Thank you Jan for that information - when my great aunt visited England in 1954 she returned from London to Sydney so perhaps I should be looking in that area for deaths. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Nathaniel William Stephen PROUD 1878-1944 > Lydia is not on the 1949 Electoral Roll > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margie Daniels" <margieandjimdaniels@btopenworld.com> > To: <AUS-QLD-BRISBANE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:55 AM > Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Nathaniel William Stephen PROUD 1878-1944 > > >>I am interested to find some information about my great uncle who >>emigrated >>to Australia and died in 1944. >> He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 31 May 1878 and married Lydia >> DOUGLASS in Durham England on 24 Feb 1904. >> Thanks to the Roots chat website I have discovered that he sailed to >> Brisbane from London in 1912 and was joined by his wife in 1914. At that >> time his occupation was a carpenter. >> I was also given details of the 1919 Electoral Roll where he lived with >> his wife at Lodge Street, Toowong and was a Billiard Marker and the 1925 >> and 1936 Electoral Roll when they lived at Milton Street , Toowong and he >> was a Billiard Salon Keeper. >> The couple had no children and I believe he died in 1944. >> His wife Lydia (Lily) died after 1954 as she visited England at that time >> aged 78. >> If anyone can add any further information I would be very grateful. I >> wondered if there are any newspaper death notices or burial record. >> Thank you to everyone who has helped me so far - a week ago I only knew >> that Uncle 'Willie' went to Australia !!! >> Best wishes >> Margaret Daniels >> Cullercoats >> Northumberland >> >> >> >> >> >> Toowoomba Dead Persons Society >> www.audps.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.4/1752 - Release Date: 28/10/2008 > 10:04 AM > > > > > > > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message