Hello again Janda Further to my off-line messages, there are three references to Leon Wuttrich in "So Tall the Trees" - page 121: "Leon Wuttrich was one selector who took up the swamp blocks at the foot of the hill where the Retreat Hotel stood on conditional leasehold in 1899." page 164 - "together with a hospital opened by Leon Wuttrich in the 1920s, which became a Bush Nursing hospital in 1933 ..." page 172 - Near Moe a controversial deviation at Westbury took the Walhalla Road around Hennessy's Hill and through Leon Wuttrich's famous tree plantation in 1920 to avoid a steep grade over the hill." I assume that you are aware that the births of Leon & Ellen Wuttrich's five children are shown in the Vic births index - Leon 1895 (at sea), Melina 1896, Cosette 1898, Fred 1903 and Eva 1908. I feel sure that the Moe & District Historical Society would have more information about the family. Walter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janda Gooding" <Janda.Gooding@awm.gov.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:07 AM Subject: [AVG] Wuttrich / Cooper / Gooding families > Greetings listers, > I'm new to the list and hope someone out there can help me. I started > my family history recently and it seems most of my father's relatives > come from the Gippsland area. > > My paternal grandmother Vera May COOPER [1901-1985] was the daughter of > George Astley COOPER [b. DuckPonds Vic, 1865] and Jessie HASTHORPE. Vera > May COOPER married my future grandfather Clarence Alphonse GOODING [b. > Tanjil 1890 - d. Perth 1975] in 1928. He was the son of William Charles > GOODING and Marie Henrietta WUTTRICH [b.1863 Barrabool Hills - d. Tanjil > 1945], daughter of Alphonse Leon WUTTRICH [arr Aust 1854]. > > The GOODINGs and HASTHORPEs are well covered in Settlers to Selectors > by Joan Hasthorpe but I am keen to know more about the WUTTRICHs and if > the COOPERs are known in the Gippsland area. > > I'll be in east Gippsland in December so will be able to chase down > things if anyone has some leads for me to pursue. > > Janda Gooding > (researching Gooding, Cooper, Hasthorpe, Gowans, Bevis, Wuttrich, > Ceirinie and Varney families) > > > ------------------------------- > 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