What's the celebration Di? It sounds interesting. Did I miss something? I would love to celebrate the occasion, if only I knew what it was! Bonnie Joy Researching: Ferguson, Kerr, Wolstenholme, McKimmie in Australia. Ferguson, Kerr, Sloan, Welsh in Ayrshire. -----Original Message----- From: Mary Dean [mailto:Deans@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2002 6:05 PM To: AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVNE] What now? Lady Di what are you going to do next? Have you finished celebrating yet? Perhaps the boss could shout drinks for us all to celebrate with you pp --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.325 / Virus Database: 182 - Release Date: 19/02/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.325 / Virus Database: 182 - Release Date: 19/02/2002

Lady Di what are you going to do next? Have you finished celebrating yet? Perhaps the boss could shout drinks for us all to celebrate with you pp

Paul......you found another descendant at the bottom of the FFamilies? Muriel. I see one on the list has contacted you - Carol. And the wife of another descendant ( descendant now deceased)lives in Corryong and she too has information when I spoke to her in April. Kath Humphris - search of white pages will give you her number Others live in Albury and Wodonga I believe. By the way, FFamilies was up for everyone to use and submit, for two or three years, then closed mid last year I think. Shame you were asleep as you said! Good luck and have fun Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Woolard" <pwoolard@melbpc.org.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: [AVNE] Hollister/Stone > Thanks Denise > > I have just been to First Families and looked up Hollister. It gives a > slightly different slant on the Kate Hopwood Stone Hollister saga. Also > looked up Kate's "father", Job Stone and found a miriad of family there. > Wish I had heard of it when it was being put together. It would be a thrill > to have Henry Woolard and his descendants on the site. Must have been > asleep the day it was publicised. > > Paul Woolard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > > > > Paul - back later, but have you seen Harry Hollister on First Families > 2001? > > > > D > >

March 12th 1863 Lost or stolen on the Beechworth road, between Longwood and Euroa, a leather bag cntaining a parcel of copper wire, for one Hattersley of Beechworth, a parcel forSun Gee Loy, one for Quong Ley (supposed to contain silks) one for Evans, and one addressed Goodman, containing 7 watches as under :- description - also a parcel addressed to one Matthews, containing a child's trap and some chemicals. All these were entrusted for carriage to Messrs. Bevan & Col 11/3/1863. Well, now if it had been with Crawford it would not have gone missing! Stolen from Alfred Matson, on the night of teh 2nd instant, while camping at the 11 mile Creek near Winton, Wangaratta a £4.11.6d cheque No 1029 drawn by Ewen McPherson & Co on Holmes, White & Co. Melbourne Stolen from the dwelling of Frederick Alfred Winch at Beechworth on the night of the 19th Instant, a handsome specimen of milk white quartz, dimensions 3 inches 2 inches and 3/4 inch one of the lfat sides thickly studded with gold; a small irregularly shaped gold nugget of about 5 dwts; several small pieces of gold and quartz and a large dark coloured quartz specimen thickly studded with fine gold 25th March 1863. The leather bag dropped from the Beechworth and Longwood coach, the property of - Hattersley has been recovered and restored to the owner - 25th March 1863. Michael Barry has been arrested by the Chiltern police and fined £3 or 14 days hard labor for obscene language. His original sentence had expired 2th March 1863 - Michael was a Ticket of Leave Holder (convict) Stolen from the store of Ben Johnson at Omeo on the evening of the 18th isntant, a cash box containing about £40 in gold, inlcuding a nugget about one inch long, and bent shape, weighing about 2 dwts; also a £10 cheque by Sub-inpsector Palmer to Constable Gilligan. The box was a small japanned one with brass handle. Thomas Bryer and John Wallace have been successively arrested for this robbery and subsequently discharged. 31/3/1863 About midnight on the 21st March a horse belonging to Thomas Graham was taken from the owner's yard at Rutherglen, and subsequently recovered, having been apparently turned loose without the saddle and bridle, the former by Collier and Lawrence Beechworth,, recently repaired with new flaps and lining; it had attache dto it a arcel containing a pair of wellington boots and a pair of drawers. The bridle was a good one, with large buckles and white headband. 1/4/1863 wonder if the drawers were recovered! Stolen from the hut of John Burns, Woolshed on the afternoon of the 18th inst a saddle by Collier and Lawrence of Beechworth, off knee pad skirt cut with an axe, an old bridgle with plain but, a blue double blanket, and two single grey blankets 8/4/1863.

