Thanks Janet. Perhaps he was chasing the gold. His great grandson said he is buried in Roma in grave 2680, row 48 and his wife and daughter, Annie Louise RUSHEN, is also buried in the same row. Cheers Ian -----Original Message----- From: Janet Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 5:40 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] George Pitchford THOMPSON & Elizabeth Jane PAYNTER Wow, what a story... George Pitchford THOMPSON married 1st August 1893/000228 to Lizzie PAYNTER. I would think they were in Eidsvold looking for gold... because my rellies were there, at that time, for that reason. Most of the Burial Index records are only taken from headstones - so if he did not have one, or it was made of wood, which rotted away with time, he will not be listed. Cheers Janet

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian & Margaret" <imkelly21@bigpond.com> To: "Janet" <jmartin17@gmail.com>; <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] George Pitchford THOMPSON & Elizabeth Jane PAYNTER > Thanks Janet. Perhaps he was chasing the gold. His great > grandson said he > is buried in Roma in grave 2680, row 48 and his wife and > daughter, Annie > Louise RUSHEN, is also buried in the same row. Hi Ian RUSHEN isnt a common surname ? Only 14 in current on line Whitepages Its the surname of quite a prominent VIC historian........... Bye MargM Qld List Admin