As I mentioned earlier, residents of Newtown wanted a school built there, and they thought the school at Black Springs should be closed down. Various petitions signed by a number of families were sent in by both groups. I was quickly leafing thru the huge pile of documents. One list of pupils going to the Black Springs school (Melbourne Road No. 1740) included: Sherry, Kate 11yrs 11 months as at 1/1/1883, 1 3/4 miles distance from school Sherry, Joseph, 10 yrs 1 month Sherry, Mary Ann, 7 yrs 6 months One of the maps showed the school building, and the location of all the families with children attending or likely to attend. The school was located (at this stage) Wangaratta side of the Black Springs bakery. In June of 1883 Agnes Price (6yrs) and Harriet Price (3yrs) attended from Sheepstation Creek - daughters of James Price and Robina Finnie. I need to go back and check the info more thoroughly. Ronda

This Kate Sherry is a mystery. She does not crop up in my tree. I cannot find her birth circa 1870/71/72/73. The other two are OK, got them. What can Kate be short for? Catherine (which fits the bill) Katharine, ??? Thanks again Ronda, but this Kate has got me beaten for the moment. Denise > As I mentioned earlier, residents of Newtown wanted a school built there, and they thought the school at Black Springs should be closed down. Various petitions signed by a number of families were sent in by both groups. I was quickly leafing thru the huge pile of documents. One list of pupils going to the Black Springs school (Melbourne Road No. 1740) included: > > Sherry, Kate 11yrs 11 months as at 1/1/1883, 1 3/4 miles distance from school > Sherry, Joseph, 10 yrs 1 month > Sherry, Mary Ann, 7 yrs 6 months > > One of the maps showed the school building, and the location of all the families with children attending or likely to attend. The school was located (at this stage) Wangaratta side of the Black Springs bakery. > > In June of 1883 Agnes Price (6yrs) and Harriet Price (3yrs) attended from Sheepstation Creek - daughters of James Price and Robina Finnie. > > I need to go back and check the info more thoroughly. > > Ronda > > >

Denise, From what I remember, it looked like the three all came from the same family, living the same distance from the school. I have finished looking thru the correspondence files for Melbourne Road school No. 1740, and I'm going to attack the building files on my next trip. (I found the Sherry names in the building file on my first visit). I will investigate further on my next visit, and will photocopy any of the original documents/maps showing the Sherry name. Could it be a cousin of the other two children? That is one thing I noticed with the Hillsborough school lists, there was often a cousin staying with a family and attending the school for the duration of their visit. I will definitely get copies of any maps they have in the building file. Ronda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Sherry - Black Springs > This Kate Sherry is a mystery. She does not crop up in my tree. I cannot > find her birth circa 1870/71/72/73. The other two are OK, got them. > What can Kate be short for? Catherine (which fits the bill) Katharine, ??? > > Thanks again Ronda, but this Kate has got me beaten for the moment. > Denise > > > > As I mentioned earlier, residents of Newtown wanted a school built there, > and they thought the school at Black Springs should be closed down. Various > petitions signed by a number of families were sent in by both groups. I was > quickly leafing thru the huge pile of documents. One list of pupils going > to the Black Springs school (Melbourne Road No. 1740) included: > > > > Sherry, Kate 11yrs 11 months as at 1/1/1883, 1 3/4 miles distance from > school > > Sherry, Joseph, 10 yrs 1 month > > Sherry, Mary Ann, 7 yrs 6 months > > > > One of the maps showed the school building, and the location of all the > families with children attending or likely to attend. The school was > located (at this stage) Wangaratta side of the Black Springs bakery. > > > > In June of 1883 Agnes Price (6yrs) and Harriet Price (3yrs) attended from > Sheepstation Creek - daughters of James Price and Robina Finnie. > > > > I need to go back and check the info more thoroughly. > > > > Ronda > > > > > > >