Lady Di, Congratulations on your award, it is well deserved pp

Hi, all In my research of the COLLIER family, I have a Catherine Louisa Collier, born Beechworth Vic, Australia in 1880, who married a George William HINES in 1907 in Beechworth. George was born in Beechworth, Vic in 1876 and was the son of John HINES and Ellen Harriet LARKIN. George and Catherine had a number of children. They were: Phyllis Margarita, born 1908, Carlton, Vic who married a Roy PUND Maisie Genevi, born 1910, Hawthorn, Vic who married a Joseph COYLE Moira Teresa, born 1918 in Beechworth, Vic who married a Ray GORMAN Marcus George, born 1919 in Beechworth, Vic who married a Rachel GILLIAN Patricia, born in 1926 who married a Ralph REYNOLDS Am interested in contacting any descendants or relatives of this family. I have a lot of Collier and Wilberforce information that I am willing to share. Carol Dale Researching Wilberforce, Collier and related families in the NE

Hi everybody, I am just returning to researching the Collier family, who were resident in the Beechworth area. The Collier family that I am interested in are the descendants of Thomas COLLIER born 1852 in Ireland and Catherine DOYLE born 1827 in Ireland. They married in Sydney in 1852. Thomas died in Beechworth in 1903, Catherine in Beechworth in 1889. They had quite a number of children, including John Collier who married Lillian Watson Wilberforce. I am in contact with a number of Collier relatives and have quite an amount of information, but not much on the following children of John and Lillian. Margaret Ellen Collier, born 1880 Beechworth, married James Lewis Sampson BOND in 1908 in Victoria. Catherine Louisa Collier, born 1882 Beechworth, married George William HINES in Beechworth in 1907 Mary Lillian Collier, born in 1883 in Beechworth, married Michael Thomas PHELAN in Victoria in 1912 Michael George Collier, born in 1884 in Beechworth, died in 1939 in Greensborough, Victoria Thomas William Collier, born in 1886 in Beechworth, died in Caulfield, year unknown. Married a Violet, Last name unknown. Walter Wilberforce Collier, born in Beechworth 1890, died in Caulfield 1931 John Edmond Maurice Collier, born in 1894 Alphonsus Cecil Collier, born in 1895 in Beechworth. If anybody has any connection or information on these Colliers, I would be most appreciative. I have lots of other Collier information and am in touch with a wonderful Collier researcher (did you see that, Denise). I also have a lot of Wilberforce and Ashdown information to share. Carol Dale Researching Wilberforce and related families

Dear Paul, I have some Hollister information due to their connections to the Simpson family and from there the Wilberforce family. I have some headstone photos from Stanley. Not very close up, as my husband was just getting used to being a headstone photographer. Also have a printed Hollister history that was sent to me by another researcher. More than happy to share Hollister information. Email address is coradsl@tpgi.com.au Carol Dale Researching Ashdowns, Wilberforces, Gellies and other related NE families.

