My Australian Goldfields’ ancestors are Peter Harle, arrived 1856, mined Castlemaine, Homebush, Maryborough, Majorca. William Barton Farr, arrived 1854, mined Ballarat, Durham Lead, Sebasterpol, Homebush, Maryborough. My husband’s ancestors are Thomas Hall Brain who arrived 1852 and sold lemonade at Moonlight Hill (Castlemaine) and began a brewery in Sandhurst (Bendigo) with his son Thomas Henry Brain. Any information about any of these people would be truly appreciated. Heather Brain Nunawading. Vic. A

Hi Listers, Hope everyone had a happy festive season now we can get back to our "time detective" persuits. My families of interest are: Gunn Branson Crockett/itt John percival Crockett has been my bugbear for many years. He arrived in the golfields sometime in the 1870's, married Pamela Branson in 1879, in 1893 he turns up in Tasmania as the manager of a butter factory in Launceston having packed the first shipment of butter to the UK, in 1900 as butter factory manager in Kangaroo Valley Nsw. He was an accomplished musician and died with his clarinet in his hand in Sydney 1903. He and Pamela had 11 children the youngest being my grandmother. He signed his name with a flourish and always spelled his name Crockitt. On his marriage certificate he states he was born in Stratford Bow London, parents being John and Sarah Nee Mayo Crockitt. Would love to know when he arrived in our country and on which ship. regards Margaret Loiterton

I have a James Riley born about 1851 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. In 1874 in the USA, he married and Elizabeth Wright, born about 1850 in Staffordshire, England. They arrived in Sydney in 1877 with their son, John. They had another son, Robert, born in 1880 in Craigie, Victoria. Their son, John, married Phoebe Thompson in Mayborough in 1908 and they had four children: John Hamilton Riley, Jean Elizabeth Riley, Robert James Riley and Florence (Verna) Riley. Does anyone recognize this family. Ann

I am researching ALLEY, BUXTON and HITCHCOCK mainly in the Maldon area. Sandy

HI All My interests are: BECKWITH - Woodend, Rochester, 1854- 1927 later Tatura, Mooroopna, Hay, Deniliquin GAYNOR - Woodend, Ballarat (Eureka stockade) DUKE -Woodend, Ballarat, Bendigo, (Eureka stockade) DUNNE - Tocumwal (NSW) Moruya EDDY - Tocumwal (NSW) CONALLIN - 1845 Melbourne-Woodstock-Somerton, later Cobram, Deniliquin(NSW). SINCLAIR - Morago, Durham Ox, Deniliquin KINGSTON - Deniliquin BARNES - Tasmania, Deniliquin McDONALD - Keilor, Avenel KERIN - Mt Egerton, Clifton Hill O'CONNOR - Arthurs Creek, Melbourne, Clifton Hill McSWEENEY - Yan Yean, Arthurs Creek REARDON - Arthurs Creek (I think) Regards Ann Ann Kerin

Hi, My research interests are: Horner, Mapperson, Tillotson - Castlemaine Bradfield, Saniger, Chitts - Yapeen Tangey - Newstead Sandford, Jordan - Creswick Lister, Morrison - Ballarat Chapple/Chappel - Calivil Murdoch, Bogie - Muckleford Doggett, Simons, Papworth - Wedderburn area Marshall - Burnt Creek, Dunolly McIvor - Eddington Also interested in the history of Vaughan. May 2011 be good to us all. Cheers, Jeannie.

