Hi Kae If you go to the National Archives website: www.naa.gov.au and look in "Record Search", there are quite a number of references to William Bryants including a William Keene (with an E) Bryant born Ipswich 5 March 1912 who enlisted in the armed forces in WW2. Name of next of kin was Elsie Bryant. Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: australia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:australia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of australia-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 7:04 PM To: australia@rootsweb.com Subject: AUSTRALIA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58 [AUS] Today's Topics: 1. Re: William Bryant, Ipswich, Qld (MargM) 2. Rationing (was Food Vouchers in the 1940's) (Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:38:37 +1100 From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: [AUS] William Bryant, Ipswich, Qld To: <AUSTRALIA@rootsweb.com>, <library@monto.qld.gov.au> Message-ID: <000501c706ee$5dc28240$0401010a@margslbm456c> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monto Shire Council Library" <library@monto.qld.gov.au> To: <AUSTRALIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:39 PM Subject: [AUS] William Bryant, Ipswich, Qld > Hi > Would anyone have access to Ipswich, Qld cemetery > records. > I am looking for a William Bryant, married to a Sarah > Ellen (Helen) Jenkins. Their first child Edward beleived > to be born overseas and children Thomas, Caroline, > George and Maria all born Ipswich. This pair would have > been married c1885-88. I cannot pick up a death in BDM's > as I don't know his parents and of course there were > many William Bryants. > He is believed to have never shifted from the Ipswich > area. Hi Kae Your Wm had a middle name of Keen so that should make him alot easier to find The last child this couple had is in the indexes as William Keen BRYANT son of Wm Keen and sarah Ellen nee JENKINS. Sadly this baby d 1905 Have a look in FreeBMDs you might find their marriage also check in the 1881 UK census QFHSdatasearch Version 1.6.2 by Queensland Family History Society Inc. >From [Commonwealth Electoral Roll (Queensland) 1913] database on 13/11/2006 ======================================================================= No : 766 Surname : BRYANT Given Names : William Keen Title : Place of Living: Churchill Occupation : Sex : Male Subdivision : Ipswich Division : Moreton ID : 270048 There is a Sarah Ellen also ........... Having hassle copying whole file to clipboard Tried 3 times and it will only copy one name this afternoon HTH Bye MargM AUSTRALIA List Admin ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:32:22 +1100 From: "Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon" <peter_pidgeon@bigpond.com> Subject: [AUS] Rationing (was Food Vouchers in the 1940's) To: <birtles@tpg.com.au>, <australia@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <00e301c707bf$06674e50$0100000a@D418CD1S> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Dear Joan, I know I am coming in a little late on this subject. Interesting reading the posts (all before my time). The Encyclopaedia on the Australian War Memorial has two articles for your interest: Rationing - food and clothing: http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/homefront/rationing.htm Rationing - Petrol http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/petrol.htm Kind regards, Liz Pidgeon ------------------------------ To contact the AUSTRALIA list administrator, send an email to AUSTRALIA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AUSTRALIA mailing list, send an email to AUSTRALIA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of AUSTRALIA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58 ****************************************