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    1. Re: MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please
    2. Diane Cole
    3. Hi Lis Have you thought about looking for the newspaper ads seeking the benficiaries ? Tedious thought I know, but some indexes are now on-line. It must have been advertised in England. What about ads for the sale of the property ? I guess you have searched the SA Deaths in 1893/4 for the names you have SIMS, MUNNS etc. What about Queensland and NSW ? "The diamantina" could be there too ? What about trying the Winton Historical Society - they might have old newspapers etc, report of death of owner of large property ? Good luck, let us know if you make any progress Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lis Warwood" <jimwarwo@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please > Hi everyone, > > I have just joined this mailing list in a last ditch hope there is > someone out there who can figure out how I might progress with this > frustrating bit of my husband's family history. I am sorry for the > length of the message but am giving all I know to explain the nature of > the problem: > > In December 1894 William James WARWOOD (b. 1849 Swanscombe, Kent d. 1935 > Gravesend, Kent) was listed as a passenger arriving in Melbourne on the > ship 'Orient'. There is no information on the sheet as to where he was > heading after arriving in Melbourne (Ref Passenger List 'Orient' Dec > 1894 Fishe No. B.590 Page 9). > > In fact he had travelled to Australia to claim an inheritance left to > his wife Diana (SIMS) WARWOOD by a relative of hers who had died leaving > his entire estate to Diana. The estate was said to included many > thousands of acres (or hectares) of land used for cattle. The relative > (obviously a male) was possibly Diana's Uncle but this is not certain. > The land may have been in the lower Diamantina region. > > This suggestion re location of the estate comes from William's grandson > (my husband's father) who said that his grandfather William James > Warwood told him this some 25 years after the event (i.e. in 1920). The > grandson lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother so > heard the 'story' many times as a child (he was born in 1911). > > That there was an inheritance is not in doubt. Having claimed the > proceeds of the will, William James WARWOOD returned to England and he > and his family subsequently lived in very different financial > circumstances to that they had had prior to the inheritance. William and > Diana owned and operated more than 22 public houses in Kent after 1895 > when William returned from Australia. In addition William and Diana gave > significant sums of money to other members of the family and bought pubs > for several of William's brothers. > > Before receiving this inheritance William was a Waterman in Kent. > Diana's father was an unskilled agricultural labourer. They lived a > modest life in rented housing before 1894. > > So the problem is this: > > I have researched all of Diana's known siblings and ancestors and I > cannot find a 'missing uncle' who might have travelled to Australia and > made good. I have also fully researched the Warwood family and it was > not one of them either. > > There are SIMS descendents (of one of Diana's Uncle's) who also came to > Australia (and settled in South Australia) in the 1880's and they too > 'remember' the relative who had a big estate (and helped the Sims > families out with some land) and also that advertisements were put in > papers looking for the 'beneficiary' of the estate. Unfortunately they > don't know where the estate was either. These Sims settled in Glencoe > but have no idea whether the estate was in that area or somewhere > entirely different. > > The story told to my father-in-law was that the relative who left the > estate to Diana had come to Australia for the gold rush and had been > successful and bought land. It was also said that he had several > Aboriginal 'wives' at the time he died. Also that he might have been for > a time a 'minor bushranger' - but I can find no evidence for that yet > either. > > What I need to solve the mystery is of course the probate records but I > don't have a name of the 'relative' who left his estate to Diana so have > no idea under what name to research to find the probate records. I have > no idea when the relative actually died either though logically it was > sometime between 1892 - 1894 and certainly before August 1894 given the > number of moths that would have been involved in getting the information > to England of the inheritance and the time it would have taken for > William to travel by ship to claim it > > Diana's maiden name was SIMS and her mother's maiden name was MUNNS. Her > grandmother (on her father's side) was a SELLWOOD who was a descendent > of the couple who started Christ Church Hospital and school (some might > remember the recent programme where the American rock star went to > Christ's School and took a group of kids and trained them to do a rock > performance - the children all wear long black gowns!). As a descendent > of the couple (John WEST & his wife) all descendents are entitled to a > pension from the John West Charity if they fall upon hard times. This > applies even today. > > Does anyone know of a way to search probate records for the > Beneficiaries of a Will rather than the name of the person who left the > Will? > Does anyone know how I could access the probate records from South > Australia where I live? > Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I might establish who the > person was who left his estate to Diana? > > I would be grateful for any suggestions or help it is possible to get. > > Regards, > > Lis Warwood > South Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________

    03/05/2006 08:47:51
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Bob Cunning
    3. Everlyn, you can easily find these yourself from a Post Code booklet obtainable free from any Post Office, or from the back pages of a phone book. Probabilities are FITZ Fitzroy MPNA Mooroopna ARAT Ararat NEWP Newport STKI St. Kilda Cheers, Bob in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. > > FITZ > MPNA > ARAT > NEWP > STKI > > many thanks > Evelyn

    03/05/2006 06:37:18
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Raymond W. Henderson
    3. Fitzroy Mooroopna Arratt Newport St Kilda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. > > FITZ > MPNA > ARAT > NEWP > STKI > > many thanks > Evelyn > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

    03/05/2006 06:32:34
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please
    2. Raymond W. Henderson
    3. So what about the State trustees would they have been around then? Regards, Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lis Warwood" <jimwarwo@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please > Hi everyone, > > I have just joined this mailing list in a last ditch hope there is > someone out there who can figure out how I might progress with this > frustrating bit of my husband's family history. I am sorry for the > length of the message but am giving all I know to explain the nature of > the problem: > > In December 1894 William James WARWOOD (b. 1849 Swanscombe, Kent d. 1935 > Gravesend, Kent) was listed as a passenger arriving in Melbourne on the > ship 'Orient'. There is no information on the sheet as to where he was > heading after arriving in Melbourne (Ref Passenger List 'Orient' Dec > 1894 Fishe No. B.590 Page 9). > > In fact he had travelled to Australia to claim an inheritance left to > his wife Diana (SIMS) WARWOOD by a relative of hers who had died leaving > his entire estate to Diana. The estate was said to included many > thousands of acres (or hectares) of land used for cattle. The relative > (obviously a male) was possibly Diana's Uncle but this is not certain. > The land may have been in the lower Diamantina region. > > This suggestion re location of the estate comes from William's grandson > (my husband's father) who said that his grandfather William James > Warwood told him this some 25 years after the event (i.e. in 1920). The > grandson lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother so > heard the 'story' many times as a child (he was born in 1911). > > That there was an inheritance is not in doubt. Having claimed the > proceeds of the will, William James WARWOOD returned to England and he > and his family subsequently lived in very different financial > circumstances to that they had had prior to the inheritance. William and > Diana owned and operated more than 22 public houses in Kent after 1895 > when William returned from Australia. In addition William and Diana gave > significant sums of money to other members of the family and bought pubs > for several of William's brothers. > > Before receiving this inheritance William was a Waterman in Kent. > Diana's father was an unskilled agricultural labourer. They lived a > modest life in rented housing before 1894. > > So the problem is this: > > I have researched all of Diana's known siblings and ancestors and I > cannot find a 'missing uncle' who might have travelled to Australia and > made good. I have also fully researched the Warwood family and it was > not one of them either. > > There are SIMS descendents (of one of Diana's Uncle's) who also came to > Australia (and settled in South Australia) in the 1880's and they too > 'remember' the relative who had a big estate (and helped the Sims > families out with some land) and also that advertisements were put in > papers looking for the 'beneficiary' of the estate. Unfortunately they > don't know where the estate was either. These Sims settled in Glencoe > but have no idea whether the estate was in that area or somewhere > entirely different. > > The story told to my father-in-law was that the relative who left the > estate to Diana had come to Australia for the gold rush and had been > successful and bought land. It was also said that he had several > Aboriginal 'wives' at the time he died. Also that he might have been for > a time a 'minor bushranger' - but I can find no evidence for that yet > either. > > What I need to solve the mystery is of course the probate records but I > don't have a name of the 'relative' who left his estate to Diana so have > no idea under what name to research to find the probate records. I have > no idea when the relative actually died either though logically it was > sometime between 1892 - 1894 and certainly before August 1894 given the > number of moths that would have been involved in getting the information > to England of the inheritance and the time it would have taken for > William to travel by ship to claim it > > Diana's maiden name was SIMS and her mother's maiden name was MUNNS. Her > grandmother (on her father's side) was a SELLWOOD who was a descendent > of the couple who started Christ Church Hospital and school (some might > remember the recent programme where the American rock star went to > Christ's School and took a group of kids and trained them to do a rock > performance - the children all wear long black gowns!). As a descendent > of the couple (John WEST & his wife) all descendents are entitled to a > pension from the John West Charity if they fall upon hard times. This > applies even today. > > Does anyone know of a way to search probate records for the > Beneficiaries of a Will rather than the name of the person who left the > Will? > Does anyone know how I could access the probate records from South > Australia where I live? > Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I might establish who the > person was who left his estate to Diana? > > I would be grateful for any suggestions or help it is possible to get. > > Regards, > > Lis Warwood > South Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

