Hi List I am researching Arthur Ambrose SEARLE who died in Qld in 1953. (born in Plymouth, Devon in 1876) Wondering if some kind person would help with Elec Roll details from Ancestry (I only have UK Ancestry at present). There are 6 listed - 2 at Moreton; 3 at Wide Bay; & 1 at Lilley (under SARLE) Also I found a newspaper clipping, Cairns Post, 21 Sept 1953 It reported a sick man from Pine Islet being transported to Mackay on board the launch Silverware. "The man is Arthur Searle, single, assistant light keeper, suffering from kidney problems". Can anyone help - could this be my Arthur? . Seems ironic that both these dates are 1953, but I'm sure he would have been a bit old to be a light house keeper. - Are there records on L/H Keepers around ?? Arthur would have been 77 yrs old when he died in 1953. Lots of questions still to be answered..... Thanks heaps Helen NZ

Hello Helen I have this man in my data base. Are his parents Milton Ambrose SEARLE and Miriam AMBROSE? I was researching another AMBROSE family at the time. Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Helen Duggan" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:42 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-QLD] Searching for Arthur Ambrose SEARLE > Hi List > > > > I am researching Arthur Ambrose SEARLE who died in Qld in 1953. (born in > Plymouth, Devon in 1876) > > > > Wondering if some kind person would help with Elec Roll details from > Ancestry (I only have UK Ancestry at present). > > There are 6 listed - 2 at Moreton; 3 at Wide Bay; & 1 at Lilley (under > SARLE) > > > > Also I found a newspaper clipping, Cairns Post, 21 Sept 1953 It > reported > a sick man from Pine Islet being transported to Mackay on board the launch > Silverware. "The man is Arthur Searle, single, assistant light keeper, > suffering from kidney problems". Can anyone help - could this be my > Arthur? . > > Seems ironic that both these dates are 1953, but I'm sure he would have > been > a bit old to be a light house keeper. - Are there records on L/H Keepers > around ?? > > > > Arthur would have been 77 yrs old when he died in 1953. > > Lots of questions still to be answered..... > > Thanks heaps > > > > Helen > > NZ > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4745 - Release Date: 01/15/12 >

1934 ELECTORAL ROLL Arthur Ambrose SEARLE Hauritz's 73 adelaide st Maryborough labourer James Jensen HAURITZ 73 adelaide St. Maryborough no occupation listed Ivor George LEWIS 73 Adelaide St. Maryborough Labourer. THE LONDON GAZETTE, 24 dECEMBER 1935 Re GEORGE REED SEARLE, Deceased. PURSUANT to an Order of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, dated the 21st day of January, 1935, and made in an action In the Matter of the Estate of George Reed Searle, deceased, Searle and Another v. Searle and Others, 1934, S. No. 1623, whereby the following" enquiry was directed: - An enquiry whether Arthur Ambrose Searle, a Son of one Milton Ambrose Searle, who was a Cousin of the above named testator, George Reed Searle, is living or dead, and if dead, when he died, and if he died since the death of the testator, who are his personal representatives. Notice is hereby given that all persons claiming to be entitled under the said enquiry are, on or before the 23rd day of April, 1936, to send by post, prepaid, to Isaac Landau, Solicitor, of Messrs, Aird Hood & Co., 4, Brabant Court, London, E.C.3, their full Christian and surnames, addresses and descriptions, and full particulars of their claims, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of the said Order ................................................. THERE is another newspaper article in the Melbourne Argus referring to the above in 1936 ...................................... 1949 ELECTORAL ROLL Arthur Ambrose SEARLE Eventide , Sandgate North No occupation ***Eventide is a Nursing Home... Cheers Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Duggan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Searching for Arthur Ambrose SEARLE > Hi List > > > > I am researching Arthur Ambrose SEARLE who died in Qld in 1953. (born in > Plymouth, Devon in 1876) > > > > Wondering if some kind person would help with Elec Roll details from > Ancestry (I only have UK Ancestry at present). > > There are 6 listed - 2 at Moreton; 3 at Wide Bay; & 1 at Lilley (under > SARLE) > > > > Also I found a newspaper clipping, Cairns Post, 21 Sept 1953 It > reported > a sick man from Pine Islet being transported to Mackay on board the launch > Silverware. "The man is Arthur Searle, single, assistant light keeper, > suffering from kidney problems". Can anyone help - could this be my > Arthur? . > > Seems ironic that both these dates are 1953, but I'm sure he would have > been > a bit old to be a light house keeper. - Are there records on L/H Keepers > around ?? > > > > Arthur would have been 77 yrs old when he died in 1953. > > Lots of questions still to be answered..... > > Thanks heaps > > > > Helen > > NZ > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4745 - Release Date: 01/15/12 >

Arthur Ambrose Searle died in Brisbane on 4/9/1953 (according to the online Qld death index). The lighthouse keeper was Arnold Searle, he was aged 60 and he was taken off the island on 21/9/1953 (a couple of weeks after Arthur died). http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42815055 So I think we can discount the lighthouse keeper, although he could be related of course. I checked through the Courier-Mail editions following 4 Sept 1953, but I didn't see a death or funeral notice. Kerry