Hazel Magann wrote: > Hi Neville > Thank you for your kind help yes you do have the same family members I have. > > Today I paid a visit to the family and according to them my Caroline was > actually named Chalker so again have to look for a marriage between Samuel > Marks and Caroline Chalker. I must admit with your help and what I had > already found all fell into place. > > Maybe I can ask another question why would a man with the surname Lix give > his two daughters the surnames Diot. According to the family he was French > by birth and was possibly of means. His youngest daughter was born ON 10 > Sept 1905 at Kakatai, British New Guinea. > > The more I delve the more secrets and unusual things appear within the > family ranks. > > Thank You Again > Hazel They are not my family Hazel. I looked them up to give you a helping hand. We all need assistance at times seeking out our ancestors. Hope it all fits together for you. Regards Neville

HI Bill the reason I never included the Area I because they range from Armidale, Grafton, hillgrove, Wallsend, Sydney, Maclean, Bulladelah, Orange, Bathurst, Ulmarra, etc,etc. Other places where they crop up are Queensland, Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, however mainly in New South Wales, Regards Paul -------Original Message------- From: Bill Shute Date: 11/12/2006 5:12:21 PM To: australia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS] My short list if you could help it would be of great help Dear Paul, An area for the first ones in your message may help us assist you. Sincerely,Bill > Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon > CURRAN > And Sheila Mary HANCOCK. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Neville Thank you for your kind help yes you do have the same family members I have. Today I paid a visit to the family and according to them my Caroline was actually named Chalker so again have to look for a marriage between Samuel Marks and Caroline Chalker. I must admit with your help and what I had already found all fell into place. Maybe I can ask another question why would a man with the surname Lix give his two daughters the surnames Diot. According to the family he was French by birth and was possibly of means. His youngest daughter was born ON 10 Sept 1905 at Kakatai, British New Guinea. The more I delve the more secrets and unusual things appear within the family ranks. Thank You Again Hazel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neville Arrowsmith" <inarrow@1earth.net> To: <australia@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Australia" <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [AUS] MARKS > Hazel Magann wrote: > > > Hello > > I am hoping someone maybe researching a family with the surname of MARKS. I have a SAMUEL MARKS and CAROLINE (possibly BEDFORD) who have family members buried at St. Bartholomew's Church cemetery, Prospect. > > > > My confusion is I found who I presumed were the Caroline and Samuel Marks I was trying to locate as arriving in Australia in 1855 on board the vessel "Ebba Brahe". > > > > Can anyone help me unravel my two ? possible families. I found on the BDM of NSW the following children either registered at Penrith or Parramatta Susan, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, John, James, Samuel, Jane, Charles, Mercy & a second James. > > > > Thank You > > Hazel > > Hazel > > I don't think that there are two families. Maybe registered in > different centres!! > > The "Ebba Brahe" sailed from London for Sydney 6th January, 1855. There > is no passenger list just a list of so many females and males - no > children. Apparently Samuel and Caroline were newly wed when they made > the voyage out. Their first child Mary E. was born in 1856 and died in > 1899; the second was Mercy who was born in 1857, married Thomas Charles > Coleman at Parramatta in 1882 and died at Granville in 1932; next child > was John born 1859, died 1860; then came James born 1861, died 1861; > then Agnes S. born 1862, married John McVey as Sarah Agnes in 1882, the > marriage registered in Central Cumberland; Jane was next born 1864, died > 1870, then came the second James born 1866, died 1868; then Samuel born > 1868, possible marriage to Edith A, Brevitt in 1900, died in 1939, Edith > died in 1932; Susan followed born 1871, married Thomas J. Ryan in 1900, > died 1919 in Penrith; the last child born to the couple was Charles in > 1874, he died in 1875. > > Birth or death certificates should tell if they were all one family or not. > > Hope these are of assistance. > > Neville > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/581 - Release Date: 9/12/2006 >

Hello I have contacted the list about the same cemetery before but thought as I am nearing the end of my project I would do so again. I am interested in hearing from anyone who has had a family member baptised, married or buried at St. Bartholomew's Church and Cemetery, Prospect NSW. Many of the burials I have located under the name Church of England Cemetery, Prospect NSW. The church today is quite isolated and lays between The Great Western Highway and the M4 and comes of the highway at Ponds Road. I am also interested in anyone researching families in the Old Mount Druitt areas and Rooty Hill. I look forward to hearing from anyone who maybe able to help with my query. Warm Regards Hazel

