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TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. Volume 34 Number 2—September 2013 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 Maurice Appleyard (03) 6248 4229 Vice President Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Vice President Pam Bartlett (03) 6428 7003 Society Secretary Colleen Read (03) 6244 4527 Society Treasurer Peter Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Committee: Helen Anderson Betty Bissett Vanessa Blair Judith Cocker Geoffrey Dean Lucille Gee John Gillham Libby Gillham Julie Kapeller Dale Smith By-laws Coordinator Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Webmaster Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Journal Editor Rosemary Davidson (03) 6424 1343 LWFHA Coordinator Lucille Gee (03) 6344 7650 Members’ Interests Compiler John Gillham (03) 6239 6529 Membership Registrar Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Publications Convenor Bev 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] Mersey:PO Box 267 Latrobe Tasmania 7307 [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] Volume 34 Number 2 September 2013 ISSN 0159 0677 Contents From the editor ............................................................................................................ 62 President’s Report 2012/2013 ..................................................................................... 63 Lilian Watson Family History Award 2012 ................................................................ 64 Awards at AGM .......................................................................................................... 66 Auditor’s Report ......................................................................................................... 67 Branch Reports ........................................................................................................................ 70 Dear Editor … .......................................................................................................................... 74 The Emma Eugenia (5), 1850–51: With a Harrowing Case of Child Neglect, Anne McMahon .................................................................................................... 75 Voices from the Orphan School: Edward Deans, Orphan School Boy, Dianne Snowden ................................................................................................... 77 Timber Deliveries to Hobart Town—1876, Laurie Moody ......................................... 80 The Less Important Classes, Betty Jones .................................................................... 83 Do you recognize these people?, Kathy Duncombe .................................................... 88 Help Wanted ............................................................................................................... 89 New Members’ Interests and New Members .............................................................. 90 Charlotte Salter (née Clarke) 1811–1893, much loved teacher at Fenton Forest, Don Bradmore ....................................................................................................... 97 Aunt Arberry’s Three Husbands, Lou Daniels ............................................................ 99 Preserving the Past, Memories and Diaries, Allison Carins .................................... 111 Tasmanian Pre-1900 BDMs On-Line, Maree Ring ................................................... 113 Genes on Screen, Vee Maddock ............................................................................... 117 What is that Publication About?, Maurice Appleyard .............................................. 119 History of the Calendar, Maurice Appleyard ............................................................ 121 Library Notes and Society Sales ............................................................................... 122 Library Acquisitions ................................................................................................. 123 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] This year the AGM, organized by Articles are welcomed in any format— Launceston Branch, was held at Hadspen, handwritten, word processed, on disk or by and thoroughly enjoyed by all who email. Please ensure images are of good attended. Congratulations to the com- quality. mittee! It was nice to see Paul Edwards receiving Deadline dates are: his award for the best journal article, 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October which in current speak is my segway into thanking all the wonderful contributors to If you wish to contact the author of an Tasmanian Ancestry. It is especially article in Tasmanian Ancestry please email pleasing to have such a great team behind the editor, or write care of the editor, me who I can rely on to send in a new enclosing a stamped envelope and your article for each issue. There are others correspondence will be forwarded. who are frequent contributors and some The opinions expressed in this journal are who pop up occasionally and have been not necessarily those of the journal members of the society for a very long committee, nor of the Tasmanian Family time. Check the contents pages! Thank History Society Inc. Responsibility rests you all. with the author of a submitted article, we do Thanks go also to the branch members not intentionally print inaccurate inform- whose responsibility it is to prepare and ation. The society cannot vouch for the send in their quarterly reports. accuracy of offers for services or goods that Bouquets to my special back-up team of appear in the journal, or be responsible for the outcome of any contract entered into Leonie Mickleborough and Cynthia with an advertiser. The editor reserves the O’Neill who so readily come to my aid! right to edit, abridge or reject material. My apologies to any new members whose names did not appear in the June journal © The contents of Tasmanian Ancestry are as expected—hence the really long lists subject to the provisions of the Copyright in this issue and hopefully we are now Act and may not be reproduced without up-to-date. written permission of the editor and author. Please consider sending in your story and continue sending in articles as I am afraid the cupboard is again starting to look a little bare. Cover: ‘Mystery Lady’ from the album in possession of Kathy Duncombe— see Do you recognise these people?, page 88. These photographs were taken in Rosemary Davidson Launceston 1876+ by W Burrows. 62 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY September 2013 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012/2013 HIS report marks the completion printer equipment in order to provide of my fourth year in the role of relevant access to the numerous records T President of our Society. held in-house and on-line. The Society’s Membership, as at 31 March 2013 is down continued registration as a not-for-profit 3% on the previous year; a total of 1204 body with the Connecting Up organiz- financial members were recorded. Whilst ation, has enabled Hobart and Burnie most Branches have had a slight decrease branches to purchase software, and in numbers, membership from interstate occasionally hardware, at very generous and overseas areas were down consid- prices from donor companies. erably; contributing to most of the de- Whilst the Society’s income has been crease. The pleasing exception was a much less over the past year, the innov- slight increase at the Burnie Branch. ative work of our Treasurer has reduced Attendances at our Libraries, by both our expenditure during the same period. visitors and members, were down during The Society continues to maintain a pre- the 2012 period but appear to have increas- sence and contributes to the efforts of a ed considerably during the 2013 period. number of organizations during the year. The increase may be possibly attributed to We were represented on the board of the the various efforts of members to promote Australasian Federation of Family History the Society. Colleen Read has been writ- Organisations; the Joint Tasmanian Arch- ing articles for the seniors’ magazine ive Consultative Forum, and the Digital Prime Times. Society members have Information Group. [Tasmanian organiz- featured in an episode of the latest series of ations involved in the collection of Who Do You Think You Are? and in a historical data]. repeat of the first series of Who’s Been The life of our Society depends on the Sleeping In My House? Hobart Branch volunteers who give of their time in so has experimented with advertising at a many areas of our organization. So many local picture theatre and has found positive of them continue in multiple roles and results from the effort. without them none of our services and Income from Sale of Publications and Paid achievements would exist. I thank them Research has been much lower over the for their past efforts over the 2012/2013 2012/2013 year. However publication membership year and their willingness to sales appeared to improve at some continue into the next period. branches during the 2013 period. Finally, I wish to formally acknowledge Branches