 1877 Sandhurst Rate Books: p 53, Rate No. community, the Ballerstedts are noted for 2095; p193, 7687; p193, 7688. Also 1878 p53, pioneering deep mining. See Charles Fahey, La Rate No.2089 and 1881 p 86, Rate No. 3439. Trobe Journal, 30, December 1982, pp.29-32. 24 Bendigo Advertiser, 29 June 1882, p.3. 12 1861 Sandhurst Rate Books, p.9, Rate No. 210. 25 Ibid. 14 June 1888, p.4. 13 Named on John and Ellen’s mrg. certificate. 26 Ibid. 3 October 1892, p.4.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 10 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc M aiden aunts’ and ‘bachelor uncles and others without descendants By Bill Barlow, Shane Allan and Maria Picyk

George ORWELL wrote that ‘history is written to swim by taking him down to St Kilda Pier and by the winners’. He was reminding us that it is throwing him in! The other, his mother’s sister the victor’s version of history that is immediately Sarah STEVENS, lived alone in Carlton and was promoted. And in the long run, history is written the manager of Myer haberdashery department. by the survivors who have an interest in the She is fondly remembered by a great-niece for story. Accordingly the lives of ordinary people her fine crochet work and for readingDot and the from the past are most often written by their Kangaroo. As Louisa May Alcott observed in Eight direct descendants. But every generation has Cousins, ‘…fatherly and motherly hearts often beat their maiden aunts and bachelor uncles who warm and wise in the breasts of bachelor uncles leave behind no descendants. In past eras many and maiden aunts; and …[they] are a beautiful families had relatives who entered the priesthood provision of nature for the cherishing of other or became nuns. Many people died young, people’s children.’ especially in war-time, and left no children. Many others lost their only children through accident ‘There is a history in all men’s lives’ (Shakespeare, or illness. In all such situations there is no one left Henry IV) and it is important to capture the with a direct interest in telling their story. Their stories of these members of our wider families, stories become forgotten. no less than those of our direct ancestors. In our egocentric pursuit of family history we sometimes In my family one uncle, Ted EBBOTT, died in a forget to look sideways and fail to discover the bombing raid over Germany in WW2 – not quite rich stories of the ‘supporting cast’. 21 and with no children to inquire about his life. In my own generation, two men in our family have not Recently the GSV Writer’s Group set themselves had children of their own. And this may become the exercise of writing about a family member more common in today’s generation as, for all sorts who has left no descendants. Many interesting of reasons, having children may not happen. stories were captured and the stories of two women are presented below – one whose life was My father had two maiden aunts – and one, Eva ended at a young age, and another who lost her BARLOW, as was often the case then, came to child in fleeing repression but who went on to live live with her brother’s family for quite some a full life as an ‘auntie’ in her adopted country. years. It was she who, my father said, taught him

Alice Elizabeth Nioa or ‘Lizzie’ By Shane Allan

Lizzie was born at Wychitella, Victoria in 1897 Ascot Vale in Melbourne, also worked for John to William Edward NIOA and Mary Margaret SCOTT and indeed lived in the same house. He MUNRO.1 She was the third of nine children. slept on a couch in the kitchen outside Lizzie’s By the time Lizzie was 21, the family lived at bedroom. Richard and Lizzie were courting. Woolshed Flat, a small town north of Wedderburn Richard later claimed that he had asked Lizzie to on the edge of the golden triangle and west of marry him. Lizzie was pregnant and had confided Bendigo. From June 1918, Lizzie worked nearby this to her sister Ellen. as a housekeeper for a widower, Mr John Thomas SCOTT. John was a farmer and had 4 children Lizzie’s older brother Roderick fought with the Images 1-3: (from top) the oldest being 7 years old. Lizzie lived in and 37th Battalion in France and returned on the Edwin Cyril (Ted) Ebbott, earned 15 shillings a week. 16th of March 1919. Lizzie had wanted to go to Eva Barlow and Sarah Melbourne and welcome her brother home but Stevens from the Richard Lionel NASH, a suspended jockey from could not get there.2 collection of Bill Barlow

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 11 In early April, Lizzie ordered and paid for a new bruises on her left arm and neck and chest. They dress from dressmaker Catherine O’LAUGHLIN. tried to talk to her but she did not respond. Ellen The dress was nearly ready and Lizzie was very got some salted water and got Lizzie to drink happy with the fitting she had on the 23rd of some but it was no good. So Ellen put her fingers April. About this time Richard NASH went down down Lizzie’s throat to try to make her sick. But it to Melbourne. Unbeknown to Lizzie, Richard did not work either. Lizzie tongue and throat were Maiden Aunts Maiden had another lady friend in Ascot Vale. Richard a bit swollen. There was some blood coming from returned on the 29th of April to Woolshed Flat Lizzie’s mouth that appeared to come from her and to John SCOTT’s house and employ. tongue. Ellen spoke to John SCOTT and they both agreed to ask Mrs Catherine O’BRIEN, a friend, to On the 30th of April, Lizzie, as usual, had come and help. prepared the evening meal for John SCOTT, his children, Richard NASH and herself. After Doctor Godfrey TAYLOR arrived about 2 a.m. but dinner Lizzie did the washing up and prepared Lizzie was dead. the children for bed. John SCOTT left to visit Mrs KENDELL, a widow he was courting and Catherine O’BRIEN and Ellen searched the intending to marry. He visited her at least twice a room and found a cup and a spoon with a pink week. After putting the children to bed, Lizzie and substance on it. There were also three pill-boxes. Richard read the paper before heading to bed as Two were empty but one had pink powder, which well. According to Richard, he slept on the couch looked like strychnine. in the kitchen. About half an hour after going to bed he heard strange noises coming from Lizzie’s Lizzie was buried the next day. However after room. On investigation he noticed Lizzie lying on all the evidence had been reviewed, detectives her back in bed making unusual noises. Her eyes from Melbourne came and exhumed the body were open but she had a vacant look. There was a for further investigation. When they removed frothy discharge coming from her mouth. the body from the coffin, they found an 8-month old male foetus, which had been expelled after John SCOTT returned and sent Richard to get the burial. help. Richard went to Lizzie’s parents’ house first and then onto the Doctor’s about 8 miles away. On further questioning, Richard admitted to lying Richard arrived at the Doctor’s place about 1am. to Police. Richard was charged with the murder of Alice Elizabeth NIOA, and committed for trial at On hearing the dreadful news, Ellen and her the Supreme Court, Bendigo, on 19 August 1919. parents, William and Mary, hurried over to John Richard NASH pleaded not guilty. 3 SCOTT’s house. There they found Lizzie lying on her back. Her eyes were half closed and there was He was acquitted due to lack of evidence. a white substance around her lips. There were

‘Ciocia Tosia’ or ‘Auntie’ Antonina By Maria Irene Picyk

Because she was the same age as my father, I called her ‘ciocia’, ‘auntie’ in Polish. But exactly how ‘ciocia Tosia’ was related to me is less than certain.

What I do know is that Antonina FICZKO was born on 29th August 1910, the daughter of Michal and Maria JASIENYCK4, ethnic Ukrainians, in the paternal ancestral town of Stara Sól which at that time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Poland having ‘Auntie’ Antonina’s immigration records, been wiped off the map of Europe in 1795. Stara Sól lay about 100km National Archives Australia, southwest of the city of Lemberg, now called L’viv, and then the courtesy of the author capital of the Austrian partition called Galicia.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 12 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Sometime in the 1920s, after completing her Somehow, Antonina, arrives in English East full seven years of primary schooling, Antonina Africa along with the other WW2 refugees. This FICZKO left Stara Sól for a neighbouring city – is her last stop before immigrating to Australia. perhaps Stary Sambór, seven kilometres away. Here, she teaches dressmaking. There she studied a trade – dressmaking. After 1950, Antonina’s life in Perth is full of joy. Maiden Aunts Maiden When on 14th February 1950 the General Langfitt And tragedy. This is the stuff of all families. docks in Fremantle, Australia, my ‘Auntie’ She works at Wendy Brothers as a seamstress. Antonina, aged 40, is one of the 1,180 passengers On 26th November 1954 she marries, Joseph and one of 154 widows on board5. They are all ZELICHOWSKY. Joseph dies at the age of 58 in Displaced Persons (DP’s) of Eastern European 1976 of a heart attack, a day after ‘Auntie’s 66th origin. Their journey had begun at the port of birthday10. And ‘Auntie’ is tragically widowed Mombasa in Africa. Just how did these DP’s reach again. Her constant companions after this time British East Africa? are a succession of black and white moggies, all named Bobbo. On 17th September 1939, STALIN invades and annexes Eastern Poland – including the former My fondest memory of my ‘Auntie’, whom I met Galicia. The following year, the deportation of only once, was of our lunch excursion into Perth. Polish citizens who form a threat to the Soviet When I found myself in a lift of a government Union, begins. My ‘Auntie’ lists 13th April 1940, building I asked her: ‘ ‘Auntie’, when are we going as the day she left Poland6. This corresponds to lunch’? ‘My dear, we’re having lunch at the Tax to the date of the second Soviet deportation, Office cafeteria. We all pay tax, yes?’ which targets the administrative classes, 80% of whom are women and children. They are sent to Before I could open my mouth in protest, the gulags, hard labour camps, in Soviet Kazakhstan7. doors of the lift opened and there before me I’ve only read about the ‘midnight door knock’. was a plethora of Australian pensioners helping ‘Auntie’ lived this horror. She never mentioned themselves to union subsidised meals! Many any of it to me. nodded or waved to ‘Auntie’: they were all regulars, they had all paid their taxes! Kazakhstan is ‘home’ only for a short time. When in 1941 Stalin joins the Allies, all political ‘Auntie’ Antonina died at the age of 84 on 12th prisoners are given amnesty and in 1942 the April 1995. Antonina’s final resting place is the Polish General ANDERS is permitted to take historic Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, where our them and his troops out of the USSR. ‘Auntie’s wartime PM, John CURTIN, is buried. next stop is Persia, modern day Iran8. She, her husband and daughter trudge much of the I’ve visited Section PE Gravesite 5010 once way from Kazakhstan to Persia. (Had I really and laid flowers. As the writer is the last in complained about that four-hour plane trip from the line, the upkeep of this age-old tradition of Melbourne to Perth?) Somewhere along that road remembrance and respect will not be carried into her husband, Włodzimierz HAJDUK9, and little the future. daughter, Jarosława, perish. Dysentery, cholera and typhus are rife. She will never visit their Lest we forget….. ‘Ciocia Tosia’ or graves again. the children who died during war…. n

‘Auntie’ Antonina Endnotes: 1 Victorian BDM record 7592 2 Australian War Memorial Records Service Number 3113A, National Archives 3 Supreme Court Bendigo Criminal Trial Briefs, VPRS 30/P000/1858, Data Range 1919. 4 National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series Number PP181/1 Control Symbol W19583653 (digitised copy) p.15 5 Department of Immigration and Border Protection website: The General Langfitt Story Appendix 1: Passenger List http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/refugee/langfitt/ langfitt39.htm 6 NAA PP181/1 p.16. 7 Tygodnik Polski (Polish Weekly) Nr. 03 Australia 05.02.2014. 8 NAA PP181/1 ) p.16 5 La Coupole History and Remembrance Centre of Northern France website. 9 The Index of Soviet Repression administered by Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance lists a Włodzimierz Hajduk who would fit his description: born in 1911 and deported from Lwów province. 10 Western Australian Death Certificate (Registration Number 103303T/1976)

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 13 A Lost Boer War Grave

in the South East Transvaal By Thelma Ragas

In a previous article (Ancestor, March 2004) I the deaths of at least fifteen 5th Bushmen, but had traced the short but eventful career of my not my forebear. For six days around the 6th paternal grandfather’s cousin James Edward December there were, disappointingly, no entries. MASON in the 5th Queensland Bushmen during Instead MEALING had touchingly written a The author, Thelma Ragas, the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. The Deniliquin Pastoral poem to his sweetheart. can be contacted Times followed James’s career until his death via email address: in action on 6th December 1901. Under heavy The Regimental Diary for December 1901 has [email protected] fire in the confines of a cattle kraal James was no details of James’s burial. Murray’s Official fatally wounded. At home in Deniliquin there Records, the Australian War Memorial, and were callers to the family home in Duncan Street, Graves and Memorials of Australians in the letters and cards of condolence. Public concern Boer War website all concur that the battle was was aroused: the result being the memorial to at Familie Hoek, (Family Corner). Two other James Edward in the main street of the town. important sources, Amery and Chamberlain have the action and death at Kalkoenskraal, north of In the gloom of early morning, at Elandsberg. How could this be? I found a battle Familie Hoek (further research found could be known by its physical feature, its local or an alternative name of Kalkoeonskraal), farm name. The Times History of the War in South James went to the aid of another fallen Africa, 1899-1902 shows Kalkoenskraal to be at Bushman during a battle with the Ermelo, the map coordinates given for Familie Hoek on Wakkerstoom and Carolina Commandos the AWG website map. to hold Familie Hoek in the Elandsberg area of South East Transvaal. James had During the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 the attempted to double bank him on his British Empire began burying its rank and file mount. Both Bushmen tumbled. James was in individual graves. The Royal Engineers were shot as he sought the safety of the kraal responsible for registering the location of military wall. Around 4.30 a.m. the advanced screen graves. Over the years the role was transferred; of Major TOLL and his men had surprised most recently to the South African Heritage the outposts of a large force of Boers. Resources Agency. Somewhere along that line Greatly outnumbered, TOLL and his men any record of James’s burial disappeared. An held their ground against the tenacious eyewitness account by ‘Correspondent Craig’ to Image 1: Private James Edward opposition. Finally in the early afternoon the Queenslander reported ‘The gallant boy from MASON: Neg. 185011 Picture the artillery arrived and the Boer forces Deniliquin, who felt always happy in both thunder Queensland John Oxley Library, had to give way. Sometime after, James had and flame… was buried with deep emotion and the State Library Queensland been buried. Official records show no burial Corps respect.’ Craig was a fellow 5th Bushman. site, nor do any volunteer burial lists. Even though the 5th Queenslanders were hard pressed, the commander, Major TOLL had buried The desire to return to this unfinished business James with due observance. Some of those buried came with an unexpected and exciting phone were later reinterred. For James MASON there call six years later from Ph.D. researcher Geoff is no remembered place. I was left wondering: DOHERTY in Queensland. He was researching where was he buried? the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and had read my 2004 article. He revealed that there had On 26th March 1902, Mary MASON, James’s been correspondence between Major TOLL and mother, wrote to Major TOLL: the MASON family, and this was now held at Fisher Library, University of Queensland. Dear Sir,

Reinvigorated, I searched for fresh evidence and We have received your letter of the 1st Febury visited the War Memorial in Canberra to scan (sic). Also the photo of my dear sons grave. relevant diaries and secondary sources. Thank you dear sir very much for it. I will never forget your kindness in every way. Not so The most relevant Bushman diarist on that long as ever I live, and I pray that God will bless crucial day, Christopher MEALING had recorded & keep you & spare you to come home again.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 14 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Image 2: Mary Elizabeth READ (MASON), from the collection of Don. McKINNON Image 3: (below) Lieutenant (later Major) F.W. TOLL: Neg. 161641, Picture Queensland John Oxley Library, State Library Queensland

My son that wrote to you for information about on Saturday from my his brother’s death, is away from home so I am daughter there, and she writing to thank you for your kindness. We got told me you were going all your kind letters in reference to my dear son back to South Africa by & no one knows how I prize them all. Dear sir if the SS Australasian on you are spared to come to Brisbane would you the 16th. I am sorry you kindly send me a photo of yourself. I would love are going back there. I to have one of you. My dear boy thought so much received your kind letter of you. of June 15th also your photo for which I thank Once more thanking you you very much for I will Dear sir for all you kindness prize it while I live. … Dear Major Toll thank I remain yours sincerely you for all your kindness Mary Mason to me and my dear son. I know he would not Major TOLL was mentioned in dispatches for like it if I forgot your bravery and coolness in leadership. This letter kindness to all of us. … demonstrates that Major TOLL also had ‘the Once more thanking human touch’. He knew how to write a letter you very much for your bringing genuine concern and comfort – not just Photo & all your kindness ... one, but as Mary said ‘all your kind letters… I prize them all’. During a constant campaign, TOLL had I remain yours faithfully taken the time to write more than one consoling Mary Mason. letter to the family. Significantly he had made sure to have a photographic record of the grave and to Fifty years later, on 27th November 1952, send it to the family. This action seems an unusual James Edward MASON’s sister Mary Elizabeth one for a commanding officer. Merle CARLISLE, KENNEDY, writes to Colonel Frederick TOLL a relation of Frederick TOLL, recently explained expressing her sympathy at a bereavement, to me in an email, ‘Co. Fred. [Toll] felt such kinship I presume, in the TOLL family. ‘…I know my with his Boer war soldiers that he was the founder Mother never forgot how good you were when of the Boer War Assn. to look after his men…’ Does my brother was killed in the Sth African war this photograph Mary refers to, still exist? Would I suppose you will remember Jim.’ James’s it finally help us locate the site of James Edward memory remained firm in that generation. MASON’s grave? Are those photographs and ‘prized letters’ still cared for by another, or lost and gone? Some four months later, on 14th July 1902, Mary writes to Major TOLL, thanking him for the Colonel TOLL would die in 1954 well- photograph. remembered by all he had touched. The Colonel’s diary may be available online in Dear Sir, the future: will it finally solve the place of No doubt you will be surprised at getting this James Edward MASON’s burial in South East letter from me. I had a letter from Brisbane Transvaal? n

Bibliography/Resources: 1 Amery, Leopold Stennel, et.al. The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, London, Sampson, Low, Marston and Co. , 1900-1909. 2 AWG: Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899-1902 website map co-ordinates. 3 Chamberlain, M., The Australians in the South African War 1899-1902: A Map History, Canberra, Army History Unit Dept. Defence, 1999. 4 Cuttings Book (Manuscript) Frederick William Toll, 1900-1903 Fryer Library University of Queensland. 3 letters. 5 Deniliquin Pastoral Times : various articles inc. 26 Jan. 1901; 27 Jul. 1901; 14 Dec. 1901; 18 Oct. 1902, and The Queenslander Various articles inc. 16 Mar. 1901; 17 Feb. 1902; 10 May 1902. 6 Mealing, Christopher Thornton [Trooper, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen], Two Original Diaries and copies of Notes, Australian War Memorial Private Records Collection. 7 Murray P.L. [comp.] Official Records of Australian Contingents to the War in South Africa 1899-1902, Department of Defence, Melbourne, 1911. 8 National Archives Australia, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Regimental Diary MP 744/1 Item 2612/OC. December 6 1901. Casuality Lists MP744/12 item 2608/OC. Nominal Roll MP744/3.

