Your Para 1. Who or what is Morgan's Diary? Thanks for looking anyway. What is the reference please. Page was an American who arrived on the Texas in 1853. AC Page aged 20 (Augustus) and HC Page aged 22. In order to fill in a few blanks in HIram's story, I would dearly love to find out about Augustus in particular. He was cabin mate to my gg Hiram Crawford on the above ship. Whilst they were waiting to sail from New York, they went to Hiram's home town of Oakham in Massachusetts to fill in a few days. It's weird to think that this guy slept in my gg's home, ate from my ggg's table, and he ended up here in Buckland but before meeting on the Texas they didn't know one another. Probably not an unusual case, just that I happened to find out about it. My curiosity is on fire! Your Para 2. My knees are shivering!!!! (son's expression when at 3 years of age we took him to a ghost town - Walhala) Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Buckland > Denise, > > Can't find any reference in Morgan's Diary before abt 1860 (thogh there is a > ref to "Page", no given name). No record in Buckland Cemetery, or Bright. > > Try & get to Wang earlier... I'm going to give you heaps!! > > Peter R > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denise McMahon <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:05 PM > Subject: [AVNE] Buckland > > > > I am wondering if anyone knows of a list of deaths for Buckland perhaps it > is in a book. I am speaking of the period during the epidemic - typhoid - > which occurred shortly after gold was discovered there. > > > > Nothing is registered on the BDMs for Buckland before about 1880's so > perhaps Beechworth would have been the spot for registration. > > > > I am looking for a male called PAGE, and possibly Augustus. > > > > Long shot, but worth trying. > > > > Thanks everyone > > > > Denise > > > > >

Briefly, Morgan's Diary is the diary of Henry Morgan, an American from Yellow Creek, Indiana, who describes his journey from 1852 to Aust 1853 (on the Barque "President") and his life here, mostly in the Buckland Valley (1856 - 1909) as a miner & farmer. His unique style (although his understandable pre-occupation with the weather can be tiring!) makes for wonderful reading. The original is in the National Library, Canberra. There is a copy at the State Lib of Vic (MS12525, Box 3404/1, La Trobe Collection). Copyright for the electronic version is claimed by Mr F. R. Vines. I am happy to do look-ups of course. Henry does not give the name(s) of the PAGE man or men he mentions... 22 July 1860: ....."Brown, Miller, Page, Williams and others were here to day having in view the purchase of plant." 6 Dec 1861: "Page, Lees, Tanswell, Bryant and Fowler started for the Lachlan". These are the only references to Page. The Tanswell of course was Thomas, who was a bucher & hotel-keeper in the Buckland (1857) before having a hotel at Morses Creek (Bright), and then at Beechworth. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise McMahon <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Buckland > Your Para 1. > > Who or what is Morgan's Diary? Thanks for looking anyway. What is the > reference please. Page was an American who arrived on the Texas in 1853. > AC Page aged 20 (Augustus) > and > HC Page aged 22. > > In order to fill in a few blanks in HIram's story, I would dearly love to > find out about Augustus in particular. He was cabin mate to my gg Hiram > Crawford on the above ship. Whilst they were waiting to sail from New York, > they went to Hiram's home town of Oakham in Massachusetts to fill in a few > days. It's weird to think that this guy slept in my gg's home, ate from > my ggg's table, and he ended up here in Buckland but before meeting on the > Texas they didn't know one another. > > Probably not an unusual case, just that I happened to find out about it. My > curiosity is on fire! > > > Your Para 2. > > My knees are shivering!!!! > > (son's expression when at 3 years of age we took him to a ghost town - > Walhala) > > > Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Buckland > > > > Denise, > > > > Can't find any reference in Morgan's Diary before abt 1860 (thogh there is > a > > ref to "Page", no given name). No record in Buckland Cemetery, or Bright. > > > > Try & get to Wang earlier... I'm going to give you heaps!! > > > > Peter R > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Denise McMahon <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:05 PM > > Subject: [AVNE] Buckland > > > > > > > I am wondering if anyone knows of a list of deaths for Buckland perhaps > it > > is in a book. I am speaking of the period during the epidemic - typhoid - > > which occurred shortly after gold was discovered there. > > > > > > Nothing is registered on the BDMs for Buckland before about 1880's so > > perhaps Beechworth would have been the spot for registration. > > > > > > I am looking for a male called PAGE, and possibly Augustus. > > > > > > Long shot, but worth trying. > > > > > > Thanks everyone > > > > > > Denise > > > > > > > > > >