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I can put you in touch Paul with some Hollister family if you would like. I fyou would like me to forward your email address I shall. Back tomorrow with what I have - altho the family probably with some digging could give you more. If you ever find anything out about Harry's coaching days, would you mind letting me know! I have a bit, but nothing like time frame, where he drove etc. etc. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Woolard" <pwoolard@melbpc.org.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: [AVNE] Hollister/Stone > Thanks Denise > > I have just been to First Families and looked up Hollister. It gives a > slightly different slant on the Kate Hopwood Stone Hollister saga. Also > looked up Kate's "father", Job Stone and found a miriad of family there. > Wish I had heard of it when it was being put together. It would be a thrill > to have Henry Woolard and his descendants on the site. Must have been > asleep the day it was publicised. > > Paul Woolard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:25 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > > > > Paul - back later, but have you seen Harry Hollister on First Families > 2001? > > > > D > >

Hi everyone. Does anyone have a copy of the CD ROM published by Lincolnshire Record Office, called Indexes of Wills 1700 - 1900? I would appreciate a look up for the surname TORY and its various manifestations. Thanks Ken

Sirion. I am a great-granddaughter of Hiram Crawford and for the past three years have been researching his life and C and C. Within this time I have much on the company and whilst not the EXACT tracks made by the cmpany I do have the routes - these extended all over the north east and into the southern NSW area. At times the company ran under the banner of Cobb into NSW and to Melbourne. If you care to contact me off list, then we can go from there. regards Denise McMahon helendmc@powerup.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sirion David A." <gold_sherpa@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: [AVNE] Cobb & Co. or Crawford & Connelly > I am looking for information, and in particular maps on coach routes in > North Eastern Victoria. > I have searched and found maps and information on the Cobb & Co. coach > routes in all other areas, but nothing on North Eastern Victoria. > I was then informed, that the majority of coaches in the North East of > Victoria were run by Crawford & Connelly, and that Hiriam Crawford was a > personal friend of Cobb. Well, cannot find anything on or about Crawford & > Connelly. > > What actually prompted this, was the find I made of some tracks in rocks and > then found out it was the tracks from Cobb & Co. coaches as this track I > found was a Cobb & Co. coach route. Well, I realise that this may now have > actually been a Crawford & Connelly Coach route. This got me interested, > and decided to start looking around for other areas where the routes may > have run. > > My main interest is historical mining, and consequently travel extensively > in the North East region in the most inaccessible and interesting places by > motor cycle. Places that you would never get access to in a 4WD. When I > cannot ride any further I walk. I then decided to see if I could locate any > further information on Cobb & Co. coach routes and possibly find any relics > or interesting information in these remote locations. To date I have found > mines that have not been documented, with some quite significant workings, > and even mines that have obviously had no person return since they were > abandoned, as things like bottles and other goodies that always get > souvenired first were still there. > > Presently I am 2/3rds the way through documenting and mapping the Granya > Gold Fields on which very little has been done. I will make this > information available publicly, and send a copy to the Vic Mines > department, and the Granya Museum, which I have already given a lot of > information and assistance. > > If you have any information or maps on Cobb & Co or Crawford & Connelly > Coach routes in North Eastern Victoria I would be most appreciative, and be > more than happy to give you a copy of photographs or information I collect. > > Regards, > Sirion David A. > > > >

I am looking for information, and in particular maps on coach routes in North Eastern Victoria. I have searched and found maps and information on the Cobb & Co. coach routes in all other areas, but nothing on North Eastern Victoria. I was then informed, that the majority of coaches in the North East of Victoria were run by Crawford & Connelly, and that Hiriam Crawford was a personal friend of Cobb. Well, cannot find anything on or about Crawford & Connelly. What actually prompted this, was the find I made of some tracks in rocks and then found out it was the tracks from Cobb & Co. coaches as this track I found was a Cobb & Co. coach route. Well, I realise that this may now have actually been a Crawford & Connelly Coach route. This got me interested, and decided to start looking around for other areas where the routes may have run. My main interest is historical mining, and consequently travel extensively in the North East region in the most inaccessible and interesting places by motor cycle. Places that you would never get access to in a 4WD. When I cannot ride any further I walk. I then decided to see if I could locate any further information on Cobb & Co. coach routes and possibly find any relics or interesting information in these remote locations. To date I have found mines that have not been documented, with some quite significant workings, and even mines that have obviously had no person return since they were abandoned, as things like bottles and other goodies that always get souvenired first were still there. Presently I am 2/3rds the way through documenting and mapping the Granya Gold Fields on which very little has been done. I will make this information available publicly, and send a copy to the Vic Mines department, and the Granya Museum, which I have already given a lot of information and assistance. If you have any information or maps on Cobb & Co or Crawford & Connelly Coach routes in North Eastern Victoria I would be most appreciative, and be more than happy to give you a copy of photographs or information I collect. Regards, Sirion David A.