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1 Napoleonic Lives-Researching the British Soldiers of 5 Tracing Mining Ancestors-a brief guide to resources the Napoleonic Wars in Australia & New Zealand Author: Carole Divall $30.00 / Members $27.00 Author: Shauna Hicks $17.00 / Members $15.30 Pub. by Pen & Sword 185pp ISBN 184884574-X Pub. by Unlock the Past 50pp ISBN 978 1 921956 43 0 This book shows how to research the stories of service men and This publication highlights the wealth of information available women of the period and provides case studies of officers and men to genealogists and family historians looking for their mining of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. ancestors. The guide covers archival and library resources, maps, Napoleonic Lives identifies and explains the key sources and photographs, newspapers, published works and online resources. demonstrates how to use them and also provides information on This guide is a must read publication for anyone researching their the major museums and archives. mining ancestors. It is a great starting place with a description of the various resources available with an area by area guide for both 2 Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors-A Guide for Australia and New Zealand. Family Historians 6 Abandoned Women-Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond Author: Brian Elliott $40.00 / Members $36.00 the Seas Pub. by Pen & Sword 266pp ISBN 184884239-2 Author: Lucy Frost $30.00 / Members $27.00 Brian’s overview of the coalmining history and the case studies and Pub. by Allen & Unwin 230pp ISBN 978 1 74237 760 5 research tips make his book rewarding reading for anyone looking for a general introduction to this major aspect of Britain’s industrial Lucy Frost memorably paints the portrait of a boatload of women heritage. His directory of regional and national sources is an and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. Instead of serving essential tool for family historians searching for an ancestor who time in prison, the women were sent to work as unpaid servants in was part of a mining community. the houses of settlers. Many women survived the convict system and shaped their own lives once they were free. Others, though, 3 Tracing Your Black Country Ancestors-A Guide for continued to be plagued by errors and disasters until death. Family Historians 7 Aboriginal Victorians-A History Since 1800 Author: Michael Pearson $30.00 / Members $27.00 Pub. by Pen & Sword 200pp ISBN 184415913-2 Author: Richard Broome $40.00 / Members $36.00 Pub. by Allen & Unwin 460pp ISBN 1 74114 569 4 As well as retelling the fascinating story of the development of the Black Country (West Midlands), the author introduces the reader The first history of black-white interaction in Victoria to the to the variety of records that are available for genealogical research, present, Aboriginal Victorians traces the story of Aboriginal people from legal and ecclesiastical archives, birth and death certificates through consultation and interviews with Aboriginal communities to the records of local government, employers, institutions, clubs, and families and rich historical research. societies and schools. 8 My Ancestor was in an asylum 4 British & Irish Newspapers Author: Shauna Hicks $15.00 / Members $13.50 Author: Chris Paton $23.00 / Members $20.70 Pub. by Unlock the Past 56pp ISBN 978 1 921956 34 8 Pub. by Unlock the Past 50pp ISBN 978 1 921956 45 4 Asylums were not only for those with a mental illness, they were Over the last two centuries in particular newspapers have also used to house the poor, the aged, the frail and those who had no recorded the events that have shaped our forebears’ lives, and in one to care for them.This brief guide is an excellent introduction to many cases noted anecdotes, notices and advertisements directly resources available and how to use them effectively. concerning them and their local communities. This book reviews Surviving archival records provide a wealth of genealogical the availability of newspapers from across the British Isles, information on patients’ physical description, personal family describing how to find those that have been digitized and made details, health information and sometimes even a photograph. available online, and explaining how to locate considerably more As well as archival records, information can also be found in that have not within the various libraries and archives across newspapers, published histories and government publications. Britain and Ireland.

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1 Through Their Eyes – A glimpse into the lives of women 3 Carwarp, community, politicians and the Wanderers: from Benalla & District a social history of a special Mallee town Pub: 2013 Maree Hanlon and Pam Herbert 149pp Author: Colin Cleary ISBN 9780646518824 ISBN 978-0-646-90489-4 Pub. 2009 by Colin Cleary, Epsom, Vic. 108 pp This beautifully produced and highly readable book consists of In telling the history of the Wanderers Cricket Club in Carwarp, contributions from members of the Benalla & District Historical Colin Cleary tells the history of this Mallee community. It is a Society and the Benalla Family Research Group. It tells the telling reminder of the role sport and sports clubs play in rural life stories of women from a wide range of backgrounds and communities, and the way they can embody the community history. circumstances, over a long time period - from the founding of There is a season by season account of the cricket club’s fortunes, Benalla up until, in some cases, the early 21st century. which fluctuate with those of Carwarp, with depression, war, A consistent theme is the strength, compassion and dedication drought, good times and rural depopulation. If you are not a sports of these women as they raised children (sometimes both their fan, you can skim through this for the town history. own and others), often creating ongoing dynasties. Many women Carwarp is described from its first settlement. It was a ‘special’ combined work in the home with outside employment and/or town, with a political role from the First World War till the voluntary work. They survived droughts, floods, bushfires, illnesses 1930s: in the formation of the Victorian Farmers Union , and the and loss, plus wars and economic crises. Country Party, and as the home of Federal MP and Minister Percy The stories are grouped under ten headings and include early Stewart and of State MP Albert Alnutt. It would have been good arrivals, women on the land, in business and community affairs, to read more of Stewart – the significant Australian referred to so migrant women and many in the service professions of nursing, glowingly on the back cover. teaching and the church. Those with special talents in areas such Those with Carwarp ancestors will be overjoyed to find so many as music, art, drama and sport are also represented. names of team members and other locals, as well as 36 pages of If you have family from the Benalla area this book is a goldmine of photos. Unfortunately though, there is no index. names and family connections. It is a fitting legacy to the women Since Carwarp was a typical Mallee town in its community life, who helped create Benalla. others with Mallee families to research will find useful clues to the history of the area, especially, but not only the Mildura - Redcliffs 2 Australian Doctors on the Western Front, France and area. The ‘largely classless’ society that Cleary describes, the Belgium 1916 – 1918 co-operative spirit, the love of sport, and those afternoon teas, Author: Colonel Robert Likeman CSM, Retd 496pp epitomised all the Mallee communities. Pub: 2014 by Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd ISBN 9781925078121 This is the third volume in the series Australian Doctors at War and offers brief biographies of doctors who served on the Western Front. There is also a chapter that deals with those who served in 4 Dimmeys of Richmond, the Rise and Fall of a other areas, e.g. sea transport, the Samoa Campaign, and women Family Business doctors (who were not permitted to join the Australian Army Author: Samuel Furphy ISBN 9781864471076 Medical Corps). Pub. Hyland House Publishers 2007 200pp The book is divided into two sections, the first of which deals with In this commissioned history of the famous store, Samuel Furphy 1916 – 1917 and the second with 1918. Although Likeman makes no traces its development from a small Swan Street drapery in the claim to have written a history, medical or otherwise, he begins each 1850s, through its glory years in the 1920s and 30s, to its financial section with an outline of where the various Australian forces were downfall in the 1990s. Its gradual change from a store that courted deployed, with accompanying maps. Within each section there are the ‘carriage trade’ and rivalled the city centre stores, to the bargain chapters on the various divisions and their medical units as well store we know today is delineated. as other significant organisational structures such as hospitals, The name Dimmeys, a popular abbreviation of its former name command depots etc. again with an introduction on the history of Dimelow and Gaylard, was officially adopted in 1915 by its new that entity. proprietor John Sims Jeffery. The current building, with its famous The main bulk of the text consists of the biographies of the 696 tower, was completed at this time, following a near disastrous fire doctors who served in France and Belgium from 1916 to 1918. The in 1906. biographies are drawn from a number of sources and include details Dimmeys remained in Jeffery family ownership throughout most of medical training, deployment in the army and career both before of the twentieth century. John Jeffery’s sons, Harold and Norman and after army service. The index is invaluable, as doctors were followed him as Governing Directors and, after Norman’s death in moved around and each biography appears in the chapter for the 1953, their nephew Jeffery Maclachlan took over, followed by his unit to which the doctor was first posted or served longest. Many son Hamish. It was under his leadership that unsustainable debt of the biographies include a picture, some individual, some group caused the company to go into receivership during the recession of shots and some of activity in the field. Abbreviations are used a the 1990s. great deal, a necessity in a book of this length, and are listed on pages 10 – 14. Furphy uses the Jeffrey family papers, interviews with former staff and documents in the public record to reconstruct the history of the This is an outstanding work of meticulous research and will be store. The book is well referenced, includes a timeline and an index. extremely valuable for anyone with a doctor in their ancestry who served on the Western Front in the First World War.

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 19 Research Corner Linley Hooper Putting your ancestors in their place

Putting your ancestors in their place – a great title for Research Corner Research a book recently added to the library. This is something most of us like to do, but in London it can be very hard to identify the ancestral home. So I want to draw your attention to some of the items in our library which will help you with this task for England and London in particular.

One of the major problems is the constant re-building of both houses and streets, and the development of railway lines and other major works. In 1888 the General Post Office and London County Council conducted a renaming and renumbering scheme to eliminate duplicate road names throughout the LCC and to renumber houses consistently with the lowest number being closest to the local post office. This means that a house located in 1851 need not be the same house today, or even in subsequent censuses. So we need to turn to: List of the streets and places within the administrative county of London, including the names of blocks of dwellings, parks and open spaces, showing localities, postal districts with delivery office numbers, parishes, metropolitan and parliamentary boroughs, electoral divisions, ordnance and municipal map references, together with the alterations in street nomenclature and numbering since 1856, and the origins of certain of the names. Digital reproduction (CD) of 3rd ed. 1929 (see images right) held on our library computers. We also hold a 1912 copy with supplements on microfiche.

For other areas, I recommend the large scale Philips Street Atlas series. The English rarely re-name properties and many of the places including ancient farms will still be found in these publications. We hold 48 volumes covering all England and much of Scotland.

Other useful material in our library: • Atlas & Guide to London 1896, with street index • The A to Z of Victorian London (Bacon’s 4” & 9” maps 1888) • The A to Z of Georgian London. (Roque’s map of the mid 18th century) • The A to Z of Regency London. (Horwood’s map 1799-1918) • The A to Z of Restoration London. (Ogilby & Morgan’s Images 1 to 4 (above): Sample pages from List of streets - see City of London 1676) Abolished Subsidiary Names to find places ending with Villa, Terrace, Row, Place, Cottage, Building, etc. Many of these maps are now available online via www. old-maps.co.uk, http://www.locatinglondon.org/ and and awards, town maps, Tithe maps and awards, Valuation mapco.net/london.htm, www.maps-of-london.com, Office survey 1910-1915, National Farm Survey 1941-1943. http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/ and other sites, but the See also Ordnance Survey maps: a concise guide for historians introductory information and the ease of use make these by Richard Oliver (1993). books invaluable. On our library computers we also have: Essential maps for family historians by Charles Masters • London maps through the ages. This contains maps of: (2009) covers county maps, estate surveys, enclosure maps 1666 London and suburbs after the Great Fire - 1832

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 20 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Images 5 and 6 (above): Regency A-Z (left) and Victorian A-Z (right). Running west off Grays Inn Road (blue), you can see that Lucas Street (red) in the Regency A-Z , has changed its name to Cromer Street in the Victorian A-Z. This is not recorded in the Lists of the streets CD, because, according to Wikipedia: ‘Cromer Street was formerly called Lucas Street and was renamed in 1818’. In the early 1840s, it was described as being occupied by a class of poor ‘small tradesmen and artisan lodgers’ in densely crowded lodgings. 105 houses were built in the street in the early 19th century, but it has largely been rebuilt and consists of over 1,000 council and housing properties, mostly pre-1919 railway tenements .

Lewis’ Topographical dictionary - 1938 Kelly’s Chiswick The website Gendocs Victorian London A-Z Street Index is directory - 1844 Atlas of the Society of the Diffusion also useful as they give a date reference for each address of Knowledge - 1854 Davies New map of the British listed . Courts, Terraces and Buildings were often named metropolis -1898 Royal atlas of England and Wales - 1902 after the owner of the property, and when these properties Kelly’s directory - 1917 Bartholomew’s Handy reference changed ownership, these places were often renamed. atlas of London - 1931 London for everyman - 1880 They also list: London Churches; London Cemeteries; Greater London: a narrative of its history, its people and Victorian London Lodging Houses (a useful guide for its places - 1898 Cassell’s Gazetteer. finding immigrant families in the 19th century); Irish Nests in Victorian London; Victorian London Institutions: a guide to the locations of Workhouses, Hospitals, Lunatic Asylums, • Maps of London 1883, 1894, 1897. The c. 1883 map was Prisons, Gaols, Reformatories, Barracks, Orphan Asylums, originally published as Bacon’s Gem Pocket Map of Convents, and other Principal Charitable Institutions; and London & Suburbs. The scale of the original is about Victorian London Inns, Taverns & Public Houses. 1.5 inches to the mile, the map being divided into mile squares ‘for calculating Cab fares’. Coverage is from The Times Atlas of London is a goldmine of information. Hampstead in the north west and Putney in the south Also consult Cliff Webb’s invaluable guides:Genealogical west to Stratford in the north east and Blackheath in research in London; A genealogical gazetteer of Mid- the south east. The 1894 map is the Extended Tape Victorian London, Genealogical research in late Victorian and Indicator Map of London by C. Smith & Son. The scale Edwardian London; Streets, parishes and wards of the City of of the original is about 3.5 inches to the mile, the map London. London revealed: uncovering London’s hidden history being divided into quarter mile squares. Coverage is from is full of useful themed maps such as Prisons & Police, Willesden in the north west and Putney in the south Jewish London, Plague, Burial grounds. west to Victoria Park in the north east and Nunhead in the south east. From the 1897 maps, there are 14 of the Another valuable source is Charles Booth and the survey into original 16 sectional maps published as part of the ABC life and labour in London (1886-1903) at http://booth.lse. Guide to London 1897-8, apparently by Chas. Baker & ac.uk/ which show that street as being mixed occupiers Co. Coverage is roughly from Regents Park & Hackney in – some comfortable, others poor. He also mentions Irish the north to Battersea & the Isle of Dogs in the south and scavengers there. We also have paper copies of these colour from Kensington in the west to Limehouse in the east. coded maps in our library. n

