I'm currently researching the family of John Jasper and his wife Maria Madders. They arrived in Vic in 1854. John worked as a stone mason in Penshurst and Maria was a midwife. They had three daughters, Selina, married John Mott in 1855, Drusena married John Sharrock in 1855, and Mary Ann married John Lewis Baker in 1859. John and Maria also had a married son, Thomas, who brought out his wife Elizabeth Byrne and young family in 1864. After Maria Madders died in 1867, John remarried to Mrs Thirza Warburton and helped her raise another young family. They lived in Hawkesdale. I'm particularly interested in locating anyone who might have photos of Mary Ann Jasper and her husband John Lewis Baker. They lived in the area of Mount Rouse, Horsham and Nurrabiel. Penny

Hi Listers, Does anyone have the above 2 in their lines? Wilhelm's parents were Maria Lydia MILICH and Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph MOLL. Wilhelm was born at Dimboola in 1877 and married Polly in 1899. Apparently he was a Eucalyptus manufacturer in the Wimmera. Thanks all, Cheryl in Ballarat.

Hi All Just a reminder on behalf of the Irish Ancestry Group of the GSV! This coming Saturday. Bookings at the GSV. Irish Research - Here There and Everywhere Irish Ancestry Group Seminar Saturday October 7th 2000 9.30 AM - 4.00 PM Welcome and Overview of Irish Research Val Noone Irish Records at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Jenny Harkness GSV Library Holdings Linley Hooper Success on the Internet Kate Press Patterns of Migration Pauline Rule Benefit of Research in Land Valuations Maureen Doyle and Pauline McIntyre Oral History/Collating Research Beryl O'Gorman Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail & Mike Bottomley" <mikengail@ansonic.com.au> Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] New Web Site > Hello all, > > Please check out my web pages > I would be more than pleased to add your ancestors to any of my Hosted > places. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gailbottomley/ > Hi Gail, Great Web Site. I loved your background. Did you know that when you click the side back to make it go up by the page, it looks like it is moving to the side instead of down. Good effect. Cheers, Carolyn Harris - nee Johnson (Victorian in exile) Tall_Trees@Bigpond.com Tall Trees Family History http://www.users.bigpond.com/Tall_Trees/ Perth Dead Person's Society http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/har02.html PO Box 4157, Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960, Western Australia (Please note that large attachments (over 500kb) will automatically be deleted) ============================================================ Any family tree produces some lemons, nuts and bad apples.

Best wishes for your future Debbie. Congratulations on your list as well. Thelma Dear Friend of the Western District, I have gleaned a lot of information of many years and am happy to share with anyone who has links to these names. George Bostock was in Port Fairy c.1839, about the time of Michael Connolly. Augustus Bostock was first at Grasmere, north of Warrnambool. Other family names in Port Fairy and Warrnambool region especially are:- AITKIN/BOSTOCK MANIFOLD/AITKIN R.B.PATERSON/AITKIN WARE/BOSTOCK YOUNG/McROBIE/WARE MACKERSEY/BOSTOCK FARIE/COX WINTER/COX CONNOLLY/BOSTOCK DOVETON/BOSTOCK These and other names were in the region from c.1835, while some families are still occupying properties. If you have a link, I would be pleased to share. Sincerely in Searching... Thelma (Bostock) Birrell BOSTOCK Links- http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mrbirrell/ BIRRELL Story- www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell2.html CROSS Stitch- http://mrbirrell.freeyellow.com/

Hi All, Wonderful to see the list progressing well. We currently have 206 subscribers in just over a month. It would be wonderful to see new listers posting their interests for this area. Time constraints and work loads with my new house nearing completion and my wedding to plan in the next 5 months, have seen me with a lot less time than I thought to devote to this list. I believe that a list such as this needs someone who has the time to spare to run this list properly. So unfortunately at this time, I will have to step down as List Administrator. If there is someone out there who is prepared to take over the running of this list, please email me off list and we will make this transfer as painless as possible for the list!! Thanks to everyone who has supported me and sent me emails of good wishes when this list first began. I will still be around as a subscriber for a long time yet!! Debbie Down List Admin

Hi Listers I am hoping someone may have information on these old Williamstown families and be able to help me. I have no idea what year they arrived in Australia or on which ships they emmigrated to Melbourne. I am searching for information on Henry HAMOND/HAMMOND and His Wife Hannah (nee PEARSON) my Paternal 2 x GGrandparents who lived at "Camness" in Cecil St. Williamstown, Vic. The house was adjacent to the Hotel ( the "Crown" I think) on the corner, which I believe has now been restored and converted into appartments. Henry and Hannah are buried in the Williamstown Cemetery along with Henry's Mother Jane, and their 2 Daughters. My Great Grandfather was their Son Charles HAMOND/HAMMOND. Henry's Father was Captain James HAMOND/HAMMOND and Mother Jane TOMS from Bristol, England. The PEARSON family was from Norfolk, England. Hannah's Brother William PEARSON built both the house and the hotel, which Hannah and Henry inherited, after Williams death. I believe William was also the Mayor of Williamstown on 3 occasions. If anyone is descended from, or has information regarding this family I would love to hear from you. Lynne Price - Victoria lprice@datafast.net.au

Hi all , I am interested in researching the Bonnett Family Emmanuel Bonnett married Susannah Greenwood in Cambridgeshire England in 1846 and migrate toAustralia and arrived portland Vic in 1853, the family later settled at Tower Hill. I am searching for descendants of this family I have some information that I am only too willing to share if a connection can be made. Also searching for any information about Mary Ellen Hicks who married Thomas Bonnett 13-7-1904 at Camperdown. They had a farm at Allansford which is still in the family. Mary Ellen hicks was also known variously as, Nellie, Ellen, Ellen Mary, and Mary Ellen, I know that all these names sound confusing but they are listed in variuos files. Any information about this lady ( my Grandmother) would be greatly appreciated Regards Ian McDonald Maryborough Vic.

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Hello all, Please check out my web pages which are linked to Julie's "Tracking Our Family Footsteps through Time in Australia". Includes Births, Deaths & Marriages from the following places. Cheltenham, Clifton Hill, Doncaster, Garvoc, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Mornington, Northcote, Panmure, Prahran & Templestowe. I would be more than pleased to add your ancestors to any of my Hosted places. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gailbottomley/ best wishes & happy hunting Gail Bottomley

Wondering if anyone on this list is researching the following: Edmond QUINN and wife Bridget DALY arrived Geelong 1857 then purchased a farm in Woodford, staying there for some 30 years before moving to Colac. Have info. on their lives in Colac, but none on the farm in Woodford. Can anyone help with this period or location of farm? There was also a family of Quinn's living at Casterton during this time,and I believe they may have been relatives. CONLEY/CONNOLLY/CONNLEY - Francis and wife Ann HINCHEY arrived Portland 1855 on board General Hewitt.With their 2 daughters(one born on ship) they were billeted at Portland Immigration Depot. Francis was assigned to Mr.J.McNaughton & Co., Portland as a labourer. They moved around Portland-Belfast (PtFairy) Koroit - Yapturk - Tower Hill for some 17 years before moving to Gippsland.Francis worked for some time at "Quamby/Quamberly Station" .Several children were born in Tower Hill -was this a large settlement? Would be pleased to hear from anyone researching these families. With thanks Kathleen. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

Looking for any FREGON or anyone researching that name in Victoria or elsewhere in Australia. Mike _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

G'day Bob, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McKenzie" <mck@datafast.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> > Am looking for information on a property owned by the Chirnsides called Mt > William, near The Grampians. My McKenzies worked for the Chirnsides at Mt > William from 1853 till after 1854. > Looking for pics., owners etc. to add to my family history. Suggest you get hold of "Wool Past the Winning Post : A History of the Chirnside Family" by Heather B RONALD - there are a whole heap of references to Mount William as well as sketches and photographs. You should be able to get a copy through your local library - inter-library loan if they don't have it. Regards ...... Susie Z

Sue from Queensland. I have a friend interested in your WATTS and MOTT connection. Can you contact me please. Kind Regards, Marion from Victoria, Australia mboyd@ansonic.com.au Researching - COSSTICK, HAMILTON, HERBERT, WILCOCKSON Families in Australia/NZ and England GLS - Nympsfield- HERBERT, CHANDLER, GRANT Tewkesbury KING, Forest Green GRANT Yks - WILCOCKSON/WILCOXSON, BURLEY Kent HERBERT, HAMILTON, BROOM, KNIGHT, SNYDERS London WILCOCK & RATHBONE

G'day List Am looking for information on a property owned by the Chirnsides called Mt William, near The Grampians. My McKenzies worked for the Chirnsides at Mt William from 1853 till after 1854. Looking for pics., owners etc. to add to my family history. Cheers, Bob McKenzie Australia mck@datafast.net.au

G'day Penny, Before you get too far trying to reconstruct the information, have you been in touch with the Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney? According to the book "Cemeteries In Australia", SAG have the Monumental Inscriptions for the Tooleybuc Cemetery. Regards ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Mercer" <penny.mercer@rmit.edu.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:00 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Re: Tooleybuc records lost to a mouse plague > In July I posted a question on the soc.genealogy.aus+nz newsgroup about the Tooleybuc Cemetery records. > > I've been trying to locate them for some time so that I could arrange a headstone for my ancestors buried there. I just learnt that in the last eight or ten years these records were totally destroyed during a plague of mice. I can't tell you how disappointed I am that these records were available ten years ago when my mother visited the area, and are now > gone forever. > > To all those people out there in country districts, please ensure that there is more than one copy of your precious records - preferably placed in a local library or society for safe-keeping. It is sad that so many years after photocopiers were invented no-one (not even the nearest historical society or family history society) seems to have made a copy. > > In the meantime, I now have a map of the Tooleybuc Cemetery. If you have a relative buried in an unmarked grave at Tooleybuc, and you know the location, I'd be grateful if you would email me directly. Perhaps a partial reconstruction of the records is possible. I'll donate any info I get to the Swan Hill Family History Society and other appropriate groups. > > Penny > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Western Victoria Association of Historical Societies > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wvahs/welcome.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > >

Opps, never confuse the send, delete and reply buttons. Sorry everyone for the empty message. Susie, This is a great idea. I've been told that the Deniliquin group did the MIs although they must have done them since the mouse plague, I suppose. You would think that anyone recording MIs would also get the register info if they could. Does your book mention a date of publication for the book at SAG? I've also emailed the NSW mailing list covering this area. I've discovered a Rootsweb mailing list covering Aus Cemeteries but it doesn't seem to have any subscribers. Penny >>> "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> 26/09/00 17:40:07 >>> Another thought - with the SAG MIs, there's normally a record of who collected the MIs - if the people involved did it anything like I've done our local ones, they will have drawn a plan to work from to ensure they got each one. It would be worth trying to track down who did that work in case they've still got their original notes. I know I've got better plans of all our local cemeteries as I created then updated them for my work / project. In fact the Cemetery Trust that administers our group of cemeteries have now copied mine for their own use! I started off with copying the Trusts plans, then updating them as I did the work, so they included all the burials that had no headstones which is really what you're after. Best of luck ....... Susie Zada ================================================== ,-._|\ Susie Zada : szada@zades.com.au / Oz \ PO Box 639, Ocean Grove, Vic, AUSTRALIA 3226 \_,--.x/ My Home Page : http://www.zades.com.au v Bellarine Peninsula Directory : http://www.bellarine.net.au U-Cubed Home Page : http://www.unisys.com.au/ucubed/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Mercer" <penny.mercer@rmit.edu.au> To: <szada@zades.com.au> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] Re: Tooleybuc records lost to a mouseplague Suzie, Thanks, but this book isn't a complete list of people buried at Tooleybuc. Anyone without a headstone doesn't get a mention in the SAG book. The records which were lost were the registers which listed all burials and which plot they were in. I wish I spelt this out in my original email because heaps of people seem to think monument inscriptions cover everybody. Unfortunately lots of people didn't have headstones, including my great-grandparents. Thanks, Penny >>> "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> 26/09/00 17:22:23 >>> G'day Penny, Before you get too far trying to reconstruct the information, have you been in touch with the Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney? According to the book "Cemeteries In Australia", SAG have the Monumental Inscriptions for the Tooleybuc Cemetery. Regards ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Mercer" <penny.mercer@rmit.edu.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:00 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Re: Tooleybuc records lost to a mouse plague > In July I posted a question on the soc.genealogy.aus+nz newsgroup about the Tooleybuc Cemetery records. > > I've been trying to locate them for some time so that I could arrange a headstone for my ancestors buried there. I just learnt that in the last eight or ten years these records were totally destroyed during a plague of mice. I can't tell you how disappointed I am that these records were available ten years ago when my mother visited the area, and are now > gone forever. > > To all those people out there in country districts, please ensure that there is more than one copy of your precious records - preferably placed in a local library or society for safe-keeping. It is sad that so many years after photocopiers were invented no-one (not even the nearest historical society or family history society) seems to have made a copy. > > In the meantime, I now have a map of the Tooleybuc Cemetery. If you have a relative buried in an unmarked grave at Tooleybuc, and you know the location, I'd be grateful if you would email me directly. Perhaps a partial reconstruction of the records is possible. I'll donate any info I get to the Swan Hill Family History Society and other appropriate groups. > > Penny > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Western Victoria Association of Historical Societies > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wvahs/welcome.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > >

>>> "Susie Zada" <szada@zades.com.au> 26/09/00 16:24:54 >>> G'day Penny, Before you get too far trying to reconstruct the information, have you been in touch with the Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney? According to the book "Cemeteries In Australia", SAG have the Monumental Inscriptions for the Tooleybuc Cemetery. Regards ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Mercer" <penny.mercer@rmit.edu.au> To: <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:00 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Re: Tooleybuc records lost to a mouse plague > In July I posted a question on the soc.genealogy.aus+nz newsgroup about the Tooleybuc Cemetery records. > > I've been trying to locate them for some time so that I could arrange a headstone for my ancestors buried there. I just learnt that in the last eight or ten years these records were totally destroyed during a plague of mice. I can't tell you how disappointed I am that these records were available ten years ago when my mother visited the area, and are now > gone forever. > > To all those people out there in country districts, please ensure that there is more than one copy of your precious records - preferably placed in a local library or society for safe-keeping. It is sad that so many years after photocopiers were invented no-one (not even the nearest historical society or family history society) seems to have made a copy. > > In the meantime, I now have a map of the Tooleybuc Cemetery. If you have a relative buried in an unmarked grave at Tooleybuc, and you know the location, I'd be grateful if you would email me directly. Perhaps a partial reconstruction of the records is possible. I'll donate any info I get to the Swan Hill Family History Society and other appropriate groups. > > Penny > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Western Victoria Association of Historical Societies > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wvahs/welcome.htm > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== Ballarat Genealogical Society www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/bgmain.htm ============================== Know the town name but not the county? Look it up at: http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi

I would be delighted to hear of anyone who still has one of the Humble & Nicholson and Humble & Sons wool presses. I have a copy of the original register book, and it would be interesting to see how many are still at the properties where they went so many years ago. Each press was given an individual registration number, so that they could order spare parts for their particular machine. Cheers, Geoff ______________________________________ ghum@deakin.edu.au Geoff Humble Lecturer in Communication Studies School of Literary & Communication Studies Faculty of Arts Deakin University Victoria 3217 Australia