Max How tragic. I wonder what happened to his siblings? I can imagine that this incident would have scarred the children for life. How did you discover the accident? Robyn in Wodonga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bancroft" <maxwell1@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > In 1894 my Grandfather at age nine fed his week old sibling (sex not > known) > with milk arrowroot biscuit moistened in his spittle. > > This was following the death of their father who was killed when a > dynamite > detonator accidently exploded in his mouth whilst he was crimping a fuse > into it with his teeth. > > Their distraught mother ran off into the scrub and deserted her brood > never > to be seen again. My Grandfather gave his siblings away to total > strangers > and was found a job as a sweep up boy with a shearing team. > > Merry Christmas > > Max > > -------Original Message------- > > From: sandra fox > Date: 19/12/2008 10:47:22 PM > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > > Lesley, Ken and others. Back in those days there were such things as "wet > nurses"and it was not unusual for a feeding mother to feed other babies as > well as her own. Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-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-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Because they were given to strangers my grandfathers eight siblings ended up in various places ie Griffith NSW, W.A. and Canada but most of them settled in the Grafton Maclean area of NSW. Their Mother Margaret Bancroft (Nee Jones) didn't perish. She is said to have married the Mayor of Tenterfield. I don't know his name and I cannot see a second marriage for her in NSW BDM. regards Max Bancroft -------Original Message------- From: Robyn Gross Date: 20/12/2008 3:15:55 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station Max How tragic. I wonder what happened to his siblings? I can imagine that this incident would have scarred the children for life. How did you discover the accident? Robyn in Wodonga ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bancroft" <maxwell1@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > In 1894 my Grandfather at age nine fed his week old sibling (sex not > known) > with milk arrowroot biscuit moistened in his spittle. > > This was following the death of their father who was killed when a > dynamite > detonator accidently exploded in his mouth whilst he was crimping a fuse > into it with his teeth. > > Their distraught mother ran off into the scrub and deserted her brood > never > to be seen again. My Grandfather gave his siblings away to total > strangers > and was found a job as a sweep up boy with a shearing team. > > Merry Christmas > > Max > > -------Original Message------- > > From: sandra fox > Date: 19/12/2008 10:47:22 PM > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > > Lesley, Ken and others. Back in those days there were such things as "wet > nurses"and it was not unusual for a feeding mother to feed other babies as > well as her own. Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-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-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-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-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .

Max, Might she have married someone with a surname which sounded like Mayor, rather than 'the Mayor". Being close to the Q'ld border they could have married there, or she may just have taken his name, and not married at all. I hope all the siblings were re-united at some stage. All part of life's little mysteries. Thank you for sharing this with us. Liz At 06:19 PM 20/12/2008, you wrote: >Because they were given to strangers my grandfathers eight siblings ended up >in various places ie Griffith NSW, W.A. and Canada but most of them settled >in the Grafton Maclean area of NSW. Their Mother Margaret Bancroft (Nee >Jones) didn't perish. She is said to have married the Mayor of Tenterfield. >I don't know his name and I cannot see a second marriage for her in NSW BDM. > >regards > >Max Bancroft >-------Original Message------- >