Each week on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog he has a post for Saturday night Genealogy fun. Because of the time difference, I have called my series Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun. This week’s mission was 1) Do you know how, when and where your parents met? 2) Please tell the family story in your own blog post, in a… Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Genealogy Fun – How My Grandparents Met
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
For this week’s Trove Tuesday post, I am sharing articles I found for my great grandfather, Alexander Alexander Harley. The first article I found was Alexander’s death notice. The next two articles were the marriage notices for Alexander and my great grandmother, Henrietta Louisa Russell. There were many articles that mentioned A. A. Harley, Woolamai. … Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Alexander Alexander Harley
In the last couple of weeks, I have shared articles about the siblings of my great grandfather, Alexander Alexander Harley. This week, I am sharing articles I have found for his brother, Robert Harley, who was a Police Superintendent. Robert is mentioned in the following articles: Robert died 1 August 1935. … Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Robert Harley (1859-1935)
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the death of my great grandfather’s sister, Euphemia McWhinney nee Harley. This week, I decided to search for articles about the next child in this family, Janet Mills, nee Harley. I had in my database that Janet died in 1951, and since the names Janet and Adam… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Janet & Adam Mills
This week, I decided to look for articles for the Harley branch of the family, and came across this article. There were articles in a couple of other newspapers as well. I also found her death notice Euphemia was the sister of my great grandfather, Alexander Alexander Harley.
My great grandfather, Alexander Alexander Harley, had a sister Elizabeth Bower Harley. Elizabeth was married to Arthur Salmon, and they later divorced. For this week’s Trove Tuesday, I have decided to share an article about their divorce. Divorce Court ROMANCE OF THE STAGE Mr Justice Gordon was applied to in the Sydney Divorce Court by… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – The Romance of the Stage
In deciding on which article(s) to feature this week, I decided to see what the new was on my dad’s birth day. My dad, Ivon Walter Whimpey was born on 21 January 1923, which was a Sunday. Since there was no newspaper for that day, I had a look to see what was in the… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi
This week, I decided to look for any articles about my great grandfather Alexander Alexander Harley, who was a dairy farmer at Woolamai, near Wonthaggi. Alexander was born 22 October 1866, at Rochford Alexander grew up first in the Lancefield area, where his father was a farmer, and later the family moved to South Melbourne,… Continue reading Trove Tuesday: Wonthaggi Dairy Produce Company Ltd
This week, the surname I am focusing on is Harley. This was my paternal grandmother’s surname. My grandmother was Ivy May Harley. She was born 6 September 1890 at South Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria (Australia). She married my grandfather John Ernest Whimpey on 22 September 1914 at the Methodist Church in Kilcunda, Victoria,… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Harley
