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Trove Tuesday – Cold Snap

December 8, 2020 loiswillis

Jennifer Jones on the Tracking Down the Family blog wrote the post today Hot Weather 1889 #TroveTuesday.  I thought it was rather interesting that she chose articles about Hot Weather, since here in Victoria we are experiencing a cold snap.  I decided to see if there were any articles on Trove about a cold snap… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Cold Snap

Trove Tuesday

Trove Tuesday – John Porteus

September 7, 2020 loiswillis

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

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Emily Snelgrove Griffiths

June 30, 2020 loiswillis

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

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Mary Ann Snelgrove Hedley

June 29, 2020 loiswillis

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

Trove Tuesday – The Two Alice Lavers

June 9, 2020 loiswillis1 Comment

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

Trove Tuesday – Robert James Clement

June 2, 2020 loiswillis

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

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Trove Tuesday – Electrocution Tragedy

May 19, 2020 loiswillis1 Comment

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:

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Trove Tuesday – Suffocated in Cot

May 12, 2020 loiswillis

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

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My matrilineal line

May 11, 2020 loiswillis

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

Anzac day · Genealogy do-over · My Family History

A quick post for Anzac Day

April 25, 2020 loiswillis

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

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