Hello fellow listers I am new, as of today, to this list and also new to researching in Vic. I understand that gaining free index for BDM does not occur in Vic. I am wondering if sks could advise me as to what I need to do from NSW to trace the ZILLES family from Ballarat Vic. I am looking for the marriage and children of Conrad and Hilda Elsie (SIEMERING) ZILLES...Conrad Zilles may have been a musician. Many thanks for any suggestions Poppy

Hi again, It looks like you might be after the next generation - here are the records for Zilles from the Federation, Edwardian & Death Indexes. There are no relevant records in the Great War Index. Federation Index 1889-1901 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Maria Alice Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Gustav Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1896 Reg. Number: 463 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Chas Hy Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1899 Reg. Number: 7667 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Geo Stefano Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAKA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1898 Reg. Number: 421 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Josine Constance Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1900 Reg. Number: 23832 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Gerald Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave George Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Anna Cathe MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BA LL Death Place: Year: 1893 Reg. Number: 28566 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gustave Geo Event: M Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: MITAXA Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath Age: Age Code: Birth Place: SPOL Death Place: Year: 1893 Reg. Number: 4545 Edwardian Index 1902-1913 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gustave Geo Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Zilles Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNIGAN Age: 37 Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: Ballt Year: 1908 Reg. Number: 8246 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gustave Jno Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1905 Reg. Number: 15156 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gwenthyan Stefanie Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1909 Reg. Number: 313 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Josine Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Zilles Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINEGAN Age: 46 Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: Sale Year: 1911 Reg. Number: 14731 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Kleen Mavis Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Aug Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1902 Reg. Number: 23415 Surname: ZILLIES Given Names: Lewis Lloyd Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Gustave George Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Hannah Catherine MITAXA Age: Age Code: Birth Place: BALLARAT Death Place: Year: 1904 Reg. Number: 7478 Death Index 1921-1985 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Hannah Father: Mitaxa Gerasimo Mother: Hannah Maria PERKINS Death Place: BALLT Age: 58 Age Code: Year: 1934 Reg Number: 13817 Event: D Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gwentlyan Stefaine Father: Zilles Gustave Geo Mother: Hannah Cath MITAXA Death Place: BALLT Age: 20 Age Code: Year: 1929 Reg Number: 7932 Event: D Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Charles Henry Father: George Gusta Mother: Hammah Cather METAXA Death Place: PRAH Age: 79 Age Code: Year: 1979 Reg Number: 1760 Event: D Surname: ZILLES Given Names: George Stefano Father: George Mother: Hannah UNKNOWN Death Place: BALL Age: 80 Age Code: Year: 1979 Reg Number: 26510 Event: D ------------------------------------------ From: mary.cs@bigpond.com To: jennygirl@unwired.com.au; AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: RE:RE:Birth Marie C ZILLES Just realised the records I sent have the wrong wife. These are the only Zilles records in the victorian pioneer index. ------------------------------------------ From: mary.cs@bigpond.com To: jennygirl@unwired.com.au; AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: RE:Birth Marie C ZILLES HI Jenny, Have you tried searching the Trove Digitised Newspapers - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ There seems to be a writeup on Conrads death mentioning he left a wife and daughter. >From the Victorian Pioneers index below, it would appear there were two daughters & a son born but only a death of one child registered so I don't know what happened to the others. Pioneer Index 1836-1888 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Jeanetta Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ther FINEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: BULL Death Place: Year: 1863 Reg Number: 1808 Surname: ZILLAS Given Names: Mary Josephine Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: LINTON Death Place: Year: 1866 Reg Number: 3041 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gasteve George Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: SEBA Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 26245R Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Constance Ellen Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNIGAN Age: 2 Sex: Birth Place: ROCK Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 7532 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: FINEGAN Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa Age: Sex: M Birth Place: Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 2661 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary LISK Age: 61 Sex: Birth Place: Death Place: BALLT Year: 1887 Reg Number: 8967 ------------------------------------------ From: Jenny <jennygirl@unwired.