McMurtries had a show factory in that area too.

Hi Listers, While we are discussing shoe factories, does anyone remember KENT SHOES in the 1940s. They began in an ex butchers shop in Norton St Leichhardt around 1945 making sandals and later set up a factory in Petersham to make shoes. The factory was burnt down after a couple of years of operation. Any additional information would be appreciated. Regards, Rex.

My grandfather, Reg Fitzsimmons, was a bootmaker in Redfern in the early 1900's. Dave Fitzsimmons Canberra On 02/12/06, Janeen McLachlan <janfred11@dcsi.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Louise > > Mine made the famous "E H Sydney" cycle shoes and "Little Lady" girls and > maids shoes - copied from their letterhead. > > My father remembers making cycle shoes for (Sir) Hubert Opperman. Those > were > the days when shoes were made in Australia. My father then went on to > teach > bootmaking at Sydney Tech but eventually they had so few students he was > made redundant. No one wanted to learn. I still have some of his old text > books. > > Regards > Janeen > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Louise Mine made the famous "E H Sydney" cycle shoes and "Little Lady" girls and maids shoes - copied from their letterhead. My father remembers making cycle shoes for (Sir) Hubert Opperman. Those were the days when shoes were made in Australia. My father then went on to teach bootmaking at Sydney Tech but eventually they had so few students he was made redundant. No one wanted to learn. I still have some of his old text books. Regards Janeen

Thanks for that tip Gary. My g grandfather was a yeast maker and I have been trying to find archives on the Sydney breweries. Haven't had much success in the Mitchell. Will now follow up these archives you mentioned. Have you used the Noel Butlin archives yourself? Will post this on the listserve as well, as I might find others with knowledge of the former Sydney breweries. Alison Giles

At 09:35 PM 1/12/2006, RODNEY MCDONALD wrote: The Noel Butlin Archives Centre has old Tooth's Company files - correspondence, sales figures, licence misdemeanors, and photos. http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/index.php Gary ======================= >Hi List, > >Hope this isn't too big a yarn for the list but I am new to this >list and trying to track some information on Redfern hotels from >about 1885 to 1905ish >My GGrandmother was the licensee of the Bedford Hotel in Wells St >Redfern when her husband died at aged 31yrs in 1897 of some sort of >liver damage I guess a workplace injury. He was Ernest John Palmer. >Gran was Mary Isabella (Hodges) Mary then married my GGrandfather >James Costello that same year that Ernest died 1897, ON that >Marriage Cert info says that she was a publican at the Bedford Hotel >and James was a 'clicker' but appears he was running the York Hotel >also in Wells St Redfern. >Long winded story to ask the list if there may be any info or photos >available on the Wells St Hotels. I believe they are no longer there. >My Grandmother Marjorie Eileen Costello was born in the Bedford Hotel in 1899 > >Any assistance would be terrific, thanks and > >Regards > >Rod McDonald >Sunshine Coast Qld > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________ Gary Luke ~ gary@feraltek.com.au Sydney, Australia

Hi Louise, I remember them well. I bought my shoes there. Hilda Cooper, Sydney. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Reynolds" <louise@planetlighting.com> To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com>; "RODNEY MCDONALD" <rodofoz@iprimus.com.au> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] Redfern Hotels > Hi Janeen, > > My family had a boot factory there as well - FAYs > > Regards > > Louise > Melbourne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janeen McLachlan" <janfred11@dcsi.net.au> > To: "RODNEY MCDONALD" <rodofoz@iprimus.com.au>; > <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:15 PM > Subject: Re: [ANS] Redfern Hotels > > >>A clicker works in the boot trade. My family lived in Redfern and all >>worked >> in the boot trade - some as clickers. There were several boot/shoe >> factories >> in Redfern. My family owned one in Elizabeth st Redfern , but later than >> you >> mention - around the 1930s. >> >> Janeen McLachlan >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.3/561 - Release Date: 12/1/2006 > >

Hi Janeen, My family had a boot factory there as well - FAYs Regards Louise Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janeen McLachlan" <janfred11@dcsi.net.au> To: "RODNEY MCDONALD" <rodofoz@iprimus.com.au>; <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] Redfern Hotels >A clicker works in the boot trade. My family lived in Redfern and all >worked > in the boot trade - some as clickers. There were several boot/shoe > factories > in Redfern. My family owned one in Elizabeth st Redfern , but later than > you > mention - around the 1930s. > > Janeen McLachlan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A clicker works in the boot trade. My family lived in Redfern and all worked in the boot trade - some as clickers. There were several boot/shoe factories in Redfern. My family owned one in Elizabeth st Redfern , but later than you mention - around the 1930s. Janeen McLachlan

