G'day Marion, FYI the OLIVE name has been associated with the Lara area for much of the past 100 yrs bfn John Marion Stainsby wrote: >The name OLIVE is written on a map of the 1851 subdivision of the village of >Ceres in the Barrabool Hills. David Fisher created the township then, and >'Olive' may have bought or leased a small block there either before or after >the sale - details are confused. The map is 17/60 in the historical maps >collection at the Geelong Heritage Centre, and it takes strong spectacles >and a lot of faith to read it. ><much Editing> > >>==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >>Geelong & District Cemeteries : >>http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm >> >> >> >> > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District Mailing List Information : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdmail.htm > >. > > > -- John Whitehand Melbourne 61 3 93145306 "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Antoine de St. Exupery http://www.westegg.com/exupery/

Thanks, John! I hadn't ever met OLIVE as a surname, but by coincidence, I learned today that a granddaughter of one of my LEIGH first cousins is married to an anaesthetist called OLIVE! We live and learn! Marion > From: John Whitehand <wht4hnd@vicnet.net.au> > Reply-To: AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:50:50 +1100 > To: AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Re:- Surname OLIVE > Resent-From: AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:50:42 -0700 > > G'day Marion, > FYI the OLIVE name has been associated with the Lara area for much of > the past 100 yrs > bfn > John > Marion Stainsby wrote: > >> The name OLIVE is written on a map of the 1851 subdivision of the village of >> Ceres in the Barrabool Hills. David Fisher created the township then, and >> 'Olive' may have bought or leased a small block there either before or after >> the sale - details are confused. The map is 17/60 in the historical maps >> collection at the Geelong Heritage Centre, and it takes strong spectacles >> and a lot of faith to read it. >> <much Editing> >> >>> ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >>> Geelong & District Cemeteries : >>> http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >> Geelong & District Mailing List Information : >> http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdmail.htm >> >> . >> >> >> > > -- > John Whitehand > Melbourne 61 3 93145306 > > "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the > work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless > sea." > > Antoine de St. Exupery > http://www.westegg.com/exupery/ > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong and District web site : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/ > >