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: Birth Marie C ZILLES Hello fellow listers I am new, as of today, to this list and also new to researching in Vic. I understand that gaining free index for BDM does not occur in Vic. I am wondering if sks could advise me as to what I need to do from NSW to trace the ZILLES family from Ballarat Vic. I am looking for the marriage and children of Conrad and Hilda Elsie (SIEMERING) ZILLES...Conrad Zilles may have been a musician. Many thanks for any suggestions Poppy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just realised the records I sent have the wrong wife. These are the only Zilles records in the victorian pioneer index. ------------------------------------------ From: mary.cs@bigpond.com To: jennygirl@unwired.com.au; AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: RE:Birth Marie C ZILLES HI Jenny, Have you tried searching the Trove Digitised Newspapers - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ There seems to be a writeup on Conrads death mentioning he left a wife and daughter. >From the Victorian Pioneers index below, it would appear there were two daughters & a son born but only a death of one child registered so I don't know what happened to the others. Pioneer Index 1836-1888 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Jeanetta Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ther FINEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: BULL Death Place: Year: 1863 Reg Number: 1808 Surname: ZILLAS Given Names: Mary Josephine Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: LINTON Death Place: Year: 1866 Reg Number: 3041 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gasteve George Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: SEBA Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 26245R Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Constance Ellen Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNIGAN Age: 2 Sex: Birth Place: ROCK Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 7532 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: FINEGAN Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa Age: Sex: M Birth Place: Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 2661 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary LISK Age: 61 Sex: Birth Place: Death Place: BALLT Year: 1887 Reg Number: 8967 ------------------------------------------ From: Jenny <jennygirl@unwired.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: Birth Marie C ZILLES Hello fellow listers I am new, as of today, to this list and also new to researching in Vic. I understand that gaining free index for BDM does not occur in Vic. I am wondering if sks could advise me as to what I need to do from NSW to trace the ZILLES family from Ballarat Vic. I am looking for the marriage and children of Conrad and Hilda Elsie (SIEMERING) ZILLES...Conrad Zilles may have been a musician. Many thanks for any suggestions Poppy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI Jenny, Have you tried searching the Trove Digitised Newspapers - http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ There seems to be a writeup on Conrads death mentioning he left a wife and daughter. >From the Victorian Pioneers index below, it would appear there were two daughters & a son born but only a death of one child registered so I don't know what happened to the others. Pioneer Index 1836-1888 -------------------- Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Jeanetta Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Ther FINEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: BULL Death Place: Year: 1863 Reg Number: 1808 Surname: ZILLAS Given Names: Mary Josephine Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: LINTON Death Place: Year: 1866 Reg Number: 3041 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Gasteve George Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa FINNEGAN Age: Sex: Birth Place: SEBA Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 26245R Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Constance Ellen Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Conrad Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary FINNIGAN Age: 2 Sex: Birth Place: ROCK Death Place: Year: 1865 Reg Number: 7532 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: FINEGAN Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Theresa Age: Sex: M Birth Place: Death Place: Year: 1861 Reg Number: 2661 Surname: ZILLES Given Names: Conrad Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Geo Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary LISK Age: 61 Sex: Birth Place: Death Place: BALLT Year: 1887 Reg Number: 8967 ------------------------------------------ From: Jenny <jennygirl@unwired.com.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS@rootsweb.com; Subject: Birth Marie C ZILLES Hello fellow listers I am new, as of today, to this list and also new to researching in Vic. I understand that gaining free index for BDM does not occur in Vic. I am wondering if sks could advise me as to what I need to do from NSW to trace the ZILLES family from Ballarat Vic. I am looking for the marriage and children of Conrad and Hilda Elsie (SIEMERING) ZILLES...Conrad Zilles may have been a musician. Many thanks for any suggestions Poppy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And my Grandad, Albert Dorman ran the chemist shop in Ararat. His wife was Ada Evelyn Williams. They married in Oct1921. They had twin girls, Joyce & Evelyn in May1922 at Ararat Hospital but they were too premmie & died. My Mum (Peggy) Margaret Pittard Dorman was born there too in May1923. They moved to Chelsea I think 1924. Cheers. Annie. > Ada Ackerly <aackers@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > > > On 5/01/2011 10:01 AM, Rowena Gough wrote: > > Greetings and Best Wishes for 2011 to all, > > Ararat area: > > > > Smart - Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset, England > > > > Scherger - Harz Mountains, Hannover, Germany > > Hello Rowena, > > My grandparents George and Edith TAYLOR of "Hillside" Norval, lived just > > up the hill from Norval (Ararat) state school. They had the post office > there. My mother was a pupil teacher at the school, and they, of course

