The obit clearly says he reared a family of 19....but then, this is a politician speaking and they traditionally do not let facts get in the way of a good emotional speech!! the obit is at: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/151328319 But Frances raises a good point, perhaps he raised the 5 children (Dorothy Meta, Elvie Maud, Any May, Irene Myrtle, and Christen Henry) of his son Christy Henry "Harry" Wagner who died in 1906. with the 14, that makes 19....and may justify the comment of Councilman Ryan. Thanks so very much for all your help! Elaine On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 5:21 PM, Anthony Fletcher <anthonyjm.fletcher@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Elaine I am inclined to think that the 19 children cited in the Obituary is an error. The book "Wagner - 130 Years in Tasmania" by Alma Ranson only records fourteen children too. Cheers On 1 October 2014 09:20, narnty via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Seems that I might be missing 5 children....and if SKS can help me to >> identify >> them, I would be very grateful! > >Hi Elaine, > there are 11 children registered to Chris* Wagner & Laura Hannah in the TPI >.The 3 girls Clara, Ada, & Laura not being registered, which makes the 14 >you mentioned. >> Laura Henrietta Wagner 1883 – 1968 >- at 13 yrs old she wrote to Flamingo in the Examiner saying she has - 9 >bros & 3 sisters in 1896 -and six cows. This ties in with the known facts, >one brother having died in 1893. > >His wife Laura Hannah or Hannah Laura appears to have died 10/5/1917, aged >68? >but his will states he left his estate to 4 sons & his widow - named as >Laura Hannah- written I think in 1909 >I cannot find the obit for him you mention- apart from various reports on >his death which state that a family member accidently gave him poison. > >Perhaps these 5 children could have been born to another woman after Laura >Hannah's death.? > >or As I can't find the obit you mention perhaps there is an error in this or >the transcription of it? >cheers >Sally >PS All but 1 registration has him as Christopher or Christy Henry, one son >was named Christian. > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Elaine Hanford via" <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 2:27 AM >To: "AUS-Tasmania Roots web" <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [AUS-Tas] Help finding some missing Wagner children > >> Dear Listers, >> >> I'm working on the family of Christian Henry & Laura Hannah (nee Hawke - >> spelling varies) Wagner. >> >> His obituary notes that he "reared a family of 19"... but I have only >> found and documented the following 14 (I have posted all to Ancestry.com): > > > > >------------------------------- >AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Anthony J M Fletcher 27 Seabrook Street, SEVEN MILE BEACH 7170 Tasmania Mobile: 0421 055 976 Email: anthonyjm.fletcher@gmail.com P Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail or any attachments.