Hi, Does anyone have access to the hardcopy of the Advocate who would be willing to verify some details in an obituary for me? Searching Trove, I found the obituary for my great grandmother's brother, William John Owen who, as the family story goes, ran away to sea and ended up in Tasmania and who had a daughter named Annie. That was all we knew so I am delighted that the obituary provides a whole heap more information. However, the image is not very good and I would like to clarify some of the details given in the electronic translation. The obituary is in Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Saturday 8 August 1942 pg. 2 - on Trove at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/68775612?searchTerm=late%20william%2 0john%20owen%20tewkesbury <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/68775612?searchTerm=late%20william% 20john%20owen%20tewkesbury&searchLimits=l-state=Tasmania|||l-title=46|||sort by> &searchLimits=l-state=Tasmania|||l-title=46|||sortby The details I would like to confirm are: * when he went to sea - was it aged 13 years or maybe 15 or even 18 years? * his wife's name - It looks like it was Eliza Jane Molder from Kurrumburra, Victoria - is that correct? * when they arrived in Tewkesbury - is it 30 years ago or is it 36 years ago? Now that I know the names of his children and the area they settled in, I have been able to find more newspaper articles relating to the family. William seems to have been quite a vocal person and wrote letters to the editor which is great as I now have some idea of what life was like for them in the Tewkesbury/Oonah area. I have also been able to get some details on the two sons who were missing during the war. Does anyone know if any members of the Owen family still live in the area? I know his sons, Arthur James and John Frederick, moved to Victoria, but it appears that sons David George and William stayed in Tasmania. Many thanks for any assistance with this. Carolyn Carolyn Jones Brisbane, Queensland Australia