anyone by chance know of a Patrick Shrimpton??? (apologies for Xpostings) > Dear Madam, i dont know if you can help put my aunt and i in the right > direction of finding our relation who went to Australia in mid 1920's called > Patrick Shrimpton. Due to the war my grandmother lost contact with all her > family and we are now trying to trace them. We donot know which state he > went to, any advice would be gratefully received, > jennythomasUK@cs.com hope someone can help (or advise) Jenny from the UK. have a great day, Leone.

Hello: I have been off this list for a couple of weeks as I was in Bristol checking out my Mothers side and also inspecting the progress on the S.S. Great Britain for Sandra Beckett. Returned with a nasty cold. Many Thanks Linda for this obituary on Mary MacLeod, wife of Dr Alexander MacLeod. I have attached a short write-up of how her husband died. He is still very highly regarded in the Hebrides and there is a statue to him in North Uist. This Dr Alexander MacLeod would be an Uncle of Dr Alexander Arbuckle and Captain Norman Arbuckle. Dr MacLeod was a younger brother of Flora (MacLeod) Arbuckle. I am almost sure there was a John Campbell MacLeod and a brother maybe Murdoch MacLeod in Australia and I would like to hear from anyone reseaching any MacLeod names as I do have 2 books, so far, on the MacLeod name. Thanks to Everyone Lorraine Ottawa, Canada Excerpt from The MacLeod's of Rigg ALEXANDER MACLEOD (DR), so well and popularly known in the Western Isles as "AN DOITAR BAN". He was for many years chamberlain for Lord MacDonald in Skye and North Uist and afterwards for Clanranald in South Uist and Benbecula and was probably the most popular man who ever acted in that capacity in the Highlands. He is still affectionately remembered by many of the oldest people in the Long Island and there are many evidences of his good work yet to be seen in the Outer Hebrides. His attainments as a scholar are said to have been very high and as a medical man his skill was highly appreciated. He was always at the service of the people, generally without fee or reward of any kind except the pleasure he derived from doing good. It is therefore not surprising that he gained the affection and confidence of the population, in all his professional and business relations with them, in a manner not attained by any other factor in modern times. Neither trouble nor distance dettered him from giving the poorest of the people the benefit of his skill, whenever and wherever within his reach they might be required, until he lost his life, while engaged in this work of mercy, at Loch Hourn, on the mainland, when he fell over a precipice returning from visiting a poor shepherd's family during a dark night in that wild and rocky region. He married Mary, daughter of Kenneth Campbell of Strond, Harris, (by his wife, Anne, daughter of Donald MacLeod, The Trojan (29 children) of Bernera, by his third wife, Margaret MacLeod.

Hi All, Just thought I would mention that Constance Tisdall was Headmistress at St Anne's CEGGS during approx 1942/3. A house was named after her and I think Gippsland Grammar retains a house called Tisdall/Hotham. > The good news is that "Forerunners: the saga of a family of teachers" by > Constance Tisdall includes considerable material on him. Kind regards Helene Helene J Hayes Pakenham Vic helenh@nex.net.au

----- Original Message ----- From: Majella Laws To: AUS-NSW-L@rootsweb.com Cc: AUS-SAGEN-L@rootsweb.com ; AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com ; AUS-VIC-L@rootsweb.com ; AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com ; GENANZ-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 9:54 PM Subject: Hello and names I am researching Hello everyone, My name is Majella and I live at Maffra, Gippsland, Vic,. I am a self employed trainer who travels a fiar part of the state delivering services. I have been doing family history for a good number of years. My families are Laws, Collins, Timms and Winter. Laws and Collins have been fairly well done but Timms and Winter are very light on,. Any information on George Powell Winter who married Margaret Eveyln Bain at Wanganella Station near Deniliquin in 1873 would be appreciated. he and his wife moved to Stradbroke south of Sale in Gippsl in about 1882. George Winter spent some time in SA before going to NSW> That is all the info I have on him other than he was either born at sea or at Pocklington Yorkshire. Benjamin Timms was born about 1822 at Whaddon Buckinghamshire - parents most prob. John Tims and Mildred????? Benjamin married Bridget Hayes of County Clare Ireland at Stratford in 1874 and they selected a block at Glenmaggie. I have no info as to when where they landed in Aus. Any info on any of the aobve would be appreciated. TIA Majella - ---------------------------------------------------- InterNet Australis http://www.australis.com.au/

*groan* Gerry Kennedy (bloke from Traralgon, theatre historian), wrote "The Prince Regent Theatre, Sale: Gippsland's Picture Palace" in Gippsland Heritage Journal No.13 (1992). I know of no stand-alone history for it. He may have written in a theatre history mag, and used the word "tin can" in it. I think it had a wonderful pressed tin roof. There is a germ of truth there - at least Gerry comes from Traralgon. Linda At 02:22 AM 6/05/00 -0700, Claire wrote: >Does anyone know of a history of the Sale picture theatre, which has >the word tin can in the title (or subtitle) and which was written by >a bloke from Traralgon. It is not new - at least two years old >

