Just had a look on National Archives digitised newspapers. Nothing comes up for Leonora but there is mention of a Lars Olsen, aged 44 years, Sailmaker - admitted to Brisbane Hospital June 4, died August ??, Phyhisis (TB). Probably not yours - age is about 10 years out, but perhaps worth looking at it you haven't already done so. http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3421230?searchTerm=%22lars+olsen%22 Regards Barbara

Barbara. This is not Leonora`s father ,but very close to mine in age (born 1837) ,and being 44 in 1883 would make him born abt 1839 ,so it may be mine, who knows. Is it possible to find anything more on this Lars Olsen dying at Brisbane Hospital ,of "phtisis" 16 Aug 1883 as a sailmaker????. .......allthough my Lars Olsen is said to live in US 1885 when his mother died...... Erik ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurie O'Connor" <maurie777@ozemail.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 3:17 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Leonora Olsen > Just had a look on National Archives digitised newspapers. Nothing comes > up > for Leonora but there is mention of a Lars Olsen, aged 44 years, > Sailmaker - > admitted to Brisbane Hospital June 4, died August ??, Phyhisis (TB). > > Probably not yours - age is about 10 years out, but perhaps worth looking > at > it you haven't already done so. > > http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3421230?searchTerm=%22lars+olsen%22 > > Regards > Barbara > > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.2/2214 - Release Date: 07/02/09 05:54:00

All I could suggest is that you get his Death Cert. I haven't done much Qld research (only two rellies that I know of went that way) so not sure what is available up there. There is a woman with a website who has all sorts of records - some are available for free, some you have to pay for. But can't remember what her name is. She is a genealogist. You might also ask Brisbane Hospital if they have an Archivist - or what happened to their old records. You might also try looking up cemetery records in Brisbane area. Although I wonder if he was a sailmaker on a ship (spose they had them on board). Might not have ended up with a permanent headstone. Just noticed I spelt pht... incorrectly. Sorry about that. But I do what it is - have a long line of rellies who died from it. Also, have you tried other spellings of Olsen - Olson, Old... perhaps? I've got some good old Irish Kavanaghs and its amazing how that could be rendered!! Barbara