Hi Graeme, There used to be a "Smith" machinery Manufacturer in Creswick Road Ballarat, they made farm machines etc. From memory they were where Office Works now stands, I can remember the old tin shed there. Dave in Ballarat At 07:30 PM 11/12/2005, Graeme Rummler wrote: >Hi All, > >I have in my possession an oval metal plate, some 10 “ wide (quite heavy) >with the following inscription ­ > >J. Smith Pty Ltd > >Maker > >Ballarat. > >I have searched Google with no success for Boilermakers in Ballarat and now >hope that someone from Ballarat may recognize the name and have some Hx on >this company. > >Any replies gratefully appreciated. > >Regards > >Graeme Rummler ­ Sunshine Coast, Queensland. > > > > > >All E-Mails Virus Scanned on Receiving & Sending by Nortons. > >sunfin@spiderweb.com.au > >Graeme: List Administrator for Rummler & Rumler at www.rootsweb.com > >The Australian & New Zealand Rumler surname was originally spelt as Rummler >from Reichenbach, Schlesien, Preussen. > >Rummler is a variation of the Low German, Dutch and Flemish nickname Rommel >from Middle Low German Rummeln = To make a noise or create a disturbance. >It was used to describe the Obstreperous person. Variaions include Rommele: >Rommler: Rumler: Rummel & Rummele etc etc. > >Schlesien surnames of interest: Rummler: Rümmler: Radeck: Weiss: Lampert: >Schmidt: Schnell: Suessmann: Keller: Elter: Hippe: Wuendisch: Marx: Brendel: >Fleissig: Hillgner: Heintz: Bauer: Gruender: Wiesner: Hoffmann plus many >many more to numerous to mention. > >Australian surnames of interest: Rumler: Rummler: Blackmore: Odgers: Davies: >Weightman: Wills: Wolfe: Sobey: Renkin: Hicks: Caddy: Jennings: Godfrey: >Watkins: Heinricksen: Gollop: Douglas: Reeves: Bray plus many more to >numerous to mention. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this mailing list send the word 'unsubscribe' in >the body of a message to AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com