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| Source:freeprintablecertificates.net
The response to last week's post was incredible... thank you. I do hope some of you found something that related to your research or perhaps just learnt of some new ways of researching or places to look. I will revisit this subject from time to time... however, for now, bear with me as I post the rest of the items I have already researched.
I am using the same annotations.. the blue line for mention of overseas origins, added a blue arrow where some of those mentioned connected to the person/people mentioned are living overseas... that might give you another place to look for origin... and added a red line for those who appeared to have died in the forces. As always, please click on images to enlarge.
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Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Saturday 9 February 1901, page 374 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article165295742
Some publications had large numbers of entries, but don't dismiss the smaller publications or even those interstate... Check for Memoriam notices, particularly for the first few years..follow through on all names listed in notices. Check dates constantly...
Evening Journal Adelaide 17 Feb 1905
National Advocate Bathurst 21 Jan 1921
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| The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser 25 Dec 1925 |
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| Barrier Miner Broken Hill 2 Nov 1923 |
TROVE is definitely a treasure trove for all manner of statistics.. it seems that there may have been an (almost clandestine) competition among the various states and territories re the BDM statistics that they were obliged to publish. Even small towns and areas got into the act...
Daily Standard Brisbane BDMs 11 Jan 1935
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| Warwick Daily News 5 Nov 1936 |
You can find just about any area listing in any year simply by searching for the Birth, Deaths, Marriages in e.g. 'Pleasantville in 1903'.
West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tuesday 11 January 1938, page 1
National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41606032
You might have noticed on the third clipping down, that there is an unusual name with a red line against it... that of Ernest Deamer Ford, sadly killed in Pretoria in 1901. It seems he was involved in the Boer War... something I have mentioned before in a post about the Third Contingent.
Ernest was one of many young Australians who set off on, what to them at the time, may have seemed like a great adventure, only to lose their life in a foreign country.
I had not noticed the name DEAMER previously however on searching I found that the name isn't all that uncommon and was the name of many talented people. I wonder what the connection to Ernest was, or rather his parents...
There is a second notice re his death ... which mentions the Imperial Yeomanry.. division of mounted force volunteers fighting in the Second Boer War. *
It also gives us the name of his father, J.Thos. Ford, in all likelihood, John Thomas Ford.
NSW BDM gives his birth year as 1871, father John, mother Margaret...on his death registration, yet I couldn't find a birth registration for him. Perhaps he was born overseas.
There is always more to the story...
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| Source:freeprintablecertificates.net |
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Yeomanry
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Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteWedding reports in small country publications often included the guest list and what gifts each guest gave. In the pre-famiy car days, the report often finished with "the happy couple left on the afternoon train for the metropolis", which usually meant Melbourne. One wedding report I have for a farming couple listed gifts such as "a pair of turkeys".
How I loved all those details...from the description of the bridal party and their clothing, flowers, etc.. ... often including the mothers of the bride... then all the details as you have mentioned...and the gifts. I have read a huge number of reports, but that's the first time I've heard about such a "lively" wedding gift..
ReplyDeleteHave to love it...
I must admit to also having a wry smile when I've seen death notices giving cause of death as 'vistation by God'.. it sure beats the alternative visitation.
Thank you for your comment, comments are always greatly appreciated.