On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:44:07 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote: >The National Library of Australia has some bio clippings - have >photographed and forwarded to Steve. Thanks very much, Paul. I received a number of responses by e-mail. One cited an article that referred to Thwaites as a counter-example to an an alleged Australian literary phenomenon called "the cultural cringe". http://www.the-rathouse.com/Another_look_at_the_Cultural_Cringe.htm I post it here in case anyone in rec.arts.books is interested. Paul's cuttings were very useful, and I reproduce one here, in case anyone is curious: -- begin quote -- THWAITES, AUTHOR OF 32 NOVELS The Australian author F.J. Thwaites died in a Sydney hospital on Monday. He was 71. Mr Thwaites, who wrote 32 novels and two travel books had been suffering from cancer for some time. His first book, The Broken Melody, which he wrote at the age of 17, was produced by Ken Hall as one of the earliest Australian films. Mr Thwaites was born of a working class family in the country town of Narrandera, where he worked on a milk run while at school. When the family moved to Gladesville, he was forced to leave school to support the family. He was then 13. During this time he studied at night at a technical college. After writing The Broken Melody, he toured the countryside trying to sell it. The first copy was exchanged for a new tyre for his car. His books, including Hell's Doorways, Shall Come A Time, and The Melody Lingers, have sold millions of copies. Some have been translated into several languages. While in South Africa about five years ago Mr Thwaites went almost blind from an infection. He was then driving from England to Australia. One of his last books, Press On Regardless, details this experience. Mr Thwaites is survived by his wife, Jessica, and his sons Peter and Roger. Mrs Thwaites appeared in several early Australian fims under her maiden name Jessica Harcourt. The funeral will be held at Northern Suburbs Crematorium at 10:30 am tomorrow. The urn containing his ashes will be taken to a cemetery at a later date. -- end quote -- >For such a prolific author, there is a quite surprising lack of info >available about him. Certainly there seems to be little on the web; this indicates that one cannot do genealogy using sources found on the Internet alone, though of course without Usenet newsgroups I would not have been able to find kind people like Paul who could go to the library and consult other sources. I would have expected something to be available in sources like the following: The Penguin New Literary History of Australia (Bennett et al., 1988) The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (Wilde, Wh 1985) Anyway, this is just to say thanks to everyone who helped, and especially Paul who made a special trip to the library! -- Steve Hayes E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

Not sure if this will complicate things, since you already have on clipping about where Thwaites was born, but www.imdb.com has that he wrote the screenplay for "Broken Melody" as F. W. Thwaites, and was born on 23 May, 1908 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, and died 13, August 1979 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales. Most of the time, the bio information on the site has the name or e-mail of who provided it, but not in this case, so it could be that the location of his birth is a fabrication, or best guess. Cathy Steve Hayes wrote: > On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:44:07 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote: > > >>The National Library of Australia has some bio clippings - have >>photographed and forwarded to Steve. > > > Thanks very much, Paul. > > I received a number of responses by e-mail. One cited an article that referred > to Thwaites as a counter-example to an an alleged Australian literary > phenomenon called "the cultural cringe". > > http://www.the-rathouse.com/Another_look_at_the_Cultural_Cringe.htm > > I post it here in case anyone in rec.arts.books is interested. > > Paul's cuttings were very useful, and I reproduce one here, in case anyone is > curious: > > -- begin quote -- > THWAITES, AUTHOR OF 32 NOVELS > > The Australian author F.J. Thwaites died in a Sydney hospital on Monday. He > was 71. > > Mr Thwaites, who wrote 32 novels and two travel books had been suffering from > cancer for some time. > > His first book, The Broken Melody, which he wrote at the age of 17, was > produced by Ken Hall as one of the earliest Australian films. > > Mr Thwaites was born of a working class family in the country town of > Narrandera, where he worked on a milk run while at school. > > When the family moved to Gladesville, he was forced to leave school to support > the family. He was then 13. During this time he studied at night at a > technical college. > > After writing The Broken Melody, he toured the countryside trying to sell it. > The first copy was exchanged for a new tyre for his car. > > His books, including Hell's Doorways, Shall Come A Time, and The Melody > Lingers, have sold millions of copies. Some have been translated into several > languages. > > While in South Africa about five years ago Mr Thwaites went almost blind from > an infection. He was then driving from England to Australia. One of his last > books, Press On Regardless, details this experience. > > Mr Thwaites is survived by his wife, Jessica, and his sons Peter and Roger. > Mrs Thwaites appeared in several early Australian fims under her maiden name > Jessica Harcourt. > > The funeral will be held at Northern Suburbs Crematorium at 10:30 am tomorrow. > > The urn containing his ashes will be taken to a cemetery at a later date. > > -- end quote -- > > >>For such a prolific author, there is a quite surprising lack of info >>available about him. > > > Certainly there seems to be little on the web; this indicates that one cannot > do genealogy using sources found on the Internet alone, though of course > without Usenet newsgroups I would not have been able to find kind people like > Paul who could go to the library and consult other sources. > > I would have expected something to be available in sources like the following: > > The Penguin New Literary History of Australia (Bennett et al., 1988) > The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (Wilde, Wh 1985) > > Anyway, this is just to say thanks to everyone who helped, and especially Paul > who made a special trip to the library! >

Steve Hayes wrote: > I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information on Frderick Joseph > Thwaites (1908-1979), an Australian author. > > All I have been able to find with Google is the titles of a few second-hand > books for sale. > > I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information, such as exact date > and place of birth and death, whether and when he married, and information > about children, if any. > > If anyone has any of his books, I'd be grateful if they could say something > about what kind of books they are, if there is any biographical information in > the blurbs, introductions, prefaces etc. > > Jog along to www.nla.gov.au and opt for the catalogue. Then enter "Thwaites Frederick" for an author. There are many books listed. The library is closed for a few days, but it would be possible for me to visit, draw out some books, and see what they say. I'd bet there won't be much bio info, but you can only try. Paul

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:10:59 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information on Frderick Joseph >> Thwaites (1908-1979), an Australian author. >Jog along to www.nla.gov.au and opt for the catalogue. Then enter >"Thwaites Frederick" for an author. There are many books listed. Thanks very much - he seems to have been a fairly prolific novelist. Novels sometimes say things in the blurb like "He lives in X with his wife, two children and a cat". Actually I've now discovered that he was born and died in Sydney. >The library is closed for a few days, but it would be possible for me to >visit, draw out some books, and see what they say. I'd bet there won't >be much bio info, but you can only try. Thanks very much, that would be good if it's not too much hassle. Maybe you could ask the librarian if there's any biographical information available -- they sometimes have compilations of things like "Great Australian authors". -- Steve Hayes E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information on Frderick Joseph Thwaites (1908-1979), an Australian author. All I have been able to find with Google is the titles of a few second-hand books for sale. I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information, such as exact date and place of birth and death, whether and when he married, and information about children, if any. If anyone has any of his books, I'd be grateful if they could say something about what kind of books they are, if there is any biographical information in the blurbs, introductions, prefaces etc. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

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Le Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:22:03 -0500, "E-L Brassard" <brassel@videotron.ca> écrivait dans fr.rec.genealogie: >Pour le moment, je suis malheureusement incapable de vérifier ce mariage, >cependant Ernest Arvisais, né le 5 sept. 1882 décède à Louiseville le 4 >juil. 1969 et l'on indique que son père se prénommait A. et sa mère se >nommait Lamy. Il pourrait s'agir du mariage suivant: Alfred Arvisais >(Clément & Rosalie Boisvert) et Emilie Lamy (Charles & Marie Leblanc) >célébré à St-Sévère (St-Maurice) le 25 juin 1878. C'est le bon couple des parents. >Tant qu'à Armédia Lacerte, née le 6 mai 1890 et décédée le 22 sep. 1978 à >Louiseville, le prénom de son père était E. Lacerte et le nom de sa mère >Grenier. Donc mariage possible: Elzéar Lacerte (Léandre & Rose-de-Lima >Lacerte) et M. Azilda Grenier (Adolphe & Célina Leblanc) à St-Sévère le 8 >oct. 1888. C'est aussi le bon couple. Denis -- 0 Denis Beauregard - /\/ Les Français d'Amérique - www.francogene.com/genealogie-quebec/ |\ French in North America before 1716 - www.francogene.com/quebec-genealogy/ / | Mes associations de généalogie: www.SGCF.com/ (soc. gén. can.-fr.) oo oo www.genealogie.org/club/sglj/index2.html (soc. de gén. de La Jemmerais)

