This week, I am sharing articles I have found for my ex-husband’s 3x great grandfather, George Laver. The first article I found was an obituary for his daughter. Finding articles for my George was difficult because there were hundreds of articles for George Laver, timber merchant in Kyneton, who died in 1878 at Kyneton. My… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – George Laver
The first ancestor in my tree with this surname was Caroline Elizabeth Florence Laver. Caroline was my ex-husband’s great grandmother: 13. Caroline Elizabeth Florence Laver (1872-1934) Known as Florence, she was born 30 December 1872 in Inkerman Street, St Kilda in the Colony of Victoria. Florence married Thomas Casey on 20 August 1890 at Highbury… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Laver (Lavor)
Yesterday, in my Trove Tuesday post, I featured the article where Elizabeth Laver claimed that the £594 she had given to her son-in-law Charles William Collis was a loan, not a gift. Since Elizabeth had died only a month after the article, I wondered what effect this would have had on her estate, so I… Continue reading Elizabeth Laver’s estate
Since Trove is not available this week due to the upgrade to Trove 7, I decided to go through my files, to see if I have an article that I haven’t yet shared on my blog. The article I am going to share is for my ex-husband’s 3x great grandmother, Elizabeth Laver nee Male. ACTION… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – Action against a son-in-law
Last week, my ancestor was Thomas Laver. This week I have decided to use his father, George Laver. George died in 1885 at St Kilda, Victoria. His parents were listed on the death index as John Laver and Sarah Duck. George was buried at the St Kilda Cemetery on 11 August 1885. At the moment,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2014) #44 George Laver
Last week I did a post about my husband's ancestor, Thomas Laver - 52 Ancestors (2014) #43 Thomas Laver. In it I queried whether the death I had found in 1919 was for my Thomas, as this Thomas appeared to be living with a Winifred Waters Laver in Malvern. Today I applied for the marriage of… Continue reading Update for Thomas Laver 1840-1919
For a while now I have been following Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog. Last week he did a post about James G. Woodward, and mentioned his wife was Mary Almeda Vaux. I recognised the surname Vaux from my own research of my husband’s Laver ancestors, and wondered if there was a connection. After comparing Randy’s tree,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2014) #43 Thomas Laver