Does anyone know of a history of the Sale picture theatre, which has the word tin can in the title (or subtitle) and which was written by a bloke from Traralgon. It is not new - at least two years old thanks Claire ===== Claire Wood Traralgon, Vic. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Valda, Henry also wrote a couple of pamphlet called "How we fought the smallpox at Walhalla" and Walhalla boatmen (available at State Library, Latrobe City Library and through the interlibrary loan system. >From memory, neither booklet has much information about Henry himself, although the small pox one speaks volumes about the character of the man. regards Claire ===== Claire Wood Traralgon, Vic. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

At 04:01 PM 6/05/00 +1000, Valda wrote: >I am looking for information on Henry Thomas TISDALL who was the schoolteacher at Walhalla around 1875. Is the picture on page 37 of the Gippsland Heritage Journal no. 16 of him? <snip> The bad news is: No, that photograph is not him, especially as in the next issue of GHJ we corrected that caption to say that that school was Toombon. The good news is that "Forerunners: the saga of a family of teachers" by Constance Tsidall includes considerable material on him. His photograph appears at the front endpaper. This book is out of print, but should be available through interlibrary loan from Latrobe City (the old La Trobe Shire) library, or Wellington Shire Library. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/

Hi List, Just when we thought we had worked out Dr Alexander Arbuckle, and what family he had in Gippsland, this comes along per courtesy of the Sale Family History Group cards for births, deaths and marriages in the local papers to 1900. (In passing, they are getting quite close to publishing the index to them on microfiche, although the full index was posted to this list about six months or so ago.) This death notice from the Gippsland Times of 1 Oct 1872 reads: McLeod. On the 4th August, Mary Campbell, relict of the late Dr Alexander McLeod, formerly of Inverness, Scotland, niece of Generals John and Charles Mcleod, Knights, & aunt of Dr A. Arbuckle, Sale, aged 75 years. ============== Now, one of the things about death notices then, is people inserted them when people died overseas, especially when it gave them a chance to say who was important that they were related to. This one appears to possibly be of that type - but would a ship have made it from Scotland to Victoria, with all the postal bits at either end, in just under two months. I think it would. The good doctor would hardly have waited two months to put a notice in if she died locally. So, that will be the good thing about the index to these notices when they become available. There are lots of other notices like this. Oh, and a relict??? Old name for a widow. My Mum said if I ever refer to her as a relict (she is a widow) she will come back and haunt me. Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/

Hi List I am looking for information on Henry Thomas TISDALL who was the schoolteacher at Walhalla around 1875. Is the picture on page 37 of the Gippsland Heritage Journal no. 16 of him? Tisdall was also an expert naturalist who was the first to describe and illustrate, in 1885, the fruiting of a fungus known as Blackfellows' Bread, a still rare event. I have just had the privilege of witnessing such a fruiting. Tisdall's son, Henry Frederick (Fred), was the first teacher at Hillend school in 1891and taught my great uncle Alfred (Fred) BURGESS and probably my grandmother, Mary Ann, who was a teenager and soon to be married, but who had not previously been to school because there was no school till then at Russell's Creek or Hill End. Valda Dedman

Do any of these surnames ring a bell? If so i would love to hear from you. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Parents: RENTON Thomas Daniel b. 1920 Brown Hill, Kalgoorlie, Western Aust. MERCER Margaret Joan b. 1924 Denmark, Western Australia ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Grandparents: RENTON John Henry b. 1883 Growlers Creek, Victoria, Australia REYNOLDS Francis Emma b. 1889 Broken Hill, NSW, Australia MERCER Alfred William b. 1897 Coley, United Kingdom DIXON Nora b. 1899 Tynemonth, England `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` GGrandparents: RENTON George b. 1837 Sunderland, England LUKE Jane b. 1839 Durham, England REYNOLDS James Henry b. abt 1865 Cornwall, England HARVEY Mary Shaw b. 1867 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia MERCER Alfred b. England HICKMOTT Lucy Maria b. England DIXON Henry Newbold b. abt 1875 Birtley, Durham, England GARRIGHAN Maryann b. abt 1877 Walker, Northumberland, England ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` GGGrandparents: RENTON Daniel BROWN Isobel LUKE Robert b. 1815 Durham, England CUMMINGS Jane b. 1819 Washington, Durham, England HARVEY William SHAW Mary DIXON Thomas b. abt 1846 Hexham, Northumberland, England ? Jane A. (married to Thomas Dixon) b.1854 Newcastle, England GARRIGHAN James b. abt 1849 Sunderland, Durham, England ? Hannora (married James Garrighan) b. abt 1848 Mayo co.Ireland ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` GGGGrandparents: LUKE Robert b. England HOOD Mary b. England CUMMINGS John b. England GRAY Jane b. England ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Kind regards Julie Clift Australia

I am seeking information on the family of Thomas Carter SELLINGS / SELWYN and his wife Mary Ann BUTLER. They were married in Van Diemans Land in 1864 and moved to Victoria about 1870. They had 12 children some of whom were born in the Maffra and Newry areas. Their daughter Marcella married Robert MURDOCH in Victoria in 1883 so family may still have been in the Maffra area. Can find no further information on Thomas and Mary Ann. Maybe someone out there can help!!! TIA Ann Freer from Beautiful Lake Macquarie, NSW