Pour le moment, je suis malheureusement incapable de vérifier ce mariage, cependant Ernest Arvisais, né le 5 sept. 1882 décède à Louiseville le 4 juil. 1969 et l'on indique que son père se prénommait A. et sa mère se nommait Lamy. Il pourrait s'agir du mariage suivant: Alfred Arvisais (Clément & Rosalie Boisvert) et Emilie Lamy (Charles & Marie Leblanc) célébré à St-Sévère (St-Maurice) le 25 juin 1878. Tant qu'à Armédia Lacerte, née le 6 mai 1890 et décédée le 22 sep. 1978 à Louiseville, le prénom de son père était E. Lacerte et le nom de sa mère Grenier. Donc mariage possible: Elzéar Lacerte (Léandre & Rose-de-Lima Lacerte) et M. Azilda Grenier (Adolphe & Célina Leblanc) à St-Sévère le 8 oct. 1888. En plus des enfants que vous mentionnés, l'on retrouve également Alfred marié à Lucille Boisvert; Georges-Edouard marié à Lucille Villemure; Léo marié à Jeannine Vincent; Angélina mariée à Albertino Arvisais; Marie-Ange mariée à Armand Giguère et Monique mariée à Georges Trahan. J'espère que ces renseignements pourront vous aider. E.L. Brassard Charlesbourg, QC "Marie-France Bourassa" <mfbourassa@videotron.ca> a écrit dans le message de news: Z1Ykf.1904$z5.4037@wagner.videotron.net... > Bonjour, > - Ernest Arvisais et Armédia Lacerte se sont mariés à Grand-Mère le 22 oct > 1907 à l'église St-Paul, cependant j'ignore le noms des parents de chacun > des époux. > - Pourriez-vous les trouver ainsi que leur mariage respectifs. > - Ils ont eu à comme enfants: Cécile, Noella, Paul et Marie-Rose à ma > connaissance. > > Merci à l'avance >

Bonjour, - Ernest Arvisais et Armédia Lacerte se sont mariés à Grand-Mère le 22 oct 1907 à l'église St-Paul, cependant j'ignore le noms des parents de chacun des époux. - Pourriez-vous les trouver ainsi que leur mariage respectifs. - Ils ont eu à comme enfants: Cécile, Noella, Paul et Marie-Rose à ma connaissance. Merci à l'avance

In message <pFE8nwAoqfjDFwbG@varneys.demon.co.uk>, Eve McLaughlin <eve@varneys.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <dmkhtn$v9p$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Joanna Livermore ><joanna@livermore1974.wanadoo.co.uk> writes >>My husbands grandmother Iris Gwendoline Ashard b.1919 - had two sisters >>Evelyn and Elsie. I believe they were from Kentish Town and since I have >>managed to find Iris on the birth indexes have discovered she was registered >>in the Pancras district. However I have not managed to find her sisters. I >>did discover that Iris's mother's maiden name was Barrett - but again can >>find no record of a marriage between an Ashard and a Barrett in that area. > >This is London. Try Asher and Hatchard/Hatcher. > For further response see soc.genealogy.britain -- Octiger

Hi Colm, I assume you have tried his email address from his last post but just in case it's cstolte69@hotmail.com. I also found this website but don't know if it's the same person but it might help anyway. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/o/William-D-Stolte/index.html Laurie Colm Hasson wrote: > I would like to hear from David Stolte [or anyone else] re his posting on > RootsWeb WorldConnect. > > Colm Hasson > >

I would like to hear from David Stolte [or anyone else] re his posting on RootsWeb WorldConnect. Colm Hasson

In article <dmkhtn$v9p$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk>, Joanna Livermore <joanna@livermore1974.wanadoo.co.uk> writes >My husbands grandmother Iris Gwendoline Ashard b.1919 - had two sisters >Evelyn and Elsie. I believe they were from Kentish Town and since I have >managed to find Iris on the birth indexes have discovered she was registered >in the Pancras district. However I have not managed to find her sisters. I >did discover that Iris's mother's maiden name was Barrett - but again can >find no record of a marriage between an Ashard and a Barrett in that area. This is London. Try Asher and Hatchard/Hatcher. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

My husbands grandmother Iris Gwendoline Ashard b.1919 - had two sisters Evelyn and Elsie. I believe they were from Kentish Town and since I have managed to find Iris on the birth indexes have discovered she was registered in the Pancras district. However I have not managed to find her sisters. I did discover that Iris's mother's maiden name was Barrett - but again can find no record of a marriage between an Ashard and a Barrett in that area. To complicate things further Iris' mother died when she was a very young child and her father re-married very soon after. Iris died earlier this year and so I was not able to speak with her on these matters. There was a suggestion that her mother may have been called Jenny - but we're not sure if the stepmother was Jenny or the real mother. I wonder if anyone can help - maybe point me in the right direction - or may even be researching this family already! Thanks in Advance Jo

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