--- AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: to those who are interested st marys rc school bairnsdale are having are school renioun next w/e 19/20 may , that is all i really know at the moment. cheers > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 99 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [AVG] Re: Henry Tisdale > [=?iso-8859-1?q?Claire=20Wood?= <cl] > #2 [AVG] Sale picture theatre > [=?iso-8859-1?q?Claire=20Wood?= <cl] > #3 Re: [AVG] Sale picture theatre [Linda > Barraclough <kapana@netspace] > #4 [AVG] Fw: Hello and names I am res ["Majella > Laws" <majellalaws@vic.au] > #5 [AVG] Re: MacLeod ["E. > Spencer" <espencer@intranet.ca] > #6 [AVG] SHRIMPTON family (request fr [Leone > Fabre <fabre@melbpc.org.au>] > > 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: Sat, 6 May 2000 02:12:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Claire Wood <clairewo@yahoo.com> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] Re: Henry Tisdale > > 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/ > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 02:22:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Claire Wood <clairewo@yahoo.com> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] Sale picture theatre > > 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/ > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 20:31:48 +1000 > From: Linda Barraclough <kapana@netspace.net.au> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AVG] Sale picture theatre > > *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 > > > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 21:59:18 +1000 > From: "Majella Laws" > <majellalaws@vic.australis.com.au> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] Fw: Hello and names I am researching > > ----- 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/ > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 11:47:19 -0400 > From: "E. Spencer" <espencer@intranet.ca> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] Re: MacLeod > > 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. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 7 message/rfc822 > Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 11:56:09 +1000 > From: Leone Fabre <fabre@melbpc.org.au> > To: AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVG] SHRIMPTON family (request from UK) > > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/