Paul Curran wrote: > Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon > CURRAN > And Sheila Mary HANCOCK. > > Clarence Gordon CURRAN was the son of Reginald Daniel CURRAN and Grace > PARKINSON > > I would like to track down living relatives or anyone related to the > Families below:- > > ............................Elizabeth ENGLISH who married Dennis CURRAN > > ............................Ida ELLEM who married WIlliam CURRAN > > ............................Trebor SIMON who married Leslie CURRAN > > ............................Otto KESSLER who married Annie CURRAN > > ............................Grace PARKINSON and Reginald Daniel CURRAN > > ............................Harry SHELTON and Charlotte CURRAN and Family, > > ............................Veronica DAHL who married Kenneth CURRAN > > ............................William O'BRIEN who married Pauline CURRAN and > Family > > ............................Iris PHILIIPS who married George CURRAN and > Family > > Any news is good news so if you can help or even better are related to > Dennis CURRAN and Elizabeth ENGLISH, Edward PARKINSON and Eliza ROBINSON > > I am also trying to verify the marriage and track any relatives of another > Reginald > CURREN and Grace PARKINSON who were also married in 1922, although this > Couple were married in Armidale, New South Wales and is not on the online > NSW BDM registry > > This Grace PARKINSON was born in 1902 and is the first cousin of my Grace > PARKINSON > Her parents were Thomas ONN PARKINSON and Annie JENSEN nee FRAZER > > Kind regards > Paul Curran Paul Try thr Ryerson Index at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindx1.htm There are a few there that look like they may be those you are looking for. Good luck Neville

Paul Curran wrote: > Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon > CURRAN > And Sheila Mary HANCOCK. > > Clarence Gordon CURRAN was the son of Reginald Daniel CURRAN and Grace > PARKINSON > > I would like to track down living relatives or anyone related to the > Families below:- > > ............................Elizabeth ENGLISH who married Dennis CURRAN > > ............................Ida ELLEM who married WIlliam CURRAN > > ............................Trebor SIMON who married Leslie CURRAN > > ............................Otto KESSLER who married Annie CURRAN > > ............................Grace PARKINSON and Reginald Daniel CURRAN > > ............................Harry SHELTON and Charlotte CURRAN and Family, > > ............................Veronica DAHL who married Kenneth CURRAN > > ............................William O'BRIEN who married Pauline CURRAN and > Family > > ............................Iris PHILIIPS who married George CURRAN and > Family > > Any news is good news so if you can help or even better are related to > Dennis CURRAN and Elizabeth ENGLISH, Edward PARKINSON and Eliza ROBINSON > > I am also trying to verify the marriage and track any relatives of another > Reginald > CURREN and Grace PARKINSON who were also married in 1922, although this > Couple were married in Armidale, New South Wales and is not on the online > NSW BDM registry > > This Grace PARKINSON was born in 1902 and is the first cousin of my Grace > PARKINSON > Her parents were Thomas ONN PARKINSON and Annie JENSEN nee FRAZER > > Kind regards > Paul Curran Paul Also in the NSW BDMs births is: Reg. Surname given names Father Mother Place 36805/1901 CURRAN REGINALD D DENNIS ELIZABETH WALLSEND Neville

Paul Curran wrote: > Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon > CURRAN > And Sheila Mary HANCOCK. > > Clarence Gordon CURRAN was the son of Reginald Daniel CURRAN and Grace > PARKINSON > > I would like to track down living relatives or anyone related to the > Families below:- > > ............................Elizabeth ENGLISH who married Dennis CURRAN > > ............................Ida ELLEM who married WIlliam CURRAN > > ............................Trebor SIMON who married Leslie CURRAN > > ............................Otto KESSLER who married Annie CURRAN > > ............................Grace PARKINSON and Reginald Daniel CURRAN > > ............................Harry SHELTON and Charlotte CURRAN and Family, > > ............................Veronica DAHL who married Kenneth CURRAN > > ............................William O'BRIEN who married Pauline CURRAN and > Family > > ............................Iris PHILIIPS who married George CURRAN and > Family > > Any news is good news so if you can help or even better are related to > Dennis CURRAN and Elizabeth ENGLISH, Edward PARKINSON and Eliza ROBINSON > > I am also trying to verify the marriage and track any relatives of another > Reginald > CURREN and Grace PARKINSON who were also married in 1922, although this > Couple were married in Armidale, New South Wales and is not on the online > NSW BDM registry > > This Grace PARKINSON was born in 1902 and is the first cousin of my Grace > PARKINSON > Her parents were Thomas ONN PARKINSON and Annie JENSEN nee FRAZER > > Kind regards > Paul Curran Paul Frm the NSW BDMs: 12995/1919 TIDYMAN NORMAN G PARKINSON GRACE WOOLLAHRA 15154/1922 CURRAN REGINALD D PARKINSON GRACE BELLINGEN 1927/1944 STIMPSON HAROLD ALLAN PARKINSON BERYL GRACE CANTERBURY. Neville

Dear Paul, An area for the first ones in your message may help us assist you. Sincerely,Bill > Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon > CURRAN > And Sheila Mary HANCOCK.

Many thanks - now have parent's names - right person - will pass on. My friend only found out in recent years about the name change and that his parents officially changed their name to Smith by deed poll long after all the children were born. Ann -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1481 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!

Thanks Neville - right person - will pass on. Ann > > >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1481 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!

Hi My name is Paul CURRAN, I am one of nine children to Clarence Gordon CURRAN And Sheila Mary HANCOCK. Clarence Gordon CURRAN was the son of Reginald Daniel CURRAN and Grace PARKINSON I would like to track down living relatives or anyone related to the Families below:- ............................Elizabeth ENGLISH who married Dennis CURRAN ............................Ida ELLEM who married WIlliam CURRAN ............................Trebor SIMON who married Leslie CURRAN ............................Otto KESSLER who married Annie CURRAN ............................Grace PARKINSON and Reginald Daniel CURRAN ............................Harry SHELTON and Charlotte CURRAN and Family, ............................Veronica DAHL who married Kenneth CURRAN ............................William O'BRIEN who married Pauline CURRAN and Family ............................Iris PHILIIPS who married George CURRAN and Family Any news is good news so if you can help or even better are related to Dennis CURRAN and Elizabeth ENGLISH, Edward PARKINSON and Eliza ROBINSON I am also trying to verify the marriage and track any relatives of another Reginald CURREN and Grace PARKINSON who were also married in 1922, although this Couple were married in Armidale, New South Wales and is not on the online NSW BDM registry This Grace PARKINSON was born in 1902 and is the first cousin of my Grace PARKINSON Her parents were Thomas ONN PARKINSON and Annie JENSEN nee FRAZER Kind regards Paul Curran

Hi Ann, I will forward you some data off-list. I suspect John Francis / Francis John may have taken the SMITH surname form his grandmother's maiden name. Regards, Dorne. Dorne Phefley SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com FREE GENEALOGY LOOKUPS (All AUSTRALIAN States + more) -Putting families together- ANTI VIRUS INSTALLED ************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann" <annrobina@actewagl.net.au> To: <australia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 10 December 2006 9:05 AM Subject: [AUS] Brooking >I am helping a friend who is searching for his grandfather's family. John > Francis Robert Brooking was born in Victoria in 1883. He came to the FCT > (now Australian Capital Territory) in the teen years of the last century > and > changed his name to John Francis Robert Smith. He married twice and has a > large family still living in the ACT. > > Ann > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 1403 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter for free now! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ NOD32 1908 (20061207) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >

Hi Ann A search of VIC Pioneer CD Index shows the following John Francis BROOKING born 1888 Footscray BRN 29484 Father John, Mother Helena DEE Hope this helps John Shorten -----Original Message----- From: australia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:australia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ann Sent: Sunday, 10 December 2006 9:06 AM To: australia@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS] Brooking I am helping a friend who is searching for his grandfather's family. John Francis Robert Brooking was born in Victoria in 1883. He came to the FCT (now Australian Capital Territory) in the teen years of the last century and changed his name to John Francis Robert Smith. He married twice and has a large family still living in the ACT. Ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1403 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

www.hat-archive.com HAT- History of Australian Theatre If you have ancestors who performed or were involved with theatre in Australia you might find them on the 15000 entry database. This month I have just done a small update. I added about 100 new names to the database, and 20 pictures to the pictures section. I also added an article about Oscar Wilde's plays in Sydney. For those interested in magicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, Kent Blackmore, Sydney's magic historian will be giving a lecture on them for the Royal Australian Historical Society. The lecture will be at 133 Macquarie Street Sydney on 15th January, 6pm, Cost is $7. Bookings essential on 9247 8001.I'll certainly be there as it's my workplace. In other news, please buy the book Houdini's tour of Australia, from Gininnderra Press at http://www.ginninderrapress.com.au. I'd like to thank everybody for their support for the site this year and wish you all a Happy Xmas and a merry new year. Leann www.hat-archive.com HAT- History of Australian Theatre

Ann wrote: > I am helping a friend who is searching for his grandfather's family. John > Francis Robert Brooking was born in Victoria in 1883. He came to the FCT > (now Australian Capital Territory) in the teen years of the last century and > changed his name to John Francis Robert Smith. He married twice and has a > large family still living in the ACT. > > Ann Ann there is a marriage for a John Brooking to Elizabeth O'Sullivan at jerilderie in 1912 if that's any good Neville

Hazel Magann wrote: > Hello > I am hoping someone maybe researching a family with the surname of MARKS. I have a SAMUEL MARKS and CAROLINE (possibly BEDFORD) who have family members buried at St. Bartholomew's Church cemetery, Prospect. > > My confusion is I found who I presumed were the Caroline and Samuel Marks I was trying to locate as arriving in Australia in 1855 on board the vessel "Ebba Brahe". > > Can anyone help me unravel my two ? possible families. I found on the BDM of NSW the following children either registered at Penrith or Parramatta Susan, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, John, James, Samuel, Jane, Charles, Mercy & a second James. > > Thank You > Hazel Hazel I don't think that there are two families. Maybe registered in different centres!! The "Ebba Brahe" sailed from London for Sydney 6th January, 1855. There is no passenger list just a list of so many females and males - no children. Apparently Samuel and Caroline were newly wed when they made the voyage out. Their first child Mary E. was born in 1856 and died in 1899; the second was Mercy who was born in 1857, married Thomas Charles Coleman at Parramatta in 1882 and died at Granville in 1932; next child was John born 1859, died 1860; then came James born 1861, died 1861; then Agnes S. born 1862, married John McVey as Sarah Agnes in 1882, the marriage registered in Central Cumberland; Jane was next born 1864, died 1870, then came the second James born 1866, died 1868; then Samuel born 1868, possible marriage to Edith A, Brevitt in 1900, died in 1939, Edith died in 1932; Susan followed born 1871, married Thomas J. Ryan in 1900, died 1919 in Penrith; the last child born to the couple was Charles in 1874, he died in 1875. Birth or death certificates should tell if they were all one family or not. Hope these are of assistance. Neville

Hello All. Robert Sands Frearson's Views of South Australia c1890 are now online at the free MAPCO website. You can view them here: Frearson's Views of South Australia c1890 http://archivemaps.com/mapco/adelviews/views.htm Enjoy! Following this, an 1841 edition of "The District Of Adelaide, South Australia, As Divided Into Country Sections, From The Trigonometrical Surveys Of Colonel Light, Late Survr. Genl." will be displayed. The 1839 edition of this beautiful map is already on display here: http://archivemaps.com/mapco/adel1839/adelaide.htm The later 1841 copy is taken from the Second Report From The Select Committee On South Australia, published 10 June 1841, and shows further land section sales across the Adelaide plains to those recorded on the earlier 1839 copy of this same plan. An 1926 Map Of Sydney Harbour And Surrounding Districts, New South Wales will also be online soon. I hope that you find these items of interest. Kind regards, David Hale, Adelaide, South Australia. MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online http://archivemaps.com

I am helping a friend who is searching for his grandfather's family. John Francis Robert Brooking was born in Victoria in 1883. He came to the FCT (now Australian Capital Territory) in the teen years of the last century and changed his name to John Francis Robert Smith. He married twice and has a large family still living in the ACT. Ann -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1403 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!

Hello I am hoping someone maybe researching a family with the surname of MARKS. I have a SAMUEL MARKS and CAROLINE (possibly BEDFORD) who have family members buried at St. Bartholomew's Church cemetery, Prospect. My confusion is I found who I presumed were the Caroline and Samuel Marks I was trying to locate as arriving in Australia in 1855 on board the vessel "Ebba Brahe". Can anyone help me unravel my two ? possible families. I found on the BDM of NSW the following children either registered at Penrith or Parramatta Susan, Sarah, Mary Elizabeth, John, James, Samuel, Jane, Charles, Mercy & a second James. Thank You Hazel

I think you will probably find that the person's name is Spam. Ann -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1052 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!