I can not read any of your attachment any more, since we changed computer systems - can you help, or send them individually. Kevin Mills ----- Original Message ----- From: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Digest V00 #95

Hi List, Some upcoming dates. Does anyone else have any others???? The Deputy would be happy to sdd them to the calendar on the AVG Home Pages at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ Sun 7th May Stratford Historical Museum open 10am to 4pm as part of the Shakespeare Festival. Includes new photographic display. Tues 9 May to Thurs 8 June Exhibition of Historical chairs at Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. Includes the Clonmel chairs from the Anglican church at Port Albert, the Wonnangatta chair (only surviving furniture from Wonnangatta homestead), the Bark House Days chair (from Mary Fullerton's home at Glenmaggie) and many, many more. Sat 3 June Sale Family History Group Seminar. starts 10.30am, SFHG rooms Macalister St, Sale (next to Gippsland Times). $5 for a light lunch and a'noon cuppa. Meredith Fletcher in the morning about books on history for Wellington Shire, Faye Guthrie in the afternoon on finding those elusive ancestors (who don't have birth, death or marriage certificates). Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/

hi my name is maree, and i would just like to say hi to everyone out there and happy easter,hope it was a good one for one all. gippsland a good place for a holiday or long w/e ,as i did at easter, yes i went to yarram. heelo to all the relations down that neck of woods. cheers. --- AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 95 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [AVG] Re: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Dige ["Shirley > Westaway" <westaway@dcsi.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D, send a > message to > > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, > but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, > too. > > To post a new query, or to respond to a post, send > your post to > > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > The Home Page for the Mailing List, with FAQ, can be > found at: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ > > > > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 20:21:08 +1000 > From: "Shirley Westaway" <westaway@dcsi.net.au> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] Re: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Digest V00 > #94 > > Those lighthouses are really great. I've just sent > the site details to the > Westaway family around the world. > > Cheers > > Shirley > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

Those lighthouses are really great. I've just sent the site details to the Westaway family around the world. Cheers Shirley

Hi All, I am looking for any information on a Samuel Albert BUSH who owned/worked in a Bairnsdale Grocery in the 1890's...I am as interested in the shop (particularly its whereabouts) as I am in Samuel! Any info gratefully received. TIA Pam Manning

Hi List, Having a lazy Sunday morning updating some pages. Have just looked at www.lighthouse.net.au It has some wonderful photos of Cliffy Island lighthouse, off Port Albert. The home page for the Lindenow History that I have started work on is almost up and running. It is at: http://www.netspace.net.au/~kapana/lindenow/index.html and has at least the 1938 Telephone directory for Lindenow/Linenow South/Glenaladale there Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/

At 03:46 PM 29/04/00 +1000, Dow, Coral (DPL) wrote: >Does anyone have a death date for Uriah Hoddinott? He was buried at >Bairnsdale in 1885. I would like to check his obituary in the Bairnsdale >Advertiser. >I am trying to ascertain if he worked as a protector of Aborigines before >coming to Gippsland in 1845. Peck (memoirs of a stockman) said he came from >Goulburn NSW (where he had been protector of Aborigines) accompanied by two >Aborigines. I suspect it is more likely the Victorian Goulburn River >protectorate, there was a rations depot at Murchison on the Goulburn, but >the protectors there were Dredge and then LeSoeuf. >Any assistance much appreciated. > > Following information is provided from my copy of Monumental Memories - Bairnsdale Cemetery, by Tim Gibson, Kapana Press Bairnsdale 1996 -- Page 25 No. 93 "Uriah Hoddinott (1819-1885) was born in Somerset, England and married Martha Child in 1841, before sailing for Melbourne. Their first child was born there a month after their arrival and Hoddinott left the family to work as an overseer at Murchison. In 1845 he bought cattle and drove them around the coast to a run on Merriman's Creek which he named "Sunville", where his family joined him. The Hoddinotts were known for their pro-Aboriginal sympathies. After financial problems in 1868 they moved to East Gippsland and eventually settled at Raymond Island, leasing it for grazing from 1874 to 1881. In October 1885 Hoddinott was found dead after having drunk from a mustard pot. The doctor gave the cause of death as 'heart disease and dropsy' based on an examination eighteen months earlier. A grandson, William, serving with the 13th Light Horse in World War 1, thirty years later, was told by a soldier in France that Uriah had been poisoned. The cause of his death remains a mystery to this day." I suggest you look in the Addy for October and November 1885 and you should find something. Perhaps the Gippsland Times may have something also. Laurie.

Hi Mel, If you go to the URL in my signature, and from there to the links page, you will get a link to the West Gippsland Genealogical Society Cheers Linda Barraclough Briagolong List Owner: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND email: kapana@netspace.net.au http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ At 08:04 PM 29/04/00 +1000, Mel wrote: > >Can anyone tell me if Warragul has a Gen Society, and where they may be contacted?