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

Hi All Our main names being researched in the Goldfields are: Bendigo Area Kernaghan Armstrong Noble Harbottle Crux Kelly Neivandt/Niewand Cheers Bryan & Helen

My family names of interest are Richards, Gieschen, Brown - White Hills, Eaglehawk, Cornwall, Hanover MacDonald - Woodend area Cheers Heather Heather Pilcher heather.pilcher@bigpond.com http://community.webshots.com/user/hjpstitcher

All the best for the new year everyone. My family is O'Neill and Tierney from round Buninyong. Any leads would be great Janis ------------------------------- 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

My interest is my great grand father Henry FOSTER. Born in Coventry, England he first resided in Beechworth, then Hunnominjie and Omeo where he married. He later lived in Bruthen, East Melbourne and Clifton Hill. He became a Shire Officer for the first Omeo Shire, and later was elected to Gippsland/Omeo Mining and Prospecting Boards. In 1889 he became the first member for Gippsland East and from 1894 - 1899 he was Minister for Mines and Water Supply. In this capacity he travelled all over Victoria inspecting mines and water supply and their workings and also proposed Legislation relavent to ventilation and miners's rights. His sons, Valentine Horace FOSTER was a Water Bailiff at Nyah West, losing his life during the first world war. Henry (Harry) Pritchard FOSTER was a surveyor as was another son Frederick John FOSTER who worked in New Guinea and Nauru. The youngest son George FOSTER who was a 'mining cadet' died aged 19 supposedly from drinking contaminated water. I have collated considerable research of Henry (sometimes known as Harry) FOSTER'S Parliamentary years and would love to hear from anyone whose ancestors had contact with him, or knew of his dealings with mining/gold field areas. Mary of Melbourne

I am searching Madden Hamilton Westblade families around Heathcote Mia Mia districts. Beryle Mason

Hi all My interests are Bryants from illogan Cornwall, settled at Ross bridge in 1861 McLeays from Inverness, then Tasmania settled in Castlemaine (draper in Market square) Alexandrina Munro from Armidale Scotland married Colin Mcleay in Castlemaine in 1865. And on the other side, Wills and Furnell who farmed in Pyramid Hill and Werribee and Wangaretta, and one was a jailor in Maryborough in late 1800's Kruss' were in the Welschmans reef area and also married part of the Munro clan. All of them were in/around Ballarat at some stage. Plus Cooks from Daylesford area Elizabeth

Horgan, Penfold, Fairfax, Lockett, Maggs, Ellard & Younghusband--all associated with the Inglewood area. Penfold, Fairfax and Watts-Brown in the Beaufort area. Many thanks Julie Allen Researching Watts Brown, Horgan, Hayes, Staniland, Marsh, Clarke, Fowler, Sutton, Waudby, Coates, Allen, Summers, Grice, Devery, Rudge, Doyle, Carroll & Mahoney.

Greetings and Best Wishes for 2011 to all, My families are: Maryborough area: Pascoe - from Helston, Sithney and Breage, in Cornwall Shugg - from Cornwall (worldwide One-name study) Bursill - from Cambridge and Lancashire Robinson - from Manchester, England Hooker - from Kent Ballarat area: Gough - Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire, Wales Edes - South Bristol, Avon, Gloucestershire Ararat area: Smart - Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset, England Scherger - Harz Mountains, Hannover, Germany Kind regards, Rowena

Hi List Happy New Year to all and a safe, happy & hopefully prosperous 2011! My interests are: DAVIES, COLES, CLARK Marcelle Western Australia

My main research interest on this list is the family and descendants of, and connections to, Donald McPHERSON and his three wives - Janet McARTHUR, Sarah McLEAN and Maria NOLAN. Donald and his first wife, Janet, arrived in Vic from Scotland in 1853 and settled almost immediately in Stawell. Janet died shortly after and he then married Sarah - who died 10 years later. A year later he married Maria who, in turn, passed away in 1883. Donald lived on until 1898. the older of the tworobbos at Bairnsdale

Fawcett, Cock, Horner, Kitto, Parsons, Dellar, Howe, White all over the goldfields but mainly Bendigo and surrounding areas. Lyn in Melbourne

Hello everyone. I have Pittard, Dorman, Williams, Cartledge, Gould, Foster etc around Ballarat, Bunninyong, Castlemaine, Bendigo, & Taradale. Cheers. Annie.....from Cairns, Aus.

Happy new year to you all My interests are Virtue/vertue thanks Janet