Jenny Otherwise known as "teething" it was a general term given when honestly the cause of death from whatever fever was unknown. Judy > > > On 1 Jan 2011, at 05:24, Jenny Gray wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> I have a death cert. from 1853 where the cause of death of the little 25 >> week old girl is stated as 'dentition'. Can anyone please explain this >> diagnosis. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jenny > > > >

Hello Jenny, Dentition means cutting teeth, and it was not an unusual cause of death back in those times. My 3 times Great Grandmother lost 2 or 3 children to this unfortunate problem back in the 1850's. In the Goldfields of Victoria. S. Jeffery New South Wales.

Happy New Year to all! My family interests BROCK/LEBROCQ CARROLAN ELLIOTT SHEEHAN

Samuel Hocking HARRIS m.CAMERON Flora 1876. Samuel died at Castlemaine 1900. Nine children six born Castlemaine. ? when did Flora die Eileen

Wishing everyone a happy & genealogically productive year ahead. I'd love to hear from relies, interested in sharing notes & catching up with later information. Researching WARD Family. William & Mary (MOORE), of Norfolk, England. Family - Emily (married James BARKER, brother of Sarah, settled Tasmania), Eliza (married John HART), Randle (married Sarah), William (married Mary), John James (to Australia), Ann (married William SAUNDERS, James FREESTONE & William COOK, Portland & Tasmania), Richard (married Charlotte MASON, settled Tasmania), Charles. WARD FAMILY. John James (born Norfolk & died Portland) & Sarah (BARKER, born Norfolk & died Ballarat, daughter of John Joseph BARKER & Sarah HOOKER, who settled in Tasmania) . Children Ruth (died in infancy Portland), Charles (died Ararat, married Harriett LANCASTER), John (my great grandfather), James Frederick (died Ballarat, married Emma Tyson STEVENSON, Louise Annie GIBBS & Gertrude STOREY), Naomi (died Moonee Ponds, married Heinrich HOFFMANN), Stephen (died Ararat, married Theresa FULLER), Salome (died Ballarat, married William SNIBSON). BRYANT Family. Robert (born Chertsey, Surrey & died Ararat, son of John BRYANT & Sarah CHAPMAN) & wife Ann Johanna DART (born Devonport, England & died Ararat, daughter of Henry DART & Ann ELSON). Family - John George, Robert William, Ann Elizabeth (WARD), Sarah Johanna (married Robert PRIMROSE), Henry Edmund, Emma Eliza (married Henry COLLEY), Martha Ellen (married John FLAVELL & Joseph MINCHINTON), Alice Mary (married Henry Jack MADEX, Albert Joseph (married Harriet Selina GALE), Arthur William (married Eliza FLAVELL), Ernest Gilbert (married Ellen CONLAN), Christina Fanny (married William Henry Webstere HARRIS). All died at Ararat. Cheers, Jules. Warren, NSW (but always a Queensland 'Bundy' & 'Bundagoo' girl). juliedern@westnet.com.au http://derngenealogy.tribalpages.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 5 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

On 5/01/2011 10:01 AM, Rowena Gough wrote: > Greetings and Best Wishes for 2011 to all, > Ararat area: > > Smart - Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset, England > > Scherger - Harz Mountains, Hannover, Germany Hello Rowena, My grandparents George and Edith TAYLOR of "Hillside" Norval, lived just up the hill from Norval (Ararat) state school. They had the post office there. My mother was a pupil teacher at the school, and they, of course knew all the locals. I remember mention of the SMART family and the finding of a "cocoa tin" containing tiny nuggets left behind in the goldrush days. The dog that located it should have lived in luxury thereafter, don't you think? And the SCHERGER family.. now there's fame. WW2 Air Chief Marshal SCHERGER helped my brother, who had been working as foreman welder on the "Wirraway" plane, to join the air-force as an aicraftsman, though he was in an "essential service" With the end of construction of the Wirraway, my brother thought he would be more useful maintaining airplanes in war zones. My brother's wife had deserted their two infant children and went to live in Sydney, and ACM Scherger arranged for his sister, Miss Scherger, living in Ararat, to take care of the boys for the duration of the war. They went to the Church of England school, I think. I was only six when war broke out, so my memory is that of a child, and with brothers and sisters 20 and 10 years older than myself, I heard little of the Ararat days, except that my uncle, George HANSFORD as Secretary of the Mechanics Institute and Library, daily drew up a cumulative index on the local paper. I can remember, age 5, having to wait to look at a big book in a glass case that had taken my eye, whilst he completed the newspaper page he was working on. Though my mother explained the importance of the newspaper work, it was lost on an impatient child, who, even at 5 had read every book in our household, including my brother's wrestling and aviation books. I thought, then, that newspapers were unimportant: didn't we wrap potatoes in them at the shops? My, didn't I change my mind as I did family tree research! Regards Ada Ackerly

A quick mail to the list with the subject "Rollcall" or similar is very quick and easy, however, it is not of much value. It doesn't encourage one to open the mail unless you are searching for the surname "Rollcall", in which case you will be very disappointed. It is less than useful when it gets to the archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields I would like to encourage users to apply a practice of a useful subject line, something that encourages a user to enter the email to have a look. eg. Subject: HOWARD family - Ballarat and Bendigo Then when in the body of the email, to give more than surnames. Let it be surnames, let it be a summation of a life or two, let it be periods. HOWARD family: father William, mother Isabella (née Jowles), children: James, William, Ellen, Robert, Elizabeth, Theodore, Isabella, Thomas, Robert, John. Originally from Wigan, Lancashire. Arrived "Great Britain" to Geelong 1872, to Ballarat, then to Bendigo (c.1881). more detail at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~billinghurst I hope that doesn't put a huge burden of time, and presents a few windows of opporunity. I also hope that you too agree that it is more of a benefit. Thanks. Regards, Andrew List-admin AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS mailing list

