I already had the death and marriage certificates for William. His death certificate showed he died 4 September 1888 at Narrigal in the District of Talbot and Amherst in the Colony of Victoria, and he was buried 7 September 1888 at the Majorca Cemetery[1]. His marriage certificate showed he married Mary Gill on 3 August… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #12 William John Reeves
For today’s 52 Ancestors post, I am setting out the information I have about my ex-husband’s 2x great grandfather James Smith, and how I have come to the conclusion that he was born 8 April 1841 in Pennsylvania, United States. The first record I had for James was a family history compiled by one of… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #11 James Smith
I’m running late with my post this week, so I am only featuring the one record for William. I had come across the entry for William Edward Ball (born 1825 in Gothenburg Sweden) in the UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927 collection on Ancestry before, but I had only downloaded the first image… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #10 William Edward Ball
My “ancestor” this week isn’t an ancestor, but was the husband of Johanna Hansen, the sister of my husband’s great grandmother, Elizabeth Hansen. The relationship to my ex-husband is: Last week, I did a post about the census collections for Norway. Since Tobias was born in Norway, and I hadn’t yet used Norwegian records, I… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #9 Tobias Jensen
Maria Louisa Doyle was born 17 January 1847, and christened 8 February 1847 at Birmingham St Phillip, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England She came to Australia with her parents on the “Great Britain”, arriving in Victoria in August 1862. On the 17 April 1865, she married Thomas Henry Russell in Buninyong. They had 10 children. I found… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #8 Maria Louisa Doyle
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the post Surname Saturday – Patchett. In this post, I stated that Eliza Patchett’s death certificate had listed her parents as Thomas and Mary, and so I had searched for an Eliza Patchett with parents Thomas and Mary. In reviewing my recent research to decide which ancestor to… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #7 Eliza Patchett
Alfred was christened 13 July 1824 at Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. He was the base born son of Tempest Sell and Jane Docwra. Alfred migrated to Australia in 1848, and he married Mary Scott in 1852. The records I am featuring are entries for Alfred Docwra in the Moorabbin rate books. The first is the 1866… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #6 Alfred Docwra
My mum grew up at 58 Lothian Street, North Melbourne. This property had first been bought by her grandfather, Henry Palmer Marr, around 1899. I haven’t been able to Henry, or his wife Mary, in the 1903 Electoral roll. The 1905 Electoral roll only lists Mary: The following is a photo of Mary and her… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #5 Henry Palmer Marr
As part of my genealogy do-over, I checked Newspapers.com for any articles about Albert George Casey. The one result was an article from The Age 23 March 1956. Since The Age is a Publisher Extra article, I then looked for the article in the Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001 collection at Ancestry.com. The following is… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #4 Albert George Casey
Alexander married Henrietta Louisa Russell on 25 August 1888. They lived for the first few years in a house Alexander owned at 33 Hambleton Street, South Melbourne. The new documents I found for Alexander include the South Melbourne Rate books. These show in 1889, Alexander Harley was the owner/occupier of 33 Hambleton Street South Melbourne. … Continue reading 52 Ancestors #3 Alexander Alexander Harley
