Hi Lorrae, I believe this lady is actually a mis-spelling of Mrs Ovens, my grandmother's aunt Johanna Ovens. She was the licensee of at least two hotels in Croydon and had a few with her husband George Ovens also. Hope this helps. GAIL ARKINS -----Original Message----- From: aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-qld-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lorrae Johnson Sent: Sunday, 3 May 2009 6:10 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-QLD] Wayside hotel - 1889+ - Corron Crossing (outside Croydon)- Mrs Owens? Hi List In the book, 'Croydon Gold, An Illustrated History of Croydon' is a reference to a Mrs OWENS who had a wayside hotel at Corron Crossing. This would have been outside Croydon on the horse and bullock team road to Normanton. There is no mention of her first name or that of her husband. No OWENS children are mentioned. Does anyone know anything of this lady please? I ask as my g-grandfather, John Patrick OWENS died in Cloncurry in 1901, and he was suppose to have an uncle in Normanton. This is the closest I have come to locating a possible candidate. (I do not even know if the Uncle had the surname of OWENS - just that 'he had an Uncle in Normaton'!!) John Patrick OWENS was the son of Maurice OWENS and Ellen GILROY - according to his marriage certificate. Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4049 (20090501) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.13/2091 - Release Date: 05/02/09 14:23:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 872 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message