MISSING FRIENDS VOL. 2
MISSING FRIENDS was a very popular column for many years. The advertisements were mostly very detailed and you can read the emotions felt by family and friends in many of them.
As sad as many were, it was also heartening when at the end of the advertisement, there was sometimes a mention of those who had been found.
The following is a selection of notices from 1903 to 1920.
Last week's MISSING FRIENDS ranged from 1902-1925.... and got such a good response, that I decided to follow with this batch a little earlier than I intended to.
Thank you to all who commented, either by email or on Facebook as well as here.
Do have a look at the comments left by Flissie and Lenore Frost on last week's post. Thank you, ladies.
Have you checked the notices for your missing ancestors? Wouldn't it be great if we could go back and ask those who have become our 'missing persons' to please leave a note for their descendants as to where they were going and why.
What would your note read, who to and what would you ask?
This selection is also from TROVE.
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 9 Sep 1903
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 9 Dec 1903
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 6 July 1904
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 17 May 1905
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 17 Jan 1906
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 11 July 1906
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 14 Nov 1906
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 2 Jan 1907
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 29 Jan 1908
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 9 Sep 1908
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 1 Dec 1909
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 29 Dec 1909
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 2 Nov 1910
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 8 Feb 1911
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 10 Jan 1912
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 4 Dec 1912
Wed 5 Feb 1919 issue No 6 page 72
New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wednesday 24 Nov 1920
I always feel so sad when I read these, but I'll keep trying to find my lost person. Thank you for listing them
ReplyDeleteThey can be very sad, as well as mysterious. Thanks for your comment.
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