Hi everyone In response to Beryl's wakey wakey call the family I'm interested in is Kenneth George and Vera Alice MCLEOD (nee) NAYDA and their children Annie Avesia, Irene Gladys & Muriel Joyce from the Mulcra - Murrayville area around 1915. Kenneth's parents were Alexander Campbell and Catherine (Kate) Maria MCLEOD (nee HAGERTY). Kenneth was born in Harrow, his siblings in Chetywnd and his parents were married in Edenhope. Would dearly love to hear from anyone who knows anything of this family. Regards Mandy Mount Gambier SA jfmkj@dove.net.au

In answer to Beryl's call.... I am looking for descendants of Joseph Henry & Stella Maud IBBS who died in Kerang in 1956 & 1967 respectively, and Albert Ernest & Esther Louise SPENCE who died at Cohuna 1954 & 1960 respectively, and Alan & Clara May KERR who also died at Kerang, (dates unknown). Is anyone connected to or researching any of these families? Would love to share notes if you are or if you have any info on these families. Regards, Margaret in Terang. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hello Beryl & listers, Wednesday, August 01, 2001, 10:07:36 PM, you wrote: BO> Hi All BO> I've had a few comments about how quiet the List is of late. So for those (like me) who enjoy being noisy, I've stolen an idea from Beth Codling on the Western District List. Feel free to list BO> the towns of the North West that you connect with and why. We may not share ancestors, but we may share local history, who knows? BO> Some of my German ancestors settled iin RAINBOW. My gg grandmother is buried in the cemetery there. Names are HAAR and LIESFIELD and RUSSACK. BO> Some of my English ancestors settled in KIATA and SALISBURY near Nhill. Names BATESON, MCPHEE, STRACHAN, HAAR, WALTON, CAMM. Josiah BATESON had a hotel in KIATA as well as being a farmer. He was BO> a cousin of Lyn Bateson's Elias BATESON at nearby Miram Piram. BO> Over to you. BO> Beryl O'Gorman BO> Greensborough Victoria Australia BO> List Admin BO> ____________________________ As a "lurker' so far on this list, perhaps it is time I listed some of my interests. Great Grand father David DUTHIE (along with his father David, from Montrose Scotland) settled at Lorquon ca 1886. \He and his wife Sarah (WALLER) came aroundf to ?Lorquon by covered wagon from Wauraltee on the Yorke Peninsula. Grandfather Walter was born in Wauraltee, moved to Ouyen early 1900s after marrying Emily HILL at Lorquon in 1905. His brother Joseph pioneered in the Woomelang area. Father Harold was born at Lorquon (Nhill) and went to Ouyen with family. He married Alice LANGLEY in 1936, moved to the Balarat area in 1939 (Buninnyong, Gordon and then Ballarat. I (Max) was born in 1946 while family were at Buninyong and have lived in theBallarat area ever since. Not a lot I know, but it's my family and I'm proud of my heritage. Best regards, Max mailto:mduthie@iprimus.com.au

Hi Beryl and listers > Dunmunkle? What a great word that is to say out loud. and one history of the Dunmunkle shire is titled "Don't Dare Say Dinkledoodledum" Regards Marcia

Legitimation of Children by Registration Office of the Victorian Government Statist, Records Office, Queen St Melbourne 24th January, 1913 Dear Editress, I beg to direct your attention to the sub-joined paragraph relating to an Act recently passed providing for the legitimation of children, which may be of interest to the readers of your paper. - Yours & c A.M.LAUGHTON Government Statist Under the porvisions of an Act providing for the legitimation of children born out of wedlock, passed on the 31st December, 1912, the previous Act was repealed, and now the birth of any child born in Victoria before the marriage of the parents may be registered by the father at any time after such marriage, provided there was at the time of the birth no legal impediment to the marriage, and the child referred to shall be entitled or be declared to have been entitled to all the rights of a child born in wedlock. Application, accompanied with fees amounting to 15s (for one child), and an information paper containing full particulars, should be made to the Government Statist or to any registrar of births and deaths, and a further fee of 5s will be payable on registration. Formerly a child could only be legitimated within six months of marriage. (From 'The Woman', March 1, 1913) Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin

I have been told that our John Mott was one of the first people to find gold at 'Buninyong', is there anyone out there that has any more information on this. Regards Sue

Hi all, My connections come from the above. Names include: MILICH, KLEMM, HEINRICH, JANETZKI, ZANKER, LEHMANN, EICHLER, FECHNER, KAMPMANN, MOLL, MENZEL, BURGER. All from Germany, and all through SA to the Wimmera. Would love to hear from someone...fingers crossed.. Cheryl Briody Ballarat.

Hi Kevin, I don't have Edwin, but do you have a Flora Agnes who married Adam Klemm around the Rainbow area in 1904. Would love to know her birth date and parents if she is one of yours. Regards, Cheryl Briody, Ballarat

Marcia I think we need a geography lesson on where some of those places are! <G> Dunmunkle? What a great word that is to say out loud. Cheers Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelvin and Marcia Penny" <penny@pipeline.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:05 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] Boolite, Minyip, Dunmunkle, Nullan > Hello Listers, > > I would be interested to hear from anyone interested in the following names in these localities > > > BOYD, Alexander, Lachlan, Alan and John > COWAN > CRAINE John Philip > MCKENZIE > MCLEAN Murdoch > NICHOLLS, Francis, Nicholas and Martin > PENNY > POTTER Mercy > RADFORD Edwin >

Hi List Just listing my interests. Burns in Avoca & Homebush Sims in Avoca Long in Rokewood Associated names Wiltshire in Avoca This is all I know at the moment. Cheers Nardia Sunny East Gippy

Hi Listers and Beryl, Here are some of my RODAN family in this area. Other names of interest in the area include STEWART and HOWES. Bev Rodan (ex Mildura girl) 1 John RODAN Birth: 18 Nov 1822, Hardlawbank farm. Dumfries, Scotland Death: 8 Nov 1899, St. Arnaud, Victoria Spouse: Elizabeth Smith Birth: 9 Apr 1829, Unst. Shetland Isles, Scotland Death: 2 Sep 1913, St. Arnaud, Victoria Marriage: 16 Jun 1853, North Gumeracha. South Australia 1.1 Agnes Hannah Fisher Rodan Birth: 26 May 1854, Gumeracha, South Australia Death: 2 Aug 1942, Ringwood, Victoria Spouse: Philip Nichols Hodge Birth: 25 Jun 1830, St. Austell, Cornwall, England Death: 20 May 1899, St. Arnaud, Victoria Marriage: 8 Jun 1875, Swanwater West, Victoria 1.2 Margaret Jane Rodan Birth: 28 Apr 1856, Gumeracha, South Australia Death: 13 Feb 1942, St. Arnaud, Victoria 1.3 David Rodan Birth: 4 May 1860, Back Creek, Amherst, Victoria Death: 19 Aug 1939, Hawthorn East, Victoria Occ: Tailor, St. Arnaud Spouse: Amy Howes Birth: 25 Feb 1862, St. Arnaud, Victoria Death: 8 Apr 1955, Hawthorn, Victoria Marriage: 2 Jul 1884, St. Arnaud, Victoria 1.4 James Barclay Rodan Birth: 22 May 1863, Amherst, Victoria Death: 28 Oct 1890, St. Arnaud, Victoria 1.5 Johnathon Bath Rodan Birth: 17 Mar 1866, Amherst, Victoria Death: 4 Dec 1942, Dunolly, Victoria Spouse: Adeline Alice Sindop Birth: 1868, Hythe, Kent, England Death: 29 Mar 1914, Wellington, New Zealand Marriage: 29 Mar 1911, Brooklyn, Wellington new Zealand 1.6 Elizabeth Rodan Birth: 20 Jan 1869, Amherst, Victoria Death: 18 Mar 1877, Talbot, Victoria 1.7 Isabella Brittania Rodan Birth: 8 Jun 1872, Amherst, Victoria Death: 8 Oct 1948, Mildura, Victoria Spouse: Francis Brown Birth: 1862, Moliagul, Victoria Death: 2 Feb 1943, Mildura, Victoria Marriage: 1916, St. Arnaud, Victoria

Hi Beryl & all MIRAM PIRAM was the place my BATESON ancestors settled in 1880. Before that they were farmers at KALKEE north of Horsham from about 1875, but originally were labourers and then small farmers in squatter heartland in Western Districts - Henty. Some names include ; BATESON, SCHMIDT, WATERS, GOULD, RIDEOUT, SMART, COUTTS, HARRISON, From West Wimmera. Please send me stories about West Wimmera pioneer settlers, especially from Kalkee and in Kaniva District. Regards Lyn Bateson

Hello Listers, I would be interested to hear from anyone interested in the following names in these localities BOYD, Alexander, Lachlan, Alan and John COWAN CRAINE John Philip MCKENZIE MCLEAN Murdoch NICHOLLS, Francis, Nicholas and Martin PENNY POTTER Mercy RADFORD Edwin if you had a musical family living in Boolite at the turn of the century, a photo of the Boolite Brass Band can be seen here http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au/public/bbhistory/boolite/B'lite-1896.htm and this is our unsolved mystery : In the year 1880 as the Penny family moved with pack horses from North Rhine in S.A. to Boolite in the Wimmera, the patriarch of the family Thomas Penny, died. His death is not registered in SA or Vic. I have found no will, probate info or letters of Administration in either state. Many years ago a family member had the foresight to write down the recollections of one of the grandsons of Thomas (who also made the trip) But the story says Thomas Penny was buried at Nerum along the way. I can't find a place called Nerum The Mortlock Library suggested that it might have been Miram, but I have been unsuccessful in finding any records for that time for Miram, or a burial there. Regards Marcia Penny Geelong