My family includes Stephens, Hughes, Franzi, Franklin, Tucker, Hill. They were from Ballarat, Clunes, Guildford, Melbourne mainly. Regards Sue Ballarat

Hi, Some of my family interests are: OHRENS, LEAHY, GIOVANETTI, Strangways; CAMERON, McVICAR, WHITE, HOWARD, DOWIE Joyce's Creek & Carrisbrook; O'SHANNASSY, FAULL, CHAPMAN Yapeen; PAVILACH Clydesdale; MILNE Yandoit; EYERS Newstead. Towns are just a general indication of location, over all Castlemaine goldfields area. Marg Pekin (Melbourne)

Researching the following: Robert MCCALLUM - Glasgow, Scotland/ Havelock - Parents - Malcolm McCALLUM and Mary STEWART - Wife - Emma BROGGREF - Camden, Middlesex, England / Havelock BELL (John and Catherine nee McCallum) - Scotland/Havelock/Prahran Regards Libby ------------------------------ Elizabeth K McMillan - ekmcm@me.com

Hi lovely listers, my family are Lyons from Cork Ireland Patrick William (AKA William) Lyons. More than likely Fermoy. Settled in Ballan with the lovely wife Bridget Dwyer from Tipperary. Her brother was John Dwyer married Mary Collins and lived in Ballan until his death in 1871.Sister of Bridget Dwyer was Catherine Dwyer. She married Patrick McGrath. again Ballan. Regards Gay in West Aust

Sorry, Jeannie, my Horners are descended from Hugh Horner & Agnes Robertson from Girvan, Scotland. They settled in Clunes and spread out from there. Lyn >-- Original Message -- >From: "ronjeannielister" <ronjeannielister@westnet.com.au> >To: <klaush@iprimus.com.au>, > <aus-vic-goldfields@rootsweb.com> >Subject: RE: Roll Call >Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:21:54 +1100 > > >Hi Lyn, Are your Horner family connected to James Spencer Horner and his >wife Sarah nee Mapperson who were in Castlemaine? Cheers, Jeannie. > >-----Original Message----- >From: aus-vic-goldfields-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:aus-vic-goldfields-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >klaush@iprimus.com.au >Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2011 7:36 AM >To: aus-vic-goldfields@rootsweb.com >Subject: Roll Call > > >Fawcett, Cock, Horner, Kitto, Parsons, Dellar, Howe, White all over the >goldfields >but mainly Bendigo and surrounding areas. > >Lyn in Melbourne > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3356 - Release Date: 01/03/11 >

Researching the following - BROAD - England / White Hills - Newtown - Maryborough 1850s to current BRANDIE - England / Bendigo area / WA / Maryborough COLLING - England / Bendigo area / WA / Maryborough COLEMAN - Ireland / Melbourne / Timor / Maryborough OUSLEY - England / Tarnagulla from 1850s RAE - Scotland / Navarre 1860s / Murphys Creek / Newbridge 1880s / Tarnagulla STEWART - Scotland / Sth Yarra 1850/60s / Newbridge 1880s BULL - Birmingham /Ballarat area / Brunswick DELL - Germany / Guilford / Carisbrook CASON - Essex / NSW / Kyneton KELLY - Tipperary / Carisbrook LANDRIGAN - Tipperary / Carisbrook GARGAN - Ireland / Smythesdale / GALLIMORE - Birmingham / Ballarat SAMELS - England / Creswick / Castlemaine / Maryborough regards Lois

Google is a pretty useful resource for searching. For instance the first hit is ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentition So it's likely to be a infection caused by teething given it's a 25 week old child. Mark -- On 1 Jan 2011, at 05:24, Jenny Gray wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a death cert. from 1853 where the cause of death of the little 25 week old girl is stated as 'dentition'. Can anyone please explain this diagnosis. > > Thanks > > Jenny

Hi all, Recently I was given a copy of a letter to the Maryborough Borough Council, from the residents of Newtown and White Hills. Dated December 31st 1889, it was to do with the 'Chinese Market Gardeners' fencing off the Four Mile Creek, thus cutting off there water supply. It is signed by the following, happy to send a hard copy to anybody who has connections. Hy ROGERS Wm HOPPER James SLATTERY Pat CONLAN Alfred BROAD (my great grandfather) William BROAD (my gg uncle) John WALKER George BAINBRIDGE T SWANN P FRENERY Andrew HALL Thos OWEN George CHAPMAN ??? John JOHNSON Hope I have deciphered them correctly, the Chapman one, I thought was something intirely different but others think thats what is says. regards Lois