Hi, I am trying to find some information on the Horse Drawn Trams in Brisbane between 1888 and 1893. My G.G.Granfather was a tram driver between these years and would like to add some information about what this would have been like to the family story Any information would be greatly appreciated.. Matt RUSSELL

> 1. In June 1908 she was living at Bengarra River Road, Milton. One more thing. I suspect this address should be interpreted as "Bengarra" (the house name), River Road (later renamed to Coronation Drive), Milton. Kerry

> I'm Looking for information on my great aunt JESSIE ELLEN CLIFTON (nee > BORHAM) and any descendents she and her husband (name unknown) may have had: > 1. In June 1908 she was living at Bengarra River Road, Milton. > 2. She was born on January 1st 1864 to WILLIAM HENRY and ELLEN > GREATWOOD BORHAM at Chipping Hill House, Halstead, Essex, England. > 3. I don't know when or to whom she was married except that he was MR > CLIFTON > 4. My great grandmother, ELLEN GREATWOOD came to live with Jessie > sometime in 1904, possibly from Parramatta or Sydney. Ellen died on 10th > June 1908 and is buried in the Toowong cemetery. > 5. There is no entry for a Jessie Clifton in the Brisbane City Council > grave location search website. The monumental inscription at Toowong Cemetery for Ellen says: Ralph CLIFTON d. 16 May 1911 aged 53; also Ellen Greatwood BORHAM d. 10 June 1909 aged 70; also his only son Lieut. Ralph CLIFTON, R.F.A. d. of wounds in France 22 May 1917 aged 27. That would make Ralph (senior) born 1857-8, so about the right age to be Jessie Ellen's husband. That would make Ralph (junior) born 1889-90, so about the right age to be Jessie Ellen's son. However, here is what the Qld BDM index says about these people: Clifton ,Jessie ,Birth ,Ralph ,Jessie Elizabeth Borham ,09 ,06 ,1888 ,1888/ 011097 Clifton ,Ralph ,B ,Ralph,Elizabeth Furlong ,1890-06-09 ,1890/ 007119 Borham ,Ellen Greatwood ,D ,William Tull Cave ,Harriet Woods ,1908-06-10 ,1908/ 001005 Clifton ,Ralph ,D ,Daniel Clifton ,Sarah Hamer,1911-05-16 ,1911/B014067 Clifton ,Jessie ,M ,Montefiore ,Herbert Arthur ,1914-07-14 ,1914/B015259 There is no record of Jessie Ellen/Elizabeth Clifton dying between 1888 and 1890, so could Elizabeth Furlong be Jessie Elizabeth Borham (somehow)? Or are there two Ralph Cliftons having children around the same time? Is the Jessie Clifton who marries in 1914, the widow or the daughter? There is a record for Ralph junior at the Commonwealth War Graves, but it doesn't any light on who exactly his mother is, but shows he was married: CLIFTON, RALPH Initials:R Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Second Lieutenant Regiment:Royal Field Artillery Unit Text:14th Div. H.Q. Age:27 Date of Death:22/05/1917 Additional information:Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clifton, of Queensland, Australia; husband of Ida Kathleen Clifton. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:VII. A. 18. Cemetery:BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY So, I don't know if any of this answers more questions that it asks, but good luck with the research! Kerry

G'day Cobbers, My Uncle Norman Albert BIRCH died on 21st November 2004, in Cairns, Queensland. He was residing at the Mary Potter Home, Bayview Heights, Cairns, Queensland. Any chance of you sending me a copy of the death & funeral notices for him. Thanks. Regards Greg Baldwin Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia Homepage: http://member.melbpc.org.au/~kennethb/ Email: [email protected] All incoming & outgoing files & emails checked by VET Anti-Virus software.

