Thank you Rex, Sherrie and Jenny for your kindness. I thought perhaps these were Benjamin's parents, so thank you for confirming that for me. He married my mother's first cousin Lillian Barker in Katoomba in 1936. He died in 2003 aged 89, but no mention is made of any family. I'd like to find whether there were any children and what happened to Lillian - can't find her in NSW BDM or Ryerson, but perhaps they divorced and she remarried. Ben Esgate seems to have for many years been a bushman in the Cox's River area as there are some newspaper reports of rescues of people lost in the Blue Mountains in the 1950's mentioning Ben as a bushmen assisting the police. Thanks again for your help Regards Lyn
Hello Lyn There is an entry for Benjamin Charles Esgate in the Blue Mountains Pioneer Register Pre 1920. Apparently there are three children all living. I will put you in touch with the contributor, off list. Regards Jan Koperberg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Mealey" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb Sydney" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:06 PM Subject: [ANS] ESGATE, Benjamin Birth Lookup > Thank you Rex, Sherrie and Jenny for your kindness. I thought perhaps > these > were Benjamin's parents, so thank you for confirming that for me. > > He married my mother's first cousin Lillian Barker in Katoomba in 1936. > He > died in 2003 aged 89, but no mention is made of any family. I'd like to > find whether there were any children and what happened to Lillian - can't > find her in NSW BDM or Ryerson, but perhaps they divorced and she > remarried. > Ben Esgate seems to have for many years been a bushman in the Cox's River > area as there are some newspaper reports of rescues of people lost in the > Blue Mountains in the 1950's mentioning Ben as a bushmen assisting the > police. > > Thanks again for your help > Regards > Lyn > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >