Doug Hi. Denise here. It was my great-grandmother, not Adas Her names was Mary Conway and she married Christiian Haeffner in 1854. D ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug & Pat MacLaren-Smith" <youknow@nor.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Hotel Licenses: when did they come in? > Hi Ada > What is the name of your Great-grandmother? and who did she marry?, I May > have some info. > Doug MacLaren-Smith Alstonville NSW 2477 > Researching following families. > SMITH abt 1828 Glasgow Sct Melb Vic Castlemaine, Wooragee Oxley > Plains Milawa > Waddell 1806 Glasgow Milawa Vic > Wilson abt 1830 Scotland Milawa Vic > Ferguson abt 1840 Ayrshire Sct Milawa vic > Gardner 1835 Boness Sct Milawa Vic > Newth 1857 Tarrawingee Vic > Edwards 1858 Wooragee Vic > Kerr 1860 Beechworth Vic > McInnes 1840 Mortloch Banff Sct Whitfield Oxley Wangaratta > Gillespie abt 1841 Ardgous Argyll Sct Whifield Oxley Wangaratta > Beer 1767 Devenshire Eng. Sturt SA Tylden Echuca Vic > Moana NSW > MacLaren/McLaurin 1800 Rattray Sct Echuca Moama > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 3:11 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Hotel Licenses: when did they come in? > > > > Hello Denise , > > > > In James Flett's "Old Pubs" of the goldfields in Vic, page 20, he says: > > Beechworth town was laid out in June 1853 and two slab stores - Palmer's > > and Williams' - were erected. The first licenced hotels in 1854 were > > William Neuber's "Beechworth" and C.H.Palmers "Eldorado" and a third was > > "John Reilly's) > > > > In 1856 were Wallace's "Star", James Wilson's "Criterion", John Duncan > > Fisher's "Commercial", "Eldorado", M.Langford's "Beechworth" and others > > kept by Henry Wise and Joseph White. > > > > > > At 16:34 01-03-02 +1000, you wrote: > > >Ada, > > >Thank you for your imput. Much appreciated. > > > > > >The reason I asked is that I think my great-grandmother came to > Beechworth > > >from Ireland to work at the Beechworth Arms for 6 months for 35 (?what) > and > > >rations. She was a domestic servant, so this hotel probably had > > >accommodation. > > > > > >This was in March 1854 and she married in December 1854...... > > > > > >I hope to be able to track at least where the Beechworth Arms was, if > > >nothing else. > > > > > >Her future husband worked at mining and ran the Criterion Hotel on Spring > > >Creek, which I think is now the hotel on the Cnr High and Camp STs. When > I > > >was there last year I noticed a sign/plaque in the foyer listing names of > > >hotels thru the years, and I feel this sign was referring to the hotel > which > > >still stands and it just had its name changed. > > > > > >Does anyone know if that hotel...wait a mo.....just looked it up, called > > >the NIcholas actually did start it's life under another name? > > > > > >Denise > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> > > >To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:18 PM > > >Subject: Re: [ > > > > regards, > > Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia > > formerly Ackerly DocuSearch > > > > >