While I have been able to access the Ancestry Library Edition from home, I’ve been concentrating on the branches of my family from the UK, US, and Canada for the last few months. I felt I had been neglecting the Australian branches of my family, so I decided to work on my 3x Great grandfather… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – John Porteus
Category: My Family History
Emily Snelgrove Griffiths
Yesterday, I wrote about Mary Ann Snelgrove Hedley. Emily was her sister. Emily married John Griffiths on 14 Nov 1875 at St James, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. On the 1881 census they were listed as having three children: John age 4, Alice age 2, and William age 6 months. The 1891 census only listed 4 children,… Continue reading Emily Snelgrove Griffiths
Mary Ann Snelgrove Hedley
Mary Ann was born 7 Sep and christened 1 Oct 1847 in Frome, Somerset, England, the eldest child of Edward Snelgrove and Mary Ann Whimpey (Mary was the daughter of my 3x great grandparents William Whimpey and Elizabeth Clements)[1]. I have not yet found Mary on the 1851 census. In 1851 her father Edward was… Continue reading Mary Ann Snelgrove Hedley
Trove Tuesday – The Two Alice Lavers
I was recently researching the descendants of my ex-husband’s 2x great grandparents, Thomas Laver and Eliza Hooton, and found some articles about two Alice Lavers, who both died in 1929. The first Alice Laver was Alice Winifred Laver. Her relationship to my ex-husband is: This is the article for Alice Winifred Laver. GIRL FATALLY BURNED… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – The Two Alice Lavers
Trove Tuesday – Robert James Clement
I knew from the inquest entry on the PROV (Public Record Office Victoria) website that Robert had drowned, and I knew from the death index that he died in 1936, but when I searched for articles for him using “Robert Clement” for the year 1936 nothing came up, so I then tried Clement drowning (still… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Robert James Clement
Trove Tuesday – Electrocution Tragedy
I have recently been researching the descendants of my ex-husband's 2x great grandparents, Hans Hansen and Catherine Marshall, and found the following articles about the death of Harold John Gilbert. Harold's relationship to my ex-husband is:
Trove Tuesday – Suffocated in Cot
I am currently researching the descendants of my ex-husband’s 2x great grandparents, George Willis and Anne Marshall, and came across these article about Albert Raymond Treloar. INFANT'S DEATH, Suffocates in Cot. In the City Morgue yesterday the Coroner (Mr. D. Grant, PM.). held an inquiry into the death of Albert Raymond Treloar, three months, who… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Suffocated in Cot
My matrilineal line
This morning, I was going through my Feedly feed, and came across a few posts where bloggers were sharing their matrilineal lines for Mother’s Day. Although it’s no longer Mother’s Day here in Australia, I’ve decided to do the same. 1 My mother Edith Jean Marr born 11 Jun 1922 at Somerville, Victoria, Australia, died… Continue reading My matrilineal line
A quick post for Anzac Day
These are the individuals in my new tree, that I started at the beginning of the year as part of my genealogy do-over, who died while on service in either World War 1 or World War 2. World War 1 John Hilbert Matthews Died 8 Aug 1915 Turkey William Claude Whimpey Died 3 May 1917… Continue reading A quick post for Anzac Day
Muriel Annie Holt
I didn’t have any information for her except her birth entry, and she was listed as being 52 years old at the time of her mother’s death in 1962. I decided to check The Ryerson Index again (quicker than going through my notes) for a death notice for her mother, and found there was a… Continue reading Muriel Annie Holt
