On Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:42:06 UTC+2, Ken Gibb wrote: > On Tue, 13 May 2008 19:16:07 +1000, LindaB <kapana@netspace.net.au> > wrote: > > >Ken Gibb <gibb@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > > >>Had you checked the Shipping Records ??? > > > >No sign of him, only a Madame de Thouars in 1887 who I cannot account > >for. > > > >Also discovered wife is KIMBER, not KIMBLER, as in the subject line, > >but not mis-spelled in the original message. > > > >>>So really - what I am after is to find out what happened to him, after > >>>he finished his time in prison. > > > >Someone else has checked - he is not in prisoners released 1880-1895 > >in the Police Gazettes > > > >I have checked Yarra Bend to 1884 - he is not in there. > >*********************** > > Linda, > Also not in AGCI (2) or Inquest Index. > > Ken > ************************* > >>> > >>>So any sign of him, anywhere, would be appreciated. > >>> > >>>He is: > >>> > >>>George de THOUARS, aged 22 years in 1880 > >>> > >>>Possibly the same George de THOUARS, native of Mauritius, who married > >>>Helen Kimber, somewhere in Victoria in 1888. > >>> > >Part of the problem is that his name is spelled in a number of ways in > >the newspaper accounts. However de THOUARS is the correct spelling. > > > >I do actually have a photograph of him, provided by the Police Museum, > >who started me on this search. > > > >Thanks again! > > > >Linda > > Ken & Jill Gibb, gibb@westnet.com.au > Mordialloc, > Vic. Australia.