Hi Listers I am looking for a marriage of a Rollo or Rollison TAYLOR to a Lill or Lillian? between 1890 and 1932. I would also like to know if they had any children. I am also looking for a birth of an Alloyse TAYLOR born between 1888 and 1915. I am very interested in finding out who her parents were. She may have had a sister Minna or Minnie. I don't know which would be older but information on both of them would be great. Thanking you in anticipation Elizabeth Bailey

I'm Looking for information on my great aunt JESSIE ELLEN CLIFTON (nee BORHAM) and any descendents she and her husband (name unknown) may have had: This is what I have: 1. In June 1908 she was living at Bengarra River Road, Milton. 2. She was born on January 1st 1864 to WILLIAM HENRY and ELLEN GREATWOOD BORHAM at Chipping Hill House, Halstead, Essex, England. 3. I don't know when or to whom she was married except that he was MR CLIFTON 4. My great grandmother, ELLEN GREATWOOD came to live with Jessie sometime in 1904, possibly from Parramatta or Sydney. Ellen died on 10th June 1908 and is buried in the Toowong cemetery. 5. There is no entry for a Jessie Clifton in the Brisbane City Council grave location search website. Any information anyone has about Jessie and any family she may have had will be very gratefully received. Thanks, Paul Droar

Looking for information on William Thomas MANDERS and Alice Elizabeth LOVITT married 1884 Ballarat. Vic. They moved to Auchenflower, Brisbane at some stage before 1915. Children: 1. Jessie Frances MANDERS b: 1887 Vic 2. Ernest William Hewitt MANDERS b: 1890 Vic m: Elsie Jane KELLY 3. Harold George MANDERS b: 1891 Vic. 4. Frank Arnold MANDERS b: 1893 Vic 5. Fred Leslie MANDERS b: m: Lillian May KELLY Would love any information.The two 'KELLY girls' maybe sisters! Many Thanks Kerri

I have just received a marriage certificate for Cecil Land Trevor that gives his father as Doctor John Richard Trevor which is different to the names I have from various death certificates, which might explain why I am having so much trouble finding any information. Can SKS look on the the pioneer CD's for Doctor John Richard Trevor who died about 1893-1900 lived in Corowa area. His wife was Gertrude Elizabeth Carrick and son Cecil Lang Trevor Eryka Garbutt Canberra

Checked both Cd's and no matches to those names Rob Taylor >-----Original Message----- >From: Garbutt, Eryka (DPS) [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:24 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] > >I have just received a marriage certificate for Cecil Land Trevor that >gives his father as Doctor John Richard Trevor which is different to the >names I have from various death certificates, which might explain why I >am having so much trouble finding any information. > >Can SKS look on the the pioneer CD's for Doctor John Richard Trevor who >died about 1893-1900 lived in Corowa area. His wife was Gertrude >Elizabeth Carrick and son Cecil Lang Trevor > > >Eryka Garbutt >Canberra

Hi Kerri, Here are a few more from the Qld BMD's: MANDERS Gilbert Victor Birth F: William Thomas M: Alice Elizabeth Lovill 18/3/1901 ref: 1901/007820 MANDERS Lillian Jean Birth F: William Thomas M: Alice Elizabeth Lovitt 26/1/1903 ref: 1903/B006189 (Lillian was born in the Brisbane area from this reference) KELLY Elsie Jane Birth F: Andrew M: Susan Breckels 31/7/1889 ref: 1889/010378 KELLY Lilian May Birth F: Andrew M: Susan Breckels 30/11/1893 ref: 1894/009644 MANDERS Frank Myers Death F: Ernest William Hewitt Manders M: Elsie Jane Kelly 17/5/1921 ref: 1921/B034567 MANDERS Harold George 30/10/1926 married KELLY Martha ref: 1926/B040979 (Couldn't find a birth for this KELLY) Also take a look at http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD:1855355233:pc=PC_899 I think you'll find some of these people in the Brisbane City Council Cemetery Database. Alice & William are definitely there - there might be others as well. Regards Werona -----Original Message----- From: kerri pateman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 5:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] MANDERS / LOVITT / KELLY Looking for information on William Thomas MANDERS and Alice Elizabeth LOVITT married 1884 Ballarat. Vic. They moved to Auchenflower, Brisbane at some stage before 1915. Children: 1. Jessie Frances MANDERS b: 1887 Vic 2. Ernest William Hewitt MANDERS b: 1890 Vic m: Elsie Jane KELLY 3. Harold George MANDERS b: 1891 Vic. 4. Frank Arnold MANDERS b: 1893 Vic 5. Fred Leslie MANDERS b: m: Lillian May KELLY Would love any information.The two 'KELLY girls' maybe sisters! Many Thanks Kerri ==== AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send message to: L List [email protected] or D List [email protected] ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi there, You can look it up yourself online if you like. Go to www.couriermail.com.au. It will sort itself out to the news front page. You will see a maroon menu on the left side of the page. Scroll down that a bit and you will see a heading 'CLASSIFIEDS' with a sub heading 'Announcements'. Click there. You then will see a greenish squared off bit which includes 'Start your search'. Click on that. Another small window opens. Adjust the States bit to 'Queensland' and Categories to 'Funerals'. Then enter in the Keyword Search, 'Smith'. It brings up all the Smiths (23 altogether), but it appears that your one is the first one showing. Cheers, Margaret in Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen McNamara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 6:55 AM Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] death notice > Hi, Could SKS in Brisbane check the death notices for last Wednesday 19th > for a death notice for a Margaret SMITH? I lost a dear relative before I was > able to meet her. Perhaps I will meet her next time. TIA > Helen in very warm NZ > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005 > > > ==== AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List ==== > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi, Could SKS in Brisbane check the death notices for last Wednesday 19th for a death notice for a Margaret SMITH? I lost a dear relative before I was able to meet her. Perhaps I will meet her next time. TIA Helen in very warm NZ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 21/01/2005

Great news for Brisbane genies - QSA are opening each 2nd Saturday of the month Feb-Jun 2005 (on a trial basis). http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/hours.asp Dates are 12 Feb, 12 Mar, 9 Apr, 14 May, 11 Jun; all 9:00am-4:30pm. Great for us working folk in Brisbane - the previous arrangement was much more sparse and haphazard. See you there! Steve in Toohey Forest

Hi Qld Listers , Terry Murphy from Brisbane ,I am reposting some names in the hope some one may see a familiar name etc, . I am trying to locate any desc from my Fathers half brothers , he never knew ? I have a "Kennedy Nicholas Murphy [m] Vera May King [ex] Chinchilla area . [both I believe served in the Army ! .I searched the electoral rolls and circa 1963 1975 they lived at 23 Wood St Dalby ;Kennedy was a railway fetter ! ,then later I think they lived at 13 Coolibah St Dalby , Kennedy [d] 6-12-1978 and Vera [d] 18-7-1994 they are both buried at the Dalby Cty [I think? they have a headstone?] Kennedy,s parents were Daniel Murphy [m[ Ethel Courtney at B/desert 1-11-1911 they had also , Lilian Alice Mary [m] Pemberton Daniel Kennedy [died Baby 1913] Thomas [Not sure of were etc?] Hoe some one can assist me here ,many thanks ,Terry Murphy

Hi I am looking for anyone that might be connected to the CLIFT family that came from Warwick, Queensland as there is about 3 lines of CLIFT's that have married into one the same family. I am writing a book on the many families that have married into the name GOLLAN/FRASER. I am also collecting info on the GOLLAN's that came from Warwick to Brisbane and the GOLLAN's that came from NSW to Queensland as that are all related. If anyone has any photo's of these family members may I have a copy as I would love to add them to my book. Thank you Regards Jacqui

I am looking for Charles Robert McDonald born to Eunice McDonald in late 1943 or early 1944. They lived at Melville Terrace, Manly, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia at the time Charles was born. We have pictures of both Eunice and Charles Robert and also of her family. Mary Agnew Wilkerson USA [email protected]

Hello, reposting my brickwall. John Morris b (Brisbane) can't find records, to George Morris and supposedly to Mary Ann Paterson. John's m/c says he was born in Brisbane around 1870. I have no idea if there were siblings. I have looked for deaths for Morris with parents of the above, but haven't found any. That may not mean there aren't any because of the cut of date for deaths. Is there anyone with a Morris on their tree with parents with the above names? Glenda

Posting my interests Cairns/Aitken Generation 1: Robert Aitken married Isabella Borthwich Generation 2: George Aitken married Janet Cairns B: 1828 Midlothian Scotland B: ? D: 1882 Burried Toowong Cemetery Married on 8 Jul 1851 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian Scotland Travelled to Brisbane, Australia on the ship William & Mary in 1852 Janet’s father was Thomas Cairns Generation 3: Children of George Aitken and Janet Cairns: Thomas Cairns Aitken married Annie Young Dewar B: 1860 (born in Brisbane Australia) B: 1869 (born in Scotland) D: 1893 Australia D: ? South AFrica Annie Young Dewar married Edward Emmanuel Reynolds after Thomas Cairns Aitken died. Possible other Children of George Aitken and Janet Cairns: Janet Cairns Aitken B: 1854 Brisbane Australia D: 1910 Toowong Cemetery Isabella Margaret Bothwick Aitken B: 14 Jan 1856 Brisbane Australia John James Aitken B: 1859 Brisbane Australia D: 1935 burried Toowong Cemetery Georgina Aitken B: 6 Jan 1862 Brisbane Australia David Aitken B: 28 Mar 1864 Brisbane Australia D: 1940 burried Toowong Cemetery Catherine Alexander Aitken B: 1868 Brisbane Australia Marion Moffat Aitken B: 5 June Brisbane Australia Elizabeth Mary Aitken B: 11 Apr 1873 Brisbane Australia I am interested in finding out more about the Aitken family. If anyone is researching this family I would appreciate them contacting me. Have a great day Sharleen Stuart Researching: Cairns: Brisbane;Australia/ Midlothian; Scotland Aitken: Brisbane;Australia/ Midlothian; Scotland Dewar: Mackay;Austalia/ Markinch,Fif,Scotland; Abernethy, Per, Scotland Hudson: Austalia/South Africa Stuart: Scotland/South Africa Moore: London; England/South Africa Nolan: Yorkshire; England/South Africa Gatenby: Yorkshire; England Spink: Yorkshire; England

_____ From: Janelle Schloss [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 16 January 2005 1:35 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Hardgrave Campbell McFarlane Kefford I am seeking any descendents of John and Margaret (Blair) Hardgrave, who were married in Brisbane in 1850. The children are: Eliza Jane Hardgrave B 1851 D ? Married: Peter Morrison Campbell 1872 William Alexander Hardgrave B ? D 1860 Philip Hardgrave B 1857 D ? Married: Margaret Pettigrew 1881 John Edmund Hardgrave B 1859 D 1860 Frederick Louis Hardgrave B 1861 D ? Married: Sophia Jane Hutchison 1885 Florence Hardgrave B 1864 D ? Married: James McFarlane 1885 Ernest Wensley Stephen Hardgrave B 1869 D 1936 Married: Ellen Harvey 1898 Margaret Ann Hardgrave B 1853 D ? Married: William Richard Kefford 1878 I have undertaken considerable research on John and Margaret and their Hardgrave descendents. I would love to find others who are researching Campbell, McFarlane and Kefford. This year 2005 will be the 155th anniversary of John and Margaret's marriage and I was hoping to have an informal family get together to celebrate. Anyone interested, please make contact. Regards Janelle Schloss

Hi Everyone, Apologies for this 'off topic' rhyme, it came via another list, and seemed just too good not to share. Jill The Genealogists Psalm Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray. It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones. It leadeth me into still courthouses; It restoreth my ancestral knowledge. It leadeth me in paths of census records & ship's passenger lists for my surname's sake. Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research libraries & microfilm readers, I shall fear no discouragement. For a strong urge is within me; the curiosity & motivation they comforteth me. It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents. It annointeth my head with burning mid-night oil; my family group sheets runneth over. Surely birth, marriage, & death dates shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of a family- History seeker forever. By Wildamae Brestal