Volume 32 Issue 32 / SeptemberJune 2014 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 21 Pen of the President John Blackwood Strategic Review Voucher Scheme The GSV Council has taken steps to review the GSV’s Last year we introduced a trial voucher scheme, giving Pen of the President Pen market, products, services and finances in order to members who renew their membership the opportunity to ensure the ongoing viability of the Society in a rapidly introduce a friend to the Society with the options of: changing environment. •• No library entrance fee for one day, or As has been reported in these pages on a regular basis, our •• No joining fee, or membership numbers have been in steady decline for many •• One hour of research done at the member rate years. This is despite the increase in resources the Society (currently $25 instead of $40) has devoted to marketing in recent years, in an attempt to reverse the trend. Although the uptake in the use of the vouchers has been modest to date, we have decided to continue the scheme for Anecdotally however, over the past few years there would another year. Life members will receive their vouchers for a seem to have been an increase in interest in family history second year. research, encouraged by TV programs such as Who do you think you are? and the incredible expansion of access to Ground Floor Works records online through commercial and non-commercial We have been advised by the manager of our building at web sites. 257 Collins Street that the Landlord intends to carry out redevelopment of the ground floor sometime later this year. Access to records online does seem to have encouraged more At the time of writing, the timeline for this had yet to be people to carry out their research from home, and I must finalised, but the redevelopment will include: admit that I am no exception, having annual subscriptions to two of the commercial sites. However, I’m experienced •• Replacing and relocating the elevators (not the lifts) enough to know that the online records will only take you so far, and to go further usually requires access to records and •• Upgrading the external facades knowledge held within family history societies, such as the •• Alterations to the ground floor lobby, flooring and ceiling GSV. Our free eResearch facility was introduced a few years finishes ago for members who find it inconvenient to come in to the library. Despite this and other initiatives, we continue to lose We have met with representatives of the building more members than we attract. management to make sure they are aware of some of our members’ specific needs regarding access. It is clear that the current trend of declining membership and increasing costs (primarily rent and staff costs) is Annual General Meeting unsustainable. To help Council with an independent A reminder that our AGM will be held at the Society at assessment on how we might structure the Society for the 2.00 pm on Saturday, 4th October. I hope many of you future, we have applied for and have been awarded a grant will be able to attend. Nominations for any vacant Council from the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust to engage an positions can be made from the floor at the AGM. external consultant experienced in this type of strategic review. The views of members, staff and volunteers will be sought as part of the review, and we would hope to be in a position to share recommendations by the end of this year. GSV 2013-14 Reports Seniors Card Program The Society has been appointed as a ‘participating business’ •• 2013-14 GSV Council Report within the Victorian Seniors Card program. As such, we are •• 2013-14 GSV Accounts required to commit to at least one unique discount on items such as CDs or books to all Seniors card holders, whether Both of these reports are available on the members of the GSV or not, which will be advertised on the GSV web site, www.gsv.org.au. To view or Seniors website. GSV members who are also Seniors Card download them, login to the GSV holders will also receive their 10% members discount. Members area. As a participating business, we will have free access to the Copies can also be obtained from the regular special offers advertised on the Seniors web site. One GSV reception desk. such special under consideration, for a period of time, would be a 50% discount on the daily library fee for non-members, refundable if they join within two weeks.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 22 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc What’sThursday Talks On - Talks, Classes and Courses

Held in the GSV Meeting Room 12.30pm–1.30pm. Members FREE, non-members: $8.00 On What’s 4 September ScotlandsPlaces Joy Roy 11 September Fairs, markets & feast days in England Vicki Montgomery 18 September Researching Cornwall Max Garner 25 September Trove & Papers Past - smart searching Robbie Stockfeld 2 October Favourite Victorian passenger ports Susie Zada 9 October Researching Welsh families Clive Davies 16 October Writing and publishing family history part 1: Writing Margaret Vines 23 October Writing and publishing family history part 2: Publishing Martin Playne 30 October Victoria Women’s Suffrage: Why were we the last to get the vote? Judy Maddigan 6 November The 1860 Land Acts: Finally the land is unlocked Patsy Daly 13 November The Famine and the Poor Laws of Ireland Vicki Montgomery 20 November PCs for novices: There’s no such thing as a silly question Doug Elms 27 November Pubs and Palaces Robbie Stockfeld

Special Events Booked out GSV Research Workshop: 10.00am–4.00pm. Friday 5 September 2014) Waiting list only Were your ancestors in the Indian Subcontinent?: 10.30am–1.00pm. Saturday 13 September 2014 (see page 35) Still looking for your Irish Ancestors?: 10.30am–1.00pm. Friday 31 October 2014 (see page 35) Seminars Stuck in England?: 10.00am–12.30pm. Friday 7 November 2014 (see inside front cover) Stuck in Victoria?: 10.00am–12.30pm Saturday 29 November 2014 (see inside front cover)

Courses English Family History: 3 sessions: 10.00am–1.00pm. Tuesdays 16, 23, 30 September 2014 (see page 42) Irish Family History: 4 sessions: 10.30am–12.30pm. Tuesdays 7, 14, 21, 28 October 2014 (see inside back cover) Beginning Writing Family History: 3 sessions: 10.30am–12.30pm. Fridays 14, 21, 28 November 2014 (see inside back cover) Orientation: Introduction to the Society and Research Basics 10.30am–12.30pm, Saturdays, 20 September, 18 October and 15 November 2014. Members only, bookings essential. Starting your Family History 10.30am–12.00pm, first Wednesday of monthBookings essential. Members FREE, non-members: $15.00 (see page 25) Computer Based Resources Classes in 2014 These small group classes are designed to enable you to get the most out of the computer based resources available in the GSV library. Held in the GSV Meeting Room from 2.00pm–3.00pm, Members FREE, non-members $10.00, bookings essential 1st Tuesday The National Archives (UK) online 2nd Tuesday Australian BDM indexes via DiggerTM 3rd Tuesday AncestryTM online 4th Tuesday findmypastTM & other commercial databases online – (Origins.netTM, TheGenealogistTM, British Newspaper ArchiveTM) 5th Tuesday ScotlandsPeople TM online [Apr,Jul, Sep] 1st Wednesday National Archives for Scotland, Ireland and Wales online 3rd Wednesday Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) online 1st Thursday FamilySearchTM online 2nd Thursday GSV library catalogue and databases - tips 3rd Thursday Internet for genealogy: an introduction 4th Thursday National Archives Australia and other state archives online 5th Thursday ScotlandsPeopleTM online [Jan, May, Oct]

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 23 What’s On -Calendar of Events September October Tues. 2 2.00pm Class: The National Archives (UK) online [B,M/F] Wed. 1 10.30am Class: Starting your family history [B,M/F] Wed. 3 10.30am Class: Starting your Family History [B,M/F] 12.30pm Meeting: Family History Writers Discussion Circle [MO] 12.30pm Meeting: Family History Writers Discussion Circle [MO] 2.00pm Class: National Archives for Scotland, Ireland & Wales online [M/F,B] 2.00pm Class: National Archives for Scotland, Ireland & Wales online [B,M/F] Thur. 2 12.30pm Talk: Favourite Victorian passenger ports [M/F] Thur. 4 12.30pm Talk: ScotlandsPlacesTM [M/F] 2.00pm Class: FamilySearchTM online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: FamilySearchTM online [B,M/F] Sat. 4 2.00pm GSV Annual General Meeting Fri. 5 10.00am Class: GSV Research Workshop [B,F] Tues. 7 10.00am Course: Irish Family History (1 of 4) [B,F] Sat. 6 1.30pm Meeting: Descendants of Convicts 2.00pm Class: The National Archives (UK) online [B,M/F] Tues. 9 12.00pm Meeting: Durham, Northumberland & Cumberland Discussion Group [MO] Wed. 8 10.30am Class: Starting your Family History [SW,B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: Australian BDM indexes via DiggerTM [B,M/F] 12.30pm Meeting: Cornwall Discussion Circle [MO] Wed. 10 12.30pm Meeting: Cornwall Discussion Circle [MO] 1.00pm Library Open Afternoon [SW] Thur. 11 12.30pm Talk: Fairs, markets & feast days in England [M/F] Thur. 9 12.30pm Talk: Researching Welsh families [SW,B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: GSV library catalogue & databases – tips [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: GSV library catalogue & databases – tips [B,M/F] Sat. 13 10.30am Research Day: Were your ancestors in the Indian Subcontinent? [ M/F,B ] Tues. 14 10.00am Course: Irish Family History (2 of 4) [B,F] Tues. 16 10.00am Course: English Family History (1 of 3) [B,F] 12.30pm Meeting: Durham, Northumberland & Cumberland Discussion Circle [MO] 2.00pm Class: AncestryTM online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: Australian BDM indexes via DiggerTM [B,M/F] Wed. 17 10.00am Meeting: Legacy Family Tree Users Group Wed. 15 10.00am Meeting: Legacy Family Tree Users Group 2.00pm Class: Public Record Office Victoria [PROV] online[B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: Public Record Office Victoria [PROV] online [B,M/F] Thur. 18 12.30pm Talk: Researching Cornwall [M/F] Thur. 16 12.30pm Talk: Writing and publishing family history part 1: Writing [M/F] 2.00pm Class: Internet for genealogy: an introduction [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: Internet for genealogy: an introduction [B,M/F] Sat.20 10.30am Orientation: Introduction to the Society and Research Basics [MO,B] Sat. 18 10.30am Orientation: Introduction to the Society & Research Basics [MO,B] 1.00pm Meeting: Scottish Ancestry Group Tues. 21 10.00am Course: Irish Family History (3 of 4) [B,F] Tues. 23 10.00am Course: English Family History (2 of 3) [B,F] 2.00pm Class: AncestryTM online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: findmypastTM & other commercial databases online [B,M/F] Wed.22 12.30pm Meeting: Early English Genealogy Discussion Circle [MO,B] Wed.24 12.30pm Meeting: Early English Genealogy Discussion Circle [MO,B] Thur. 23 12.30pm Talk: Writing and publishing family history part 2: Publishing [M/F] Thur. 25 12.30pm Talk: Trove & Papers Past – smart searching [M/F] 2.00pm Class: National Archives Australia & other state archives online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: National Archives Australia & other state archives online [B,M/F] Sat. 25 1.30pm Meeting: Huguenot Society of Australia Tues.30 10.00am Course: English Family History (3 of 3) [B,F] Tues.28 10.00am Course: Irish Family History (4 of 4) [B,F] 2.00pm Class: ScotlandsPeopleTM online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: findmypastTM & other commercial databases online [B,M/F] Thur.30 12.30pm Talk: Vic. Women’s Suffrage: Why were we the last to get the vote? [M/F] Class: ScotlandsPeopleTM online [B,M/F] Fri. 31 10.30am Research Day: Still looking for your Irish Ancestors? [M/F,B] November December Sat. 1 1.30pm Meeting: Descendants of Convicts Tues. 2 2.00pm Class: The National Archives (UK) online [B,M/F] Tues. 4 Closed Public Holiday Wed. 3 10.30am Class: Starting your Family History [B,M/F] Wed. 5 10.30am Class: Starting your Family History [B,M/F] 12.30pm Meeting: Family History Writers Discussion Circle [MO] 12.30pm Meeting: Family History Writers Discussion Circle [MO] 2.00pm Class: National Archives for Scotland, Ireland & Wales online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: National Archives for Scotland, Ireland & Wales online [B,M/F] Thurs. 2 2.00pm Class: FamilySearchTM online [B,M/F] Thur. 6 12.30pm Talk: The 1860 Land Acts: Finally the land is unlocked [M/F] Tues. 9 12.30pm Meeting: Durham, Northumberland & Cumberland Discussion Circle [MO] 2.00pm Class: FamilySearchTM online [B,M/F] 2.00pm Class: Australian BDM indexes via DiggerTM [B,M/F] Fri. 7 10.00am Seminar: Stuck in England? [B,F] Wed. 10 12.30pm Meeting: Cornwall Discussion Circle [MO] Sat. 8 1.00pm Meeting: Irish Ancestry Group AGM Thurs. 11 2.00pm Class: GSV library catalogue & databases – tips [B,M/F] Tues. 11 12.30pm Meeting: Durham, Northumberland & Cumberland Discussion Group [MO] Thur. 25 Closed Public Holiday 2.00pm Class: Australian BDM indexes via DiggerTM [B,M/F] Fri. 26 Closed Public Holiday Wed. 12 12.30pm Meeting: Cornwall Discussion Circle [MO] Thur. 13 12.30pm Talk: The Famine & the Poor Laws of Ireland [M/F] 2.00pm Class: GSV library catalogue & databases – tips [B,M/F] Fri. 14 10.30am Course: Beginning Writing Family History (1 of 3) [B/F] Starting Your Family History Sat. 15 10.30am Orientation: Introduction to the Society and Research Basics [MO,B] 1.00pm Meeting: International Settlers Group •• Collecting and recording •• Passengers and Naturalisation Tues. 18 2.00pm Class: AncestryTM online [B,M/F] information records Wed. 19 10.00am Meeting: Legacy Family Tree Users Group •• Birth, death and marriage •• Occupational and residential records 2.00pm Class: Public Record Office Victoria [PROV] online[B,M/F] •• Wills and Probate •• Newspapers Thur.20 12.30pm Talk: PCs for novices: There’s no such thing as a silly question [M/F] •• Cemeteries 2.00pm Class: Internet for genealogy: an introduction [B,M/F] One x 1.5 hour session Fri. 21 10.30am Course: Beginning Writing Family History (2 of 3) [B/F] 10.30 am - 12.00 pm GSV Meeting room Sat. 22 1.00pm Meeting: Scottish Ancestry Group Wednesday 3 September (thereafter first Wed. of each month) Tues. 25 2.00pm Class: findmypastTM & other commercial databases online [B,M/F] GSV members Free / non-members $15.00 Wed. 26 12.30pm Meeting: Early English Genealogy Discussion Circle [MO] Thur. 27 12.30pm Talk: Pubs and Palaces [M/F] 2.00pm Class: National Archives Australia & other state archives online [B,M/F] Booking with payment essential. Make payment at Fri. 28 10.30am Course: Beginning Writing Family History (3 of 3) [B/F] reception or the GSV online shop at www.gsv.org.au Sat. 29 10.00am Seminar: Stuck in Victoria? [B,F]

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Member Societies Member Friday 24th October 2014 Saturday 13th September 2014 2.00pm Annual Luncheon at Malvernvale Hotel, Topic: The Argus Newspaper 1321 Malvern Road, Malvern Speaker: Janet Creed Saturday 25th October 2014 Saturday 8th November 2014 2.00pm Talk by Robert Nash, the National Secretary of Speaker: Paul de Serville. the Society, at 12.30pm - The Huguenot Artistic Tradition in Australia Venue: Wesley Hall, St. Andrew’s Uniting Church. Cnr Burke and Malvern Rds. Gardiner. DIARY DATES FOR 2015 – details to be advised. Visitors are very welcome Saturday 14 March 2015 Entry $2 – Afternoon Tea provided. AGM at 12noon - Talk by Professor David Garrioch - Huguenots in Paris Enquiries: JClare – 03 9578 3654 Friday 2 October 2015 Annual lunch Saturday 3 October 2015 Talk by the Society’s Secretary Robert Nash Sale and District Family History Group Inc. Refreshments follow all meetings. Entrance: $5.00 Sale and District Family History Group was formed in Everyone is welcome. 1986 and is located in the historic Temperance Hall in Meetings are held at the Genealogical Society Macalister Street, Sale. of Victoria rooms. Level B1, 257 Collins Street, Melbourne (Take the lift on the left down to level B1.) The group launched a new book in July: Why That about the naming of selected street names of Enquiries:JCaroline Piesse 9570 1341 Name ¢[email protected] Sale from 1863 to 2014. Rooms open to the public Tuesdays between 1pm and 4pm and Fridays 10am till 4pm. Meetings are held on Wonthaggi Genealogy Inc. the second Monday of each month. Family Research Centre. Enquiries: ÇPO Box 773 Sale VIC 3850 23 Murray St., Wonthaggi. 3995 J0428 411 603 ¢[email protected] Open: Tuesday, Thursday 10am – 5pm or find us on Facebook. Saturday 10am – 1pm.

