Hi everyone, Lis's question had me wondering if there is anywhere to look for my lot. Two men were sent to England to claim something to do with Jennings inheritance. My grandmother could remember when she was a young girl the family putting in money to send them. The first one was going to sail from Melbourne (Nan was born 1913, so maybe about 1920+), he had all the paperwork but was murdered in Melbourne - eeks I don't know his name. Then they sent a second male relation off, he was a drinker, got off to England OK but was never heard from again. Mum's great aunt had told her she reckons he was bought off (or 'knocked off' in England), but didn't tell mum the names, excepting one was her Uncle Tom. Don't know if this was the first or second man. I don't know why he would've been sailing from Melbourne, all the relo's seem to have been living in Sydney (initially from Braidwood,NSW). ANYWAY, are there any record of murders from around 1920+ in Melbourne? I can look up all her uncles in my tree, and see if any match. Errrrr, I'm off to Sydney for an operation in a couple of days, and am a sole parent who just moved house. Haven't unpacked my genealogy yet! So if I disappear for a few days please excuse me ... with God's grace it won't be for long. thanks, Lyn in NSW

Lynn There was a Thomas E Ross murdered by gunshot the dates given a inquiry date 22 Oct 1925 but then it has other date 13 Nov 1930. it is the closest after 1920 for a Tom. Here are a few more candidates maybe cross reference with death indexes. It may narrow it down further. Would be interested to know how you get on. Also the numbers will give you the records from PROV which are quite detailed. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: <lmeehan@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] another inheritance thing! > Hi everyone, > > Lis's question had me wondering if there is anywhere to look for my lot. > > > > Two men were sent to England to claim something to do with Jennings > > inheritance. My grandmother could remember when she was a young girl the > > family putting in money to send them. The first one was going to sail > from > > Melbourne (Nan was born 1913, so maybe about 1920+), he had all the > > paperwork but was murdered in Melbourne - eeks I don't know his name. > > > > Then they sent a second male relation off, he was a drinker, got off to > England > > OK but was never heard from again. Mum's great aunt had told her she > reckons > > he was bought off (or 'knocked off' in England), but didn't tell mum the > names, > > excepting one was her Uncle Tom. Don't know if this was the first or > second > man. > > > > I don't know why he would've been sailing from Melbourne, all the relo's > seem to > > have been living in Sydney (initially from Braidwood,NSW). > > > > ANYWAY, are there any record of murders from around 1920+ in Melbourne? > > > > I can look up all her uncles in my tree, and see if any match. > > Errrrr, I'm off to Sydney for an operation in a couple of days, and am a > sole parent > > who just moved house. Haven't unpacked my genealogy yet! So if I > disappear > for > > a few days please excuse me ... with God's grace it won't be for long. > > > > thanks, Lyn in NSW > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Hi if you know more dates there are police Records also papers to look in I am not sure if they are on line the papers etc ----- Original Message ----- > Hi everyone, > > Lis's question had me wondering if there is anywhere to look for my lot. > > > > Two men were sent to England to claim something to do with Jennings > > inheritance. My grandmother could remember when she was a young girl the > > family putting in money to send them. The first one was going to sail > from > > Melbourne (Nan was born 1913, so maybe about 1920+), he had all the > > paperwork but was murdered in Melbourne - eeks I don't know his name. > > > > Then they sent a second male relation off, he was a drinker, got off to > England > > OK but was never heard from again. Mum's great aunt had told her she > reckons > > he was bought off (or 'knocked off' in England), but didn't tell mum the > names, > > excepting one was her Uncle Tom. Don't know if this was the first or > second > man. > > > > I don't know why he would've been sailing from Melbourne, all the relo's > seem to > > have been living in Sydney (initially from Braidwood,NSW). > > > > ANYWAY, are there any record of murders from around 1920+ in Melbourne? > > > > I can look up all her uncles in my tree, and see if any match. > > Errrrr, I'm off to Sydney for an operation in a couple of days, and am a > sole parent > > who just moved house. Haven't unpacked my genealogy yet! So if I > disappear > for > > a few days please excuse me ... with God's grace it won't be for long. > > > > thanks, Lyn in NSW > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006

Hi Lynn What a queue they would have joined. My GGG Grandfather Thomas Jennings left Melbourne in 1843 and spent £36,000 trying to prove he was an heir, unsuccessfully. His father had an older brother anyway so I don't know how he thought he should have been in the queue. Have you read Bleak House by Charles Dickens? It is based loosely on 'The Great Jennens Case' The guy who received the bulk of it was from the wrong branch of the family and was illegitimate, as was later discovered. So there were more court cases. I think it was proved that it had gone to the wrong person, but as there was no money left by then, (it was supposed to have been in trust), it was all rather pointless, unless you were a solicitor. Gladys lmeehan@dodo.com.au wrote: -- Gladys Koetsveld

Thanks for that Gladys, I haven't read the book, so will keep the name of it for my list of things to do!! I'm relatively new at all this, so still lots to do! Yeh, I bet there were lots of people lining up. I think I read that it went to a Jennings line in the USA. We were supposedly related to Sarah Jennings (Queen Anne's lady-in-waiting, etc). Mum's great aunty Pearl told mum that Pearl's aunty Laeitia (nee Jennings) had all the documentation, even back as far as the Plantagenet's!!! This great great great aunt of mine told Pearl that Sarah Jennings was a 'b---h' and apparently a lesbian (which seems to be widely hinted at in many books now) ... I've read a book about Sarah. Unfortunately no info has turned up. I've come across one of Laetitia's descendents but there seems to have been a big rift and secretive in that branch. Pearl had mention Marlboro House, did that go to the correct descendents do you know? I'm starting to learn a lot more about history as a result of researching the family's history. It's so darn interesting! Wish I had time to delve into it more. warm regards, Lyn in NSW -------------- Message---------------- From: Gladys Koetsveld [mailto:muscat55@bigpond.com] Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 2:22 PM Subject: another inheritance thing! Hi Lynn What a queue they would have joined. My GGG Grandfather Thomas Jennings left Melbourne in 1843 and spent £36,000 trying to prove he was an heir, unsuccessfully. His father had an older brother anyway so I don't know how he thought he should have been in the queue. Have you read Bleak House by Charles Dickens? It is based loosely on 'The Great Jennens Case' The guy who received the bulk of it was from the wrong branch of the family and was illegitimate, as was later discovered. So there were more court cases. I think it was proved that it had gone to the wrong person, but as there was no money left by then, (it was supposed to have been in trust), it was all rather pointless, unless you were a solicitor. Gladys -- Gladys Koetsveld