I am currently researching my grandmother’s siblings, and while searching for articles on Trove for them I came across this letter written by my grandmother's sister, Edna Winifred Harley. From Edna Harley (Hazel Glen, Woolamai, V.) – “Dear ‘Patience,’ – I will be 17 in July, so I won’t have long to write now. I… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Edna Winifred Harley
Category: My Family History
Genealogy do-over – Geoffrey Roy Whimpey
Sometimes records can appear in locations that you would never have expected. Geoffrey Roy Whimpey was born 30 November 1920 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Albert Roy Whimpey and Phyllis Walsh. He was killed in action on 5 July 1944 in France. When I was searching in the Queensland historical indexes… Continue reading Genealogy do-over – Geoffrey Roy Whimpey
Genealogy do-over – Ivon Walter Whimpey
In my last few posts, I have been writing about how I organize my family history, and the different resources I use for my research. I decided it was about time I wrote a post about someone in my tree. I don’t want to restrict what I write about by following the 52 Ancestors in… Continue reading Genealogy do-over – Ivon Walter Whimpey
Trove Tuesday – John William Whimpey and Ezywalkin Shoes
Yesterday, I was working on John William Whimpey. My relationship to John is: The Western Australian directories had shown that John was the manager of Ezywalkin Shoes at Boulder, and later at Albany, so I decided to do a search on Trove for articles, using the search terms “Whimpey Ezywalkin” The earliest article I… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – John William Whimpey and Ezywalkin Shoes
Alfred Taylor – coal dealer and silversmith
My 3x great grandmother's sister, Sarah Mills married Alfred Taylor on 4 November 1847. Alfred Taylor was of full age, widower, coal dealer, residence New John Street West, father William Taylor, grocer. I had been able to follow Sarah on the census records from 1861 to 1901 (refer my previous post about Sarah), and had… Continue reading Alfred Taylor – coal dealer and silversmith
Finding Sarah Taylor (nee Mills) on the 1871 and 1891 censuses
I was recently researching the siblings of my 3x great grandmother, Catherine Mills, and was working on her sister Sarah. Sarah had married Alfred Taylor in 1847, and by 1861 she was a widow. The surname Taylor is a fairly common one, (as are most surnames that are occupational surnames), which is one of the… Continue reading Finding Sarah Taylor (nee Mills) on the 1871 and 1891 censuses
Trove Tuesday – John Theodore Mulder
I recently had a contact on Ancestry saying they had found John Theodore Mulder and Mary Josephine Mulder together on the Electoral rolls, and was asking how they fit in to the family. This was my reply: John Theodore Mulder was the son of Thomas Alexander Mulder and Lizzie Silk. John had married Bessie Baker… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – John Theodore Mulder
Trove Tuesday – Charles Hooton
Today as part of my genealogy do-over I have been working on Charles Hooton, my ex-husband’s 3rd great uncle, and found some articles on Trove about his death, so I have decided to share these in a Trove Tuesday post. Accident Ends Fatally. Charles Hooton, 77 years, of Upton-road, Windsor, was knocked down by a… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Charles Hooton
Latest research – Jane Gill
I have been working through the siblings of my 2x great grandparents, and I was working on John Gill, the brother of my 2x great grandmother Mary Gill. His probate files were on Ancestry, so I was quickly reading through the pages, as I was downloading the images, and saw the mention of Thomas Williams… Continue reading Latest research – Jane Gill
Henry Edward Russell
As part of my genealogy do-over, I have been researching my ancestors and their siblings, and mainly using Ancestry, so that I can do as much research as possible before my subscription expires at the end of July. In researching my 3x great uncle John William Russell, I found his death notice I already had… Continue reading Henry Edward Russell