Hi List, Hope this isn't too big a yarn for the list but I am new to this list and trying to track some information on Redfern hotels from about 1885 to 1905ish My GGrandmother was the licensee of the Bedford Hotel in Wells St Redfern when her husband died at aged 31yrs in 1897 of some sort of liver damage I guess a workplace injury. He was Ernest John Palmer. Gran was Mary Isabella (Hodges) Mary then married my GGrandfather James Costello that same year that Ernest died 1897, ON that Marriage Cert info says that she was a publican at the Bedford Hotel and James was a 'clicker' but appears he was running the York Hotel also in Wells St Redfern. Long winded story to ask the list if there may be any info or photos available on the Wells St Hotels. I believe they are no longer there. My Grandmother Marjorie Eileen Costello was born in the Bedford Hotel in 1899 Any assistance would be terrific, thanks and Regards Rod McDonald Sunshine Coast Qld

----- Original Message ----- From: <h_p_wood.bris@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: [ANS] Harry & William Sopwith > Hello Marg, > > Thank you for your help. > Harry Forsyth SOPWITH was William's younger brother. I > should be able to search the Sydney Morning Herald at > our State library. > You have given me the date 1976 for Harry's death. Do > you also have the dates for William & Ella Sopwith's > deaths? > Dear Hazel >From my original reply : Both Wm and Ellas deaths were in the Sydney Morning Herald http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ Along side 'Browse the indexes is ' How to get a look up done' . Please read and follow the instructions I have the SHM CD for 1976 ........ I had a look at the death notice for Harry Forsyth SOPWITH but dont know enough about this family to know if he is related or not : end If you go to that web site, the Ryerson newspaper deaths indexes, it will give you both date of death and date of publication of the notice and how to get a look up done........ Up to you whether to use this service or go to the Qld SL and look up the SMH films yourself This web site is supported by many volunteers . Some do indexing from the various newspapers, other have CDs of scans of quite a few years of the SMH . I have CDs of scans from the SMH 1976 and 1977 . Other go to various libraries and look up the actual films It does help you if you read the info thats given Happy Hunting Bye MargM Sydney List Admin

Hi Hazel, I sent this information to the list last night. Did you not receive? Sherrie. On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:37:35 +1100, <h_p_wood.bris@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hello Marg, > > Thank you for your help. > Harry Forsyth SOPWITH was William's younger brother. I should be able to > search the Sydney Morning Herald at our State library. > You have given me the date 1976 for Harry's death. Do you also have the > dates for William & Ella Sopwith's deaths? > > I was the one who requested that William's war service files be made > available online and they were very informative. > > Best wishes > Hazel > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- http://www.silkweb.com.au/

Have you tried Googling the Ryerson Index? There are a few SOPWITHS recorded there. Joe

Hello Marg, Thank you for your help. Harry Forsyth SOPWITH was William's younger brother. I should be able to search the Sydney Morning Herald at our State library. You have given me the date 1976 for Harry's death. Do you also have the dates for William & Ella Sopwith's deaths? I was the one who requested that William's war service files be made available online and they were very informative. Best wishes Hazel

Hoping I can find sks who goes to the land titles office or state archives in Sydney Would very much appreciate any help in obtaining Copies of property titles for property In the jindera area north of albury Around 1869-1877 Or would I be better looking for the same or further details >From the state archives If you can help please reply or have any better ideas would love to hear from you Would appreciate any help as we are in far north qld Richie in a very hot bowen richiewright@dodo.com.au

