On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:03:16 +1100, "MargM" <genknut@exemail.com.au> wrote: > >"Joe Hupp" <josephhupp@bigpond.com> wrote in message >news:rCt2n.623$pv.93@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >> Hi all, >> >> Arthur Augustine Geard was apparently a acrobat at some time and >> changed his name to Arthur Augustine St Clair. He married Violet >> Evelyn Kane in 1913 - his marriage certificate shows that his father >> was Herbert Geard but no mother was listed! >> > WWI records in the National Archives under St Clair states he was >born in >> Melbourne - no birth records exist! We have both Arthur and Violet's >> death certificates- Arthur died in 1934 and Violet in 1932.... both >> state buried at Rookwood. > >What does his death cert say in relation to his marriage cert ?? does >the info match?? >Who supplied the info ? > >He is in the NSW 1930 electoral roll living at 155 Rocky Point Road >Kogarah occ 'retired' ?? >There is a Herbert GEARD in TAS 1903 e roll but he is way too young to >have had a son in 1886 >Arthur ST CLAIR didnt leave a will > >There are alot of GEARD entries in >http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/relations/search/ all for TAS > >What is a bit weird is there are 3 of their kids births registered 3 >times each all in 1913 the year they married ?? 3 times triplets ?? >cant be > >Cant help but wonder why he joined up as at 28 he was older than alot >of them and had 3 very young children > >Bye Marg, on the subject of why many joined up. My grandfather also left a wife and 3 young children to go to WW1. It was economic necessity. It was a job. It was a way of earning a living. He was 30, and not a young man looking for adventure, as is so often depicted. He was finding it difficult to earn a living in his specific trade, in a country town in Victoria after the gold finally petered out, and the town went into decline. It wasn't much better in the cities in the early 1900s. There had been a depression in the 1890s.
Hey Danni, Thanks for this - I was not sure how things went in those times! I always wondered if there was a depression back in the late 1800's! Joe