Hi Listers, I'm currently researching the name HOUGUET pre 1860 from the Hunter Valley region. Would be interested in contacting others who might also be researching this line. Thanks, Allie _________________________________________________________________ Want 1c text 24/7? Click here for details http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fadsfac%2Enet%2Flink%2Easp%3Fcc%3DTEL185%2E19163%2E0%26clk%3D1%26creativeID%3D29997&_t=753375536&_m=EXT

Hello, I have just joined this list and I am researching the WALLACE family in CESSNOCK. WILLIAM WALLACE b FIFE 1878 came to Aust 1901-1910 not sure exactly. WILLIAM married JANET MCCALLUM 1910 in CESSNOCK children WILLIAM JAMES WALLACE b 25th may 1911 MORRISON MARSHAL WALLACE b 25th May 1911 ALEXANDER C WALLACE b 1915 CESSNOCK William J married Isabel Nimo Ferguson 1941 Morrison M married Thelma May Darcey 1941 Alexander C married Rose Hector 1940 I have found the deaths of William & Janet as being 1939 & 1941 respectively. If any one can help with info on this family I would be extremely grateful. William WALLACE is the Uncle of My Grandmother Maggie WALLACE who married Walter ANDERSON and settled in NZ Many Thanks Margaret.

Hi Jo, Wyong and Lakes District Advocate was published in Wyong from 1921. Unfortunately the early years don't seem to be available anywhere. I know Wyong Shire Library and Gosford City Library both used to hold files but from the 1960s only, and a quick look at the online catalogues of the State Library of NSW and the National Library indicates imperfect holdings in both from the 1930s. Judy. Jo Wenden wrote: >Hello listers, >Last weekend I called into Jilliby Cemetery looking for a grave in the Presbyterian Section. > >Martin HEAGNEY died 10th Nov 1928, age 52, husband of Ellen PERRIN. > >Martin was the grandson of my convict ancestor also named >Martin Heagney. Martin (jnr) was born 1876 and apparently ran the local picture theatre in Alison Road, Wyong. >There is a cloud about his death, as he may have been blamed for the unexpected death of another family member. > >Anyway, can someone please suggest the name of the local newspaper of the time for the Wyong area ? >I am hoping to find something in it about the picture theatre or his death. >Many thanks, >Jo from Sydney > > >==== AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley Mailing List ==== >Have you sent a short ' Thanks' to who ever helped you ? > > >_____________________________________________________________________ > >This message has been checked for all known viruses by the >MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit >http://www.Hi-Speed.net.au >________________________________________________________________________ > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Wenden" <jwendens@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: [HV] Martin Heagney- old newspapers > Hello listers, > Last weekend I called into Jilliby Cemetery looking for > a grave in the Presbyterian Section. > > Martin HEAGNEY died 10th Nov 1928, age 52, husband of > Ellen PERRIN. . Martin (jnr) was born 1876 and apparently ran the local picture theatre in Alison Road, Wyong. Hi Jo He ran the Coronet Theatre in Wyong > There is a cloud about his death, as he may have been > blamed for the unexpected death of another family > member. > > Anyway, can someone please suggest the name of the local > newspaper of the time for the Wyong area ? Havent survived . The Lakes news dates from about 1962 in hard copy .......... BUT the Gosford Times has . We have films of that from about 1897 ( early issues incomplete) . These are in Gosford Library . Tuggarah Library doesnt have film of the GT > I am hoping to find something in it about the picture > theatre or his death. I have to go out shortly . But will have a look when I get home There are a couple of HEAGNEY refs in Stinsons books and probably some ref in Swancotts also Bye MargM Hunter Valley List Admin

Hello listers, Last weekend I called into Jilliby Cemetery looking for a grave in the Presbyterian Section. Martin HEAGNEY died 10th Nov 1928, age 52, husband of Ellen PERRIN. Martin was the grandson of my convict ancestor also named Martin Heagney. Martin (jnr) was born 1876 and apparently ran the local picture theatre in Alison Road, Wyong. There is a cloud about his death, as he may have been blamed for the unexpected death of another family member. Anyway, can someone please suggest the name of the local newspaper of the time for the Wyong area ? I am hoping to find something in it about the picture theatre or his death. Many thanks, Jo from Sydney

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Hello fellow listers, trying to track down the members of the Edgar-Gillespie family of the hunter district. I have lost all your email addresses since changing jobs. Would love to make contact again about family. rgds margaret Margaret Smith-White

Ive been trying to get into the Familysearch.org site, is it down,thanks carole

Hi Carol Would Constance M FALLON married 1906 Tumut to Arthur Rowland LOWTHER fit into your FALLON lines, I have no other information. Arthur Roland LOWTHER was a 1st Cousin 2 times removed. MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Dear List, Looking for any descendants and researchers of the family of Edward FALLON, who married Margaret Maher, 1855 Muswellbrook. Two of their sons, John and Thomas, marry into my main family of interest. John Fallon married Margaret Gallagher on 2 September 1880 in Tamworth. John Fallon was the son of Edward Fallon and Margaret Maher and was born in 1856 at Patricks Plains. John was also the brother of Thomas Fallon who married Julie's niece, Margaret Fogarty. John Fallon died in 1912 at Tamworth and it is believed that Margaret died in 1908 in Tamworth. Any help would be appreciated Carol Dale

Hi Helen, Thanks to you providing the dates of death of Norman anf Georgina IRONSIDE I have tracked down their surving children and we are shharing unfo. It looks like now I will be able to fill in a lot of gaps. Thanks adain, Lex Campbell SYDNEY.

I've just subscribed to the list and while I now live in the UK, I have a lot of family connections to the Hunter Valley. My main line in the Hunter are the Cantwells and Brennans, but there are also strong links to the Kenna, McCrohon, Byrne/Byrnes and Cahill families back to the mid to late 1800s. After that, there are far too many different family names and connections to list. There's no one place connection as the families could be found in Newcastle, Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Singleton, Greta, Branxton, Cessnock and many other parts of the Hunter. Some subscribers to the list may know of people like Ted Cahill (police prosecutor at Maitland for some years and a keen bowler), the various Cantwell RC priests and nuns, or the author John Kenneth Cantwell. The Cantwells were also prominent butchers for many years. If anyone else has connections to these families, I'd be very interested in hearing from them and comparing notes. Dennis Dennis Johnstone Stonehead Croft Insch Aberdeenshire AB52 6LP Tel: 01464 821128 Email: dennis@donjon1.demon.co.uk Blog: http://stonehead.wordpress.com

For your info .....copied from the NSW SE mailing list For many years now librarians have been able to search the national database provided by the National Library of Australia, to discover which books are held by which library (to put it simply!) In late February a public version, accessible to all, was made available. http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au takes you to a search screen for the new service. The national database (the Australian National Bibliographic Database) lists over 40 million books, maps, pictures, microfilm, newspapers and more, in over 800 Australian libraries. Where the libraries know about a free online version of an item, you'll be able to click through from the catalogue record to the item. In other cases there's a list of libraries which hold the item, and you can click on the library name to find out more about that library. There are also links to online bookshops, and to loan and copy services. There is more information about Libraries Australia at http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/ and you can read the full press release about the new service at http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/2006/la-launch.html The National Library also provides PictureAustralia (http://www.pictureaustralia.org) which many of you will already know, and is now harvesting images from the Flickr site, to which anyone can add images. Go to http://www.pictureaustralia.org/Flickr.html to learn more about how you can upload images of people, places and events which can then be selected for PictureAustralia. Since this facility was made available a few months ago over 2000 images have been loaded by members of the public, on subjects as diverse as an old tobacco farm at Myrtleford in Victoria, Australia Day celebrations, a surf carnival at Cronulla, as well as some scans of old photos of historic interest. Sandra Henderson Manager, Research, Coordination Support Branch National Library of Australia CANBERRA ACT 2600 ph +61 2 6262 1481 fax +61 2 6273 2545 shenders@nla.gov.au

Hi Laraine I found this web site in my travels it may help you find your relatives. I have not used it yet so do not have an opinion about it. www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/nsw/index/htm Maree Elliott

Hi Marg Roseanne and other list members Don't forget to have a look a jenny willets web site "FREE SETTLER OR FELON" you can check for names in the index and if you are lucky and they are mentioned as being listed in the Maitland Mercury the early ones are digitised and on line as well. She gives other sources as well such as T/L and C/F publictaions - a really great site that has proved invaluable to my research. There are several Thomas Ryan's mentioned from 1832 to 1848 with details included. regards Faye

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roseanne Howard" <rmh_53@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 4:39 PM Subject: [HV] Thomas Ryan Hi Roseanne , > . My paternal grandmother's mother's maiden name was > Elizabeth Ryan. Elizabeth married James Smaills (various > spellings of Smaills around) in 1874 at Cundletown > Apparently Elizabeth was born either in Morpeth or > Maitland depending on which certificate I look at, that > is, her death certificate or the birth certificate of > her first child. Elizabeth's mother is called Elizabeth > Burgan on her death certificate but I have not been able > to locate a marriage record on the BDM's for Thomas Ryan > to Elizabeth Burgan. What about Thomas RYAN who married Mary Ann BERIGAN 1848 RC Maitland ? Looks like they had James bpt 1849, Michael bpt 1851, Elizabeth bpt 1853 , Thomas bpt 1855 all RC Maitland. Theres also a Julia born to Thmas and Mary RYAN 1859 Wingham ?? > > Also, Elizabeth's date of birth is unknown as her death > certificate indicates she would have been born in 1844 > but the age shown at time of marriage on the death > certificate indicates she would have been born in 1846, > then again she stated on her first child's birth > registration that she was 20 at the time, therefore she > would have been born in 1854 The above Elizabeth bpt 1853 could fit ? . All together it make it very difficult to pinpoint when she would have been born. > > I took a punt on 1853 because there was a birth > registration for an Elizabeth Ryan with father Thomas > but mother Mary A and this is where I have come up with > the Mary Ann Bergan. Any pre 1856 record indexed with a V and the year is a record of baptism not of birth > If anyone can help then it would be greatly appreciated > as there appears to be a lot of Thomas Ryan's on BDM's > and from the convict records available on the net a lot > of men named Thomas Ryan were sent to the Hunter Region. > I think it >would be like looking for a needle in a > haystack to find the one I am related to. Be more positive ! It will be a challenge to find out which one !. Suggest you get a transcription of this 1848 marriage and at least one other bapt of maybe Michael ? The National Library have digitised some 13 years issues of the Maitland Mercury newspaper to abt 1855. Would be worth checking to see if any marriage and birth notices for this RYAN family . One of those if you dont look , you wont know things ! http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403676.html Bye MargM Hunter Valley List Admin

Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone has a Thomas Ryan married to an Elizabeth Burgan or a Mary Ann Bergan in their family tree. My paternal grandmother's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Ryan. Elizabeth married James Smaills (various spellings of Smaills around) in 1874 at Cundletown - no parents names are listed on the marriage transcript. Elizabeth and James lived all their married life on the Manning River. Apparently Elizabeth was born either in Morpeth or Maitland depending on which certificate I look at, that is, her death certificate or the birth certificate of her first child. Elizabeth's mother is called Elizabeth Burgan on her death certificate but I have not been able to locate a marriage record on the BDM's for Thomas Ryan to Elizabeth Burgan. Also, Elizabeth's date of birth is unknown as her death certificate indicates she would have been born in 1844 but the age shown at time of marriage on the death certificate indicates she would have been born in 1846, then again she stated on her first child's birth registration that she was 20 at the time, therefore she would have been born in 1854. All together it make it very difficult to pinpoint when she would have been born. I took a punt on 1853 because there was a birth registration for an Elizabeth Ryan with father Thomas but mother Mary A and this is where I have come up with the Mary Ann Bergan. If anyone can help then it would be greatly appreciated as there appears to be a lot of Thomas Ryan's on BDM's and from the convict records available on the net a lot of men named Thomas Ryan were sent to the Hunter Region. I think it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the one I am related to. Roseanne Howard Wauchope on the Hastings River --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take your Mail with you - get Yahoo! Mail on your mobile

Does anyone on the list have a connection to the family of Archibald CAMPBELL of Vacey? If so please contact me off list as I have some records which may be of interest to you. Regards Helen

Hi listers, I'm still following the MacDonalds from Scone, Muswellbrook area. Can't find the following names in Scone cemetery so hoping that someone will have the Muswellbrook or Aberdeen cemetery records and have a look there for me. Isabella MacDonald/McDonald 1861-1868 Neal MacDonald/McDonald 1861 reg Muswellbrook Angus MacDonald/McDonald 1862 Thanks in antipication. Laraine Goodworth

Hi again Maree, After further investigation, an Interlocker could also be connected with the railways. Here is one of a few railway references I found in a retirement (from the railways) notice in the USA. "About 13 years ago, he became associated with the Norden station where he was telegrapher-*interlocker-*towerman with Southern Pacific at time of retirement." Good luck Helen On 10/03/06, Errol & Maree Elliott <eltrix@hunterlink.net.au> wrote: > > Hi > > Can anyone tell me if your occupation is interlocker, what did they do? > > This is the occupation of my great grandmother's father as cited on her > death certificate. > I have not heard of it before. My great grandmother died in 1941. >