    03/05/2006 06:28:31
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Lyn Baker
    3. mpna = Mooroopna near Shepparton Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. > > FITZ > MPNA > ARAT > NEWP > STKI > > many thanks > Evelyn > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

    03/05/2006 05:52:22
    1. marriage of Mary CASEY
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Hello to all. today I am hoping for a marriage of Mary CASEY bc1869 to parents Robert Patrick & Kelie.I believe she lived to a great age. Also death of her parents Robert Patrick CASEY & Kelie. Roberts parents were Edward & Catherine. regards Evelyn

    03/05/2006 05:51:29
    1. RE: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Dawn Webb
    3. At a first glance - (there may well be more possibilities) Fitzroy --- inner suburb of Melbourne) Maroopna (not sure of spelling)--- in the country... Fruit growing if I recall rightly so possibly near Shepparton?? Ararat -- in the country towards Adelaide, not too far past Ballarat Newport - suburb of Melbourne, inner, towards Williamstown St Kilda - suburb of Melbourne, on the bay. Inner, again, really. Dawn (Croydon, in outer east suburbs of Melbourne) -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Harding [mailto:emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au] Sent: Sunday, 5 March 2006 12:27 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. FITZ MPNA ARAT NEWP STKI many thanks Evelyn ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== ==================================================== Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

    03/05/2006 05:50:19
    1. THANK YOU TO ALL
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. I wish to thank all those who replied to my Placename requests including, Carmel, Lyn, Gaylene, Ray and Dawn. God bless you all. Evelyn

    03/05/2006 05:41:43
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Carmel, you have been very helpful. Whilst I realise I could find the full place name on the cert. It is quite costly when you have 13 children who also had 13 children etc etc. I am grateful for the help from this list and wish all many happy findings this year. regards Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmel M Reynen" <fcfibre1@bigpond.com>

    03/05/2006 05:39:48
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Carmel M Reynen
    3. Evelyn These are on the indexes the certificate has the full name. But you have Fitzroy, a suburb in Melbourne, Ararat, along the Western Highway about 2 hours drive from Melbourne and about half way to Horsham, Newport, also in Melbourne (I think) and St Kilda also Melbourne, the MPNA I believe to be a hospital in Melbourne as one of mine died there and I found an inquest for him. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. > > FITZ > MPNA > ARAT > NEWP > STKI > > many thanks > Evelyn > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

    03/05/2006 05:35:58
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Many many thanks Dawn. Now I have them. cheers Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Webb" <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au>

    03/05/2006 05:34:47
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Thank you Lyn. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Baker" <lyn.baker@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > mpna = Mooroopna near Shepparton > > Lyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > > >> Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. >> >> FITZ >> MPNA >> ARAT >> NEWP >> STKI >> >> many thanks >> Evelyn >> >> >> ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >> ==================================================== >> Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 1/03/2006 > >

