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Tasmanian Family History Society Inc TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. Volume 37 Number 1—June 2016 TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. PO Box 326 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Society Secretary: [email protected] Journal Editor: [email protected] Home Page: http://www.tasfhs.org Patron: Dr Alison Alexander Fellows: Dr Neil Chick and Mr David Harris Executive: President Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Vice President Maurice Appleyard (03) 6248 4229 Society Secretary Colleen Read (03) 6244 4527 Society Treasurer Peter Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Committee: Betty Bissett Judith Cocker John Dare Geoffrey Dean Lucille Gee John Gillham Libby Gillham Julie Kapeller Sue-Ellen McCregan Louise Rainbow By-laws Coordinator Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Web Manager Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Journal Editor Rosemary Davidson 0408 445 532 LWFHA Coordinator Leonie Mickleborough (03) 6223 7948 Members’ Interests Compiler John Gillham (03) 6239 6823 Membership Registrar Lyndal Ayers (03) 6243 9190 Publications Convenor Beverley Richardson (03) 6225 3292 Public Officer Colleen Read (03) 6244 4527 Society Sales Officer Maurice Appleyard (03) 6245 9351 Branches of the Society Burnie: PO Box 748 Burnie Tasmania 7320 [email protected] Hobart: PO Box 326 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 [email protected] Huon: PO Box 117 Huonville Tasmania 7109 [email protected] Launceston: PO Box 1290 Launceston Tasmania 7250 [email protected] Mersey: PO Box 267 Latrobe Tasmania 7307 [email protected] Volume 37 Number 1 June 2016 ISSN 0159 0677 Contents From the editor .............................................................................................................. 2 President’s Message ...................................................................................................... 3 Branch Reports ............................................................................................................. 4 Notice of Meeting 36th Annual General Meeting and Agenda ...................................... 8 The Abbott Family, Brewers, Cordial Manufacturers and Clerics, Barbara Wilson .................................................................................................. 9 ‘Revolting to girls with any refinement’. Finding board and lodging for teachers, Betty Jones............................................................................................... 15 Voices from the Orphan Schools: The ‘North Star’ Volunteers 1845, Dianne Snowden ................................................................................................... 21 An Early Colonist in Van Diemen’s Land, Dr Temple Pearson c.1790–1839, Margaret Cameron ................................................................................................ 25 A Memory Prized, Andrew Cocker ............................................................................. 28 New Members’ Interests ............................................................................................. 31 Centrefold ‘Supplement’—Branch Committee Members ......................................... i–iv New Members ............................................................................................................. 33 Help Wanted ............................................................................................................... 34 Book Review ............................................................................................................... 35 The Settlement Patterns of Immigrants from Germany: A Case Study of the Procida Immigrants of 1885, Michael Watt .......................................................... 36 Appendix ............................................................................................................... 48 What is that Publication About?, Maurice Appleyard ................................................ 57 Library Acquisitions ................................................................................................... 61 Society Sales ............................................................................................................... 64 Deadline dates for contributions by 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October From the Editor Journal address PO Box 326, Rosny Park, TAS 7018 email [email protected] I wish to thank Cynthia O’Neill for all Articles are welcomed in any format— her support, encouragement and handwritten, word processed, on disk or assistance over the years I have been by email. Please ensure images are of responsible for the production of good quality. Tasmanian Ancestry. Not only was Cynthia great at proof reading and editing Deadline dates are: but in the first years willingly gave the 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October team use of her home when it was time to If you wish to contact the author of an package the journals for posting, and article in Tasmanian Ancestry please there was always a fine feast and email the editor, or write care of the welcome drink to end the day. Cynthia editor, enclosing a stamped envelope and has sadly had to relinquish her position your correspondence will be forwarded. following an injury. Our love, thoughts and best wishes go to her. The opinions expressed in this journal are We have recently enjoyed such a long not necessarily those of the journal session of good weather it has been an committee, nor of the Tasmanian Family effort to shut myself away with the History Society Inc. Responsibility rests computer. At last it is ready for final with the author of a submitted article, we proof reading and I trust you will find do not intentionally print inaccurate something of interest in this issue, the information. The society cannot vouch first in the next volume. for the accuracy of offers for services or As the evenings have closed in on us goods that appear in the journal, or be since daylight saving ended, perhaps we responsible for the outcome of any should all take advantage of the time to contract entered into with an advertiser. review our family history files and heaps The editor reserves the right to edit, of papers and hopefully, some of you will abridge or reject material. write an article or two for a forthcoming issue. © The contents of Tasmanian Ancestry are There are some new contributors in this subject to the provisions of the Copyright issue who, I hope, will continue to send Act and may not be reproduced without written permission of the editor and author. articles and I look forward to receiving more from our ‘regulars’. Cover: Rosemary Davidson Headstone of John Abbott (died 1880) and his wife Mary Abbott (died 1897), with their daughter Mary (died 1918) Ashfield, Ireland. See article p. 9, The Abbott Family, Brewers, Cordial Manufacturers and Clerics, by Barbara Wilson Photograph collection of Barbara Wilson 2 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY June 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE often ponder the future of our organ- accounts to share the society sites as isation. The pessimists predict its widely as possible. I demise because so much is available But there are other ways we can use the online that we no longer have anything to internet to our advantage. One possibility offer. Although some branches are at is sharing resources between the branches least holding their own as far as member- electronically. I recall quite a few years ship goes, the society as a whole is show- ago university lectures being delivered in ing a gradual decrease in membership. So Hobart with students in the north and where do we go from here? northwest watching and listening online. I One suggestion I have heard is that we believe that these days many lectures are reduce to three branches, North, North- recorded so that they can be accessed by west and South. Another is that we do students pretty well anywhere! Maybe we away with branches and have a central can explore similar possibilities for us. library in, say, Launceston or Hobart. But But more importantly we must make sure I am sure we can do more to attract mem- we are better known throughout the state. bers than we currently do. I think we are This requires some thought and imagin- lacking in general publicity. Many people ation by all of us! Hobart Branch recently have expressed surprise on hearing we held a sausage sizzle at Bunnings which actually exist. We even found a suburban made quite a significant profit. But I be- LINC offering help with family history lieve the publicity value was possibly research, and they did not know that we even more important. I know other bran- exist! ches have similar activities and we should Many years ago, back in the Genealogical think of the publicity value as well as the Society of Tasmania days, we had a regu- profitability when planning such events. lar column in the local newspaper. Is it I look forward to meeting many of you at worth trying to revive this? Your local our Conference and AGM at Ross on the paper might consider it in these days of 18 June. In the meantime, “May all your family history research being so popular. brick walls come tumbling down!” We all know that we can offer much Robert Tanner more than what is online, but how do we let the public know this? Instead of seeing the internet as a rival we must find more ways of using it to our advantage. The society and several branches have web sites, but these days the so-called social media are more popular, particularly with younger people. Three branches have Facebook accounts and there are other social media available as well. We can ask our members who have Facebook TASMANIAN ANCESTRY June 2016 3 BRANCH REPORTS Burnie maintained the
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