Thanks Beverley. Now I've got it. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: bragge <bragge@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Blue Bell Hotel Myrtleford > Hi Peter, > I think you are thinking of the Taylors Gap crossing, there was a bridge > over the line, and it is on top of the Gap, close to the Beechworth turn > off. > The Blue Bell crossing was much closer to Myrtleford. The old road ran > under the hill, the Blue Bell crossing was where the road met the hill on > the Wang. side. there was another crossing where the road left the hill on > the Myrtleford side (forget the name of that crossing). The Blue Bell would > only be about 3 or 4 Km's out of Myrtleford. > Beverley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Ross" <rossof@ozemail.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Blue Bell Hotel Myrtleford > > > > Beverley, > > > > I think that I remember that wretched railway crossing! Going from > > Myrtleford towards Wang, wasn't it on a left hand bend at the top of a > hill, > > and in a narrow gulley as well? Scary. > > > > Was it not far from the turn-off to Beechworth via Buckland Gap road? > > > > Peter Ross > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: bragge <bragge@bigpond.com> > > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Blue Bell Hotel Myrtleford > > > > > > > I have not heard of the Blue Bell Hotel, but the Blue Bell railway > > crossing > > > was the second railway crossing after you left Myrtleford going towards > > > Wangaratta. It was quite a dangerous crossing. Some years ago the road > > was > > > re-routed and bypassed this crossing. It's a couple of k's out of > > > Myrtleford. - Perhaps is was called the Blue Bell crossing because of > the > > > hotel. > > > If you were to drop a line to the Historical Society in Myrtleford they > > may > > > be able to help you. > > > Regards. Beverley > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Susan Baines" <susanbaines@lineone.net> > > > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:37 PM > > > Subject: [AVNE] Blue Bell Hotel Myrtleford > > > > > > > > > > The Blue Bell Hotel in Myrtleford does not seem to be menioned in Kay > > > > Robertson's book about Myrtleford. In 1869 Mary McManus and Andrew > > > McMaster > > > > got married there - according to a family tree that I have been given. > > > Has > > > > anyone else heard of this hotel? > > > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > > > Susan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

G'day all I'm searching for my family of Asmaus Frederick Jacobson's and his wife Maren Christina Neilson who were Vignerons in the Rutherglen area. Asmaus had 2 brothers, Charles and Andrew that were also in the area. any help appreciated Di

Hi One & All I have Jacob Christian JACOBSEN born c.1844 Schleswig Holstein, the son of Christian and Nonche Sophia JACOBSEN (nee SONNIGSEN). Jacob married Charlotte Von MALLESCH in 1874 in Victoria and they settled in the Beechworth area. Their children were: - Christian b.1876 Beechworth - Charlotte Paulina b.1878 Beechworth, m.1908 William Joseph FIDLER - Naomi Maria b.1881 Beechworth, d.1947 Melbourne, m. Harry PEACH - Elizabeth Adolphina b.1883 Beechworth, d.1945 Richmond, m.1903 Daniel Joseph BRYANT - Paulina Louisa b.1885 Beechworth, d.1938 Canterbury, NSW, m.1913 Arthur Edward FIDLER - Amelia Matilda b.1887 Beechworth - Antonia Frederika b.1889 Beechworth, d.1945 Kew, m. Fred EARLE - Rose May b.1891 Beechworth, d.1909 Beechworth - Carl Mallesch b.1895 Beechworth, m. Gladys Kind Regards Roz Voullaire rvoull@hotkey.net.au http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rvoull/