Hi Hazel, This may help... looking at the Ryerson Index it would appear that William Sopwith died in 1993 & his wife, Ella, in 1988. If you subscribe to the DPS mailing and request a lookup of the following death notices, they may give you more information... if they had children the death notice may state ... loving daughter Jane etc... 1. 'Subscribe to the Rootsweb mailing list DPS-SYDNEY. To do this (if you are not already a subscriber), send an email to DPS-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com . The subject line should contain the single word "subscribe" (but without the quotes), and the body of the email should be blank. ' 2. Complete the details in the form below. Please ensure your email address is correct, as without this you will never receive any answer to your request. (also make sure you type in the 'published date' not the 'death' date) http://arkangles.com/ryerson/request.php To view index... http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ausds374.htm SOPWITH,Ella Mary 21 JAN 1988 Death late of Ashfield 22 JAN 1988 SMH SOPWITH, Gweneth Marie (Sister) 09 OCT 1993 80 Death late of Maroubra 11 OCT 1993 SMH SOPWITH, Harry Forsyth 28 NOV 1976 Death at Maroubra 02 DEC 1976 SMH SOPWITH, William 31 AUG 1993 Death late of Croydon Park 01 SEP 1993 SMH *************************** Perhaps William & Ella didn't have any children, as William would have been 46 when he married. With regards to Harry Forsyth Sopwith's his birth... (a brother or cousin to William jnr?) Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Jun 1908 - UK Sopwith Harry Forsyth - Tynemouth- 10b - 263 The district Tynemouth is in the county of Northumberland - Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Cullercoats, North Shields and Wallsend are all in the borough of North Tyneside. Interesting... Harry Sopwith married a Hazel :) 11877/1933 - SOPWITH HARRY F & DELANY HAZEL M - BURWOOD NSW death... 29392/1961 - SOPWITH HAZEL M - THOMAS CHARLES & TABETHA - SYDNEY NSW Kind regards, Sherrie. -- http://www.silkweb.com.au/ On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:00:25 +1100, <h_p_wood.bris@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am a new subscriber and live in Brisbane. > > I am researching my father's cousin, William SOPWITH (b. 1 April 1906, > North Shields, UK). He emigrated to Australia with his parents William > and Magdalene Robinson SOPWITH 1926 when he was 20 years old. He married > Ella Mary SHARP in 1952, but I have not been able to trace any children > (who would be my second cousins). His mother, Magdalene, was my > grandaunt, and died in Parramatta, NSW in 1961. > > Any information would be most welcome. > > Hazel > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Searching for anyone connected to the Copenech family . They were in Sydney late 1800s Kaye www.bananatv.com/familytreechecklist.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Young" <heartseas@bigpond.com> To: "Bill Shute" <bilshute@westnet.com.au>; <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:49 AM Subject: Re: [ANS] OBTAINING WILLS- More info > Dear Bill,

St Peters Church, Cooks River 187 Princes Highway, St Peters.will celebrate the centenary of the old rectory on Saturday, 2 nd December.from 1.30 till 4.30. At 2.30 there will be an entertainment called ‘It happened in 1906’ based on events both local and international from newspaper reports of the day, with popular music, hymns, bush songs, poetry and literary extracts. Dress fashion of the day will be recreated.The afternoon will also include children's games such as hoops, quoits and marbles, afternoon tea served on the old rectory veranda and an historical display in the church hall of newspaper events and advertisements of 1906. Contact - Tel: 9558 7504 or www.cooksriver.net In the interest of all concerned we have found material on web sites that has been collated and researched by St. Peters Cooks River History Group.If you choose to use such material and ignore the vast amount of information on file with our group, then that rather obviously is your loss.Our information we might add comes at no cost. Bob and Laurel Horton. St. Peters Cooks River History Group.

Hazel, I have looked in Victorian Death Index 1921-1985 and found no SOPWITH of any spelling variation, I also looked for a marriage in South Australia from 1917-1937 but no luck either. You can get a transcription of the death certificate for Magdalene from Joy Murrin Transcription Service which will only cost $15. Her web site is at: http://www.joymurrin.com.au/ That will or should tell you what other children she had. Also if you can get to a Library that has microfilm of newspapers, you may be able to look up the death notices yourself. I know we have the Sydney Morning Herald at our State Library in Victoria. Hope this helps. Regards Joy Light

----- Original Message ----- From: <h_p_wood.bris@bigpond.com> To: "AUS-NSW-SYDNEY: rootsweb.com" <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: [ANS] SOPWITH - Sydney > I am researching my father's cousin, William SOPWITH (b. > 1 April 1906, North Shields, UK). He emigrated to > Australia with his parents William and Magdalene > Robinson SOPWITH 1926 when he was 20 years old. He > married Ella Mary SHARP in 1952, but I have not been > able to trace any children (who would be my second > cousins). His mother, Magdalene, was my grandaunt, and > died in Parramatta, NSW in 1961. Hi Hazel Is quite alot of info about on this family Wm SOPWITH was in the RAAF in WW2 . Someones had his service dossier digitised on the NAA record search web site . And are a couple of other refs to Wm SOPWITH. This family came here in 1926 on the 'Osterley' ........ in the NAA passenger indexes Both Wm and Ellas deaths were in the Sydney Morning Herald http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ Along side 'Browse the indexes is ' How to get a look up done' . Please read and follow the instructions I have the SHM CD for 1976 ........ I had a look at the death notice for Harry Forsyth SOPWITH but dont know enough about this family to know if he is related or not No SOPWITHs in my AUS 2003 phone CD Bye MargM Sydney List Admin