On Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:54:59 PM UTC-5, peter edkins wrote: > Greetings, > I have traced the forbears of Boyd, who founded BOYDED MOTORS in > Sydney. He had two daughters: > Roslyn M b Manly NSW 1910 > Audrey G b Manly NSW 1912 > > I have been unable to find more on these daughters, BUT > > I have found reference to Roslyn BOYD-EDKINS, an apparently obscure > potter. > > Would be delighted to receive any further information. > > (I mailed Boyded Motors - no response) > > Best Wishes > Peter > Mt Eliza VIC My wife's name is Frances Stuart Umlauf, and her mother was Roslyn Boyd-Edkins, initially of Australia. Roslyn's father was Boyd Robertson Huey Edkins. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16620449 My name is james Umlauf

<jumlauf@hargray.com> wrote in message news:31591e8c-31c9-4ecf-b1ed-84f2fc51e8bb@googlegroups.com... > On Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:54:59 PM UTC-5, peter edkins wrote: >> Greetings, >> I have traced the forbears of Boyd, who founded BOYDED MOTORS in >> Sydney. He had two daughters: >> Roslyn M b Manly NSW 1910 >> Audrey G b Manly NSW 1912 >> >> I have been unable to find more on these daughters, BUT >> >> I have found reference to Roslyn BOYD-EDKINS, an apparently obscure >> potter. >> >> Would be delighted to receive any further information. >> >> (I mailed Boyded Motors - no response) >> >> Best Wishes >> Peter >> Mt Eliza VIC > > My wife's name is Frances Stuart Umlauf, and her mother was Roslyn > Boyd-Edkins, initially of Australia. Roslyn's father was Boyd Robertson > Huey Edkins. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16620449 > > My name is james Umlauf Hallo For what it's worth: Boyd Edkins was presumably a Vauxhall dealer. In a copy of a book issued by Vauxhall in 1946 there is a picture of him (undated, but around 1912) at the wheel of his 16/20 hp Vauxhall in which he broke the Melbourne-Sydney record by 2 hr 7 min, completing the 570 miles at an average speed of 34 mph. John