Enquiries:¢[email protected] J03 56723803 ¢www.wonthaggigenealogy.org.au Echuca Moama Family History group Program of Speakers for 2014: August 16 at 1.30 pm NEED HELP WITH Ian Jenkin YOUR RESEARCH? 150th Anniversary Echuca Railway The GSV Research Team can assist with a variety of September 20 at 1.30 pm services to suit all research problems including: John Howe and Judy McCleary The TROVE website and how to navigate it; •• Free 30min eResearch requests for GSV members a practical demonstration. •• Special Consultations October 16 at 7.30 pm •• Extended Research requests in hourly sessions Mike Bennett •• Transcription and Translation Services Australian Air Force See p17 for further details of the Research Services Enquiries:ÇPO Box 707, Echuca VIC 3564 available or visit our website www.gsv.org.au JBarbara Goldsmith 0467 066 593

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 26 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Further information on our Member Societies can be found on the GSV website at www.gsv.org.au/activities/mslist ¢Website or email address ÇMailing Address JPhone GSVAnglesea & District MemberHistorical Society Inc HothamSocieties History Project Inc Queenscliffe Historical Museum Inc Ç PO Box 98, Anglesea VIC 3230 Ç C/- North Melbourne Library Ç PO Box 135, Queenscliffe VIC 3225 ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~angen 66 Errol Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051 J Historical Museum 03 5258 2511 Ararat Genealogical Society J Mary Kehoe 03 9329 5814 ¢ www.queenscliffe-history.org www.hothamhistory.org.au Ç PO Box 361, Ararat VIC 3377 ¢ Richmond & Burnley Historical Society Inc J Marion McAdie 03 5352 4199 Huguenot Society (Victorian Chapter) Ç Lwr Lvl, Richmond Library, Australian Heraldry Society Inc Ç 384 McKinnon Road, East Bentleigh VIC 3165 415 Church Street, Richmond VIC Societies Member Caroline Piesse 03 9570 1341 03 9428 6231 Ç PO Box 107, Lawson NSW 2783 J J http://home.vicnet.net.au/~rbhs/ J Stephen Michael Szabo 0431 701 055 Jamieson & District Historical Society Inc ¢ www.heraldryaustralia.org Sale & District Family History Group Inc ¢ Ç PO Box 26, Jamieson VIC 3723 PO Box 773, Sale VIC 3850 Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~jdhs Ç J Glenys Wain 03 5144 1421 Ç PO Box 1809, Ballarat Mail Centre VIC 3354 Kerang & District Family History Group Inc J Carol Armstrong 03 5335 7630 PO Box 325, Kerang VIC 3579 Shepparton Family History Group Inc Ç ¢ www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au Bev Nethercote 0447 304 667 Ç PO Box 1529, Shepparton VIC 3632 J Garry Wallden 03 5828 3236 Barham/Koondrook Genealogical Group ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kerangfh J PO Box 48, Barham NSW 2732 ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~shepfh Ç Kyabram Regional Genealogical Society Inc J Helen Hall 03 5453 2091 South Gippsland Genealogical Society Inc Ç 34 Saunders Street, Kyabram VIC 3620 Ç PO Box 395, Leongatha VIC 3953s Benalla Family History Group Inc J Jennifer Cole 03 5852 2842 PO Box 268, Benalla VIC 3671 ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sggs Ç ¢ [email protected] Bill Willett 03 5766 6206 Southern Peninsula Family History Society Inc J Lakes Entrance Family History Resource Ctr Inc ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~bfamhist Ç PO Box 2189, Port Phillip Plaza, Rosebud 3939 Ç PO Box 674, Lakes Entrance VIC 3909 Bendigo Regional Genealogical Society Inc J Jan Humphreys 03 5985 4363 J 03 5155 3843 PO Box 1049, Bendigo VIC 3552 ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~spfhs Ç ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~lefhrc/ ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~brgs Stawell Biarri Group for Genealogy Inc Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc Ç PO Box 417, Stawell VIC 3380 Clan MacMillan Society of Australia PO Box 48, Taree NSW 2430 1/56 Fairbairn Road, Cranbourne VIC 3977 Ç ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~stawgeny Ç ¢ [email protected] J Myrna Robertson 03 5996 8667 Sunbury Family History Society Inc ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mcmillan Maryborough Family History Group Inc Ç PO Box 601, Sunbury VIC 3429 PO Box 59, Maryborough VIC 3465 Clan MacNicol Society of Victoria Inc Ç J William Wilson 03 9744 4478 J Judith Healey 03 5464 2601 www.sunburyfhs.org.au Ç 21 Stirling Street, Ferntree Gully VIC 3156 ¢ ¢ www.cgold.com.au/maryboroughfamilyhistory J Beth Bell 03 9753 5057 Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society Inc Cobram Genealogical Group Inc Melton Family History Group Inc Ç PO Box 1232, Swan Hill VIC 3585 PO Box 2094, Melton South VIC 3338 Shirley Durden 03 5033 0336 Ç PO Box 75, Cobram VIC 3644 Ç J Barbara Coleman 03 5871 2505 J Deb Slattery 03 9747 3320 ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~shghs J www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausmfhg/ ¢ http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cobgenie ¢ Terang & District Family History Group Inc Colac & District Family History Group Inc Mid-Gippsland Family History Society Inc Ç PO Box 14, Terang VIC 3264 PO Box 767, Morwell VIC 3840 Lorraine Bernoth 03 5593 3665 Ç PO Box 219, Colac VIC 3250 Ç J http://home.vicnet.net.au/~mgfhs [email protected] J Liz Spence 03 5231 1736 ¢ ¢ ¢ www.colacfamilyhistory.org.au Mildura & District Genealogical Society Inc Toora & District Family History Group Inc PO Box 41, Toora VIC 3962 Deniliquin Genealogical Society Inc Ç PO Box 2895, Mildura VIC 3502 Ç http://toora.org/ Ç PO Box 144, Deniliquin NSW 2710 J Kaylene Charles 03 5021 4763 ¢

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Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 27 Around the Groups IRISH ANCESTRY GROUP GSV Writers Discussion Group

Around the Groups Around Next Meeting: Saturday 8th November 2014 GSV Meeting Room Level B1 257 Collins St Melbourne Meetings : First Wednesday each month, Visitors welcome (except January) 1.00pm — Group Discussion Share a book. Show or recommend a book that you have found helpful GSV Meeting Room from 12.30 till 2.00pm in your research or which has expanded your knowledge of Irish History. (And you are always welcome to tell us when your brick wall has come down!) September 3rd – Maps and Images 2.00pm — Dr Val Noone Workshop: Update on Victorian Irish family histories October 1st – Review of Members’ Following up on last year’s workshop, this session will look at the list submissions we have gathered so far of Irish family histories in Victoria. Please do some homework and bring your findings to this session. November 5th – To be announced General meetings held on second Saturday of February, May, August and November in GSV meeting room. Meetings commence at 1.00pm, and the room is open from 12.30 for December 3rd – Organising our program a chat or assistance from other members. for 2015

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Beginners’ Kits and Griffiths Valuation Kits available at the GSV Bookshop. See pages 38-39 for the Family History Writers Group’s quarterly column

Scottish Ancestry Group International Settlers Group (non-British research) Saturday 20th September Next Meeting: Saturday 15th November 2014, 1pm Long Term Preservation and Annual General Meeting Storage of Records Followed by a talk from Susan McLean Meeting: Saturday 15th February 2015, 1pm ‘Body Snatchers’ Problem Solving Workshop

The ISG aims to assist with non-British research and to obtain Saturday 22nd November 2014 non-British resources for the GSV Library. Members are A ‘Mystery Segment’ followed by a researching 32 different countries so if you need help, think ‘Question and Answer’ session about joining the ISG. Forms are in the Bookshop, the members’ lunchroom and on the ISG web page Meetings held 3rd Saturday (Feb; May; Aug; Nov) Meetings GSV Meeting Room 1.00pm. 1.00pm to 3.00pm Quarterly newsletter available, annual subscription $11.00. GSV Meeting Room “Non-British Research Starter Kits” Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands are for sale from the ISG. All Thistle subscribers and $8.80 or $10.50 posted. (GST Incl) GSV members welcome

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Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 28 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc and library news Compiled by Meg Bate and Jottings... Linley Hooper, FGSV Jottings Blogger Chris PATON offers a 1901 and 1911 Irish census hundred years of existence. It was first established in 1848. search tip: these censuses have been digitised and made Records include patient admission registers, subscribers, available for some time now by the National Archives of burial registers and more. Ireland at www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Last October, Ancestry also uploaded indexes to these censuses on its site. Metropolitan 36:4 (Jul 2014) has some tips for those looking Perform a search there and you will be taken to a page of at Islington Workhouse records 1895-1916 which are results, which when clicked will take you directly to the NAI available on Ancestry. website for the original image. Family History 25:207 (Jan 2014) has an good article That’s great, but there is additional search capability on showing ‘The merits of eighteenth century Royal Navy Ancestry: you can narrow down the number of entries Lieutenants Passing certificates’ and provides reasons for returned by adding in the name of a father, mother, spouse the large proportion of false birth registers included. or child - something that cannot be done on the NAI site Do you ‘just trust’ citations offered by digital providers? itself, even in its Advanced Search mode. You don’t need Many are notoriously wrong – using the English reference an Ancestry account to use its census databases, they are system for the Scottish census, is a recent one by the free to access. commercial companies. Read Elizabeth Shown Mills at Irish Roots 89 (2014) in ‘Without indentures’ discusses an https://www.evidenceexplained.com/quicktips/do- index to Irish slave children in [American] Colonial Court you-just-trust-citations-offered-digital-providers- records along with ‘Irish first names and naming patterns’. ees-take-subject and Chris PATON’s blogs. No person, no agency, no company is perfect and naive trust is something The Scottish Genealogist 61:2 (Jun 2014) has an interesting we’ll likely regret. article on ‘The red-haired gene’ using the results from ScotlandsDNA. Scotland has a higher percentage of red- While it is widely known that registration of births heads than Ireland with Edinburgh being the ‘hot spot’. in England was not compulsory until 1875 (being the This issue also has an excellent article ‘Dowie – a Scottish responsibility of the registrar not the parent), the following surname with Flemish roots?’ It’s not just for Dowie article which appeared in the Derby Mercury of 20th descendants: this article could assist anyone tracing the October 1841 (via Derbyshire FHS 149 (Jun 2014)) gives a origins of a Scottish name. different slant:

Root and Branch 41:1 (Jun 2014) reports that the Richmond (Surrey) poor relief records are now online at www. surreycc.gov.uk/surreyhistorycentre along with Richmond Poor Law Union application and report books, Chertsey Poor Law Union admission and discharge books, Deaths in Surrey county gaol 1798-1878, Godstone Poor Law Union application and report books, Mayford Industrial School admissions 1895-1907, Princess Mary Village Homes pupils 1870-1890, The Royal Philanthropic School at Redhill registers of admission and Patients in the St Peter's Memorial Home in Woking. Richmond also covers Kew, The British Newspaper Archive is adding material at a great Petersham, North Sheen, Barnes & Mortlake while Chertsey rate, yet we have very few users in our library. You can view includes Addlestone, Bagshot, Bisley, Byfleet, Chertsey, the index at home for free, but visit the library to download Chobham, Horsell, Lyne, Pyrford, Walton on Thames the images as part of the Society’s library subscription including Hersham, Weybridge, Windlesham and Thorpe. instead of paying for each article. If you save the images to a USB drive/Memory stick, you can then manipulate and There is nothing new under the sun - drug addiction in improve the images at home. n Victorian England. The Manchester Genealogist 50:2 (2014) has an interesting article especially when you find that in Queen Victoria’s time more opium was consumed in Manchester and East Anglia than the rest of the country put together. The single biggest use of laudanum (a mixture Annual General Meeting of opium and alcohol) was in a product called ‘Godfreys of the Genealogical Society of Victoria Incorporated Cordial’ more commonly known as the ‘infant’s pacifier’. GSV Premises, Level B1, 257 Collins Street Dorset FHS Journal 27:3 (Jun 2014) mentions a new 2.00pm Saturday 4th October 2014 website of the Dorset County Hospital that helps researchers access the hospital’s records covering the 1st

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 29 See the library catalogue for full details , exact format, and location of material within the library - available online at www.gsv.org.au or in the library. CompiledAdditions by Linley Hooper to the Library RSS feeds can alert you to new material of interest. Please check the library catalogue for full VICTORIA og Afgangslister, Register. Tommerup sogn descriptions. Thank you to all donors to the Through their eyes: a glimpse into the lives of (Odense): Konfirmerede, Copulerede, Døde library collection. women from Benalla & district. (Review) og Begravede, Til- og Afgangslister; Fødte og Abbreviations used: Bendigo Advertiser: index of funerals, Døbte (Broholm filialkirke). Konfirmerede inquests, obituaries, accidents & more (Broholm filialkirke), Copulerede (Broholm FHS = Family History Society Library Additions Library 1887-1888. Hocking, Patricia A. (Bate, M) filialkirke), Døde og Begravede (Broholm ISG = International Settlers Group Bendigo Labor: the maintenance of filialkirke). Tommerup sogn (Odense) Fødte @ = Society purchase traditions in a regional city. Cleary, Colin. og Døbte. Konfirmerede. Copulerede, Døde ¬= Donations via the “Wish list” (Banks, J) og Begravede. Til- og Afgangslister. Den (...) = Donor’s name, if not the author Cattle & horse licence applications. Danske Folkekirke. (ISG) bir = birth, mar = marriage, dth = death, Indexed by Jenny Carter. Payments for Tommerup sogn (Odense) Kirkebøger: Fødte bur = burial, chr = christening milk licences in the Frankston, Narre og Døbte, Konfirmerede, Vaccinerede, ISG = GSV Internationals Settlers Group Warren, Pakenham, Harkaway, Nar Communionsbog, Vielse Attester, SAG = GSV Scottish Ancestry Group Nar Goon, Berwick district. Folketælling, Register. Den Danske Mi. = Monumental inscriptions Carwarp, community, politicians & the Folkekirke. (ISG) = Podcast 9 wanderers: a social history of a special Vissenbjerg sogn (Odense) Kirkebøger: AUSTRALIA Mallee town. Cleary, Colin. (Review) Døde og Begravede; Til- og Afgangslister; Searching Australian occupational records. Terang Cemetery Trust account books for Fødte og Døbte, Konfirmerede, Copulerede, Bate, Meg. 9 moneys received & expended 1868-1913. Døde og Begravede, Til- og Afgangslister, Australian birth, death & marriage Geelong Hospital deaths book, indexed Absolverede, Vaccinerede, Register. Fødte certificates. Carter, Jenny. 9 1852-1925 [A-G]. (Zada, S) og Døbte, Konfirmerede, Copulerede, Døde On the wing: mobility before & after Geelong rate books: Bellarine Ward Feb og Begravede, Til- og Afgangslister, register emigration to Australia. Ed. Margrette 1897, Feb 1899, Feb 1900; Kardinia Ward Fødte og Døbte, Konfirmerede, Copulerede, Kleinig & Eric Richards. Contents: Feb 1896;Villamanta Ward Feb 1896 Til- og Afgangslister, register, Den Danske ‘Involuntary but ever so visible’: Geelong Infirmary & Benevolent Asylum Folkekirke. (ISG) transported to Van Diemen’s Land 1812- inmates’ register 1905-1923. Geelong GERMANY 1849; Mobile female immigrants: escape Hospital & Geelong Infirmary and The family tree German genealogy guide: or enterprise?; From expats to migrants: Benevolent Asylum admission registers how to trace your Germanic ancestry in pre-migration mobility in British migrant 1861-1865, 1876-1880 [1861-1880, 1912- Europe. Beidler, James M. (Uber, C) experience across two centuries; Grains of 1917, 1852-1925]. (Zada, S) The German research companion. Riemer, sand in the hour-glass: visible immigrant Geelong Hospital & Geelong Infirmary & Shirley J. 3rd ed. (ISG) pioneers & their mobilities; Mobility Benevolent Asylum registers, 1861-1880, Map guide to German parish registers patterns of Irish immigrants in the Clare 1912-1917, 1852-1925. The W J Morrow Kingdom of Prussia, province of valley: ‘birds of passage’, ‘wanderers’, & Geelong Advertiser summary. Geelong East Prussia 1: Regierungsbezirk ‘persisters’; Peripatetic women: British Advertiser newspaper index 1849- Allenstein; Province of West Prussia 2: domestic servants, internal migration 1934.Meredith cemetery inscriptions. Regierungsbezirk Matrienwerder (full & emigration to South Australia in Calvert, P. Headstone transcription of the indexes of included towns). Hansen, Kevan the 1920s & 1930s; Displaced persons Sutherland Creek cemetery. Walter, Fred. M. (ISG) & the ‘continuum of mobility’ in the Jan Juc cemetery headstone inscriptions POLAND South Australian hostel system; Kiwis 1874-1963. Lorne cemetery headstone Polish surnames: origins & meanings. ‘on the wing’: the continuing migration transcriptions 1888-1983. Walter, Fred Hoffman, William F. 3rd ed. (ISG) experiences of New Zealanders in Australia Geelong Western Cemetery Roman Research my Polish family history. from the 1960s to the 1990s. (Review) Catholic headstones 1862-1982. Watson, Hogan, Eva. 9 Christian work in Australasia: with notes Irene. St. Giles Presbyterian Church parish Polish genealogy: four steps to success. on the settlement & progress of the colonies. register transcripts 1889-1932. Geelong Szabados, Stephen. (ISG) Bickford, J. (Kearsey, I) Methodist Circuit baptisms 1853-1896. Metrical books: Koropiec (Buczacz), Kosów Roll of the Royal Australasian College of List of children on the rolls of the common (Kosów), Kosciejów (Lemberg Umgebung), Physicians v. 1 1938-1975. (Hart, T) school no. 283 at Germantown. Fyansford Horyhlady (Tlumacz), Korosciatyn When we rode the rails. Adam-Smith, Patsy. state school rolls 1880-1966. (Buczacz), Chomczyn, Roznów. Kosciól (Gulbis, D) Shelford state school no. 379 admission rzymsko-katolicki [Roman Catholic Who’s who of Australian women. 2007. registers, 1901-1954. Geelong & Portland Church]. (Picyk, Maria) (Hart, T) Bay Immigration Society - original Metrical books Zukow (Obertyn); Kamionka Women in Australia. State Library of passenger lists of the ships David, Julia, Strumilowa (Kamionka Strumilowa); Victoria. Cumulative index to ‘Who’s Platina [Scotia & Shamrock?] between Kalusz (Kalusz); Korosciatyn (Buczacz). who in the world of women’ & to ‘Book of Victoria & Tasmania 1844-1847. Geelong Parafja Klodno (Zólkiew) status animarum remembrance of the pioneer women of the Advertiser newspaper index, 1849-1934 19-20. Wiek. Kosciól rzymsko-katolicki. Portland Bay district’ - separate index to Lodge of Unison, No. 480, Oakleigh Vic (Picyk, Maria) ‘Records of the pioneer women of Victoria, [meetings 1930-1950] A F & A Masons of FAMILY HISTORY& BIOGRAPHY 1835-1860’ - ‘Records of the pioneer Victoria. Margaret’s early years: including an account women of Victoria, 1835-1860’. - Book of Remember Respect Rejoice: our soldiers - we of her Bannan, McHardy, Devlin & remembrance of the pioneer women of the salute you 1914-1919. Pyramid Hill & McComish relatives. Noone, Val. Portland Bay district’.@ District Historical Society. The pioneering Bull family: Chorleywood to From St James Church to St James old SOUTH AUSTRALIA Colbinabbin. Martin, Tony. Cathedral [ ]. Wells, Janette. Research family in South Australia. Lane, Melbourne 9 No easy path: the life and times of Lilian People of Richmond. Langdon, David. Raelene. 9 9 Violet Cooper MD, FRACS (1861-1947), TASMANIA DENMARK Australia’s first woman surgeon. Williams, Patchwork prisoners: the Rajah quilt & the Brylie sogn (Odense) Kirkebøger: Lesley M. (Gulbis, D) women who made it. Trudy Cowley, Dianne Konfirmerede, Tommerup sogn, Fødte og From Sunderland to Hobart: a Crosby Snowden.@ Døbte, Copulerede, Døde og Begravede, Til- family history. Crosby, David Franklin.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 30 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc The Deasons of the Isles of Scilly: a guide for & Kilconnell dth 1892-1905, mar 1828- Church of England. (Neate, B) researchers, a family history. Compiled by 1921, bap 1828-190; Eyrecourt, Clonfert & Bishops transcripts for Little Brickhill: Greg Campbell & others. Meelick bap 1893-1901, mar 1894-1904. bap, mar, bur 1600, 1603-1605, 1607-1628, Coy: the story of a remarkable woman & Leitrim & Ballyduggan mar 1883-1907, 1630-1631, 1633-1639, 1642-1645, 1661, her family, the Dennis family history. bap 1886-1902. Fohenagh & Killure mar 1664, 1671, 1687, 1700, 1702-1703, 1705- Mountstephen, Jenny. (O’Gorman, B) 1890-1905, bap 1889-1902. Tynagh mar 1710, 1712-1720, 1722-1729, 1731-1747, Dimmeys of Richmond: the rise & fall 1809-1905, bap 1816-1920, dth 1891-1902. 1749-1766, 1768-1769, 1771, 1773-1797, of a family business. Furphy, Samuel. Laurencetown & Kiltormer bap 1834-1903, 1799-1812, 1834, bap, mar, bur 1813-1833, {Copies available from Richmond Burnley mar 1834-1926, dth 1834-1836. Lusmagh, 1835; Brill bap, mar, bur 1600, 1602-1614, Historical Society} Offaly, bap 1832-1925, dth 1837-1926, 1617-1648, 1659-1660, 1662-1665, 1671-