    03/05/2006 05:33:30
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please
    2. Carmel M Reynen
    3. Liz you need to know the mane of the person making the will so that is out. If there were advertisements however have you tried the a2a site. It is an English site that sometimes lists all of these types of advertisements etc. just google for it. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lis Warwood" <jimwarwo@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please > Hi everyone, > > I have just joined this mailing list in a last ditch hope there is > someone out there who can figure out how I might progress with this > frustrating bit of my husband's family history. I am sorry for the > length of the message but am giving all I know to explain the nature of > the problem: > > In December 1894 William James WARWOOD (b. 1849 Swanscombe, Kent d. 1935 > Gravesend, Kent) was listed as a passenger arriving in Melbourne on the > ship 'Orient'. There is no information on the sheet as to where he was > heading after arriving in Melbourne (Ref Passenger List 'Orient' Dec > 1894 Fishe No. B.590 Page 9). > > In fact he had travelled to Australia to claim an inheritance left to > his wife Diana (SIMS) WARWOOD by a relative of hers who had died leaving > his entire estate to Diana. The estate was said to included many > thousands of acres (or hectares) of land used for cattle. The relative > (obviously a male) was possibly Diana's Uncle but this is not certain. > The land may have been in the lower Diamantina region. > > This suggestion re location of the estate comes from William's grandson > (my husband's father) who said that his grandfather William James > Warwood told him this some 25 years after the event (i.e. in 1920). The > grandson lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother so > heard the 'story' many times as a child (he was born in 1911). > > That there was an inheritance is not in doubt. Having claimed the > proceeds of the will, William James WARWOOD returned to England and he > and his family subsequently lived in very different financial > circumstances to that they had had prior to the inheritance. William and > Diana owned and operated more than 22 public houses in Kent after 1895 > when William returned from Australia. In addition William and Diana gave > significant sums of money to other members of the family and bought pubs > for several of William's brothers. > > Before receiving this inheritance William was a Waterman in Kent. > Diana's father was an unskilled agricultural labourer. They lived a > modest life in rented housing before 1894. > > So the problem is this: > > I have researched all of Diana's known siblings and ancestors and I > cannot find a 'missing uncle' who might have travelled to Australia and > made good. I have also fully researched the Warwood family and it was > not one of them either. > > There are SIMS descendents (of one of Diana's Uncle's) who also came to > Australia (and settled in South Australia) in the 1880's and they too > 'remember' the relative who had a big estate (and helped the Sims > families out with some land) and also that advertisements were put in > papers looking for the 'beneficiary' of the estate. Unfortunately they > don't know where the estate was either. These Sims settled in Glencoe > but have no idea whether the estate was in that area or somewhere > entirely different. > > The story told to my father-in-law was that the relative who left the > estate to Diana had come to Australia for the gold rush and had been > successful and bought land. It was also said that he had several > Aboriginal 'wives' at the time he died. Also that he might have been for > a time a 'minor bushranger' - but I can find no evidence for that yet > either. > > What I need to solve the mystery is of course the probate records but I > don't have a name of the 'relative' who left his estate to Diana so have > no idea under what name to research to find the probate records. I have > no idea when the relative actually died either though logically it was > sometime between 1892 - 1894 and certainly before August 1894 given the > number of moths that would have been involved in getting the information > to England of the inheritance and the time it would have taken for > William to travel by ship to claim it > > Diana's maiden name was SIMS and her mother's maiden name was MUNNS. Her > grandmother (on her father's side) was a SELLWOOD who was a descendent > of the couple who started Christ Church Hospital and school (some might > remember the recent programme where the American rock star went to > Christ's School and took a group of kids and trained them to do a rock > performance - the children all wear long black gowns!). As a descendent > of the couple (John WEST & his wife) all descendents are entitled to a > pension from the John West Charity if they fall upon hard times. This > applies even today. > > Does anyone know of a way to search probate records for the > Beneficiaries of a Will rather than the name of the person who left the > Will? > Does anyone know how I could access the probate records from South > Australia where I live? > Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I might establish who the > person was who left his estate to Diana? > > I would be grateful for any suggestions or help it is possible to get. > > Regards, > > Lis Warwood > South Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

    03/05/2006 05:21:32
    1. lookup please
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Can SKS help with finding marriage of Margaret Monah TULLY (parents John and Margaret). she was born in 1896. Also needing death of Margaret Ann JOHNSTON (parents Michael & Bridget Flynn) She was born in 1868. TIA Evelyn

    03/05/2006 04:31:16
    1. More placename help needed
    2. Evelyn Harding
    3. Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. FITZ MPNA ARAT NEWP STKI many thanks Evelyn