Hi again Corinne, The only POSSIBLE connection that I know of (recently come to light thanks to SAGEN & North West Vic people) is as follows:- Anne MACDONALD Date: 1863- 01-06 Father: John MACDONALD Mother: Mary MACDONALD Birth Place/ Residence: Nr Woodside Dist Code: Nai (is that Nairne, or Nailsworth?) Book: 28 Page: 103 Haven't a Hector, sorry. Anne's family are the MACDONALDs I'm hoping to find a grave for in Woodside, or thereabouts. Should there be a chance of a connection, let's know... we'll combine forces! Cheers, Peter Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Corinne Thompson <visualarts@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] McDONALD. > > > Hello Peter, > > Please forgive me if I have asked you this previously, but do you, by any > chance, have an Annie and Hector MacDonald / McDonald among your's? > > Kindest Regards ...... Corinne. > > > > Names are McDONALD, WILKINSON, & MATTHEWS. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Peter Ross > > Yackandandah, Vic. > > > ==== AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST Mailing List ==== > Mildura and District Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/Index.html >

Hello Friends, To take up Beryl's excellent idea: My town is ECHUCA ...... where my THOMPSONs settled in the late 1860s, and near where my MADDERNs selected land at MILLEWA about 1870. John and Miriam (nee Eldridge) Thompson had "The Temperance Hotel" ...... and their eldest son, John, was a Mate on a paddle steamer when he was killed ...... and their next son, William, was a paddle steamer Captain. A daughter, Barbara Weymouth, had the "Coffee Palace". Kindest Regards ...... Corinne. > Hi All > > I've had a few comments about how quiet the List is of late. So for those > (like me) who enjoy being noisy, I've stolen an idea from Beth Codling on > the Western District List. Feel free to list the towns of the North West > that you connect with and why. We may not share ancestors, but we may share > local history, who knows? > > Some of my German ancestors settled iin RAINBOW. My gg grandmother is > buried in the cemetery there. Names are HAAR and LIESFIELD and RUSSACK. > > Some of my English ancestors settled in KIATA and SALISBURY near Nhill. > Names BATESON, MCPHEE, STRACHAN, HAAR, WALTON, CAMM. Josiah BATESON had a > hotel in KIATA as well as being a farmer. He was a cousin of Lyn Bateson's > Elias BATESON at nearby Miram Piram. > > Over to you.

Nice idea, Beryl. All my connection to the North-West centres on Birchip 1890 to 1910. Names are McDONALD, WILKINSON, & MATTHEWS. Cheers, Peter Ross Yackandandah, Vic. ----- Original Message ----- From: Beryl OGorman <beryl@wordweavers.net> To: <AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] Wakey Wakey > Hi All > > I've had a few comments about how quiet the List is of late. So for those (like me) who enjoy being noisy, I've stolen an idea from Beth Codling on the Western District List. Feel free to list the towns of the North West that you connect with and why. We may not share ancestors, but we may share local history, who knows? > > Some of my German ancestors settled iin RAINBOW. My gg grandmother is buried in the cemetery there. Names are HAAR and LIESFIELD and RUSSACK. > > Some of my English ancestors settled in KIATA and SALISBURY near Nhill. Names BATESON, MCPHEE, STRACHAN, HAAR, WALTON, CAMM. Josiah BATESON had a hotel in KIATA as well as being a farmer. He was a cousin of Lyn Bateson's Elias BATESON at nearby Miram Piram. > > Over to you. > > Beryl O'Gorman > Greensborough Victoria Australia > List Admin > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST Mailing List ==== > Mildura and District Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmdgs/Index.html >

Hello Peter, Please forgive me if I have asked you this previously, but do you, by any chance, have an Annie and Hector MacDonald / McDonald among your's? Kindest Regards ...... Corinne. > Names are McDONALD, WILKINSON, & MATTHEWS. > > Cheers, > > Peter Ross > Yackandandah, Vic.

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Hi All I've had a few comments about how quiet the List is of late. So for those (like me) who enjoy being noisy, I've stolen an idea from Beth Codling on the Western District List. Feel free to list the towns of the North West that you connect with and why. We may not share ancestors, but we may share local history, who knows? Some of my German ancestors settled iin RAINBOW. My gg grandmother is buried in the cemetery there. Names are HAAR and LIESFIELD and RUSSACK. Some of my English ancestors settled in KIATA and SALISBURY near Nhill. Names BATESON, MCPHEE, STRACHAN, HAAR, WALTON, CAMM. Josiah BATESON had a hotel in KIATA as well as being a farmer. He was a cousin of Lyn Bateson's Elias BATESON at nearby Miram Piram. Over to you. Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin

Dear Listers Am seeking info on the family of Alexander and Mary Ethel CLELAND nee MILWARD. They married in Vic in 1912 ( possibly Hamilton ) They had 3 daughters I know of ....... Mona Isabel b 1913 Hamilton d 1924 Hamilton Maud Allison b 1917 Hamilton Norma Adeline b 1920 Hamilton Alexander CLELAND d Hamilton aged 62 in 1939 Mary Ethel CLELAND d aged 79 in 1965 at Ararat. The death indexes say she was dau of Eugene & Sarah MILWARD nee LEWIS . She wasnt unless her parents changed their names :-) Percival John Impey MILWARD brother of Mary Ethel went to England where he married c 1900 and in 1902 went to the USA His grand daughter in the US is looking for her Australian cousins Hope some one can help bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia