Hi Folks, Does anyone own Lawrence Lambert (cir 1832-1897) son of Robert LAMBERT & Amelia OAKUM. Lawrence is buried with his wife Mary (nee Bishop) at Nurrabeil. If anyone is researching this family I'd really like to know more details about the father Robert LAMBERT and what children are stated on his death cert. I'm also interested in the states Robert lived in. Jenny ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Hello again Ron, Yes it is a bit grisly, isn't it? I'm thinking seriously of sending for the certificate in question just to satisfy my (perhaps morbid) curiosity as to what the actual wording is. I don't know with this relative what the circumstances were, so I guess that this would be the only way to find out. Needless to say, the person was never discussed in the family, and I found him purely by chance when looking through Digger for something else altogether. Of course in 1900 hanging offences were quite numerous, but even so his death may have been from natural causes. I take your point that strictly speaking one doesn't actually die by hanging, but since it is the hanging which causes the broken spinal cord, asphyxiation, etc. then shouldn't it say so on the certificate? I don't know - perhaps there are privacy issues or something of the sort here for the immediate family, so maybe that's why the actual event, the 'real' cause of the person's death, is likely to be noted only in the Court or Prison records. Presumably these records would have restricted access, if any at all. On a more cheerful note, may I wish you a happy New Year and lots of good breakthroughs in your research in 2007. Regards and all the best for now, Julie. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ron Philllips Sent: Tuesday, 2 January 2007 8:43 PM To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fw: Gaol SNIP

Hi Julie I doubt it would have been actually stated as "Death by hanging" on the death certificate. I would imagine the cause of death would show as perhaps "death by asphyxiation" or death by the medical equivalent for a broken neck or some such medical description of the injury sustained from the actual hanging. Funny enough you don't actually die by hanging. Death comes as a consequence of the injuries caused by the way in which the hanging affects the human body - primarily a broken neck and severed spinal cord - well hopefully that is. If the rope is not properly positioned the neck doesn't break and then death is by asphyxiation and that is not a nice way to go! Only the Court and Prison Records would record the event itself ie the actual hanging. Lovely subjects we Genies get involved in! Regards Ron Phillips Melbourne Victoria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie M Hopper" <juliemhopper@hotkey.net.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fw: Gaol > Thanks Ron, > I just wondered if a prisoner who had been sentenced to death by hanging > would have had that fact only recorded somewhere other than in the BDM > register - perhaps in a separate police file. If not, as you suggest, then > (in the case I was interested in) a recording of 'East Melbourne Gaol' as > the place of the person's death could have meant death by hanging, or > death > by natural causes. > Julie. > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ron > Philllips > Sent: Monday, 1 January 2007 3:05 PM > To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fw: Gaol > > Hi Julie > No I would not assume that at all. All deaths are recorded notwithstanding > the cause of death. > > Regards > Ron Phillips > Melbourne Victoria > SNIP > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Paula I've passed your question on to a friend who grew up in Strathdownie. She may have some info for you. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Sutton" <paulasutton@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] "Somerton", Strathdownie > Does anyone know of the property named "Somerton", somewhere near > Strathdownie? I have a James Thomas Sutton who owned it from sometime > before 1890 till 1894.

Does anyone know of the property named "Somerton", somewhere near Strathdownie? I have a James Thomas Sutton who owned it from sometime before 1890 till 1894. Would love any information about the place. Regards, Paula.

Thanks Ron, I just wondered if a prisoner who had been sentenced to death by hanging would have had that fact only recorded somewhere other than in the BDM register - perhaps in a separate police file. If not, as you suggest, then (in the case I was interested in) a recording of 'East Melbourne Gaol' as the place of the person's death could have meant death by hanging, or death by natural causes. Julie. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ron Philllips Sent: Monday, 1 January 2007 3:05 PM To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fw: Gaol Hi Julie No I would not assume that at all. All deaths are recorded notwithstanding the cause of death. Regards Ron Phillips Melbourne Victoria SNIP

Hi Julie No I would not assume that at all. All deaths are recorded notwithstanding the cause of death. Regards Ron Phillips Melbourne Victoria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie M Hopper" <juliemhopper@hotkey.net.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 2:50 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fw: Gaol > Thank you Beryl, Anne, and other listers, > Yes I do know that East Melbourne Gaol was/is another name for the Old > Melbourne Gaol. > Would I be right in thinking that deaths in the gaol recorded in Digger > and > therefore presumably in the BDM registry would be only those of inmates > who > died of natural causes? > Julie. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Beryl, Anne, and other listers, Yes I do know that East Melbourne Gaol was/is another name for the Old Melbourne Gaol. Would I be right in thinking that deaths in the gaol recorded in Digger and therefore presumably in the BDM registry would be only those of inmates who died of natural causes? Julie.

This bounced for some reason so passing it on for Anne. Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Grant" <anne.grant@datafast.net.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: Gaol > Presume by now Julie knows that East Melbourne Gaol was / is the Old > Melboourne Gaol (1841-1929) where Ned Kelly (among others) was hanged > Regards Anne > >

Thanks Jenny, what you say makes sense. I'll check the site you have given and I'll see what I can find out. Cheers and merry Christmas. Julie. -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-western-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of jnnyb@aol.com Sent: Thursday, 21 December 2006 5:18 PM To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Gaol SNIP

Greetings listers, I have found an entry on Digger for a family member, giving "Melb E Gaol" as the place for a death which occurred in 1904. I was curious about this, and when I looked further, I found that this same place was given as the place of death for about 16 other people between about 1902 and 1904. Where was this gaol, and what is known about it? I assume it wasn't Pentridge. Cheers Julie H.

Hi Julie, Probably Old Melbourne Gaol. http://www.nattrust.com.au/trust_properties/melbourne_and_surrounds/old_melbourne_gaol Try the PROV site for details about the Gaol including former names, but it is on the eastern side of Melbourne CBD. Jenny -----Original Message----- From: juliemhopper@hotkey.net.au To: aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 9:15 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Gaol Greetings listers, I have found an entry on Digger for a family member, giving "Melb E Gaol" as the place for a death which occurred in 1904. I was curious about this, and when I looked further, I found that this same place was given as the place of death for about 16 other people between about 1902 and 1904. Where was this gaol, and what is known about it? I assume it wasn't Pentridge. Cheers Julie H. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

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Hi Daryl, Many thanks to you and others involved for prompt and very informative reply to my request. I can now see the slight problem with dates, thanks Joan. I am currently researching two of our ex boys who migrated to Australia in the late 1800s early 1900s. Both served with The Australian army in WW1 and both were killed in action. It was the other one, James Toohey, that joined in 1916. He was killed in Flanders in 1917. Kind regards Edward Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl K Povey" <povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au> To: "Edward grant" <gallopinggs@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Frederick George HALL > Hello Edward > > Here is some information I have been able to assemble... > > > Book: "Victoria - The Education Departments Record of War Service > 1914-1919" > > PRIVATE FREDERICK G. HALL. > Private Frederick George Hall, killed in action, was born in Sussex, > England. His father was in the British army. (He died when the subject of > this brief sketch was a boy.) Resolved to follow in his father's > footsteps, F. G. Hall entered the Duke of York's Royal Military School at > Chelsea. > Rising through successive ranks, he obtained a studentship, and, when the > school was rebuilt at Dover, he moved with it. After three years' training > as a student, he passed his final examination in July, 1912, but decided > to come to Australia rather than pass into the Corps of Army > Schoolmasters. He joined the service of this Department, being appointed > temporary head teacher at School No. 2774, Kinimakatka, and afterwards > occupying a similar position at School No. 2886, Yanac-a-Yanac North. He > obtained the Second-class Certificate, and was > appointed head teacher (permanent) at Schools No. 2780 and 3143, Charam > and Jallakin. His reports show him to have been an earnest and zealous > teacher, always bright, eager, and painstaking. His nearest relatives live > in England. He enlisted on the 4th of November, 1914, > and embarked with the 8th Reinforcements to the 8th Light Horse Regiment. > He proceeded from Egypt to Gallipoli, joined his unit on the 27th of July, > 1915, arid was killed on the 7th of August. For some of the personal > details set out above, and for the portrait reproduced, we are indebted to > a personal friend and comrade of Private Hall-Mr. C. C. Harvey, a Master > at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne. > > > > > > ================================================================================ > Individual Report for Frederick George HALL > ================================================================================ > Name: Frederick George HALL > Sex: M > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Individual Information > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Birth: 1891 - St Mary's Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Ham), > England > (1, 2, 3) > Death: 7 Aug 1915 - "The Nek" Walker's Ridge, Anzac, Gallipoli > Peninsular, Turkey (1, 4) > Burial: in (No Known Grave) Gallipoli, Turkey (1, 4) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Events > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1. He had a residence in 1891 in Portsmouth, Hampshire (Ham), England. > 2. He immigrated in 1912 to Australia. (4) > 3. He worked as a Temporary Head Teacher circa 1912 in Kinimakatka S.S. > 2774, Victoria, Australia. (5) > 4. He worked as a Temporary Head Teacher circa 1912 in Yanac-A-Yanac > North > S.S. 2886 (Nr Nhill), Victoria, Australia. (5) > 5. He worked as a Head Teacher from circa 1912 to 1914 in Charam S.S. > 2780 > (Nr Edenhope), Victoria, Australia. (5) > 6. He worked as a Head Teacher from circa 1912 to 1914 in Jallakin S.S. > 3134 > (Nr Goroke), Victoria, Australia. (5) > 7. Military: +WW1 Tpr 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, enlisted, 5 > Nov > 1914, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (1, 4) > 8. Military: +WW1 Tpr 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment (3rd > Reinforcements), > AIF, embarked per "Pera", 8 Feb 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. > (3) > 9. Military: +WW1 Tpr 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Joined Unit, > 27 > Jul 1915, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsular, Turkey. (3) > 10. Military: +WW1 Tpr 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, KIA, 7 Aug > 1915, > "The Nek" Walker's Ridge, Anzac, Gallipoli Peninsular, Turkey. > 11. Military: +WW1 Lone Pine Memorial, 1920, Anzac, Gallipoli > Peninsular, > Turkey. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Parents > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Father: Thomas Calcott HALL ( ) > Mother: Harriet ( ) > ================================================================================ > Source Citations > ================================================================================ > 1. Australian War Memorial. > > 2. Book: "Gallipoli Heroes" - Graeme Massey. > > 3. National Archives of Australia website - [www.naa12.naa.gov.au]. > > 4. Book: "Maygar's Boys" a biographical history of the 8th Light Horse > Regiment, - Cameron Simpson (ex 105th Fld Battery, RAA). > > 5. Victorian Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919. > > > Regards > Daryl Povey > > > At 09:31 PM 13/12/2006, you wrote: >>By way of introduction I am Edward Grant, secretary of The Duke of Yorks >>Royal Military School OBA Downunder. The School was founded by HRH >>Frederick, Duke of York in 1803 and is situated in Dover, Kent, UK. I am >>trying to get some information on a Frederick George Hall, an old boy from >>that school who came to Australia in the early 1800s. He was a school >>master in Goroke in 1916 and joined the Australian army in that year >>serving with the 8th Light Horse Regt. He was killed in action at >>Gallipoli on the 7th of August 1915 and is buried at Loan Pine, Gallipoli. >>His name is inscribed on the School Chapel wall of remembrance in Dover >>and at the Australian War memorial in Canberra. If there is a war memorial >>in Goroke I would like to know if his name is inscribed on it and any >>other information that may be available on Mr Hall in that town, also >>whether there are any descendants of his still living in the area. I am >>trying to put together an article on ex Duke of York boys who came to >>Australia pre WW1 for our historical records. >> >>Yours in anticipation >> >>Edward Grant > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daryl Povey - povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au > > Ballarat & District Genealogical Society, Victoria, Australia... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ > Casterton & District Historical Society... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm > 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery Association... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/105/ > Now hosted by... > http://www.ballarat.vic.au/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >

There is a small problem, he died 1915 and was school master at Goroke in 1916? Regards Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl K Povey" <povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Edward grant" <gallopinggs@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 8:18 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Fwd: Frederick George HALL, Teacher, KIA,WW1 > Hi Listers (copy to Edward Grant) > > I would be interested to know if anyone can assist Edward Grant > (message below) with any additional information on Frederick George > HALL, School Teacher at Charam SS & Jallakin SS near Goroke, prior to > WW1. Frederick HALL came to Australia ca 1912, aged 21y. > > Please reply with specific information rather than from where it may > be obtained. > > Please mail any replies direct to Edward as well as to the Western > Victorian List. > > Regards > Daryl > > >>From: "Edward grant" <gallopinggs@hotmail.com> >>To: <povey@sebas.vic.edu.au> >>Subject: Frederick George Hall >>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:01:36 +1030 >> >>By way of introduction I am Edward Grant, secretary of The Duke of >>Yorks Royal Military School OBA Downunder. The School was founded by >>HRH Frederick, Duke of York in 1803 and is situated in Dover, Kent, >>UK. I am trying to get some information on a Frederick George Hall, >>an old boy from that school who came to Australia in the early >>1800s. He was a school master in Goroke in 1916 and joined the >>Australian army in that year serving with the 8th Light Horse Regt. >>He was killed in action at Gallipoli on the 7th of August 1915 and >>is buried at Loan Pine, Gallipoli. His name is inscribed on the >>School Chapel wall of remembrance in Dover and at the Australian War >>memorial in Canberra. If there is a war memorial in Goroke I would >>like to know if his name is inscribed on it and any other >>information that may be available on Mr Hall in that town, also >>whether there are any descendants of his still living in the area. I >>am trying to put together an article on ex Duke of York boys who >>came to Australia pre WW1 for our historical records. >> >>Yours in anticipation >> >>Edward Grant > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daryl Povey - povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au > > Ballarat & District Genealogical Society, Victoria, Australia... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ > Casterton & District Historical Society... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm > 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery Association... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/105/ > Now hosted by... > http://www.ballarat.vic.au/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Listers (copy to Edward Grant) I would be interested to know if anyone can assist Edward Grant (message below) with any additional information on Frederick George HALL, School Teacher at Charam SS & Jallakin SS near Goroke, prior to WW1. Frederick HALL came to Australia ca 1912, aged 21y. Please reply with specific information rather than from where it may be obtained. Please mail any replies direct to Edward as well as to the Western Victorian List. Regards Daryl >From: "Edward grant" <gallopinggs@hotmail.com> >To: <povey@sebas.vic.edu.au> >Subject: Frederick George Hall >Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:01:36 +1030 > >By way of introduction I am Edward Grant, secretary of The Duke of >Yorks Royal Military School OBA Downunder. The School was founded by >HRH Frederick, Duke of York in 1803 and is situated in Dover, Kent, >UK. I am trying to get some information on a Frederick George Hall, >an old boy from that school who came to Australia in the early >1800s. He was a school master in Goroke in 1916 and joined the >Australian army in that year serving with the 8th Light Horse Regt. >He was killed in action at Gallipoli on the 7th of August 1915 and >is buried at Loan Pine, Gallipoli. His name is inscribed on the >School Chapel wall of remembrance in Dover and at the Australian War >memorial in Canberra. If there is a war memorial in Goroke I would >like to know if his name is inscribed on it and any other >information that may be available on Mr Hall in that town, also >whether there are any descendants of his still living in the area. I >am trying to put together an article on ex Duke of York boys who >came to Australia pre WW1 for our historical records. > >Yours in anticipation > >Edward Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daryl Povey - povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au Ballarat & District Genealogical Society, Victoria, Australia... http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ Casterton & District Historical Society... http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm 105th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery Association... http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/105/ Now hosted by... http://www.ballarat.vic.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------

Hi Listers, I'm assisting on a project that intends to write about communities and the ways they supported their football clubs. One interesting thing we are chasing is that some communities built grandstands (or pavilions) in honour of their war volunteers (any war will do but particularly World War One). We have found the Soldiers & Sailors pavilion at Port Fairy, the soldiers reserve & pavilion in Warracknabeal & a memorial grandstand at Port Pirie. Do listers know of any other such memorials? We are not interested in your typical granite memorial with names even if it is within a football ground or showground. We're really looking for a way that comunity facilities were enhanced with the use of money raised in honour of war volunteers. Of course there are also bandstands dedicated to band members who enlisted but the focus is the development of country football. Any help greatly appreciated. best wishes, Jenny Coates Melbourne's Unemployed in the 1890s http://home.primusonline.com.au/jennyc/Melbourne/ ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

Thanks Daryl. It's great to see that Vern is getting into exhibiton mode with a vengeance next year. Has he finally retired? Speaking of which, I think I'll have to retire to Casterton so I can get in on the school site tours and check out the resources. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl K Povey" <povey.daryl.k@sebas.vic.edu.au> To: <aus-vic-western-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT] Casterton Historical Society 2007 Program > Hi Folks > > The Casteton Historical Society has a website at... > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/casterton/historicalsociety.htm >

Re travel to W'bool by horse and cart. I would just like to say that a decent pony and trap may have done the journey, on a good road, in 3 hours, but a horse and cart was terribly slow and the roads may have been just goat tracks in 1858 - especially if it was a wet season! Cheers Philippa