Thanks Denise I have just been to First Families and looked up Hollister. It gives a slightly different slant on the Kate Hopwood Stone Hollister saga. Also looked up Kate's "father", Job Stone and found a miriad of family there. Wish I had heard of it when it was being put together. It would be a thrill to have Henry Woolard and his descendants on the site. Must have been asleep the day it was publicised. Paul Woolard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > Paul - back later, but have you seen Harry Hollister on First Families 2001? > > D

Hi Doug, I got a copy of the map from the State Library VIC. I will send you a copy. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Pat MacLaren-Smith" <youknow@nor.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 3 May 2002 7:59 Subject: Re: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > Hi Anne > You could be right about the Graham's and it sounds very logical. > I know that John Smith held quite a bit of land in the Tarrawinge area from > what Roger told me, and still holds. He did tell me the name of his main > property and we passed another on our run around but silly me I did not > write it down. > Don't worry about the time that it is taking. > Where did you get the map from, I would like to know so that I may get one > Thank you > Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Hollingshead" <hollies@melbpc.org.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:17 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > I will get the photocopy of the original back from my daughter on Friday > and > > will then send off the records. Sorry it has taken me so long it just > seems > > to go on and on. I am afraid I am not very organized. > > > > I thought Graham was George Graham brother of John Graham who was the > > winegrower who went from Wooragee to Wahgunyah. He seems to have had land > > all over the place. > > > > George Graham (brother of John Graham) and John Wilson were witnesses to > > James TINNING's marriage in 1868. > > > > I have a map of Charles Thornton's land in Wooragee he was James TINNING's > > wife Mary Jane Thornton's father. > > Adjacent to the land are properties of John Smith and John Graham. Would > > this be your John Smith ? > > > > Anne > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doug & Pat MacLaren-Smith" <youknow@nor.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 3:27 > > Subject: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > > > > > > > Hi Anne, > > > Thank you from the newspaper story. There are a couple of observations > > that > > > I would like to bring up from this story. > > > (1) Mr Wilson the owner of "Home Station" Milawa would be Thomas Wilson > > who > > > married Elizabeth Smith, John Smith's sister. > > > (2) Mr Graham could be John Graham a Scot who came to Australia by way > of > > > Canada and a small (117 acers) landowner on the Oxley Plains > > > I understand that Mr Graham and Mr Wilson were in partnership ? > > > (3) Mr D Gardner (Milawa) could have been Wilfred McDonald (Duke) > Gardner > > > son of Colin Gardner and Mary Smith. Mary was also John Smith's sister. > > > (4) John Smith's wife and daughter who gave the alarm on the fire would > > have > > > been Florence Matilda Oliver and Reta Dorothy Smith > > > Kind regards > > > Doug > > > > > > > > > >