    03/05/2006 04:26:42
    1. MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please
    2. Lis Warwood
    3. Hi everyone, I have just joined this mailing list in a last ditch hope there is someone out there who can figure out how I might progress with this frustrating bit of my husband's family history. I am sorry for the length of the message but am giving all I know to explain the nature of the problem: In December 1894 William James WARWOOD (b. 1849 Swanscombe, Kent d. 1935 Gravesend, Kent) was listed as a passenger arriving in Melbourne on the ship 'Orient'. There is no information on the sheet as to where he was heading after arriving in Melbourne (Ref Passenger List 'Orient' Dec 1894 Fishe No. B.590 Page 9). In fact he had travelled to Australia to claim an inheritance left to his wife Diana (SIMS) WARWOOD by a relative of hers who had died leaving his entire estate to Diana. The estate was said to included many thousands of acres (or hectares) of land used for cattle. The relative (obviously a male) was possibly Diana's Uncle but this is not certain. The land may have been in the lower Diamantina region. This suggestion re location of the estate comes from William's grandson (my husband's father) who said that his grandfather William James Warwood told him this some 25 years after the event (i.e. in 1920). The grandson lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother so heard the 'story' many times as a child (he was born in 1911). That there was an inheritance is not in doubt. Having claimed the proceeds of the will, William James WARWOOD returned to England and he and his family subsequently lived in very different financial circumstances to that they had had prior to the inheritance. William and Diana owned and operated more than 22 public houses in Kent after 1895 when William returned from Australia. In addition William and Diana gave significant sums of money to other members of the family and bought pubs for several of William's brothers. Before receiving this inheritance William was a Waterman in Kent. Diana's father was an unskilled agricultural labourer. They lived a modest life in rented housing before 1894. So the problem is this: I have researched all of Diana's known siblings and ancestors and I cannot find a 'missing uncle' who might have travelled to Australia and made good. I have also fully researched the Warwood family and it was not one of them either. There are SIMS descendents (of one of Diana's Uncle's) who also came to Australia (and settled in South Australia) in the 1880's and they too 'remember' the relative who had a big estate (and helped the Sims families out with some land) and also that advertisements were put in papers looking for the 'beneficiary' of the estate. Unfortunately they don't know where the estate was either. These Sims settled in Glencoe but have no idea whether the estate was in that area or somewhere entirely different. The story told to my father-in-law was that the relative who left the estate to Diana had come to Australia for the gold rush and had been successful and bought land. It was also said that he had several Aboriginal 'wives' at the time he died. Also that he might have been for a time a 'minor bushranger' - but I can find no evidence for that yet either. What I need to solve the mystery is of course the probate records but I don't have a name of the 'relative' who left his estate to Diana so have no idea under what name to research to find the probate records. I have no idea when the relative actually died either though logically it was sometime between 1892 - 1894 and certainly before August 1894 given the number of moths that would have been involved in getting the information to England of the inheritance and the time it would have taken for William to travel by ship to claim it Diana's maiden name was SIMS and her mother's maiden name was MUNNS. Her grandmother (on her father's side) was a SELLWOOD who was a descendent of the couple who started Christ Church Hospital and school (some might remember the recent programme where the American rock star went to Christ's School and took a group of kids and trained them to do a rock performance - the children all wear long black gowns!). As a descendent of the couple (John WEST & his wife) all descendents are entitled to a pension from the John West Charity if they fall upon hard times. This applies even today. Does anyone know of a way to search probate records for the Beneficiaries of a Will rather than the name of the person who left the Will? Does anyone know how I could access the probate records from South Australia where I live? Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I might establish who the person was who left his estate to Diana? I would be grateful for any suggestions or help it is possible to get. Regards, Lis Warwood South Australia.

    03/05/2006 04:26:06
    1. Ploos Van Amstel, de Vicq, Reelfs, Bosschart
    2. Neil
    3. Hello I am trying to find information on or contact descendants of the following Consul-Generals for the Netherlands at Melbourne: Jan Willem Ploos van Amstel 1859 - 1878 Eduard Ploos van Amstel (Vice-Consul) 1864 Daniel Ploos van Amstel 1879 - 1889 J.A. de Vicq 1889 -? J.C.T. Reelfs 1890s W.L. Bosschart 1900 onwards Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much Neil W.A.

    03/05/2006 12:27:30
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] Pehr Victor PETERSON
    2. Kerry Hall
    3. Thank you so much Jenny for your help, the probate records they aren't online are they? regards Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: <jnnyb@aol.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Pehr Victor PETERSON > Hi Kerry, > It's probably Danks St. > In 1929 Mrs A Fitzpatrick was living at No. 121. > There was a Mrs A Peterson living at 197 Richardson St Albert Park in > 1929. > > Jenny >

    03/04/2006 11:31:03
    1. Re: [AUS-MELB] Re Sims death
    2. Patricia Sharp
    3. Hello Nan, SIMS John Stacey died Harrow 79 yrs 1901 Reg. 9863. Parents Unknown. Regards Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Wallace" <nan@dircsa.org.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 10:33 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re Sims death > Hi List > > I am trying to find a John William SIMS or may be recorded as John Stacey > Sims > Said to have died in Vic. around 1910 > Thanks > From Nan in Adelaide > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

    03/04/2006 03:48:09
    1. Re Sims death
    2. Nan Wallace
    3. Hi List I am trying to find a John William SIMS or may be recorded as John Stacey Sims Said to have died in Vic. around 1910 Thanks From Nan in Adelaide

    03/04/2006 03:03:08