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
Category: My Family History
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
Trove Tuesday – Arthur Henry Joseph Salmon
The other day when I was researching my 2x great grandfather Alexander Alexander Harley’s sister Elizabeth Bower Harley, I came across some articles about how her son, Arthur Henry Joseph Salmon died. . BRAIN EXPOSED SWEPT OFF TRAM FOOTBOARD HOW ARTHUR SALMON WAS KILLED The danger of riding on the footboard of a tram was… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Arthur Henry Joseph Salmon
Trove Tuesday – George Marr
The other day, I was working on my grandfather Wilfred Palmer Marr’s brother George as part of my genealogy do-over. George was killed when he was struck by a train at the railway crossing near Bell Railway Station in Preston, so I decided to check Trove for articles about his death. George died in 1949. … Continue reading Trove Tuesday – George Marr
52 Ancestors 2019 #6 Thomas Docwra (1813-1882)
I had been struggling in deciding who to write about for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, as I didn’t feel like writing about any of the people who had been born this week, which is why the post is late this week. While I was going through my search list for my Finding… Continue reading 52 Ancestors 2019 #6 Thomas Docwra (1813-1882)