The Droulers family in Australia 1912- mar 1832-1925. Cappatagle & Kilrickle/ 1672, 1678, 1680-1682, 1687, 1689-1692, Additions Library 2012. Jensen, Marie-Therese. Kilreekill, bap 1809-1844, mar 1831-1844, 1694-1706, 1708-1731, 1733-1735, bap, Commanders of sail: the story of James & dth 1827-1844. Roman Catholic Church. mar, bur 1736-1779, 1781-1812. Church of Alexander Elmslie & the ships ‘Cospatrick’ (Kelly, G) England. (Neate, B) & ‘Sobraon’ Stephenson, Geoffrey D. UNITED KINGDOM Wavendon general register (bap 1722- Reminiscences of an old pioneer: stories Understanding documents for genealogy & 1812, mar 1722-1754, bur 1722-1813) mar of early Melbourne, early Caulfield & the local history. Durie, Bruce.@ 1754-1812, bap 1813-1859, bur 1813-1869, Evans family. Evans, John William. The British: a genetic journey. mar 1813-1881, banns 1823-1881, bap 1859- Compiled by Geoffrey Hall & Gilbert Moffat, Alistair.@ 1882, bur1869-1881; Whaddon general Langfield. Methodist records for family historians. register (bap 1584-1643, 1672-1785, mar Belonging: a research into the Fleay family Ratcliffe, Richard. (Review) 1585-1643, 1672-1753, bur 1585- 1643, through six centuries by a descendant of the Dod’s peerage baronetage & knightage of 1672-1785), miscellaneous records 1734- family. Beasy, M Fleay. Great Britain & Ireland for 1872. 1737, mar 1754-1791, banns 1754-1790. Holdens, here and there. Holden, Keith. My ancestor was a woman at war. Church of England. (Beattie, M) Guthrie, Edwards, Hair, McLean, Jolly, Emma.@ Whaddon miscellaneous records, bap 1785- Jeans, Edwards, Jamieson families. ENGLAND 1812, bur 1785-1812, banns 1791-1813, mar (Estate of Keith Holden) Chancery, bawdy & other English court 1791-1812, bap 1813-1842, mar 1813-1838, Jensen-Gordon family history 1856-2014. bur 1813-1859; Lower Winchendon records. Fincher, Alan. 9 Jensen, Marie-Therese. Putting your ancestors in their place: a guide bap, mar, bur 1562-1710, bap 1711-1781, McFee clan and family history. McFee, to one place studies. Few, Janet. (Review) bap, bur 1719-1812, bap 1813-1880, mar, William A. Comp. Graham H Beanland. Granny was a brothel keeper: fifty family banns 1754-1812, mar 1813-1837, banns Two squatters: the lives of George Playne & history traps. Kate Broad & Toni 1823-1880, bur 1813-1880, mar 1837-1880; Daniel Jennings. Playne, Martin. Neobard.@ Wing bap, mar 1546- 1749, bur 1546-1684, A brief history & a complete record of the Tracing your Black Country ancestors: a miscellaneous records 1749, bur 1678-1783. American descendants of John & Mary guide for family historians. Church of England. (Beattie, M) Smith who lived and died in County Derry, Pearson, Michael.@ BERKSHIRE Ireland. Smith, Sarah Wilson. The Black country of Staffordshire, Berkshire glebe terriers 1634. Berkshire The undertakers’ mother. Shine, Denise Tobin. Warwickshire & Worcestershire. Record Society.@ Stories from a starry summer night. Montgomery, Vicki. 9 Correspondence of the Foundling Hospital Watson, Ray. Berkley, Eyers, Gallagher, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE inspectors in Berkshire 1757-68. Berkshire McDonnell, McGrane, Patton, Monumental inscriptions 1700-1900: Record Society.@ families. {Copies Shanahan & Watson Newport Pagnall, Milton Keynes, Enclosure in Berkshire 1485-1885. from [email protected] for Wavendon, Soulbury, Great Brickhill, Berkshire Record Society.@ $29.95 plus postage} Little Brickhill, Bow Brickhill, Broughton, Berkshire Nonconformist meeting house Y family ule, Yool, Yuill, Yuille, Zuill Moulsoe, Stoke-Goldington, Bradwell, registrations 1689-1852. Berkshire histories. Pryor, Estella Yule. Stantonbury, Simpson . Monumental Record Society. GENERAL inscriptions 1700-1900 London: Berkshire Overseers’ papers 1654-1834. BillionGraves: headstone photos worldwide. Richmond-upon-Thames, Barnes. Berkshire Record Society. Contents: Adams, Lucinda. 9 (Neate, B) Aldermaston; Brimpton; Bucklebury; Web collaboration tools for genealogists. Bishop’s transcripts for : Whaddon bap, Burghfield; Chieveley; Englefield, Terrell, John. 9 mar, bur 1597, 1599, 1602-1630, 1632-1635, Hampstead Norreys; Stanford Dingley; In their words: a genealogist’s translation 1637-1640, 1642-1645, 1647, 1659-1663, Sulhamstead Abbots; Sulhamstead guide to Polish, German, Latin, and 1665, 1671-1673, 1675, 1677-1679, 1681- Bannister; Thatcham; Wasing; Russian documents v 3: Latin. William F 1682, 1688-1689, 1691, 1693, 1702-1716, Woolhampton.@ Hoffman & Jonathan D Shea. (ISG) 1718-1739, bap, bur 1740-1841, mar 1740- Newbury Kendrick workhouse records 1627- A complete body of heraldry, v 2. 1837; Whitchurch; bap, mar, bur 1575, 1641. Berkshire Record Society.@ Edmondson, Joseph. 1601-1605, 1607, 1609-1613, 1615, 1617, Reading Gild accounts 1357-1516. IRELAND 1619-1620, 1622-1623, 1626-1627, 1629- Berkshire Record Society.@ History of Ireland in the nineteenth century. 1640, 1659-1665, 1671-1672, 1674-1675, CHESHIRE Cosgrove, Dillon. 1688, 1702-1705, 1707-1718, 1720-1813, Bishop’s transcripts for: Ashton-on- A short history of Ireland from the earliest 1816-1819. Church of England. (Beattie, M) Mersey: bur 1856, bap, bur 1857-1876; times to 1608. Joyce, P W. Bishops transcripts for: Bow-Brickhill: Astbury bap, mar, bur 1593-1594, 1596, An authentic history of Ireland & its people. bap, mar, bur 1600, 1602-1606, 1608-1619, 1600, 1607-1609, 1611-1612, 1614-1615, McAlister, M. 1621-1641, 1643-1650, 1659-1661, 1663, 1617-1621, 1803-1815, bap, mar 1816. Armagh clergy and parishes: being an 1676-1677, 1679-1680, 1682-1683, 1685, Church of England. (Bracegirdle, C) account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland 1687, 1689-1691, 1699-1700, 1702, 1704- Parish chest records Audlem: town book in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest 1708, 1710-1714, 1716-1806, 1808-1813, (overseers’ of the poor accounts) 1835- period, with historical notices of the several bap, mar, bur 1813-1831; Great Brickhill 1836, settlement papers 1649-1791, parishes, churches, &c. Leslie, James B. bap, mar, bur 1813-1814, 1816-1830, bap, apprenticeship papers 1669-1809, bastardy A history of the city of Dublin, v. 1-3. mar, bur 1575, 1600, 1602-1622, 1624- bonds 1635-1798, overseers’ of the poor Gilbert, J T. 1628, 1630-1634, 1637-1640, 1659-1661, miscellaneous papers 1655-1732. Bishop’s Parochial registers Galway: Clontuskert 1663-1664, 1671-1678, 1684-1685, 1687, transcripts for Astbury: bap 1745-1748, bap 1827-1901; Killimor & Tiranascragh 1696, 1700-1704, 1706-1717, 1719-1751, bur 1748, bap 1748, 1743/44, mar, bur bap 1831-1901, mar 1831-1902; Aughrim 1753-1807, 1809-1810, 1812, 1814-1816. 1743, bap, mar, bur 1749-1751, bap, bur

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 31 1751/52, bap 1751/52, mar, bur 1752/53, plus 1881 census workhouse inmates. 1750, 1769-1775, 1802-1835; Thorne-Falcon bap 1754/55, mar 1753, bur 1753/54, mar Peterborough & District FHS.@ 1597-1640, 1662, 1707, 1727-1754, 1765- 1754/55, bur 1754, bap, mar, bur 1755/56, Memorial inscriptions Broadway cemetery, 1787, 1800-1835;Thorne-St Margaret 1605- mar, bur 1754/57, bap, mar, bur 1757, mar, Peterborough. Peterborough & District 1607, 16--, 1621-1640, 1813-1817; Thurlbear bur 1758, bap 1758/59, mar, bur 1759/60, FHS.@ 1607-1640, 1663, 1666, 1676, 1728-1789, bap 1760-1762, bur, mar 1761/62, bap, mar, Some local memorial inscriptions near 1802-1832; Thurloxton 1594-1611, 1622- bur 1762-1765, mar 1765-/66, bap 1766, Peterborough: Alwalton cemetery (1991), 1639, 1664-1678, 1706-1720, 1732-1760, mar, bur, bap 1766-1767, bur 1767/68, mar Fletton churchyard (1986), Longthorpe 1775, 1799-1824; Tickenham 1594-1640, 1767, bap 1767/68, mar, bur 1768-1769, bap churchyard (1981), Marholm churchyard 16--, 1664, 1737, 1747-1758, 1768, 1774, 1769-1771, mar1770/72, bur 1771/72, bap (2012), Orton Waterville churchyard 1802-1836; Timberscombe 1598-1611, 1621-

Library Additions Library 1771-1773, mar, bur 1772/73, bap, mar, (1993), The Town graveyard, Peterborough 1640, 1662-1668, 1678, 16--, 1725-1737, bur 1773-1776, bur 1776/77, mar 1777/78, Cathedral (1877), Stanground cemetery 1757-1783, 1813-1825; Timsbury 1603- 1776/77, bap 1776/77, bur, bap 1777/78, (1993) & Churchyard (1924) & Woodston 1640, 1662-1663, 16--, 1679, 1732-1733, mar, bur 1778/79, mar, bur, bap 1779/80, Churchyard (1989). Peterborough & 1742-1753, 1800-1824; Tintinhull 1593- bap 1778-1781, mar 1780/81, bap, bur, mar District FHS.@ 1640, 1662, 1704, 1731-1737, 1746-1751, 1781-1800, 1802, 1801, 1803-1817; bap, St John the Baptist, Peterborough. 1769-1776, 1801-1824; Tolland 1598-1640), mar, bur 1817-1828. Church of England. Peterborough & District FHS. Baptisms 1662-1663, 1703-1705, 1724, 1732-1736, (Bracegirdle, C) (1813-1959), settlement records names 1800-1837; Treborough 1593-1640, 1662- KENT index (1724-1835), military marriages 1679, 16--, 1703-1708, 1721-1756, 1766- Coroners’ inquisitions: an index of (1800-1813), Mi. in the church plus a 1769, 1801-1814, 1831, 1834, Trent 1598- inquisitions held in Dover & the Isle of surname index for those in Cowgate 1640, 1662, 1676, 1730-1734, 1747, 1800- Thanet 1802-1864. Jones, Levina. Churchyard (1805-1859).@ 1837; Trull 1598-1607, 1617, 1627-1639, Canterbury Lieutenancy papers 1802 & Peterborough Cathedral: transcription of 1666, 1707, 1734, 1759-1760, 1802-1835; 1803: indexes to the Militia ballot lists 1802 the bap (1615-1986), mar (1615-2007) & Twerton 1599-1640, 1664-1668, 1745-1746, & Army of Reserve ballot list 1803. Killick, bur (1575-2007) registers. Peterborough & 1800-1837. Church of England. (Izatt, Y¬) Jennifer. Index to ballot lists for parishes District FHS.@ SUFFOLK in the city of Canterbury & the Hundreds NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Baptism index 1813-1900 Bosmere & of Bleangate, Bridge & Petham, Westgate Nottinghamshire baptism, marriage & Claydon deanery. Suffolk FHS. Contents: & Whitstable. Contains names, & in most burial viewers. Nottinghamshire FHS. Mar Akenham 1813-1903; Ashbocking 1813- cases occupations of men between 18 & 45 v 3, bap & bur v 7.@ 1900; Ashfield cum Thorpe 1813-1901; (& some older men).@ OXFORDSHIRE Badley 1813-1902; Barham 1813-1901; Deal Lieutenancy papers of 1803: a Parish register transcripts Abingdon Barking 1813-1900; Battisford 1813-1899; transcription of the Army of Reserve and registration district v. 1: Abingdon; St Baylham 1813-1900; Blakenham Gt 1813- Levee en Masse schedules produced in 1803 Helen bap 1538-1978, mar 1538-1993, bur 1900; Blakenham Lt 1813-1900; Bramford at the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars. 1538-1891; St Michael bap 1868-1976, mar 1813-1900; Bricett Gt 1813-1900; Claydon Killick, Jennifer. The schedules provide 1868-2004, Workhouse bap 1884-1931, 1813-1900; Coddenham 1813-1900; an almost complete census the adult dth 1866-1894, St Nicholas bap 1603-1865, Creeting St Mary 1813-1900; Crowfield male population of the town. Over 1,000 mar 1538-1864, bur 1558-1880; Clifton 1813-1901; Debenham 1813-1901; Earl names & includes occupations, numbers Hampden bap 1576-1992, mar 1578-1982, Stonham 1813-1902; Flowton 1813-1901; of children, disabilities etc for Deal men bur 1579-1961; Culham bap 1648-1987, Framsden 1813-1899; Gosbeck 1813-1901; between 18 & 45 (and some older men).@ mar 1666-1986, bur 1662-1986; Milton Helmingham 1813-1900; Hemingstone Folkestone Lieutenancy papers of 1803: (Berks) bap 1654-1884, mar 1662-1987, 1813-1900; Henley 1813-1900; Mickfield a transcription of the Levee en Masse bur 1662-1938; Sandford on Thames bap 1813-1900; Nettlestead 1813-1901; Offton schedules produced in 1803 at the outbreak 1573-1984, mar 1572-1978, bur 1573-1961; 1813-1901; Pettaugh 1813-1900; Ringshall of the Napoleonic Wars. Killick, Jennifer. Shippon bap, mar, bur 1865-2008. 1813-1901; Somersham 1813-1900; Also lists vessel owners, millers, bakers.@ Abingdon registration district v. 2: Stonham Aspal 1813-1901; Stonham Lt Sandwich Lieutenancy papers of 1803: Appleford bapt 1563-1984, mar 1563-1987, 1813-1901; Swilland 1813-1901; Westerfield a transcription of the army of Reserve & bur 1564-1988; Appleton bap 1570-1839, 1813-1900; Whitton 1813-1900; Willisham Levee en Masse schedules produced in mar 1570-1839, bur 1569-1839; Binsey bap 1813-1871; Winston 1813-1900.@ 1803 at the outbreak of the Napoleonic 1593-1987, mar 1591-1979, bur 1597-1987; Suffolk baptism index 1754-1812 Blackbourn Wars. Killick, Jennifer. Over 700 names Drayton (Berks) bap 1607-1882, mar 1607- deanery. Suffolk FHS. Blackbourn & includes occupations, numbers of 1941, bur 1607-1919; Drayton St Leonard deanery includes the parishes of Gt children, disabilities etc for men aged bap 1568-1840, mar 1569-1837, bur 1573- Ashfield, Badwell Ash, Bardwell, between 18 & 45 (and some older men).@ 1840; Frilford & Longworth Mission bap Barnham, Barningham, Coney Weston, Sandgate Dispensary casebook 1844-1858. 1845-1955; Fyfield bap 1605-1906, mar Culford, Elmswell, Euston, Fakenham Moate, Mary.@ 1605-1913, bur 1605-1906; Kingston Magna, Hepworth (to 1813), Hinderclay, LINCOLNSHIRE Bagpuize bap 1539-1880, mar 1542-1884, Honington, Hopton nr Thetford, Lindsey Petty Sessions settlement bur 1541-1880; Lyford bap 1600-1974, mar Hunston, Ingham, Ixworth, Ixworth examinations 1815-1848; Sleaford Petty 1573-1974, bur 1587-1974; Marsh Baldon Thorpe (to 1815) Knettishall (from 1772), Sessions settlement examinations 1829- bap 1559-1891, mar 1598-1976. bur 1596- Langham, Lt Livermere, Market Weston 1835. Lincolnshire FHS.@ 1840; North Hinksey bap 1607-1944, mar (to 1813), Norton, Rickinghall Inferior, NORTHUMBERLAND 1607-1950, bur 1607-1984; Nuneham Sapiston, Stanton All Saints & St Johns, A history of Northumberland and Newcastle Courtney bap 1715-1971, mar 1717-1836, Stowlangtoft, Thelneham, Thorpe by Upon Tyne. Hepple, Leslie W. (Gulbis, D) bur 1715-1840; South Hinksey bap 1607- Ixworth, Troston, Walsham le Willows, Norham christenings 1813-1833, 1843- 1906, mar 1607-1924, bur 1607-1894; Toot Wattisfield, West Stow & Wordwell.@ 1960, mar 1754-1960, banns 1754-1812, Baldon bap 1579-1915, mar 1599-1971, bur Suffolk baptism index 1754-1812 Carlford & 1823-1942. Church of England. (Allan, L S) 1624-1840. Oxfordshire FHS. @ Wilford deaneries. Suffolk FHS. Contents: Alderton, Bawdsey, Bealings Gt, St Mary, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SOMERSET Bealings Lt, All Saints, Boyton, Bradfield, Quarter sessions, inquests & workhouse Bishop’s transcripts for: St Mary Magdalene’s Bromeswell, Burgh, St Botolph, Butley indentures: summary details of cases at church bap, mar, bur: Taunton:1605-1640, (-1815) , Clopton, St Mary, Culpho, St Peterborough Quarter sessions (1872- 1669, 1737, 1757, 1789-1790, 1800-1825; Botolph, Dallinghoo, Grundisburgh, 1916), inquests (1822-1925), workhouse Tellisford 1602-1611, 1621-1639, 1663, 1675, St Mary, Hasketon (-1813), Hollesley, indentures (1867-1917), 14 cases from 1728, 1734, 1745, 1756, 1803-1835; Thorne- Kesgrave, All Saints, Martlesham, St Huntingdon Assizes (1894, 1907-1916) Coffin 1579-1640, 1663-1681, 1704, 1729-

