Have written to Gwyneth with marriage detail from CD and a paper entry but no specific help... Ros On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ros Dunstall <daisygirl.1212@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello Gwyneth, > Here is the marriage record for Margaret and George, with no fathers > mentioned. > Are you sure you have the correct Margaret? > on the record no parents are mentioned, although this in itself doesnt mean > much sometimes > If Joshua wrote to her in July 1852 I wonder why she married in August > 1852, doesn't that seem strange? > I am sorry I cant help further .. altho I am in Esperance WA at the moment, > would be happy to help further when I return home at the end of the month. > > ......................Ros, List Admin > > Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 > > Query > ----- > Groom : cole (82 matches) > Given names : george (9996 matches) > Total matching records: 11 > -------------------- > Groom: COLE > Given names: George > Bride: RICHARDSON > Given names: Margaret > Date: 1852-08-18 > Groom Age: 31 > Status: W > Groom's Father: [unrecorded] > Bride Age: 21 > Status: S > Bride's Father: [unrecorded] > Place: All Saints Hindmarsh > District: Ade > Symbol: > Book/Page: 6/297 > Cross Reference: > > then just to add fuel to the question: here is an article from the paper > confirming a George Cole lived in Hindmarsh. > > *South Australian Register - * > *Saturday 3 May 1845* - page 3><http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2285753> > Friday, May 2nd 1845 Henry William Rollason, Henry Rollason, junr., and > John W. Dalton, were charged with maliciously damaging and spoiling two > pieces of sawn timber, of the value of two pounds, the personal property > of George Cole, of Thebarton. James Pearce, a person living in Sleep's tiers, proved that he had sold the two pieces of timber to Mr > Cole, in 1841. They were blue gum, nine inches square; one fifteen and a > half feet, and the other eleven and a half feet long. Eli Chatfield > saw a boy light a fire against the centre of the logs; defendants were > standing near. Stephen Horn and George Dew gave evidence to the same > effect. The proof of ownership not being con- sidered sufficient, the > information was dismissed. > > > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Gwyneth Watson User <cannycot@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello List, >> >> My search continues. I now know that the Margaret lived at Franklin >> Street >> when she married a George Cole on 18th August 1852, All Saints, Hindmarsh, >> aged 21. She the daughter of Joseph Richardson. The SA State Library >> have >> checked the record and assure me she married George. She is supposed to >> have married Joshua Bird and certainly arrived with him in Nelson, NZ 24 >> Feb >> 1853. Are there any directory¹s/almanacs for 1852? Margaret¹s mother was >> Mary though she is not mentioned on the marriage cert. Any info no matter >> how small would be great, this has been a 30yr brick wall. Joshua wrote to >> Margaret from the Bendigo Goldfields in July 1852 hoping to be the one >> when >> he got back to Adelaide. George, 31, was a widower, son of James, lived >> Elizabeth St. >> >> Many thanks >> Gwyneth, Sydney >> Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >