No Dianne Colleen had a brother Bruce but he wasn't even born at that time. Her father, Fred, and her older brother, Kith, were the two family members involved in the droving bit. Fred married Myrtle Smith, daughter of Harry, a well known identity around the Bairnsdale saleyards untilhis death some years ago. one of the tworobbos ----- Original Message ----- From: Dianne Carroll <omeo@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] OMEO - TAYLOR > Peter, > Is this a connection to the McPherson that contracted polio as a child and > died several years ago. I think his name was Bruce. He contracted it in > Bairnsdale the same time as my father (about 1936). > > ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ > Regards Dianne Carroll > Historian - Genealogist - Author > Omeo - Victoria > Ph: (03) 51591535 > Fx: (03) 51591442 > http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/omeo/ > Join List :- Alpine Heritage at = http://www.onelist.com > ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > This list is set so that, by default, when you use the "Reply to Sender" option, replies go to the WHOLE list (about three hundred people). Make sure this is what you mean to do before sending. >