Found this marriage notice in The Brisbane Courier dated Saturday 26 August, 1893: McWILLIAM - HARDEN.-On the 16th August, at the Wesleyan Church, by the Rev. J. Bowes, Thomas Moore William, eldest son of John Richardson McWilliam, Coonamble, Now South Wales, to Olga Christine, daughter of Carl Harden, Rockhampton. I have a copy of the Gympie Pioneer Register pre 1900, and none of those names appear. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "jmglover" <jmglover@tpg.com.au> To: "AUS-QLD list" <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:09 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Gympie surnames 1870 > Hi everyone, > I wonder if any of these names ring a bell, they are signatories to an > application by my g/g.father, John Richardson McWilliam, to be admitted to > the Bar, signed at Gympie in 1870. It's a letter to the Board of Examiners > of the Supreme court of Qld. > > The names are :- > Wm. MUNRO; D.MULLIGAN; ?james STEWART; D. MAITLAND; and O. Macdonald > PATERSON. > > I thought these names might lead me some other source of finding out where > John was living in Gympie, and just what he was up to there, he didn't > stay > long, he was certainly there in Jan. 1870, and in NSW at Hill End in 1874. > > Thanks for any hints that you might have. I have tried newspapers at the > S.Lib, but didn't find anything. > Cheers, > Jill > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >