----- Original Message ----- From: sstasko To: AUS-Koori-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: Still Trying Dear People: In August of 1998 I joined Aus-Koori and started my search for my family.. I read with great sadness the tragedy and loss of so many loved ones and the painful history of our people. Perhaps more sadly is the secret kept by family. My mother told me when I was a young woman that her mother was an aboriginal. There seemed to be this great wall of silence. I was never allowed to ask questions or speak of it. I live in the US, which puts me at a very distinct disadvantage to do research. I have tried to find out where to write and who to contact for any information. I have seen clans or tribes mentioned and would like to do research. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you. Sheila Stasko I am looking for Arthur Taylor and Catherine Brown who were married 1899 at Kempsey NSW. Their children were: Kellith E. Taylor, b. 1900, Kempsey Elizabeth M.A. Taylor, b. 1904, Macksville Patrick E. Taylor, b. 1910 Macksville Phillip F. Taylor, b. 1913Macksville Albert Taylor, b. 1915, Macksville Violet Taylor, b, 1917, Kempsey (A bit of confusion over this one) Adelaide J. Taylor, b. 1906, Kempsey Catherine Taylor, b. ? Dorothy E. Taylor, 1917, Macksville Brown Family Patrick Brown & Elizabeth ? Children: Thomas Brown, b. 1878, Broulee, NSW Catherine Brown, b. 1880 Broulee Margaret A Brown, b. 1882, Broulee Edward Brown, b. 1885, Nambucca Heads Mary J. Brown, b. 1888, Bowraville Catherine Brown and Arthur Taylor were my great-grandparents. Adelaide Taylor (married Wilfred Ford) was my grandmother. I have gone to the NSW registry and tried to get some dates. I can't find a middle name to verify anything and the births and deaths are still too new to be able to use the registry.

This is Thomas Golden Brown family I will email your family history Cathy Dunn Budawang Aborigines www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/budawang/ ----- Original Message ----- From: sstasko <sstasko@email.msn.com> To: <AUS-KOORI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:46 AM Subject: [AUS-Koori] Fw: Still Trying > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: sstasko > To: AUS-Koori-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 5:44 PM > Subject: Still Trying > > > Dear People: > In August of 1998 I joined Aus-Koori and started my search for my family.. I read with great sadness the tragedy and loss of so many loved ones and the painful history of our people. Perhaps more sadly is the secret kept by family. My mother told me when I was a young woman that her mother was an aboriginal. There seemed to be this great wall of silence. I was never allowed to ask questions or speak of it. I live in the US, which puts me at a very distinct disadvantage to do research. I have tried to find out where to write and who to contact for any information. I have seen clans or tribes mentioned and would like to do research. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you. > Sheila Stasko > I am looking for Arthur Taylor and Catherine Brown who were married 1899 at Kempsey NSW. > Their children were: > Kellith E. Taylor, b. 1900, Kempsey > Elizabeth M.A. Taylor, b. 1904, Macksville > Patrick E. Taylor, b. 1910 Macksville > Phillip F. Taylor, b. 1913Macksville > Albert Taylor, b. 1915, Macksville > Violet Taylor, b, 1917, Kempsey (A bit of confusion over this one) > Adelaide J. Taylor, b. 1906, Kempsey > Catherine Taylor, b. ? > Dorothy E. Taylor, 1917, Macksville > > Brown Family > Patrick Brown & Elizabeth ? > Children: > Thomas Brown, b. 1878, Broulee, NSW > Catherine Brown, b. 1880 Broulee > Margaret A Brown, b. 1882, Broulee > Edward Brown, b. 1885, Nambucca Heads > Mary J. Brown, b. 1888, Bowraville > > Catherine Brown and Arthur Taylor were my great-grandparents. > Adelaide Taylor (married Wilfred Ford) was my grandmother. I have gone to the NSW registry and > tried to get some dates. I can't find a middle name to verify anything and the births and deaths are still too new to be able to use the registry. > > > ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > > >

Dear Cathy & Marg, thank you for your kind efforts. I am nearly complete. I am still musing over my GGG Grandfathers lovely name - Thomas 'Golden" Brown. Thank you. I have begun to share this information with my children. My sister has copied it and placed it in her family Bible. If anyone has information on the other half - the Taylor family, Adelaide was my Grandmother, I would appreciate hearing from you. Again, Many thanks. Catherine BROWN b. 11 Sep 1880, Broulee NSW,[6] ref: Aboriginal, m. 1899, in Kempsey NSW, Arthur TAYLOR. Children: i Kellith E TAYLOR b. 1900, Kempsey NSW, ref: Aborigine. ii Elizabeth M A TAYLOR b. 1904, Macksville NSW, ref: Aborigine. iii Adelaide J TAYLOR b. 1906, Kempsey NSW, ref: Aborigine. iv Patrick E TAYLOR b. 1910, Macksville NSW, ref: Aborigine. v Albert TAYLOR b. 1915, Macksville NSW, ref: Aborigine. vi Violet ? TAYLOR b. 1917, Kempsey NSW, ref: Aborigine. vii Dorothy E TAYLOR b. 1917, Macksville NSW, ref: Aborigine. Sheila