The only other way you could help us to help you is do you know William's middle name please? as there are a coo[plea of William's in the list who have middle names, but I truly think I've all ready found your William and his first wife as it's the only family of that size that were born in or around the Bendigo area. Regards, Ray. And also the first wife also come from Cornwall. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:11 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] William MITCHELL > Am hoping for more info re the above man. He was a widower with 10 > children when he married my ggrandmother (also widowed) in 1883 in > St.Andrew's Manse Bendigo. > Other info on the cert states that he was widowed in 1878 and that his > birthplace was Cornwall England. He was an engineer aged 52 and parents > were James Mitchell and Mary Hallet. > wish to know who his first wife was and if married in vic and who were the > ten children. I haven't been able to find his death as yet, but curiously, > when his new wife died in 1902 she was buried in the same grave as her > first husband. > Hoping for some enlightenment. > regards > Evelyn > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx