Hi Brisbane listers , I am trying to locate any descendants from what I believe is my Fathers half brother ! he was , Kennedy Nicholas Murphy [b] 27-10-1914 later married to Vera May King [b] 3-1-1924 [Chinchilla ?] they later lived at 23 Wood St Dalby , Kennedy died 6-12-1978 and Vera died 18-7-1994 both are buried at Dalby Lawn Cty . Hoping some one can assist me , cheers ,Terry Murphy ,Kallangur .

Are any listers using this family tree program? If so, have you used other programs and how does it compare? Des Skelly skel25@optusnet.com.au

Goodday My name is Sharleen Stuart and I am researching the Cairns/Aitken connection in Brisbane. According to History, my grandmother Janet Aitken was born in Mackie, Australia. Her father was Thomas Cairns Aitken. Her mother was Annie Young Dewar. Thomas' father was Thomas Aitken and his mother was Janet Cairns, apparently both born in Brisbane. I am trying to find out more about this part of the family. From what I understand Thomas Cairns Aitken was killed in a boating accident when my grandmother was very young. Her mother later married Edward Emmanuel Reynolds and I believe, that on route back to Scotland, Annie Young Dewar Reynolds became ill and they disembarked in Durban, South Africa, where they lived until they died. I have a good deal of information on Annie Young Dewar (past on to me by a long distance family member) but nothing on Thomas and his parents. I am interested to know more about his family and whether he had sibings. If anyone could throw some light on the family I would really appreciate it. Thanks Sharleen Stuart (USA) RESEARCHING: Brough, Young, Dewar, Cairns, Aitken, Hudson, & Reynolds (Scotland, Australia, South Africa) Gatenby, Nolan, Spink, Moore, Lane (Yorkshire, London, South Africa) Stuart, De St Pern, Mason (Scotland, France, Mauritius, South Africa)

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Hi List I am seeking the marriage information of Vincent Ambrose BOWMAN to a Muriel ??? c 1915-1940, also his brother Francis C BOWMAN to a Louisa GERIKE (sic) about the early 1900's possibly c.1910, if there is SKS who may have the Qld CD's.These apparantly took place around the Brisbane and suburban areas. TIA Kevin Nicholas Central QLD

Regarding the changing of street names... It happens nearly everywhere i think.....I would hate to still have 20 John Streets in Brisbane ...think of the nightmare for the Posties.......having worked in a place where it was very common to have address's marked incorrectly and being a field officer where it was important to find the correct address I do very much agree with the idea to avoid duplication of street names....Like in Mackay we have Evans Avenue and Evan Street and Norris Street and Norris Road and many a time in my experience they have been confused by people and these are the only two in a city of 75,000 people. We had an Albert Street in Mackay till the 1930's when it was changed to Gordon Street after the confusion it created being the next street running parralel to Alfred Street..........Rather than thinking of it as council vandalism it makes common sense although from a historical point of view adds confusion when trying to locate past family. Brisbane would have been unique unlike villages in England as the city was made up of many local councils before being formed into the Great Brisbane City Council in the 1920's I think. Therefore many councils used the same name without vision in seeing or even comtemplating the growth of this city within a century. However I do think it is necessary for local historical societies to create an index for researchers noting the changes in these street names. We have one in mackay giving the history of the street names and changes and there was a book done in townsville some years ago called "highways and byways" which also gave the history of the naming of the streets in Townsville....quite a few were renamed after the Great War to honour the fallen servicemen from the district...just needs people to put heads together and develop an index... Cheers from Glen Hall Research Officer Mackay Historical Society and Museum Inc. Po Box 1349, MACKAY QLD 4740. email: bushpig3@bigpond.com our website: http://www.geocities.com/mackaymuseum/index.html.

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Hi Kerry, I think that changing names of streets and roads is tantamount to council vandalism. How will we ever retain our heritage if this sort of thing is allowed to go on? There are roads and streets in England that retain the names given by the Romans, and here we are changing them willy-nilly after only a hundred or so years. There was an instance in Adelaide where the councillors changed the name of a street named after a family who last all three sons in the second world war, to that of a councillor. All he ever did was spend public money! Regards Ron Hume Victor Harbor South Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Raymond" <kraymond@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: [AQ-BRISBANE] changed names for streets in Brisbane in 1938 > Can't find a George St, Short St, William St, Mary St or John St somewhere > in Brisbane? Well, read on ... (but note the printout was a bit faded in > places so this transcription is my best guess of the revised names) > > >From the Brisbane Courier Mail, Fri 21 Oct 1938: > > 100 New Names for Brisbane Streets > > More than 100 street names, which will be new in Brisbane, will be used, if > the City Council next Tuesday adopts a works committee proposal to reduce > duplicated street names. The Town Clerk (Mr Travill) and the general manager > of the works, water and sewerage committee (Mr Nelson) still have several > hundred more names to review. > > Efforts of Messrs Travill and Nelson to remove duplications of George, > Short, William, Mary and John streets have resulted: > > George Street, city, will not be changed, but 23 other George Streets have > had their names changed as follows: Gordenaux, Lockhart, Pearson, Allenby, > Northey, Hailsham, Lister, Inskip and Somervell (Empire leaders), Darling, > Lasgar, Duff, Rawson, Elmsie, Stopford and Lennox (Australian public men), > Adsett and Agars (Australia pioneers) and from the Aboriginal list: Camboor > (meaning pandanus), Carbeen (Moreton Bay ash) and Bambil (mistletoe). > > Short Street, city, as been retained but other changes are Bl??b and Bromley > (English towns), Asabo?, Aspinall, Axford, Dennison, Backhouse, Bagot, > Bedford, Bamford, Banfield and Bannister (Australian public men), Scaddan, > Borden, Probyn, and Laurier (Empire leaders), Bodalla (several waters), > Belar (forest oak), Darreen (acacia), Binda (deep water), Bingara (a creek), > Birkal (small), Allwood, Ainslie and Atkins (Australian pioneers). > > Twenty-two John streets have been renamed: Rotherham and Berwick (English > towns), Brownlee, Highams?, Batman, Knox, Bonython, Beeby, Evatt, Henchman, > Bromilow (Australian public men), Allardyce and Rodwell (Empire leaders), > Bowler, Bousefield, Broadhurst, and Cadell (Australian pioneers), Dibar > (south), Adina (good), Barwon (great wide river), and Karthina (water). > > William Street, city, will remain but other names have been changed to > Kinross and Abingdon (British towns), Wade, Gillies, Ashford, Somers, > Fulier, Stonehaven, Higgs, and Fizroy (Australian public men), Bannerman, > Plumer, Dew, Amery, and Willingdon (Empire leaders), Akala (a tree), Akonna > (pandanus), Algoori (Moreton Bay ash), Alutha (fern), Ambool (bloodwood), > Amega (tree), and Balcha (tree), and Dampier, Bass, Mort, Cunningham, and > Usher (Australian pioneers). > > Mary Street, city, will retain its name, but other streets will be named: > Daventry (English town), Barwell, Beaumont, Chubb, Brierley, Latham, and > Windeyer (Australian public men), Newdegate, Strathmore, Chancellor and > Merewether (Empire leaders), Beard, Beck, Bingham and Blythe (Australian > pioneers), and Burral (morning), Biran (sloping), Battunga (large tree), > Berrima (to the sourth), Palall (a creek), and Baltana (running water). > > > ==== AUS-QLD-BRISBANE Mailing List ==== > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Can't find a George St, Short St, William St, Mary St or John St somewhere in Brisbane? Well, read on ... (but note the printout was a bit faded in places so this transcription is my best guess of the revised names) From the Brisbane Courier Mail, Fri 21 Oct 1938: 100 New Names for Brisbane Streets More than 100 street names, which will be new in Brisbane, will be used, if the City Council next Tuesday adopts a works committee proposal to reduce duplicated street names. The Town Clerk (Mr Travill) and the general manager of the works, water and sewerage committee (Mr Nelson) still have several hundred more names to review. Efforts of Messrs Travill and Nelson to remove duplications of George, Short, William, Mary and John streets have resulted: George Street, city, will not be changed, but 23 other George Streets have had their names changed as follows: Gordenaux, Lockhart, Pearson, Allenby, Northey, Hailsham, Lister, Inskip and Somervell (Empire leaders), Darling, Lasgar, Duff, Rawson, Elmsie, Stopford and Lennox (Australian public men), Adsett and Agars (Australia pioneers) and from the Aboriginal list: Camboor (meaning pandanus), Carbeen (Moreton Bay ash) and Bambil (mistletoe). Short Street, city, as been retained but other changes are Bl??b and Bromley (English towns), Asabo?, Aspinall, Axford, Dennison, Backhouse, Bagot, Bedford, Bamford, Banfield and Bannister (Australian public men), Scaddan, Borden, Probyn, and Laurier (Empire leaders), Bodalla (several waters), Belar (forest oak), Darreen (acacia), Binda (deep water), Bingara (a creek), Birkal (small), Allwood, Ainslie and Atkins (Australian pioneers). Twenty-two John streets have been renamed: Rotherham and Berwick (English towns), Brownlee, Highams?, Batman, Knox, Bonython, Beeby, Evatt, Henchman, Bromilow (Australian public men), Allardyce and Rodwell (Empire leaders), Bowler, Bousefield, Broadhurst, and Cadell (Australian pioneers), Dibar (south), Adina (good), Barwon (great wide river), and Karthina (water). William Street, city, will remain but other names have been changed to Kinross and Abingdon (British towns), Wade, Gillies, Ashford, Somers, Fulier, Stonehaven, Higgs, and Fizroy (Australian public men), Bannerman, Plumer, Dew, Amery, and Willingdon (Empire leaders), Akala (a tree), Akonna (pandanus), Algoori (Moreton Bay ash), Alutha (fern), Ambool (bloodwood), Amega (tree), and Balcha (tree), and Dampier, Bass, Mort, Cunningham, and Usher (Australian pioneers). Mary Street, city, will retain its name, but other streets will be named: Daventry (English town), Barwell, Beaumont, Chubb, Brierley, Latham, and Windeyer (Australian public men), Newdegate, Strathmore, Chancellor and Merewether (Empire leaders), Beard, Beck, Bingham and Blythe (Australian pioneers), and Burral (morning), Biran (sloping), Battunga (large tree), Berrima (to the sourth), Palall (a creek), and Baltana (running water).

Dear List, Does anyone know... If a child of school age lived on NUDGEE Rd, HAMILTON in 1920 - 1928 ... which public School would they most likely have attended. Cheers' Laura Player Perth WA

Hello List, I have scoured the death indexes at my State Library here in Tassie and have found no sign of three of my family members. I am assuming that they therefore died after 1934. I do not have access to any death indexes after 1934 although I know further indexes have been released. Could someone please lookup the following three people for me? They are pretty uncommon names! 1. Margaret Annie McCRONE born 1884, daughter of Alexander McCrone and Isabella Davidson (also could not find a marriage for her up until 1929) 2. Isabella KEHL, m/s Davidson, formerly McCrone, born abt 1861 in England. 3. Samuel Finch KEHL, husband of the above, nothing further known about him. I would be greatful for any help anyone can provide in finding my lost three! Thanks Michelle in Tassie (hopefully snow on the mountain tonight!)

Hi everyone, My Mailwasher programme deleted a message about Michael Leeman before I could read it. Can that person please resend. Very sorry about this!! I had sent a previous message looking for him as I believe he is researching HANLONs from Dungloe Donegal. Will repost message: I am looking for a Michael Leeman whose last known e-mail address was through the Gap High School. I am also researching the HANLON brothers who immigrated from Dungloe Donegal in 1875. Does anyone have his latest e-mail or can contact him for me please. Best wishes, Judy Jones. Steve, Judy, Samuel and Brett Jones Brisbane, Australia mailto:sajones@bigpond.net.au visit us on the web at http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/sajones/xmas/frame.htm

Hi everyone! I am looking for a Michael Leeman whose last known e-mail address was through the Gap High School. I am also researching the HANLON brothers who immigrated from Dungloe Donegal in 1875. Does anyone have his latest e-mail or can contact him for me please. Best wishes, Judy Jones. Steve, Judy, Samuel and Brett Jones Brisbane, Australia mailto:sajones@bigpond.net.au visit us on the web at http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/sajones/xmas/frame.htm

Hi Brisbane listers , Terry Murphy from Brisbane , reposting some names in the hope some one may recognise a name ! Seaching for poss desc of the following Clara Wilson [b] 6-7-1869 Brisbane John Wilson [b] 21-4-1866 Brisbane both parents are John Wilson / Jane nee Thomson , The family lived for quite a time at Birley Street Spring Hill Brisbane I have just recently "found" their "missing "sister in Nsw , Elizabeth Miller Wilson ! Hope some one may be related ,cheers Terry Murphy

Dear List, Does any one have info on a ex Master Mariner/ Light housekeeper .. Captain Job Augustus SYMONDS . ex London.. Lived around the Bundaberg - Cairns & Brisbane areas. 1913 - 1956. He died in Cairns in 1956 ages 88yrs Born England 1869 Came to Albany WA from England 1887. Had a son JOHN SYMONDS in Hamilton Qld to Winifred Mabel Maud Simms in 1914. Would appreciate any info. Laura Player Perth WA

Hello list, I am new to the list. Searching for information on John SYMONDS Born: 17th September 1914 PLACE BORN : Nudgee Rd Hamilton Brisbane Resided: Bundaberg & Cairns Father: Job Augustus SYMONDS - Master Mariner/Lighthouse Keeper Mother: Winifred Mabel Maud SIMMS Would appreciate any information. Laura Player Perth WA

Searching for information in Brisbane area for Domjahn family. Also searching for information regarding Scaroni family. Would appreciate any information available for Rossow family in Brisbane area for years 1870 to 1930 Thanks Anne McLean

Hello I am currently studying/researching and am looking for an article that was published around 1981-1983 by either the Gold Coast Bulletin or Courier Mail titled 'Scissor Killer' . I have searched high and low for it and it cannot be found. If someone could help me please? Thank you Jan

I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those listers who responded to my call for help. It is all sorted out now. Des Skelly.