Hello Annette, I can well understand your frustration - I'm still looking for the time and place of death of my grandfather, sometime between 1930 and 1970, anywhere in the world. You could look at the marriage and death certificates of his children. If they had known of a death, he could appear as "Deceased", which might narrow down a time frame. A search of Electoral Rolls might also find him, if he didn't change his name. I'm not sure about this, but he may have been young enough (at 45?) to have been accepted for service during WWI. Also, various post office records have survived throughout Australia, but it might cost a bit to locate and search them. You could also search for Wills (Ecclesiasticals?), Intestacies and inquest documents - not always something sinister there, if someone's burning porridge had set the kitchen alight, an investigation was held, even if no-one died or was hurt. If Sydney had brothers and sisters in the UK, you might try looking for descendants of theirs, and asking if they ever heard any stories about the family that came to Australia. Did you check UK records for his death? He may have returned there. Best of luck to you. Kind regards, Brenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette & Jeff Gregory" <jag65@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-NQ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:30 PM Subject: Went missing abt 1900: Sidney THICK > Hi everyone, > > My Great-Great Grandfather was Sidney THICK. he was born 1870 in > Bowerchalke, Wiltshire England. On 22/11/1889 he married Catherine > Charlotte CUTLER in Salisbury, Wiltshire and soon after they set sail for > Australia. They arrived in Townsville on the "Quetta" on 29th Jan 1890. > Theirs was a free passage and they were engaged by Mr A Dean, Mt Louisa > (Townsville). > They had the following children (all born Charters Towers): > 1. Sarah Charlotte Louisa THICK b 22/9/1890. > 2. Annie Isidore THICK b 2/7/1892. > 3. Gretta Emma Jane THICK b 22/4/1894. > 4. Agnes Rose THICK b 9/2/1896. > 5. Gertrude Maude THICK b 29/8/1897. > > Soon after the birth of their last child, Sidney left the family never to be > heard of again. Catherine died 20/7/1922 in Townsville of Cancer & Mania > after also having tried suicide several times. > > I have never been able to find what became of Sidney THICK. I have searched > every BDM, many different books, microfiche and every internet site and > search engine possible, but all to no avail. No family members know what > happened to him. > > Any tips for where I can go from here? > Annette, > Townsville. > > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > To search previous messages to the List, point your browser to - > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=aus-nq > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Thanks to all who replied so far. I can't find Sidney on any War rolls, but will look in BDM's again for all Australian states. I'll check out Electoral rolls too. Annette. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brenda Koster" <bkoster@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-NQ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Went missing abt 1900: Sidney THICK > Hello Annette, > > I can well understand your frustration - I'm still looking for the time and > place of death of my grandfather, sometime between 1930 and 1970, anywhere > in the world. > > You could look at the marriage and death certificates of his children. If > they had known of a death, he could appear as "Deceased", which might narrow > down a time frame. A search of Electoral Rolls might also find him, if he > didn't change his name. > > I'm not sure about this, but he may have been young enough (at 45?) to have > been accepted for service during WWI. Also, various post office records > have survived throughout Australia, but it might cost a bit to locate and > search them. You could also search for Wills (Ecclesiasticals?), > Intestacies and inquest documents - not always something sinister there, if > someone's burning porridge had set the kitchen alight, an investigation was > held, even if no-one died or was hurt. > > If Sydney had brothers and sisters in the UK, you might try looking for > descendants of theirs, and asking if they ever heard any stories about the > family that came to Australia. Did you check UK records for his death? He > may have returned there. Best of luck to you. > > Kind regards, > > Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette & Jeff Gregory" <jag65@tpg.com.au> > To: <AUS-NQ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:30 PM > Subject: Went missing abt 1900: Sidney THICK > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > My Great-Great Grandfather was Sidney THICK. he was born 1870 in > > Bowerchalke, Wiltshire England. On 22/11/1889 he married Catherine > > Charlotte CUTLER in Salisbury, Wiltshire and soon after they set sail for > > Australia. They arrived in Townsville on the "Quetta" on 29th Jan 1890. > > Theirs was a free passage and they were engaged by Mr A Dean, Mt Louisa > > (Townsville). > > They had the following children (all born Charters Towers): > > 1. Sarah Charlotte Louisa THICK b 22/9/1890. > > 2. Annie Isidore THICK b 2/7/1892. > > 3. Gretta Emma Jane THICK b 22/4/1894. > > 4. Agnes Rose THICK b 9/2/1896. > > 5. Gertrude Maude THICK b 29/8/1897. > > > > Soon after the birth of their last child, Sidney left the family never to > be > > heard of again. Catherine died 20/7/1922 in Townsville of Cancer & Mania > > after also having tried suicide several times. > > > > I have never been able to find what became of Sidney THICK. I have > searched > > every BDM, many different books, microfiche and every internet site and > > search engine possible, but all to no avail. No family members know what > > happened to him. > > > > Any tips for where I can go from here? > > Annette, > > Townsville. > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > > To search previous messages to the List, point your browser to - > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=aus-nq > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > Pay our own Web site a visit at http://members.hn.ozemail.com.au/fhanq/ausnq/index.html for a collection of North Queensland Resources. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >