Greetings from France to all listers ! I am hoping you will be able to help me with information about the above person - a well-known rugby player by all accounts. He must have come to England about 1925 as he seems to have married a distant cousin of mine : <<Kathleen M. E. Williams to Roland L. RAYMOND - 3Q 1926 >> Kathleen's mother 's family were originally Irish and emigrated to New Zealand at the beginning of the 1850s. Kathleen appears on several ships' lists to Australia, but always travelling by herself - or perhaps with two daughters but I have no confirmation of this ... And then the next thing I find is Roland Raymond's marriage to Agnes Irene Lockhart in 1951. I can't find Kathleen's death anywhere - so what happened ? Perhaps they divorced ... Roland died in 1964. Any help would be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance Liz Augereau Cognac, France

Hello Liz, >From the National Archives in Canberra, WW1 Records - Name: RAYMOND, Roland Lionel Born: Baa, Fiji Date of birth: 12th January 1899 Enlisted: 22 October 1918 A student, single, aged 19 years and 9 months Next-of-kin: (father) Lionel Charles RAYMOND, "Hynwood", Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay (both parents shown as alive at the time) There is a letter on file from his teacher at Sydney Grammar School Roland was 6' 1" tall, 135lbs, grey eyes and brown hair There is a letter dated 24 August 1935 regarding the service of Capt R.L. Raymond, F.R.C.S. (E.), I.M.S. referring to a letter from the India Office He was discharged due to a cessation of hostilities The National Archives Passenger Indexes have the following listings - Mrs K.M. RAYMOND, "Mooltan", arrived 17 December 1929 Mrs K.M.E. RAYMOND, "Marella", from Singapore, arrived 8 December 1947 Major R.L. RAYMOND, "Marella", ditto Mr R.K. RAYMOND, "Marella", ditto There is a newspaper article in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 18 May 1923 which includes Faculty of Medicine, Master of Surgery, with Roland Lionel RAYMOND included in the list of those receiving degrees - http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16065036?searchTerm=%22roland+lionel+raymond%22 Can you find any obituary notices that may give the name of spouse and children? Perhaps the second marriage you have found is actually for the son's marriage, and not a remarriage for Roland snr? Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > I am hoping you will be able to help me with information about the above > person > <<Kathleen M. E. Williams to Roland L. RAYMOND - 3Q 1926 >> > Kathleen's mother 's family were originally Irish and emigrated to New > Zealand at the beginning of the 1850s. > Kathleen appears on several ships' lists to Australia, but always > travelling by herself - or perhaps with two daughters but I have no > confirmation of this ... > And then the next thing I find is Roland Raymond's marriage to Agnes Irene > Lockhart in 1951. > I can't find Kathleen's death anywhere - so what happened ? Perhaps they > divorced ... > Roland died in 1964. > Liz Augereau > Cognac, France

----- Original Message ----- From: "augereau6" <augereau6@wanadoo.fr> To: <AUS-NSW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:29 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW] Roland L. Raymond > Greetings from France to all listers ! > > I am hoping you will be able to help me with information > about the above person - a well-known rugby player by all > accounts. > He must have come to England about 1925 as he seems to > have married a distant cousin of mine : > Hi Liz In addition to what Trish found ... In Ancestrys on line NSW electoral rolls 1930 Roland Lionel RAYMOND, medical doctor was living at Lyons road Five Dock ( Sydney) with wife # 1 Kathleen Mary Eulietine RAYMOND. For some reason theres a gap to 1949 and they had moved to Neutral Bay on the north side of the Harbour and lived in Wycombe Road In the 1954 roll Roland Lionel is living at Spoforth Street Cremorne with new wife Agnes Irene He died 29 Jan 1964 and left a will ref # 576341 > And then the next thing I find is Roland Raymond's > marriage to Agnes Irene Lockhart in 1951. > I can't find Kathleen's death anywhere - so what happened > ? Perhaps they divorced ... Must have .............. I checked in http://www.ryersonindex.org/ A Kathleen Mary RAYMOND, late of Lady Gowrie Nursing home d in 1998 This could be the lady you seek ??? Ask for a look up of her death notice ........... Search the indexes first and get her date of death and date of publication in Sydney Morning Herald > go back to main page > list of icons on left hand side > about 3rd down is requesting a look up . Fill in the info and someone will look it up for you Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW