Hello - I posted a message about the surname McNAIRN - got a message back so quickly from Robynne. I can now be a little more specific. I am still looking for anyone researching the name - but specifically anyone who may be a descendant of John Thomson MCNAIRN who came to Australia from Scotland in 1886 to Traralgon, Victoria married Jane LIDDIARD and then her niece Emmiline NEWMAN after Jane died. John died in 1947. I have the family tree for this family in Scotland back to the 1600's and would be very happy to share what I have. Judi McNairn

I am researching the Surname McNAIRN and all variations. I know that some McNAIRNs left Scotland for Australia. I would love some contact with descendants of the name and would like to invite you to visit my McNAIRN resource website at http://jamcnairn.com/mcnairn . I would also appreciate some recommendations for good genealogy websites for Australia. Judi McNairn website http://jamcnairn.com [email protected] or [email protected]

Hi listers, I am looking for some help. Can anyone perhaps direct to where I can find a death notice from an Adelaide newspaper ? If not online , then perhaps can someone look one up for one at the appropriate library ? I have the date of death and name : Henry Francis Saville died 9 Sep 1968 Any help would be gratefully accepted Henry.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Blackman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 16 October 2001 01:07 Subject: [A.G.R. ] Re: David Jones NSW Dear Sherrie > I'm trying to find family history on the Jones family who own the 'David Jones' store chain. Cant help with his complete family tree as such but do have a little bit of info . Its from a book I have on loan from a friend called Victorian and Edwardian Sydney . This give some details about Anthony Hordens, DJs, Grace Bros, Mark Foys etc\ Says : David JONES 1793 -1873 b Llandilo Wales. Open his 1st shop in Sydney in 1838 > > Obviously starting with David Jones, I know he came from Wales and I've found this snippet of information on the net... > > 1838 - May > David Jones, after dissolving his two year partnership with Charles Appleton, opened his first store in George Street, opposite the GPO. Within 10 years, it was known affectionately as DJs. Jones retired 1857, selling the store to the partnership of Thompson and Simmonds. > > They proceeded to take the thriving business to bankruptcy within three years. Jones again took control, and within a few years had paid the creditors 20 shillings in the >pound. Think you may need to to go to the Mitchell Library and check out the ADBs and newspapers and what ever else there might be bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia

Greetings List, I am back after holidays, ready to take up the chase again! I seek details of James Alexander MOORE b 1820 Portsmouth England, died 25 Sept, 1891 at Barossa Diggings SA., and any information of 2 of his brothers. Born in Portsmouth Eng. 1820. Son of Sir James Bennett MOORE . Think family ran a Ships Chandlery business in Portsmouth Eng. 3 brothers, William George MOORE b1823, John MOORE b1827, Samuel Webber MOOREb 1830. I have been told that 2 of the brothers came to Aust., but I don't know yet which 2 of the 3. Had sister Sarah MOORE, married a Lynne in England, assumed name of Howe, died at Kapunda SA. I have the details of her. James went to Cape Colony when abt 20 years (1840) under Sir Robert Stanford. Pressed into service in the (sic) 'caffer' wars Came to Aust abt. 1850, on hearing of gold discovery in Bendigo and Ballarat, perhaps through Portland Vic. First wife Mary (Kelly) died at Coonatta Stn in North of SA 1859 Lived in Mt. Gambier abt 1860 , ran quarry in partnership with brother, but don't know which brother. Married Maria Annie Lawrence b 1841 Berkshire Eng. d 1916 Cockatoo Valley SA. in Mt Gambier 1862. Worked as fisherman at Lacepede Bay SA, daughter Hannah Robertina born there 1865. Ran a private school in ? maybe Annadale or Holdfast Bay- Know nothing, about this and don't know where to look. Lived and worked as accountant, farmer, shepherd in stations in North of SA. Boolcomatta, Mannanarie, Yongala. Lived at Port Gawler, Mingery SA (Near Broken Hill NSW), and Cockatoo Valley-Barossa Diggings, SA. I have been able to gather some information, and have BDM details of children and fairly complete details of the Australian descendents. Am willing to share with those who have a connection or are interested. I seek the following information, and ask if SKS could assist in part. 1) Date and place of arrival in Aust. May have been abt 1851 via South Africa. Think it may have been in Victoria, maybe Portland on way to diggings at Ballarat or Bendigo. 2) Date and place of marriage to Mary KELLY (about 1855) , again may have been in Vic., and place of her burial.(1859),? Melrose, Hammond? Carrieton?, and any information about her. She was born approx 1832, and died following child birth 19 Aug 1859 at Coonatta Station near Mt. Remarkable SA. 3) Any information of his Brothers, 4) Does any one have any info on Sir Robert Stanford who went to Cape colony abt 1840? Was he a soldier, settler, or businessman? I would appreciate any assistance ,detail, or being pointed in right direction.. regards Alan Moore Tea Tree Gully Sunny South Australia Also searching Fathers Sth. Aust ' MOORE' Family, CUGLEY,EDMUNDS, GASTON, MORGAN, SIZE. Mothers Sth Aust ' WILLIAMS' Family, COOK, MOIR, SIMEY,

Not sure if this is her personal mail or not but I'm sure she will answer you anyway. [email protected] marg [email protected] Sunny Perth WA Hi all, Does anyone have a recent e-mail address for Janet Reakes. Thanks, Debbi in Dubai ______________________________

Dear List, In trying to build up a picture of the era my GGrandfather, Lars Petter WALLIN, arrived in 1869, I am looking for information about Emerald Hill (now named South Melbourne, I believe) where he lived for several years. Any suggestions re books etc which may be available would be much appreciated. Marie (McMahon) QLD MCMAHON: Heathcote, Vic. WALLIN: Visby, Sweden/ Seymour, Vic. BIDGOOD: Devon UK./ Mornington Pen. Vic WRIGGLESWORTH: U.K./ Victoria

Hello, all. I am new to this list. I am seeking descendants of, and, information about, the following people: Michael William BUSBY, m Hannah WOMERSLEY 1871, Victoria, Australia m Margaret Annie MAHER, 1886, Victoria, Australia (Hannah died 1885) Robert George HOWE, b 1864, Eaglehawk, Australia, m Helen Harriet EBBOTT, Australia Charles PRICE, m Jane DRURY, 1856, Brighton, Tasmania John WOMERSLEY, m Sarah Louisa BUSBY, 1862, Victoria, Australia Thanks in anticipation. -- Bret Busby ..........

Hi All, Have been looking for this chap for years & have just received the clue he went east. Frank James BONNETT born 1905, son of Edward John Bonnett & Maggie McBride. Married in W.A. & had one son in 1927. Boarded a train to the eastern states when the baby was a few months old and never returned. The family believe he settled in Victoria but could be anywhere. He was a Barber by trade and the family believe he may have set up business again in the eastern states. Several years later a lady by the name of Violet Bonnett called on the family. She had found paperwork of her husbands, which gave her to believe that his first wife was not dead as she had believed and that in fact he had married her bigomously. One good point of this is he obviously didn't change his name. If anyone has any ideas or perhaps has post office directories, cemetery lists etc on their local areas of interest who could have a look for Frank, I would really appreciate it. He doesn't show up on Vic deaths up to 1985. I would dearly love to find out what happened to him, if he had more children etc. Would appreciate any ideas on how to proceed. Thanks very much, Sharon -- Sharon McBride Perth, Western Australia Mailto:[email protected] Research Interests http://members.iinet.net.au/~mcbride/

Thanks to those people that post interesting links with their messages. I personally have found some of them very useful in my search. If anyone has any others they think are useful...please send them to me. There's so much on the net these days that you can search forever & not stumble on some of these. My search has taken me fom England-Ireland -Scotland-Canada-NZ & across from east to west of Oz...so feel free to send assortment....on my free times I enjoy surfing them. Cindy-Leigh Surnames being researched (all diff spellings).......... ASPINALL CROSS CRUICKSHANK DAVIDSON DENNISON DICKSON DIXON LODGE TAYLOR WARD WARREN

Nardia wrote: > I am trying to find a copy of the above, put out by The Snowy Monaro Family History Group. > It is out of print, but could be reprinted in the future. I, too, would be interested in any replies to this query. Peter, the older of the tworobbos @ Bairnsdale, gateway to the mountains, lakes, streams (and remaining forests) of East Gippsland

Dear Sherrie, from Grolier Encyclopaedia under heading DAVID JONES (1793-1873) Business-man, was born at Llandilofawr, Wales on 8th March, 1793. he was trained in business in his native place and at an early age went to London where he mastered the English language and was employed by a firm of wholesale drapers. In 1834 he met Charles APPLETON, who had a business in Sydney, and entered into partnership with him. Jones arrived at Hobart in 1835 and opened a wholesale business under the name of Appleton and Jones. Later in that year he transferred to Sydney where Appleton had a business which traded as Appleton & Bourne; but after the arrival of Jones the firm became Appleton & Jones. Appleton who had been away from Aust. for several years, returned in April 1838 and shortly afterwards the partners disagreed. Appleton attempted to place a manager in charge of the concern and Jones pushed both men out of the shop-for which he was charged with assault. Jones then began business on his own account at the corner of George and Barrack Streets, where (amongst other places) David Jones Ltd. (which until 1906 was called David Jones & Co.) still trades. In 1857 he retired from the firm but in 1860 returned to it owing to the failure of his successors. He returned again in 1868 and later disposed of his interest to Charles EDWARDS, James F. WOODWARD and Edward Lloyd JONES, his fourth son and the father of Sir Charles Lloyd JONES, the firm's present (1956) chairman of directors. In May 1856 he was appointed to the Legislative Council; from that he retired in 1860. He was also for a time an alderman of the Sydney City Council. He was a prominent member of the Congregational Church and a memorial tabled was placed in the Pitt Street church after his death. He died at Sydney on 29th March 1873. He was twice married; his first wife died early, leaving no children, and subsequently, when in London he married Jane Hall MANDER, who whom he had four sons and four daughters. Bibliography: Sire Charles Lloyd Jones, "The History of David Jones Ltd", J. Roy. Aust. Hist. Soc., vol. 41, part 5 (1955) ..................... Nothing on a David Jones - builder. Other JONES - Ernest (1869-1943) international cricketer. Frederic Wood (1879-1954) anatomist and zoologist , married daughter of George Clunies ROSS Sir Henry (1862-1926) business-man son of John Jones (I.X.L. jams) Ingio (1872-1945) meteorologist son of Owen, and desc. of Ingio Jones architect Sir Philip Sydney (1836-1918) physician (1836-1918) physician, son of David Jones above let me know if you want this Richard (1787-1852) pioneer merchant - known as "China Jones" Richard (1816-92) newspaper proprietor ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ Regards, Mary of Melbourne FOSTER, Coventry - PRITCHARD,Coventry - GEOFFREY, Middlesex - ORCHARD, Warminster, Wiltshire STUART,Glasgow, - EDWARDS,England, GREATZ,NSW - PFITZNER, Prussia WILLIAMS,CUNNINGHAM, HUMPHREYS,MULVIHILL - All to Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Blackman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:07 AM Subject: [A.G.R. ] Re: David Jones NSW | Hi everyone, | | I'm trying to find family history on the Jones family who own the 'David Jones' store chain. | | Obviously starting with David Jones, I know he came from Wales and I've found this snippet of information on the net... | | 1838 - May | David Jones, after dissolving his two year partnership with Charles Appleton, opened his first store in George Street, opposite the GPO. Within 10 years, it was known affectionately as DJs. Jones retired 1857, selling the store to the partnership of Thompson and Simmonds. | | They proceeded to take the thriving business to bankruptcy within three years. Jones again took control, and within a few years had paid the creditors 20 shillings in the pound. | | This time, he left the management to his son, Edward Lloyd Jones, and by 1938, the firm had expanded to its current three large city stores. | | I've gone through 400 odd listings of David Jones family history/genealogy and can't find anyone researching this family. Most of the listings were for David Jones Store related stories or people stating an ancestor had onced worked for David Jones! | | I'm trying to find out whether another 'David Jones' who built 'The Towers' at Belmore NSW, in 1888 is a descendant of David & Jane Jones. | | I believe David Jones' son, Edward Lloyd Jones (b.1844 Sydney) married Helen Ann Jones in 1868. | | I found another snippet stating Edward L Jones was killed in a train accident in 1894. | | Can anyone help? | | Kind regards, | Sherrie Blackman. | Sydney. | | | | | | ==== AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Mailing List ==== | Have you visited AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Web site yet? | Please do? And do sign our visitors book? | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ausgenres/ | ************************************************************************ | SAVE OUR CENSUS! 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Hi everyone, I'm trying to find family history on the Jones family who own the 'David Jones' store chain. Obviously starting with David Jones, I know he came from Wales and I've found this snippet of information on the net... 1838 - May David Jones, after dissolving his two year partnership with Charles Appleton, opened his first store in George Street, opposite the GPO. Within 10 years, it was known affectionately as DJs. Jones retired 1857, selling the store to the partnership of Thompson and Simmonds. They proceeded to take the thriving business to bankruptcy within three years. Jones again took control, and within a few years had paid the creditors 20 shillings in the pound. This time, he left the management to his son, Edward Lloyd Jones, and by 1938, the firm had expanded to its current three large city stores. I've gone through 400 odd listings of David Jones family history/genealogy and can't find anyone researching this family. Most of the listings were for David Jones Store related stories or people stating an ancestor had onced worked for David Jones! I'm trying to find out whether another 'David Jones' who built 'The Towers' at Belmore NSW, in 1888 is a descendant of David & Jane Jones. I believe David Jones' son, Edward Lloyd Jones (b.1844 Sydney) married Helen Ann Jones in 1868. I found another snippet stating Edward L Jones was killed in a train accident in 1894. Can anyone help? Kind regards, Sherrie Blackman. Sydney.

Hi all, Does anyone have a recent e-mail address for Janet Reakes. Thanks, Debbi in Dubai

Hi All, Found this below and thought it may interest someone with BAIRD research. I don't know if he was apprehended later or not. Cheers Jacqui Cunningham Central Victoria http://www.oldnewscopy.com "It's Old News!" >From Victoria Police Gazette, March 23, 1855. "Escaped Lunatic. Escaped from the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum yesterday between the hours of 8 and 10 o'clock a.m., Richard BAIRD, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, 26 or 28 years of age, brown complexion inclined to sallow, dark and circular eyes, dressed in white jumper and trousers, LA broad arrow. Information to Dr. BOWIE, surgeon superintendent of the Asylum. - 17th March, 1855."

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Hi List Sorry to post to so many the same message. I am trying to find a copy of the above, put out by The Snowy Monaro Family History Group. It is out of print, but could be reprinted in the future. I have been told there is quite a bit on info on my RYAN family printed in it and would like to know what it says. If somebody has a copy could you please contact me. Thanks in advance Nardia Lakes Entrance Victoria

Does anyone know of Coralyn Gerhardt who was researching the Niebling/Schneider families in 1998? Her email address has evidently changed. Any assistance to enable a connection is appreciated. Thanks Albert Albert J Abel - Tamworth, NSW Australia

HENDERSON ;MYALL;DUTHIE;MORLEY; O'SULLIVAN;ANDREWS;COCKRUM; BECKWITH. any connections please contact! TIA Mouse

Hi.. sorry for cross postings...my best friend who is researching her family as well has asked me to put this email to see if anyone else is researching the name GALE.. if connected please email me and I shall forward it on.. TIA Mouse