Hi Joanne And thank you for your support and help. I will look forward to info from you when you have the time. Have a nice few days away. Cheers Jen "Joanne Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:mailman.282.1258586675.2037.genanz@rootsweb.com... Hi Jen This List shouldhelp each other and especially new Listers. I cannot reply other than through the above address and not the newsgroup. So, the thread will not flow on. I have found your family an Ancestry, there are many Trees: Alma Marie Martha Rossau Birth: 1881 - Germany Death: 1969 - Victoria, Australia Marriage: 1904 - Australia Spouse: Charles William Smith Father: Carl Wilhelm Adolph Rossau Mother: Henrietta Marie Augusta Gunsman Charles William Smith Birth 17 jul 1870 a.. in Sarah Ann street, Sydney, NSW b.. Death 11 jan 1955 in North Fitzroy, It mentions all the children. Three from first marriage and five from the second. I will compile the info for you, but will be away for a few days, so I wont be until next week. Hope this of some help, Jen. Cheers Joanne Wyee NSW

Hi Jen Found this on one of the other Trees, agree that not all information on Ancestry is correct. Do you want me to send you the information or do you think it may be incorrect. Found this on another Tree on Ancestry: 1881 Birth Germany 1904 Age: 23 Marriage to Charles William SMITH Victoria, Australia Reg.: 1904/5559 1969 Age: 88 Death Parkville, Victoria, Australia 1968 11 DecBurial Coburg Cemetery, Victoria, Australia 1968 11 Dec a.. Burial Coburg Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Baptist: compartment A, grave no. 12. In same grave as husband Charles. 1 source citation Name: Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park website Repository: Internet Actual text: Fawkner Memorial Park wishes to advise that the location of the buried remains of the late Alma Maria M Smith aged 86 are located at Coburg Cemetery BAPTIST: Compartment: A Grave No: 12. Within this location you will find:- Surname: SMITH Given Names: Alma Maria M Service Date: 11/12/1968 SMITH Charles William 13/01/1955 Web address: http://www.fcmp.com.au/deceaseddetail.asp?ServiceI D=54722&Cemetery=Coburg Cheers Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "jen" <jgil6052@bigpond.net.au> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Jen and the Smiths > Hi Joanne > > And thank you for your support and help. > I will look forward to info from you when you have the time. Have a nice > few days away. > Cheers

"jen" <jgil6052@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message > Hi Joanne > > And thank you for your support and help. > I will look forward to info from you when you have the time. Joanne is quite right, there are trees on Ancestry which include Alma ROSSAU, with a husband of Charles William SMITH. I looked at 2. I don't know if you are new to genealogy or just to the list. If you are new to genealogy be wary of accepting anything that appears on Ancestry as they are often wrong and could send you off in the wrong direction. If you're an old hand you'll probably know that anyway. For example, I decided to check some trees for a convict I have been researching and found lots of trees and in those trees I found lots of wrong information. The marriage year for the convict was wrong in at least 5 of the trees and gave no date but all had the same wrong year. One tree had the right year but the wrong date and month - this was the most accurate tree and the others were all wildly wrong but clearly it was the same convict. One of the trees for your people has some oddities. Prob 1) there is a female born before Charles William SMITH (the son born in 1890 according to that tree) who is listed as 'living'. It might be a clue that there was an earlier birth of a female than you know about for Charles and his first wife but clearly if this person was still alive they'd be about 120. Prob 2) all children who appear from the female born before Charles William (born 1890) and including John and Margaret are listed as being the children of Charles William SMITH and Alma ROSSAU. There is no mention on that tree of a first marriage. That tree also gives the name for John as being John Augustine (not August) but the birth year is the same as you gave. The other tree says that the mother of Charles William (B 1890) is Susan WALES born Victoria in 1870 and died in 1900 in Victoria. Susan SMITH is not a great help in the unique names when hunting for deaths but it's something I guess. Do you have the certs for the two children you mentioned? If you don't then I would recommend you try to get them to confirm the mother's name. "Joanne Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.282.1258586675.2037.genanz@rootsweb.com... > Hi Jen > > This List shouldhelp each other and especially new Listers. I cannot > reply other than through the above address and not the newsgroup. So, the > thread will not flow on. I have found your family an Ancestry, there are > many Trees: > > Alma Marie Martha Rossau > Birth: 1881 - Germany > Death: 1969 - Victoria, Australia > Marriage: 1904 - Australia > Spouse: Charles William Smith > > Father: > Carl Wilhelm Adolph Rossau > Mother: > Henrietta Marie Augusta Gunsman > > Charles William Smith > Birth 17 jul 1870 > a.. in Sarah Ann street, Sydney, NSW > b.. Death 11 jan 1955 in North Fitzroy, > It mentions all the children. Three from first marriage and five from the > second. > > I will compile the info for you, but will be away for a few days, so I > wont be until next week. Hope this of some help, Jen. > > Cheers > Joanne > Wyee NSW >