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 32 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Mary, Melton, Newbourne, St Mary, Otley (-1901), Redisham (-1902), Ringsfield, 1780, mar 1647-1754, mar & banns 1754- St Mary, Pettistree, Playford, Ramsholt, Shadingfield (-1901), Shipmeadow, 1812, bur 1651-1778; Mountfield bap, mar, Rushmere St Andrew, Shottisham, Sutton, Sotterley (-1901), South Elmham All bur 1558-1653, bir &bap 1653-1694; bap Tuddenham St Martin, Ufford, Wickham Saints, St Cross (-1901), St James (-1903), 1695-1799, mar & banns 1653-1797, bur Market, Witnesham (-1816), Woodbridge. St Margaret (-1903), St Michael (-1899), 1654-1812, mar 1791-1797; Newhaven mar (J Nicholls ¬) St Peter (-1899), Weston, Worlingham. 1553-1753, bap 1553-1581, mar 1581-1584, Suffolk baptism index 1754-1812 Colneis & (J Nicholls ¬) bur 1555-1585, bap, mar, bur 1585-1734, Samford deaneries. Suffolk FHS. Contents: Suffolk marriage index 1754-1812: Dunwich Bishop’s transcripts 1692-1742, bap, bur Belstead, Bentley, Brantham, Brightwell, & Lothingland deaneries. Suffolk FHS. 1743-1812, bur 1813-1852, bap 1813-1837, Bucklesham, Burstall, Capel St Mary, Dunwich deanery includes Aldringham, mar 1754-1812; Newtimber bap, mar, bur

Chattisham, Chelmondiston, Copdock, Benacre, Blyford, Blythburgh, Bramfield, 1558-1840. M J Burchall & W H Challen. Additions Library East Bergholt, Erwarton, Falkenham, Brampton, Carlton, Chediston, Cookley, (Bracegirdle, C) Felixstowe, Freston, Harkstead, Hemley, Covehithe, Cratfield, Darsham, Dunwich, WORCESTERSHIRE Higham, Hintlesham, Holbrook, Holton Frostenden, Halesworth, Henstead, Worcester St Martin’s bap & bur 1538- St Mary, Kirton, Levington, Nacton, Heveningham Holton, Huntingfield, 1788, mar 1538-1744. Church of England. Newbourne, Raydon, Shelley, Shotley, Kelsale, Knodishall, Leiston, Linstead (Sargood, D) Sproughton, Stratford St Mary, Stutton, Magna, Linstead Parva, Middleton, YORKSHIRE Tattingstone, Trimley St Martin, Peasenhall, Reydon, Rumburgh, Sibton, Bishops transcripts for Bradford: bap, mar, Trimley St Mary, Waldringfield, Walton, Sotherton, South Cove, Southwold, bur 1746-1748, 1750-1752, 1754, 1756- Washbrook, Wenham Gt, Wenham Lt, Spexhall, Stoven, Theberton, Thorington, 1765, 1767-1776, 1778-17799, 1777, 1783, Wherstead, Woolverstone. (J Nicholls ¬) Ubbeston, Uggleshall, Walberswick, 1782, 1781, 1780, 1784-1812, bap 1813. Suffolk baptism index 1754-1812 East of Walpole, Wangford/Henham, Wenhaston, Church of England. (Bracegirdle, C) Sudbury deanery. Suffolk FHS. Contents: Westhall, Westleton, Wissett, Wrentham Sheffield General Cemetery bur records Aldham, Assington, Bildeston, Boxford, & Yoxford. Lothingland deanery includes 1850-1978. Sheffield & District FHS.@ Brent Eleigh, Brettenham, Bures St Mary, Ashby, Barnby, Belton, Blundeston, SCOTLAND Chelsworth, Edwardstone, Elmsett, Bradwell, Burgh Castle, Carlton Understanding Scottish graveyards: an Groton, Hadleigh, Hitcham, Kersey, Colville, Corton, Flixton, Gisleham, interpretative approach. Willsher, Betty. Kettlebaston, Layham, Lindsey, Milden, Gorleston, Gunton, Herringfleet, Hopton, (SAG) Monks Eleigh, Naughton, Nayland, Kessingland, Kirkley, Lound, Lowestoft, ScotlandsPlaces. Scottish places past & Nedging, Newton, Polstead, Preston, Mutford, Oulton, Pakefield, Rushmere & present, selected from the holdings of the Semer, Stoke by Nayland, Thorpe Somerleyton.@ partner organisations. Includes digital Morieux, Waldingfield Gt, Waldingfield St, SUSSEX copies of: maps & plans of cities, towns, Wattisham, Whatfield, Wissington. Inscriptions in the churchyard of All Saints, villages, farms, roads, canals, harbours, (J Nicholls ¬) Hastings; pages 236-251, 216-231, 252- churches, schools, public buildings, Suffolk baptism index 1813-1900 Colneis 275 extracted from “Sussex Archaeological private houses, mines & quarries. & Samford deaneries. Suffolk FHS. Collections” v 40, 41, 43; Inscriptions in Photographs of the built environment in Contents: Belstead St Mary (1813-1899), the churchyard & crypt of St. Clement’s The Royal Commission on the Ancient Bentley, St Mary (1813-1901), Brantham Hastings; pages 104-119 extracted from & Historical Monuments of Scotland. St Michael, Brightwell St John the Baptist “Sussex Archaeological Collections” v Archaeological reports on historic & with Foxhall, Bucklesham St Mary (1813- 49; Mi. St Mary’s Hastings; pages 40-45 prehistoric sites. Manuscript records & 1899), Burstall St Mary, Capel St Mary, extracted from “The Sussex Genealogist printed books from millions of pages in Chattisham All Saints & St Margaret & Local Historian”; Inscriptions in the government & private records, including (1813-1902), Chelmondiston St Andrew Croft Chapel & burial ground, Hastings; tax rolls, owners of land & heritages, & (1813-1901), Copdock St Peter (1813- St Wilfrid’s, Haywards Heath burial annual reports of county Medical Officers 1901), East Bergholt St Mary, Erwarton register & Mi., 1865-1987 including non- of Health. Farm Horse Tax; Clock & Watch St Mary (1813-1901), Falkenham St conformist & RC bur; Mi. & bur records: Tax; Female Servant Tax; Male Servant Ethelbert, Felixstowe St John the Baptist Heene cemetery burials, St Botolph’s Tax; Hearth Tax; Carriage Tax; Cart Tax; (1895-1900), Felixstowe St Peter & St Church cemetery, Heene, West Sussex Dog Tax; Land Tax. Paul, Freston St Peter, Harkstead St Mary, 1874-1977; Henfield Mi.; Inscriptions Genealogy in the Gaidhealtachd: clan and Hemley All Saints (1813-1902), Higham in the churchyard of the parish church of family history in the Highlands of Scotland. St Mary (1813-1902), Hintlesham St West Hoathley; Horsham (St Mary) Mackenzie, Graeme M. Contents inc.: Nicholas, Holbrook All Saints, Holton Mi.; Registers & Mi. of the General Certificates, censuses & spelling; Church St Mary, (1813-1901), Kirton St Mary Baptist Meeting House (now Unitarian), registers and naming traditions; Given & St Peter (1813-1901), Levington St Horsham; Mi. the church of Horsted names & nicknames; Surnames & septs; Peter, Nacton St Martin, Raydon St Mary Keynes; Mi. St. Giles Church, Horsted Clan & parent kindreds; Charter chests & (1813-1903), Shelley All Saints (1813- Keynes; Mi. Houghton; Mi. St Edmund’s traditional tales; Emigrants and explorers; 1901), Shotley St Mary, Sproughton All Catholic Churchyard, Houghton; Mi. & Soldiers, sailors & East Indiamen; Saints, Stratford St Mary, Stutton St graves Herstmonceux Congregational Connecting cousins and coming home.@ Peter, Tattingstone St Mary (1813-1901), Chapel; Inscriptions Icklesham Church, ARGYLLSHIRE Trimley St Martin, Trimley St Mary, 1862; Mi., St Margaret’s, ; Mi. Ifield Glencoe and beyond: the sheep-farming Waldringfield All Saints, Walton St Mary, Friends burial ground, Ifield; St Nicholas, years 1780-1830. Macdonald, Iain S. Inc. Washbrook St Mary (1813-1911), Wenham West Itchenor; Mi. Itchingfield. genealogy of the Macdonalds of Glencoe Gt St John, Wenham Lt All Saints (1813- (Bracegirdle, C) & the Camerons of Fassifern. (SAG) 1902), Wherstead St Mary, Woolverstone Parish register transcripts: Maresfield bap St Michael. (J Nicholls¬) 1599-1645, mar 1599-1646, bur 1599-1647, ROXBURGHSHIRE & SELKIRKSHIRE Suffolk baptism index 1813-1900 South bap 1653-1683, bur 1655-1685, mar 1654- Old parochial registers Roxburghshire: Elmham & Wangford deaneries. Suffolk 1694, memorial inscriptions; Mayfield bap, Ancrum bap 1703-1855, mar 1712-1854, FHS. Contents: Barsham, Beccles, Bungay mar, bur 1739, bap, mar, bur 1666-1695, mar bur 1719-1850. Selkirkshire: Ashkirk bap Holy Trinity, St Mary, Ellough (-1901), 1570-1812; bap, bur 1740-1765, mar with 1630-1798, mar 1630-1795, bur 1630-164. Flixton (-1901), Homersfield (-1901), index 1813-1837; Merston bap 1587-1812, Church of Scotland. (Beattie, M) Ilketshall St Andrew (-1899), Ilketshall mar 1587-1811, bur 1593-1812; Middleton INDIA St John (-1901), Ilketshall St Lawrence bap 1566-1810, mar 1560-1830, bur 1551- Researching ancestors in the Indian army (1812-1901), Ilketshall St Margaret 1830; Midhurst bap, mar, bur 1565-1626, 1858-1947. Bailey, Peter A. 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ATKINSON/PRATT LEE/CHAMBERS/RICHARDS/ McNAMARA b 1856. Lived Tower Seeking info Mary ATKINSON bc1858 HORSBURG/MILLER Hill; Koroit; Woodford; Donnington, all Buninyong/Black Lead VIC. Family Seeking info John (aka George) LEE b Warrnambool VIC areas. rumour states Mary m PRATT and 1856 Co MAYO IRL m Emily RICHES. E. Macnamara lived on a farm in NSW. Chn: Rosanna b 1899; Kathleen b 1900; ¢[email protected] G. Atkinson Mary b 1902 m T H CHAMBERS; J03 5762 1808 ¢[email protected] Rhoda b 1904 m C RICHARDS; Veronica b 1906 m G D J HORSBURG; BRUMBY Ena b 1909 m B J MILLER; NICHOLASS/COMMONS/TAME/ Seeking info/desc my g-gm Susanna Victor b 1912; Henry b 1914; Herbert b SHIELDS BRUMBY’s sis Hannah Jane (aka 1917, all b Mirboo Nth VIC. Seeking info/desc James NICHOLASS Anna) b 8 Dec 1853 Prahran (par: V. Lee b 1815 GLS d 1906 St Kilda m Eliza Coggan BRUMBY d 30 Oct 1882 & COOLING. Arr Melb 1849. Chn: Eliza; ¢[email protected] Caroline SHEPHARD d Oct 1863). Ann; Jane; William; Harriet J08 9293 3133 Admitted by fa to Migrants Home Melb Mrs W. Davis on 4 Nov 1863 aged 10 yrs, five days aft McDONALD/FRASER/BRUCE/ ¢[email protected] her mo died & listed as BROMBY. On GRANT J03 5339 2022 fa’s death cert she is shown as living. Seeking info/desc John BRUCE & Jane Unable to find any further detail for GRANT fr MOR/Grantown-on-Spey PASSE marriage or death. SCT 1700s. Seeking info John Alexander PASSE b R. Hayes P. McDonald 10 Dec 1898 Durban RSA (par: John [email protected] ¢ ¢[email protected] James PASSE b 1870 AUS d 1942 AUS 0425 777 664 J J0400 066 383 & Eleanor Jane PRICE b 1872 AUS d 1942 AUS). Need info as to when/ CHADWICK MEARS where John died, was he married and Seeking info/desc/photos Thomas Seeking info Robert MEARS b 1827 did he go to SA. Taylor CHADWICK b 1857 d 1951 m Kimpton LEI (par: Robert MEARS & W. King 1894 Annie Jane VAGG b 1865 d 1950 Jane HARROP). Arr AUS 1855 Osiris; [email protected] lived Caulfield area. Chn: Constance ¢ his bro John m Jane REED arr Melb 03 9822 3599 Winifred m Donald McDONALD; 1853 Ida with 10 mth old dau. Six chn b J Dorothy m Allan NORTHCOTT. Melb. When John d 1866 of meningitis PRICE/TODD V. Shuttleworth Robert looked after Jane & her seven Seeking info/desc Richard James chn. Robert & Jane had two sons. In ¢[email protected] PRICE b 10 Aug 1840 LND d 21 Aug 1890s Robert & son went to VIC J03 9544 6859 1928 Richmond VIC m 22 June 1868 goldfields (Bendigo/Ballarat?). Unable Sydney, Mary TODD. Seven chn. HARRISON to find any records or when/where they Seeking info Joseph HARRISON fr died. G. Nicholas York convict No 30749. Tried at S. Stone ¢[email protected] Lancaster on 24 Oct 1831 for stealing ÇBonnie Banks 19 sovereigns. Can’t find any report in 254 Stones Road WATSON/ALLEN Lancaster papers re trial. He embarked Eastville VIC 3463 Seeking info/shipping Elizabeth on England 5 Apr 1832 arr 19 July 1832 ALLEN m SCT John WATSON d 1847 aged 22 years, sentenced to seven years MOLONEY/McNAMARA Dundee. Chn: Elizabeth; Alexander; Hobart. Seeking info/connections John Thomas M A; William; David; D. Zuccato MOLONEY b 1847 & Mary Margaret. Elizabeth & chn emig AUS & ¢[email protected] McNAMARA b 1853; Patrick family stories suggest they landed in J03 9357 8873 MOLONEY b 1858 & Catherine Geelong then went to Ballarat diggings.

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Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 36 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Sons were involved in mining. Want to fa father confirm arr in AUS, travel to Ballarat. Abbreviations: fr from P. Beck anc ancestors g-gf great-grandfather ¢[email protected] arr arrived 03 5244 1120 g-gm great-grandmother J b&d born and died g-grandpar great-grandparents b born gg-grandpar great-great- WEBB bap baptised grandparents Seeking info/desc John WEBB m 1834 bro/s brother/brothers m married LND Ann JONES. Arr Adelaide 1840 bur buried mo mother with three sons. Moved to Sale VIC c1803 circa 1803 m1 first marriage 1866 with youngest chn. Older sons & families all in VIC by mid-1880s. chn children m2 second marriage B. Boyle d died par parents dau/s daughter/daughters sis sister/sisters ¢[email protected] J0421 738 978 desc descendants unk unknown

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Max BECK is writing the story of his DUNSTAN Thinking behind the details family and their journeys to Australia and the On the ship Trafalgar in which they sailed, there Victorian goldfields. Recently he talked about were 317 individuals squeezed into a hull 129 feet Compiled by Bill Barlow integrating historical context in the family story long and 29 feet wide for more than three months. from a talk given by Max and presented examples from his writing. An Seventy-five were children under 10 years of Beck to the GSV Writers edited version of his talk is reproduced below. Group (May 2014), whom 24 were aged two years or less — many of Max can be contacted at them in nappies. [email protected] The larger view can help us understand ‘why’ History can be big or small. One of the big Nappies? How would they deal with them? questions I faced in researching the lives of Shipboard toilets? How did they work? How did my great, great grandparents Richard and they sleep, eat and wash? What about seasickness Jane DUNSTAN who migrated from Cornwall and vomit and storms and rats and cockroaches to South Australia in 1848 with their seven and bedbugs and nits and lice and mice? What children was, ‘Why did they bother?’ There were about births and deaths on board — or, for that a number of big historical factors that pushed matter, love-making? I know it happened because and pulled the family to South Australia, such my great grandfather was conceived on board. as the potato famine in Cornwall, the high death rate in Cornish mines, the allure of easier work I read every book I could find concerning sailing in South Australian copper mines, and the offer ships. I also went on a seven-day voyage on the of assisted passages. tall ship Windeward Bound — a square rigger brigantine that sailed south and west out of Big facts like these are easy to identify and Hobart into the roaring ’40s and up the west coast incorporate in your story. But the way that of Tasmania. Then I felt that I knew what the trip ordinary people lived their lives is also important. on Trafalgar was like. Again, I didn’t really know, but I felt that I did! Life is in the details How did the DUNSTANS live in Cornwall? After arriving at Port Adelaide, the DUNSTANS I wondered. I checked the 1841 census of England had to travel 100 miles north to the copper mines and found the family lived in the tiny hamlet at Burra. When they arrived they joined some of Tolcarne comprising 15 cottages housing 78 750 people living in underground dugouts in the people, including 20 or more children. I wanted banks of the Burra Creek. By 1850 the population to know: How did they eat and what? Did they of Burra exceeded 4,000 and it was the largest have a toilet? How did it work? Did they have inland town in Australia. What was it like living in toilet paper? Did they clean their teeth? How dugouts along the Creek? How did Jane cope? often did they wash? When did the children start work? What was their income? Did they have Each day local bakers, butchers and grocers access to dentists, chemists, doctors, pubs and would do the rounds of the dugouts by travelling schools? I read books on English hamlets and along the bank tops and yelling down chimneys to market towns, living conditions and infectious announce their presence. Jane would ascend the diseases, postnatal nursing practices and child rough steps in the bank to do business with the mortality, the construction of the mines and the callers. I read and I thought about it and in the end miners’ mud brick or cob huts — and more. In I wrote: the end I had a great picture in my mind of how the family lived in Cornwall in 1848. Of course, I Along the creek women were busy boiling didn’t really know exactly how they lived because clothes in tin tubs set over outdoor fires I was not there. But, by using sound insight based filling the creek valley with smoke, or hanging on a balance of probabilities of the evidence I was clothes out, scouring pots, collecting water more than reasonably certain. from the brown trickle that ran down the

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centre, collecting eggs from their chicken heard was the combined sound of several coops, tossing leftovers to their pigs or just battalions of men rattling wash dirt, gravel write gossiping in groups. Swarms of children and stones in thousands of cradles and bustled along the banks, some playing in picking, shovelling, barring and breaking dirt water and mud, some in groups of two or three in pursuit of gold. As they got closer the noise creating fantasies in the dirt with sticks and increased until it sounded like a river rushing stones, some little ones hanging on to their down rapids — thousands upon thousands of mother’s skirt while she was trying to do the rough tents extended haphazardly through the washing, others squealing and running about gullies about 10 miles in every direction. in the dappled shade of the few remaining gum trees and she oaks. All had smudgy faces and Males on the diggings outnumbered females bare feet, all wore scanty patched clothing and by a ratio of about 4 to 1. As the dray passed by, all had skin browned by the sun and the dirt. men stopped work, lent on their shovels and gawked at Jane sitting on top of the load with Once you know that 1,800 people lived in the young William. The diggers were all bearded, dugouts, you can write the history details as dirty and wore clothing the colour of clay. you see them in your mind, on the balance of probabilities of the historical facts. She was 37 years old when she arrived at Forest Creek with her children. How did I know the men Ask simple questions. The answers will give gawked at Jane? Because I am familiar with the you material. way men think! With that ratio of four men to one For example — how did they cope without woman you could back it in as a certainty. refrigeration? I wrote: Some points Fresh meat could be flyblown in hours if not 1. It is not just the big events that are important, looked after. Kept away from flies and treated but also how ordinary people lived their lives. with care it might last in the relative coolness Incorporate the small details of life in your story. of the dugout up to three days in summer while in the cool of winter it might still be consumed 2. Sometimes, to fill the gaps, it is necessary with safety after a week or more. …If Jane to use sound insight based on the balance of didn’t cook the meat the day she bought it she probabilities of the historical evidence. would rub it well with coarse salt and hang it 3. Any conjecture should be supported by a bona in a closely woven jute bag tied tightly at the fide interpretation of the facts. top. [Later] the meat was transferred to a ‘meat safe’… Despite all her precautions [if] the meat 4. Once you really know the historical facts of had begun to deteriorate before it was cooked, your ancestor’s time, you can write the history or worse, had become flyblown…she calmly cut details as you see them in your mind. This will be or scraped off the flyblown or decayed parts, an imaginative reconstruction, but one based on a dressed the meat with vinegar and proceeded valid interpretation of the facts. to cook it in the normal way. 5. Relevance is vital. No one cares about history if it is not relevant to the people in your story. That’s basic grass-roots history — a lot of research went into writing it. 6. Don’t overload your story with ‘historical facts’ just to display the thoroughness of your research. In 1851, news reached Burra that gold had been Instead, work your relevant discoveries into the discovered in New South Wales and then in narrative in an organic way. Victoria. My great great grandfather Richard 7. Use your historical research to bring your had died in the previous year. It didn’t take Jane character forward. You need to show how your long to decide to join the rush to Victoria with characters experienced this history. her children. Before leaving she secreted the gold 8. Don’t repeat the same historical information. sovereigns she had saved in a chamois leather belt sewed onto her corset stays. (I knew this from a 9. Keep your writing tight. Edit, précis, delete and family legend passed down over the years.) After edit again. Then revise, and revise. Sometimes more than six weeks they arrived at the diggings. less is more. I wrote: 10. You don’t need to footnote everything. Your bibliography will list your sources. As they approached they could hear the diggings before they could see them. It was Remember, none of the above is relevant estimated that by the end of 1852 there were without research. It is the vital key that will between 25,000 to 30,000 people at Mount unlock the three-dimensional lives that your Alexander, (now Castlemaine). What they ancestors lived. n

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 39 Big Mac The Story of a Remarkable Soldier

by Jennifer Wells

There have been many men named John the 2/24th Battalion when it was raised in McNAMARA (thirteen in my family Wangaratta in June 1940 and at 6’5” (1m 96cm) tree alone) but surely none who had as was the then tallest man in Victoria to join the many stories told of him as Big Mac of Australian Imperial Force. A visitor at Bonegilla Yarrawonga. army camp, admiring his fine physique in soldier’s uniform, remarked, ‘I think it has made a man of John Francis (Jack) McNAMARA was you, Jack’. One of his officers, taking this seriously, born on 25th May 1909, the third of five interjected, ‘Jack was always a man’. With the children of John Joseph McNAMARA and battalion, later to become part of the noted Ninth Jean MAXWELL. His mother died when Division, he left Australia in November 1940 as he was eight and he and his siblings were a Warrant Officer Class 2. From being Company brought up by his paternal grandmother, Sergeant Major, Headquarters Company, by Ann, as his father married again and had the time the battalion reached training camp in another five children. He was educated Palestine, he had been promoted to Lieutenant. in Yarrawonga and, on leaving school, His methods of leadership were unorthodox, but Image 1: Captain Jack immediately joined his father in the firm successful. He used to say there was no future for McNamara. All images from of auctioneers that his great uncle, another men like him in the infantry; he presented too big the author’s collection. John, had started in 1880. John McNamara a target. His men could not decide whether it was and Co. grew to be the largest stock selling better to give him plenty of room, or to shelter Image 2: Jack and a mate organization in Victoria. behind his massive frame. He impressed on his company that if anything happened to him, he Jack entered into town life with gusto. wanted to be buried with his boots on. His mate Energetic and community focussed, he ‘Little Mac’, commander of the Pioneer Platoon was part of a volunteer group who felled whose job was to bury the dead, assured him this trees on the Murray River flats to create would be no problem – no-one would have any use the open water of Lake Mulwala during the for his huge boots unless they wanted a couple of construction of the Yarrawonga Weir. He coal barges! was an active participant in most forms of sport, although starring at none, and The 2/24th served in Libya at Tobruk in April was a member of various committees, 1941 where half their number were either killed or serving as president of the Yarrawonga captured, then after further training in Syria were Lawn Tennis Club, St. Patrick’s Race back in the desert in July 1942. Big Mac was given Club and the Hibernian and Australasian command of D Company which was the leading Catholic Benefit Society. These terms in company in the first phase of the battle at Tel El office were marked by his tact, judgement Eisa. They had a long way to go over open ground and enthusiasm. His work gave him the in the face of fierce resistance. Halfway across he opportunity to become widely known and was hit on the head and knocked unconscious. His his ability achieved for him a measure second in command took over the compass and of success in a remarkably friendly direction of the attack. After a short time Jack atmosphere. Down to earth, respected by recovered and set off in pursuit. On catching up all, and with a wonderful sense of humour, he yelled, ‘Here, give me that ruddy compass. Who he was one of the ‘boys of the village’ who lived life the hell do you think is commanding this company to the full. He was described as big in body, big in anyway?’ The enemy fire was heavy and there was mind and big in heart and as such was perhaps the no cover under the full moon, but by sheer force most popular man in Yarrawonga. of personality Jack carried his men forward to their objective. Only then did he allow his wound This happy life was interrupted by the declaration to be patched up. The battalion had captured the of war in September 1939. Jack enlisted in key German intelligence unit in North Africa and

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 40 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Image 3 (above): Tel El Eisa campaign, from the display board at the head of the Captain John McNamara M.C. walking and cycling trail Image 4 (right): The Sattelberg campaign, also from the display board much valuable ground which became the face Little Mac if Big Mac springboard for the Allied advance on El was without his boots? They Alamein in October. For this ‘outstanding guessed the boots would be gallantry and devotion’ Jack was awarded no use to the Japanese – they the Military Cross and promoted to Captain were far too large – so that in the field. night an unofficial patrol went out into the jungle with a mission. After two and a half years’ service overseas They found the boots under a tree not far Jack had a month’s home leave when he from the ambush site and got back just returned to Yarrawonga and his family. The before dawn. Catholic community staged a welcome at the parish hall where he was able to meet a Captain McNAMARA was buried with his large number of his acquaintances and the boots on. several speeches made were reported in the local press the following week. It was during Jack is summed up in R.P. SERLE’s history this leave that he came across some ladies of the regiment: running a cake stall to raise money for the war effort. Sales were slow so Jack took the The death of Jack McNAMARA, who matter in hand. The big soldier got behind was a legendary figure in our Division, the stall and began to auction the cakes. cast a cloud over the closing stages of the Never was a table cleared so quickly or as campaign. He was typical of the superb much money raised. leaders who commanded in the field at this time, and whose unfailing courage, The next posting of the 2/24th Battalion leadership and enthusiasm tempered was the 1943 campaigns in the jungles of with experience and skill played a great New Guinea where they helped conquer part in making Australia's jungle army the Huon Peninsula. D Company, under such a formidable fighting machine. Jack’s command, was ordered to occupy Captain McNAMARA was a born leader, the village of Bazuluoh near Wareo, but a man of kindness, courage and riotous walked into an ambush in which the leading good humour, who inspired men to platoon was cut to pieces. The survivors encompass seemingly impossible tasks had to pull out. Several wounded men by his own total disregard for danger. were rescued despite heavy fire but eight were still missing, including Captain Jack This reputation is borne out by the letter McNAMARA. His body was found the next sent to his grandmother by Lieutenant day but the Japanese had stripped him of all Colonel C. G. WEIR: his equipment and some of his clothing. And his boots were gone - the boots in which he Dear Mrs. McNamara, was to be buried. I cannot tell you how grieved I was to read His men were upset, particularly the in this morning’s paper of the death of veterans of North Africa. How could they your grandson, and my dear friend, Jack.

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I have lost many friends in this war, but nothing has caused me deeper sorrow than to learn that I will never again see that gallant and great-hearted man who was so loved by all who knew him.

I know something of his love and devotion to you. His one thought when he received his decoration was that you would be proud of him. The whole battalion was proud of Jack and his men simply worshipped him.

As you probably know I was his Company Commander for some time, and later when I received command of the Battalion, his loyalty and friendship always encouraged me when things were bad.

Whilst men like Jack can ill be spared in this world, I know that my life, together with many others, is the richer for having known him.

One of the great things about Jack was his faith. He had the simple faith that so often marks great men. I pray that God will sustain you in your deep sorrow and comfort you in the memory of a gallant soldier who gave his life that we may live.

Yours sincerely English Family C. G. Weir. When news of Jack’s death reached Yarrawonga the town was shocked and sorrowful. There was History a long obituary in the local paper, but perhaps the most touching tribute was the two minutes silence • Family history research basics observed at the Yarrawonga Saleyards prior to commencing the auctions the following week. • Maps & Gazetteers • Civil Registration (births, marriages & deaths) Jack is buried at the War Cemetery in Lae, Papua • Church Records (baptisms, marriages & burials; other) New Guinea but on Sunday December 8 2013, the • Census Records 70th anniversary of his death, the Captain Jack • Wills & Probate McNamara M.C. walking and cycling trail was officially opened in his home town.n • Directories & Occupational Records (including military) • Newspapers • Historical basis of English Records (an overview) Sources: • Key Internet sites 1 Shrine Talk for 2/24th battalion, presented by Dr Mark Johnson, History Master at Three x 3 hour sessions - GSV Meeting room Scotch College, Melbourne and now patron of 10.00 am - 1.00 pm 9th Division, 15 October, 2006. http://2-24. Tuesdays 16, 23, 30 September, 2014 battalion.org.au/lectures.html GSV members , non-members 2 Serle, R.P. (editor) The Second Twenty- $72.00 $144.00 Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the (bookings essential) 9th Australian Division: A History. Brisbane: 2/24th Battalion Assn, 1963. 3 Family archives of Mark McNamara, Book with payment at GSV reception Numurkah. 4 Various unnamed and undated newspaper or online www.gsv.org.au clippings in the possession of the author.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 42 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc Vale Trevor Hart 1942 - 2014

The members of the Society were During his spare time Trevor played saddened to hear of the death of active roles in both the GSV and the Trevor Hart, a former councillor of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. He Genealogical Society of Victoria. As a was a councillor of the GSV for eleven young man he had a keen interest in the years, its secretary for two years, its arts and in history and played an active librarian for two years and secretary role in setting up the GSV library in the of its Heraldry Group for four years. early 1960s. In 1970 he founded the Port Phillip Pioneers Group as a special interest Trevor joined the English, Scottish group of the GSV members. Trevor was and Australian Bank in 1958 and he a councillor of the RHSV for fourteen had a long career with the banking years and its treasurer for eight years. industry in mainstream banking. In the early 1980s he became the ANZ Group Trevor had tremendous energy and Archivist and Museum Manager and, in interest in establishing historical addition to this position, in 1985 he was societies. In 1972 he began the appointed manager of the extensive Caulfield Historical Society. He ANZ Art Collection. To assist him in his collected Wedgwood pottery and in new role he completed an Australian 1973 became the inaugural Treasurer art course conducted by Christie’s of the Wedgwood Society of Australia. Art Auctions and a Graduate Diploma In 1982 he formed the Fitzroy History course in Information Management Society and also founded the Southern at the Melbourne College of Advanced Metropolitan Regional Historical Education, which he completed in 1989. Association as well as participating in He later graduated with a Master of many other organisations. Arts degree in Archives and Records at Monash University. Following his We have all benefited from Trevor’s keen position with the bank, he worked for interest in the arts and history which led seven years with the University of to meticulous research and extensive Melbourne Archives. Trevor was also writing. He was a quiet achiever with a archivist for Camberwell Grammar delightful sense of humour but first and School, Ruyton Girls’ School and foremost was his love for his family. n Eltham College.

