Hi Linda, Us Lathams are not related to the Mary in question. Sorry cant help. regards Paul & Lorene Latham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Barraclough" <kapana@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 6:06 PM Subject: [AVG] LATHAM (etc) and FRY, plus COOMBS > Hi Everyone, > > Are any of you LATHAM (etc) families, or anyone else, connected to > Samuel FRY, son of Samuel FRY and Mary LATHAM, born 1857 Belfast / Port > Fairy. > > He was a bootmaker in Neerim South by 1906, before moving his > business at an unknown later date to Warragul. He died at Paynesville > in 1953 aged 97. He was married to Annie Sarah BEDFORD, but I cannot > find any children. > > Seeking a photograph of him, and of Harry Combs, bootmaker at Moe > c.1910 to c.1966. There are two possible deaths for him in the > indexes, so he died either 1965 (I did say he had the shop until > c.1966!) or 1968. I cannot locate children for him either, although > he did have a wife. > > The Bootmaker's shop at Old Gippstown was used by FRY, and the tools > are those used by Harry COOMBS. > > Cheers > > Linda > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message