Hi Anne You could be right about the Graham's and it sounds very logical. I know that John Smith held quite a bit of land in the Tarrawinge area from what Roger told me, and still holds. He did tell me the name of his main property and we passed another on our run around but silly me I did not write it down. Don't worry about the time that it is taking. Where did you get the map from, I would like to know so that I may get one Thank you Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Hollingshead" <hollies@melbpc.org.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > Hi Doug, > > I will get the photocopy of the original back from my daughter on Friday and > will then send off the records. Sorry it has taken me so long it just seems > to go on and on. I am afraid I am not very organized. > > I thought Graham was George Graham brother of John Graham who was the > winegrower who went from Wooragee to Wahgunyah. He seems to have had land > all over the place. > > George Graham (brother of John Graham) and John Wilson were witnesses to > James TINNING's marriage in 1868. > > I have a map of Charles Thornton's land in Wooragee he was James TINNING's > wife Mary Jane Thornton's father. > Adjacent to the land are properties of John Smith and John Graham. Would > this be your John Smith ? > > Anne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug & Pat MacLaren-Smith" <youknow@nor.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 3:27 > Subject: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > > > > Hi Anne, > > Thank you from the newspaper story. There are a couple of observations > that > > I would like to bring up from this story. > > (1) Mr Wilson the owner of "Home Station" Milawa would be Thomas Wilson > who > > married Elizabeth Smith, John Smith's sister. > > (2) Mr Graham could be John Graham a Scot who came to Australia by way of > > Canada and a small (117 acers) landowner on the Oxley Plains > > I understand that Mr Graham and Mr Wilson were in partnership ? > > (3) Mr D Gardner (Milawa) could have been Wilfred McDonald (Duke) Gardner > > son of Colin Gardner and Mary Smith. Mary was also John Smith's sister. > > (4) John Smith's wife and daughter who gave the alarm on the fire would > have > > been Florence Matilda Oliver and Reta Dorothy Smith > > Kind regards > > Doug > > > > >

Paul - back later, but have you seen Harry Hollister on First Families 2001? D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Woolard" <pwoolard@melbpc.org.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > Denise, > > Thanks for your posting about Phyllis Humphris. It is information which I > can use to pad out part of my family tree and reminded me of some unfinished > research. > > Did Harry Hollister marry his first cousin?? > > On first glance, YES. > > Harry's parents were Augustus Hollister and Kate nee Stone while Beatrice's > parents were Charles Stone and Emma Dive. Kate and Charles were brother and > sister or were they? > > Harry Hollister's mother was Kate Stone, daughter of Sarah Hopwood who > married Job Stone, and Beatrice Stone was a daughter of Charles Stone, a son > of the same Job Stone. > > Job and Sarah, incidentally both convicts and my ggg-parents, married on 27 > September 1842. (Kate's sister, Mary Ann married Henry Woolard at her > parent's home in Stanley in 1864) Kate Hollister nee Hopwood was born 15 > May 1841 at the Female Factory in Parramatta and registered as the daughter > of William and Sarah but with surname of Hopwood. She took the Stone name > after her mother married Job. Of course, it is possible that Job was her > natural father (his convict ship arrived in Botany Bay on 27 April 1840) but > I fear that will never be known. On the other hand Charles Stone was > supposedly born in 1840, a couple of years before Job and Sarah married and > it would appear highly unlikely although possible that Sarah was his mother. > (I say supposedly because NSW Pioneers Index shows that birth as being > registered in 1845 as the son of Job and Kate although other records > indicate 1840 - this has yet to be resolved) > > > > Paul Woolard > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:13 PM > Subject: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > > > > Perhaps you may know of the lady mentioned below Phyllis. > > > > Phyllis was the daughter of Harry Hollister who drove coaches for Crawford > and Connolly. > > > > Harry was born in Stanley in 1870 and died in Wodonga at 84 years in 1954. > He is buried in Wodonga. He married Beatrice STONE in 1898 (died in 1944). > > > > The couple had four children one of whom was Phyllis Isabel who married in > 1933 Wal Humphris and lived in Wodonga. She died in 1997 and used to lead > the Anzac Day service at the cenotaph. She was President of the RSL Women's > Auxiliary, catered for the Mayday Hills. Was a musical lady from what I > have been told played the organ and sang. > > > > Perhaps someone remembers this lady on Anzac Day. > > > > Denise > > > > >