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 43 Royal Historical Society of Victoria The Australian Red Cross in the Great War Exhibition 8 August - 12 December From Lenore Frost For more information, visit http://www.historyvictoria.org.au The Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society was The Royal Historical Society of Victoria has created an formed soon after the outbreak of the First World War in exhibition which highlights the significant contribution August 1914. It was not until 1927 that the Australian Red to the war effort made by the volunteers of the Red Cross. Cross was recognised as a national society in its own right, This project was supported by the Australian Government but the ARC marks its centenary from 13 August 1914. Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program.

The exhibition covers several themes: Foundation at Federal Government House; Fund Raising in Victoria; Red Cross Branches at Work; The Australian Red Cross in Egypt and England; Caring for Convalescent Soldiers; and The End of War.

The exhibition has drawn together images from a wide range of collecting institutions, ranging from the Australian Red Cross Archives, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, and the Australian War Memorial, to local historical societies such as St Kilda and Warrandyte.

The work of the Australian Red Cross was extensive during the Great War. Over 800 branches sprang up throughout Victoria. There was almost nothing the Red Cross volunteers didn’t do. They looked after sick and wounded soldiers; they made rolls of surgical bandages; they fund- raised to buy ambulances and send food and comforts to soldiers and prisoners of war; they knitted, they sewed, they held fetes and parades; they created a national scheme for Voluntary Aid Detachments. The Red Cross volunteers did everything they could to support Australian soldiers at war. This exhibition commemorates and celebrates the work of those volunteers.

One significant part of its huge body of work was the formation of the Australian Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau. The correspondence from this undertaking can be seen at the Australian War Memorial website: http:// www.awm.gov.au/people/roll-search/wounded_and_ missing/. You can search for an individual soldier’s file if one was created because he was reported “Missing”. Image 1 (top): The Red Cross Nurse. Cover of Sheet Music. Courtesy of Australian Red Cross Archives. This was a popular item at fund In the June-July issue of the RHSV History News, Carole raising concerts. Woods discusses aspects of signature quilts, a popular means of fund-raising during the war. The Romsey Red Image 2 (middle): Beryl & Phyllis Moyle, Courtesy of the State Cross Signature quilt is featured on the cover of the Library of Victoria Collection, H86.71/18. “One item especially was newsletter, which you can see online at our website. Go apart from the ordinary numbers: it was a song, “The Red Cross to http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/publications/ Sister,” sung by two mites, little Phyllis Moyle and Baby Beryl Moyle, history-news who looked like tiny mascots—one dressed as an Australian Soldier, and the other as a Red Cross Nurse. They received several encores”. The exhibition is open now, Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 CAFE CHANTANT IN THE MELBOURNE TOWN HALL. (1918, pm, until 12 December 2014. April 4). Punch (Melbourne, Vic: 1914 - 1918), p. 28. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130034675. The RHSV Gallery is available for exhibitions. If you Image 3 (bottom): ‘’Special Red Cross Whole Meal Biscuits are interested in using our exhibition space, please especially for Prisoners of War’’ produced by Swallow & Ariell. contact our Executive Officer on 9326 9288 or Courtesy of Australian Red Cross Archives. [email protected]. n

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 44 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc From Carmen Quick, Librarian, Genealogy Team

Children take on family history Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of children in our Family History Primedia 2006), & Newspaper Room. During school holidays in particular, both of which can the Library is buzzing with enthusiastic kids, helping be accessed at the their parents and grandparents research the lives of their Library. ancestors. Family history gives them the opportunity to be a detective for the day, discovering interesting elements Our Family of their family’s past as well as having a lot of fun in the History & process. Newspaper Room is also a great Apart from being a fun family activity, there are many place for kids to benefits to involving children in family history. First of all, it research their can be a great bonding experience. Family history involves family history. sharing stories, asking questions, and learning about one’s Older kids may family. It’s a great way for family members to connect, like to search especially if it’s done as a family project. for records of their family, Family history can also stimulate an interest in history. using databases Learning about your family’s past, naturally brings up like Ancestry questions like, what was life like for my parents and Library Edition grandparents growing up? What important events helped and Findmypast. shape their lives? It can also teach kids research and You could also organisational skills. For example in the course of their challenge them Image : Isabelle, aged 9, working research they will need to: to a genealogy- on her family history •• decide what they want to find out, and then formulate the themed scavenger hunt. best way to find it Can they find the birth of their great grandmother? Can they discover their great grandfather on a census return? They •• think outside the box could even look up historical Australian electoral rolls to see •• organise their information if they can find their parents or grandparents listed. Family history can also lead them to discover fantastic resources such as historical newspapers, local histories, Our historical newspapers are also popular with our younger directories and indexes. So, how do you stimulate a child’s users. Kids can look up their own birth notice, or search for interest in family history? notices of their siblings, parents or grandparents. They may even like to check out the headlines on the day they/their Before a child can start researching their family they need to parents/or their grandparents were born – what significant document the most important person, themselves! Get them events were happening at the time? to write up important facts of their own life. What are their hobbies and interests? What school do they go to? What We also hold a great collection of kid-focused genealogy football team do they barrack for - all of these facts will be of books including Climbing your family tree by Ira Wolfman interest to the family historian in years to come. (New York : Workman Publishing 2002), The kids’ family tree book by Caroline Leavitt (New York : Sterling Publishing The next step could be to create a family chart or tree. 2005), as well as picture books like When I was young by Younger kids may wish to draw family members, whereas James Dunbar (London : Franklin Watts 2004). These older kids can write up their family’s information. Get them can be a great starting point for kids, or even for parents to interview family members. They may like to think up their or grandparents who’d like some ideas on family history own questions, or you could develop these together. activities.

A family scrapbook can also be a great family activity. If you have interested kids in your family, feel free to bring You can fill this with photographs, stories and other them into our Family History & Newspaper Room on your memorabilia. There are many books available to help next visit. Family history can be a great family activity, you get started, such as Scrapbooking your family history especially during school holiday time. We’re happy to show by Maureen Taylor (Ohio : Betterway Books 2003) and the kids around and help them get started. And you never Family history scrapbooking by Becky Higgins (Escondido : know what they might find! n

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 45 News from Public Record Office Victoria From Rebecca Young For further information visit prov.vic.gov.au.

Old Treasury Building Exhibitions 20 Spring Street, Melbourne

Sailing Into Melbourne Our latest exhibition Sailing Into Melbourne is an impressive display of nautical history that explores the untold history of Melbourne’s famous port. You will be drawn to the fascinating stories of the Port of Melbourne with its rich history of people and technological change over its 150 year history.

Sailing Into Melbourne public programs Now is the perfect time to visit Sailing Into Melbourne as the Old Treasury Building are currently offering a series of fascinating talks, walks and lectures to Image 2: In the 1950s Australia introduced a cheap complement the themes explored in the exhibition. immigration scheme for people from the United Kingdom. They were known as the ‘Ten Pound Poms’. Public Record Office Victoria, VPRS 8363/P2, unit 4, item 78021

Walking series: Station Pier with Janet Bolitho Wednesday 15 October, 11.00 am Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society Cost: $25 per person - Bookings: 9651 2233

Kenneth Park Walking Tours Image 1: View of Queen’s Wharf from Queen’s Bridge c.1915, Cost: all $25 per person Public Record Office Victoria VPRS 8357/P5, unit 2 Bookings: 9606 0501 or [email protected]

Saturday 25 October, 10am - Walking Port Melbourne Sunday 9 November, 10am - Walking Williamstown Saturday 6 December, 10am - Walking Docklands Floor Talk Series: Troop ships: fighting for home and country For further information on Sailing Into Melbourne or any of Tuesday 2 September, 11.00 am - Free entry! the talks, walks or lectures offered in the Public Programs series please contact the Old Treasury Building on (03) 9651 Journey of a Lifetime with Phillip Morrissey 2233 or by email [email protected] Friday 12 September, 10.30 am Cost: $15 per person - Bookings: 9651 2233 Hear 1950s immigration stories of ’10 pound Poms’ and Local History Grants Program opening The Local History Grants Program provides small grants many more! This talk is presented in partnership with to community organisations to support the cost of projects the Immigration Museum. that preserve, record or publish Victorian local history. The program is administered by Public Record Office Victoria Migrant ships: a new beginning and will distribute $350,000 for projects in the 2014-15 Tuesday 7 October, 11.00 am - Free entry! financial year. Luxury Liners: travelling in style Applications for the 2014-2015 Local History Grants will Tuesday 18 November, 11.00 am - Free entry! open in September. For more information on how to apply visit prov.vic.gov.au

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 46 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc on the web Irene Fullarton Genies

In this edition of ‘Genies on the Web’ I am looking at locating non-British records. The Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS) http:// Images that you wish to download are then sent to your feefhs.org/ is a useful site. The menu is located across the email address. To Register go to www.wiewaswie.nl/ top of the page. The first two items, being the ‘Map Library’ mijn-home/dashboard and register your email address, and the ‘Resource directory’ are extremely helpful. In my make up a password, say yes to a free trial and agree to the example, the 1865 Weekly (see above) gives the placename terms and conditions. There is a WieWasWie tree facility as Gandersheim, which I couldn’t find because it is now which may help you find relatives. called Bad Gandersheim.

However, the 1882 map from the ‘Map Library’ showed the original name. By including a current town like Hanover I could locate the place on a current map more easily. You can right click on any of the FEEFHS maps and save a jpeg version. It is also worth searching Youtube for the placename and, in this case, there is a Portrait of the city www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFvlKvDPcc

This year Family Search has added lots of images to their ‘Continental Europe’ section. The link is https:// familysearch.org/search/collection/list and under the heading ‘Place’ on the left-hand side you will find the link ‘Continental Europe’. You have a full screen option; you can print an image or download it. At the beginning of each set there is an English version of any notes that you may find I would like to thank Yvonne Izatt and the International e.g. Wasserschaden means Water Damage. You can type a Settlers Group www.gsv.org.au/activities/groups/ number into the image box and use the right arrow key to for making the article ‘How to use the Dutch Family isg go to that image number or just scroll through one at a time. History Research Site WieWasWie’ available to me. There is also a Tools option. WieWasWie has replaced GenLias as the major on-line Netherlands research website. Archives are continually adding digitised records. WieWasWie is currently free to use. However, in the future there may be a charge. Original scanned documents can be obtained for free once you register which costs nothing.

Google Chrome makes it possible to translate each page from Dutch to English. It is also possible to select, ‘Always translate from Dutch to English’. This makes it easy to navigate your way around the Site. (Original document scans and record index transcriptions remain in Dutch.) Registration requires you to provide your email address. Good luck with your non-British research. n

Volume 32 Issue 3 / September 2014 © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc • 47 Susie Zada, Marketing & Administration Manager GSV News ¢ [email protected] New Research options and forms Recently we’ve made some major changes with our Research Request Forms; our Research web page; and added an extra research option. There is now a separate Research Request Form for every type of Research Service that we offer. These are PDF Forms which can be filled in and emailed online through your browser; saved to your system and opened with Acrobat Reader; or simply saved and printed as a normal form. Unfortunately every browser treats PDF forms and files differently so tips are included on the web site on what to do if you experience any problems.

In addition to the Research Service Forms, we have created PDF Forms for the traditional Family Group Sheet and The Seniors Card at the GSV the Pedigree / Ancestry Chart. These are particularly useful to save to your computer and fill in using Acrobat We’ve lost track of the number of times we have been asked Reader. You can then share your completed forms with if there is a Seniors Card discount on GSV Membership Fees. family or other researchers. We’ve subsequently lost track of the number of times we’ve tried to explain that the bulk of our Members are Seniors All Research Services are now on one web page – select making it totally prohibitive to provide an extra discount as Research Services from the Research & Resources menu. Membership Fees are set with our Member demographic in If you don’t have Internet access, our Research Services mind. More than 84% of our Members are seniors! are listed on page 17. There you’ll notice the new service being offered by the GSV –Other Documents from the We still can’t offer a Seniors discount on Membership Fees Public Record Office Victoria. Obviously this service but we have now registered one of our GSV products for requires specific references – VPRS, Unit & File number Seniors Card discount. Unfortunately the Seniors Card and the GSV Research Team will obtain a digital copy of the department are having problems with their web site and file from PROV at North Melbourne for you.n database. The GSV was supposed to be included in June however they now promise we will be online by the end of August. In the meantime, details are on the back cover.

10% discount will be given on this product to purchasers showing their Seniors Card in the GSV Bookshop [Interstate and Overseas cards are accepted]. This offer is for personal shoppers only - unfortunately it’s not possible to ensure only genuine Seniors purchase this product online. GSV MEMBERS not only receive the standard 10% Members discount on this item, but with a current Seniors Card you receive an ADDITIONAL 10% discount [20% in total!].

Donations and Bequests WishInterested List in Banffshire, Scotland The Society is a non-profit organisation and operating costs are financed by membership subscriptions. Generous parish registers? donations from benefactors and appreciative users allow the library collection to grow in depth and breadth. Thank you to all those who donated towards the purchase of Fife parish registers - the collection is now complete. Technology and newly accessible information is available We are seeking donations towards completing our collection at an ever increasing rate. It is the intention of the Society of Banffshire parish registers. Can you help us? not just to keep up, but to provide the very best facilities for members to search their ancestors. Donations of $2.00 or more are fully tax deductible. Donations to the Society will benefit all who use our Many of the GSV’s resources have been obtained through resources. We encourage you to make a donation and help donations. As a volunteer organisation we could not provide ensure the continuing growth of our high quality research the services we do without the generosity of members. library and facilities, for present and future researchers.

Volume 32 Iss ue 3 / September 2014 48 • © The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc The Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc COURSES

Irish Family History

 Recording and Documenting  Civil Registration Sources  Wills & Probate  Land Divisions & Records  Census Records  Maps & Gazetteers  Tax Records:  History Timeline ~ Griffith’s Valuation  Parish/Church Records ~ Tithe Applotment Books

Four x 2 hour sessions Held in the GSV Meeting room 10.30 am - 12.30 pm Tuesdays 7, 14, 21 & 28 October 2014

Bookings essential: GSV members $64.00, non-members $128.00 Book with payment at GSV reception or online www.gsv.org.au

Beginning Writing Family History

Topics will include:  Basic writing skills  Writing process - getting started especially drafting and editing  Historical skills including documenting your writing

Participants will be expected to be writing both in class and between classes

Three x 2 hour sessions Held in the GSV Meeting room 10.30 am - 12.30 pm Fridays 14, 21, 28 November 2014

Limited to 12 participants: a minimum will apply

Bookings essential: GSV members $48.00, non-members $96.00 Book with payment at GSV reception or online www.gsv.org.au 1948-2011 Ancestor, Victorian Genealogist and News Bulletin

This set of CDs includes bulletins and journals from 1948 through to 2011 - a fantastic record of the society during that time. The early News Bulletin records office bearers, social events, reunions, and lots of advice to assist with research in an environment very different to what we know today. Issues for three years of the Victorian Genealogist are also included for 1955, 1961 and 1962. Issues of the Ancestor journal from 1962 right through to December 2011 complete the set. This product contains high quality images of the original News Bulletins and journals. It has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

3 CD SET - RRP $70.00 With 10% Seniors OR GSV Member discount: $63.00 With 20% Combined Seniors AND GSV Member discount: $56.00

Seniors discount for this GSV product only and only available in person at GSV bookshop. Members discount available from the GSV bookshop or online at www.gsv.org.au. System Requirements: Any computer using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat v.7 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text. Published by the Genealogical Society of Victoria.