My name is Robert Taylor...Ontario... Canada..I am presently researching the Descendants of one "William Taylor" 1836...CHISELBOROUGH...SOMERSET...ENGLAND.....1908.....WEST MAITLAND..I understand that William at one time was ..ALDERMAN./.MAYOR..of West-Maitland..I wish to thank Mrs Genge...Mrs Thompson...and Mr Carruthers whom have helped me tremendously in my research..Having made contact with the Lady Decendants of the Taylors in West-Maitland I would very much like to reach out to the Gentleman of William Taylors family...I shall list three that I am aware of..........Walter Taylor...1859..1895.......John.Jack.Taylor....1869...1958....Arthur Taylor..1871...1945..Any researcher whom can allow me some insight on my inquiry would be very much appreciated ......Thanking You All.....Robert Taylor....Ontario....Canada

Hi Marie I have checked to see if a property name no luck with that todate either. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heartseas" <heartseas@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] Placename Mystery > Have you thought to check ans see if it's the name of a Property? Lot's of > people got married at home on their own land. > Marie > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

> Hi Gwen > The certificate I have is actually a death crtificate (QLD) where it says > was the deceased married when where it says age 18 Zaminbar NSW, but the > other thing I have never to this day found the marriage (starting to wonder > if it was a non marriage and they just put the date and town down on the > kids birth certificates to make it look good). do know that there 1st child > was born at St George Qld in 1868. > Elaine > > > > > > >

Have you thought to check ans see if it's the name of a Property? Lot's of people got married at home on their own land. Marie

sure there is a Zeehan in Tasmania Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Dundon" <gdundon@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] Placename Mystery Dear Elaine, Re that mystery placename in the marriage record you have: it's hard to imagine a placename such as that in Australia, beginning as it does with Z. I know there's Zeehan etc, but the word you quoted doesn't sound right at all. Since the name has "bar" on the end of it, I think it would be a good idea to start looking at a map of the NSW northern rivers where names of that ilk are common. Many ships plying the north coast run were given these town names.... such as Tintenbar, Pulganbar, Minimbah, Maianbar, etc. The name of the church and minister could also be a good clue. Perhaps the first child was born in the same settlement, and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Index code will show the place of registration? Best wishes, Gwen ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Dear Elaine, Re that mystery placename in the marriage record you have: it's hard to imagine a placename such as that in Australia, beginning as it does with Z. I know there's Zeehan etc, but the word you quoted doesn't sound right at all. Since the name has "bar" on the end of it, I think it would be a good idea to start looking at a map of the NSW northern rivers where names of that ilk are common. Many ships plying the north coast run were given these town names.... such as Tintenbar, Pulganbar, Minimbah, Maianbar, etc. The name of the church and minister could also be a good clue. Perhaps the first child was born in the same settlement, and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Index code will show the place of registration? Best wishes, Gwen

Hello Ron Just thought you might like to know that we have just about closed in on our elusive Henry Mordaunt Cramond Booth Gunn (!!) and that the Leslie death you found in Redfern in 1945 was almost certainly his son from Henry's marriage to Miney Booth. A researcher has found variations of the family names in their certificates eg Miney = Minnie; The Leslie Christopher Gunn you found seems to have changed his name to CLEMENT when he married as everything else ties in: his wife and eventually widow luckily had the exact same name and their children match up! It's been a fascinating, and ongoing, piece of research which will help to clear up many family questions and mysteries. The most interesting is Henry's claim to be a surgeon and later an MD - my mother always said he tried to poison my grandmother; on the death cert. for Henry's second wife (Miney) death was due to 'accidental' overdose of hydrate of Chloral - a sleeping drug. Signature on the Death Cert. was her husband Henry, MD!!! So my mother was right. Thank you very much for your early help in this puzzle. It was instrumental in getting us further along the track. Good luck with your own research. Sincerely Lorna Clauson > From: "RON HARPER" <reprahnor@optushome.com.au> > Reply-To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:31:56 +1000 > To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] family search > Resent-From: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 03:30:21 -0600 > > Lorna, Sorry to add to your mystery, but this Leslie Mordant (sic) Gunn who > died in Redfern was the child of Christopher and Miney. I searched for a > death of Christopher Gunn, without luck. > > Given your man's record it would seem highly likely that he deserted yet > another wife. > > There is not one death of a "Miney" recorded in NSW up to 1945. > > Remember, all of these searches cut off at 1945. > > Sorry I cannot help more. Maybe he went to the War! Maybe he went back to > Scotland! > > RON > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Heal > To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 11:28 PM > Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] family search > > > Mordant and Miney appear to have had one child in 1893, and no more. > > Leslie M B Gunn, birth 3763 of 1893. > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hello Judy, Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 5:22:52 PM, you wrote: JC> Hello everybody, my name is Judy Coppini and I am checking on the Roberts family for myself and others in the very large Huckstepp family which the Roberts married into. Also for my Daughter in JC> Law who has a lot of family in the Windsor and surrounds. Her families are the Suttons, Harmonds and Merz of that area. JC> Judy Coppini. JC> ============================== JC> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: JC> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Hello Judy, Roberts being such a common name, would you like to give some details? A Roberts family married into my wife's Bowman and Hutchinson families, he was Roberts the Roadbuilder in the early colonial days. -- Best regards, Mel mailto:python@mail.ebbs.com.au

