Hi, I am looking to contact anyone with and interest in RAWSON - particular family around Manly late 19th and early 20th C. as follows. My interest currently is on three generations of Obadiah Willans RAWSON and their children who seem to spend much time in central Sydney or Manly, or in Victoria. The Manly area also includes a connection with SMITH ( :-( ). Fortunately Mr SMITH had a distinctive name => Sydney ShaftesBury SMITH ( :-) ) Obadiah is also recorded ( esp in press ) as Oby, and many other variations in BMD online indices. Obadiah WIllans RAWSON ( snr) (1829 (Eng) - 1886 (Aus)) m. 1855 Agnes PATON -> 6 known children, 3 early deaths. Obadiah Willans RAWSON (mid) ( 1864-1934) m. 1897(VIC) Cora Georgina ONUS -> 2 known children, Molly W & following Obadiah Willans RAWSON (jnr) (1898-1961) m. 1924(VIC) Ida Nell FORSHAW -> 3 children. ( I know the names but omit as 1 may be still alive) There was a notice in Sydney newspapers in Jan 1931 of the birth of a daughter to MARSHALL ( Molly RAWSON ) wife of George R MARSHALL of .............. Molly was recorded as deceased on the registration of her fathers death in 1934. thank-you. cheers Graham Dixon (Auckland, New Zealand)

Dear Graham, If you check regularly www.ryersonindex.org you may find a death notice indexed. On the National Library website there are all the Sydney Morning Heralds to ?? 1954. The thing you have to remember is that if pare of a letter is missing the Optical Character Recognition does not recognise that word. With print not being as clear in the early days as it is now, this happens a lot. Most SMH notices past 1954 have been indexed, definately complete from 1967 on. Updated fortnightly (usually) it is worth coming back to check regularly. There is no George MARSHALL who died in 1934 on the NSW Probate Index, so that rules out probably any information from a Last Will and Testament. It was just post depression in that time too. Sincerely, Bill > My interest currently is on three generations of Obadiah Willans RAWSON > and their children who seem to spend much time in central Sydney or > Manly, or in Victoria. > The Manly area also includes a connection with SMITH ( :-( ). > Fortunately Mr SMITH had a distinctive name => Sydney ShaftesBury SMITH > ( :-) ) > Obadiah is also recorded ( esp in press ) as Oby, and many other > variations in BMD online indices. > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message