Denise, Thanks for your posting about Phyllis Humphris. It is information which I can use to pad out part of my family tree and reminded me of some unfinished research. Did Harry Hollister marry his first cousin?? On first glance, YES. Harry's parents were Augustus Hollister and Kate nee Stone while Beatrice's parents were Charles Stone and Emma Dive. Kate and Charles were brother and sister or were they? Harry Hollister's mother was Kate Stone, daughter of Sarah Hopwood who married Job Stone, and Beatrice Stone was a daughter of Charles Stone, a son of the same Job Stone. Job and Sarah, incidentally both convicts and my ggg-parents, married on 27 September 1842. (Kate's sister, Mary Ann married Henry Woolard at her parent's home in Stanley in 1864) Kate Hollister nee Hopwood was born 15 May 1841 at the Female Factory in Parramatta and registered as the daughter of William and Sarah but with surname of Hopwood. She took the Stone name after her mother married Job. Of course, it is possible that Job was her natural father (his convict ship arrived in Botany Bay on 27 April 1840) but I fear that will never be known. On the other hand Charles Stone was supposedly born in 1840, a couple of years before Job and Sarah married and it would appear highly unlikely although possible that Sarah was his mother. (I say supposedly because NSW Pioneers Index shows that birth as being registered in 1845 as the son of Job and Kate although other records indicate 1840 - this has yet to be resolved) Paul Woolard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:13 PM Subject: [AVNE] For the Local North easters > Perhaps you may know of the lady mentioned below Phyllis. > > Phyllis was the daughter of Harry Hollister who drove coaches for Crawford and Connolly. > > Harry was born in Stanley in 1870 and died in Wodonga at 84 years in 1954. He is buried in Wodonga. He married Beatrice STONE in 1898 (died in 1944). > > The couple had four children one of whom was Phyllis Isabel who married in 1933 Wal Humphris and lived in Wodonga. She died in 1997 and used to lead the Anzac Day service at the cenotaph. She was President of the RSL Women's Auxiliary, catered for the Mayday Hills. Was a musical lady from what I have been told played the organ and sang. > > Perhaps someone remembers this lady on Anzac Day. > > Denise > >

Hi Doug, I will get the photocopy of the original back from my daughter on Friday and will then send off the records. Sorry it has taken me so long it just seems to go on and on. I am afraid I am not very organized. I thought Graham was George Graham brother of John Graham who was the winegrower who went from Wooragee to Wahgunyah. He seems to have had land all over the place. George Graham (brother of John Graham) and John Wilson were witnesses to James TINNING's marriage in 1868. I have a map of Charles Thornton's land in Wooragee he was James TINNING's wife Mary Jane Thornton's father. Adjacent to the land are properties of John Smith and John Graham. Would this be your John Smith ? Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Pat MacLaren-Smith" <youknow@nor.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2002 3:27 Subject: [AVNE] Tarrawingee Flour Mill Fire > Hi Anne, > Thank you from the newspaper story. There are a couple of observations that > I would like to bring up from this story. > (1) Mr Wilson the owner of "Home Station" Milawa would be Thomas Wilson who > married Elizabeth Smith, John Smith's sister. > (2) Mr Graham could be John Graham a Scot who came to Australia by way of > Canada and a small (117 acers) landowner on the Oxley Plains > I understand that Mr Graham and Mr Wilson were in partnership ? > (3) Mr D Gardner (Milawa) could have been Wilfred McDonald (Duke) Gardner > son of Colin Gardner and Mary Smith. Mary was also John Smith's sister. > (4) John Smith's wife and daughter who gave the alarm on the fire would have > been Florence Matilda Oliver and Reta Dorothy Smith > Kind regards > Doug > >

Lorraine That is exactly what it is....... Can I have your snail mail address pls. Chris On Wednesday, May 1, 2002, at 04:49 PM, Lorraine Key wrote: > Hi Chris > Is it just an index of the names they were researching. > and who was doing the research if so Could I please have a list > Thank you Lorraine Key > > Chris Wild wrote: > >> Anyone that didn't receive a copy of the bio index who would like one >> email me - >> >> wildmob@dodo.com.au >> >> Chris > > >