No such place, probably mispelled. What sort of death certificate do you have ( one of the new digital images, a photocopy, a transcription, etc ). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Smith" <elaineasmith@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:09 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] Place Name > Hi all > Can anyone tell me where Zaminbar NSW was ??. According to a death certificate I have one of my ancestors was married there. > Elaine > Kingston Qld > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi List I would like to endorse the comments made by Russell Orchard. We have common ancestors, so for the same reasons I am pleased the area is now being maintained and promoted. I hope to have a look in person sometime soon. Greg Lloyd

Sent to the wrong address .... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Coppini" <judycoppini@optusnet.com.au> Subject: re Roberts Family > Dear People, > Danielle from Penrith suggested I contact you because I am after > a bit of information on James Roberts who lived and died in Pitt Town, > on Pitt Town Road with his large family. He died November 17, 1900. > His father was John Roberts who was in the Rum Corps and up at > Norfolk Is. Any help would be appreciated by all the people doing > the John Roberts ancestors and also the Huckstepp's who John > married into. > Judy Coppini

Hello everybody, my name is Judy Coppini and I am checking on the Roberts family for myself and others in the very large Huckstepp family which the Roberts married into. Also for my Daughter in Law who has a lot of family in the Windsor and surrounds. Her families are the Suttons, Harmonds and Merz of that area. Judy Coppini.

Dear Jan, I think you will find that BDM record both names if the woman has been married previously, ie maiden name and former married name. Sincerely, Bill Jan Glasby wrote: > Hi all, > > d to the mystery William John GOULD married Ethel May HARRIS. The NSW > BDMs have two marriages recorded, both #11167 in 1919 in Sydney, to Ethel > M. HARRIS and Ethel M. WILSON! > > Any suggestions anyone? > > Cheers > Jan > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Diane, You are again the bearer of wonderful news for me. I visited the Rouse Hill cemetery a year or so ago and was concerned that it was looking a little rundown and that it might give way to new housing in the area. I wish to express my interest in the cemetery and thanks to the Friends by copying this reply to them and would be pleased to hear from them re the group. James James and Amelia Ann James (nee Fishburn) who are buried at this cemetery are my ggg grandparents. Also their son Matthew and his wife, Rebecca May nee Hallighan are buried here. Tragically Rebecca died in chilbirth when only 18 years old. It was obviously too much for poor Matthew who was found in bushland at Kellyville, dead by hanging, having committed suicide a few months later. The four share a headstone which is a four sided tall sandstone obelisk on a sandstone plinth towards the front of the cemetery. Samuel Schofield and Grace Schofield nee Retallak buried here are pioneers of the district, the suburb of Schofield being named after Samuel's father, John who was a convict aboard Minerva 1821. Their daughter, Grace Emily Schofield, married Albert James, another son of James James and Amelia Ann James. Ann Skinner nee Moulds buried here is the daughter of Simon Moulds and Rosetta James and the niece of James James. Ann's husband George and sons Henry and John Skinner and their wives Gertrude May nee Whitmore and Theresa Jane nee Atkins respectively are also buried here. By the way, George Skinner and Ann Moulds were married at St Jude's Church, Dural for which you have a photo on your site. John Robert Brien buried here is the son of my gggg grandparents, Daniel Brien and Mary Ann Parker. As you can see, the cemetery does have some interest for me. Thanks again for the beginnings of a wonderful web site. Regards, Russell Orchard > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane [mailto:dianep@optushome.com.au] > Sent: Monday, 16 September 2002 9:17 PM > To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [H,H,HV] Rouse Hill > > > > Evening all, > > The Rouse Hill Cemetery listing has now been uploaded. > http://members.optushome.com.au/dianep/ > > Plus some 'news', and contacts, for a newly formed community > group known as the Friends of Rouse Hill Cemetery (FRHC). > A major clean-up was held at the cemetery on the weekend ... > it looks a whole lot better now ! > > > Regards, > Diane > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

As both his parents died before he was about 12, William Orchard could have been some kind of guardian. Maybe an uncle, husband of mother's sister, something like that. As for the 1919 marriage, I have several cases where the wife is a young widow and listed under both her maiden and married name. I would imagine there were quite a few young widows in 1919 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Glasby" <jan.glasby@hawkerc.act.edu.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:12 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] WW1 record mystery > Hi all, > > In searching the World War 1 records at the National Archives site I came > across the following entry: > > Gould William John : SERN 425 : POB Barraba NSW : POE Armidale NSW : NOK F > Orchard William > > I think that this is William John GOULD born 9 Jan 1899 at Barraba, the son > of Edgar GOULD and Louisa Ann MYERS, but am mystified by the father's name > given as William ORCHARD. > > Louisa GOULD died in 1903 and Edgar in 1913, so it's not a case of Louisa > remarrying. Edgar had been previously married to Hannah MORRIS in Singleton > in 1867. There are no ORCHARD connections that I know of. > > To add to the mystery William John GOULD married Ethel May HARRIS. The NSW > BDMs have two marriages recorded, both #11167 in 1919 in Sydney, to Ethel > M. HARRIS and Ethel M. WILSON! > > Any suggestions anyone? > > Cheers > Jan > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Evening all, The Rouse Hill Cemetery listing has now been uploaded. http://members.optushome.com.au/dianep/ Plus some 'news', and contacts, for a newly formed community group known as the Friends of Rouse Hill Cemetery (FRHC). A major clean-up was held at the cemetery on the weekend ... it looks a whole lot better now ! Regards, Diane

Hi all, In searching the World War 1 records at the National Archives site I came across the following entry: Gould William John : SERN 425 : POB Barraba NSW : POE Armidale NSW : NOK F Orchard William I think that this is William John GOULD born 9 Jan 1899 at Barraba, the son of Edgar GOULD and Louisa Ann MYERS, but am mystified by the father's name given as William ORCHARD. Louisa GOULD died in 1903 and Edgar in 1913, so it's not a case of Louisa remarrying. Edgar had been previously married to Hannah MORRIS in Singleton in 1867. There are no ORCHARD connections that I know of. To add to the mystery William John GOULD married Ethel May HARRIS. The NSW BDMs have two marriages recorded, both #11167 in 1919 in Sydney, to Ethel M. HARRIS and Ethel M. WILSON! Any suggestions anyone? Cheers Jan

Hi Diane, Just to let you know that I have already gained information from your web site in relation to dates of death of the children of Matthew Woodward Pearce who married my ggg grand aunt Mary Ann Brien as per the Pearce Family Cemetery. Your link also lead me to the Heritage site and more information. Well done. Another place for me to visit assuming it is accessible to the public. Regards, Russell Orchard > > Evening all, > > The beginnings of a web-site, as a sort of companion to this mailing list, > has sprouted. There's only a couple of live pages at the moment, but I > hope to upload (at least) another cemetery page some time this week. > > It's in the "very basic stages" folks, but gotta start somewhere ... :) >

Evening all, The beginnings of a web-site, as a sort of companion to this mailing list, has sprouted. There's only a couple of live pages at the moment, but I hope to upload (at least) another cemetery page some time this week. It's in the "very basic stages" folks, but gotta start somewhere ... :) Cheers, Diane http://members.optushome.com.au/dianep/ What an absolutely fabulous weekend !

----- Original Message ----- From: "John STEPHENSON" <john.stephenson2@bigpond.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [H,H,HV] Family Interests > Hi Terry > We have an Elizabeth Munsie - George Faint in our tree > had a John Faint in 1847. > Any connection? > Regards > John Stephenson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Munsie" <munsie@tsn.cc> > Subject: [H,H,HV] Family Interests > > Hi List, > > > > Researching: > > MUNSIE 1839-1865 Eccleston, Ravenscroft,Allynbrook, areas of > > N.S.W. Australia > > > > TIA > > Terry