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Thanks Cherilyn.

Hi Terry

Actually it appears her father was George SAUNDERS and her mother Bridget SULLIVAN, with SMITH being her married name. The way these records are formatted may make it appear otherwise, but I assure you this is the case.

Surname: SMITH
Given Names: Mary
Event: D
Father: Saunders Geo
Mother: Bridt SULLIVAN
Age: 30
Death Place: Stawell
Year: 1896
Reg. Number: 11486

Possible marriage as May SAUNDERS, born Tasmania, to Jas Hugh SMITH b. Ararat, in 1889 (reg 7715). No children found.

Stawell is approximately 240km north-west of Melbourne, in the western goldfields.

I hope this helps.

Hi Cherilyn.
I hope you could help me,the state is Victoria,im looking for the details if any of a Mary Smith born circa 1866,died 1896,in a place named Stawell,fathers name Saunders Smith,mothers name Bridit Sullivan,would it be possiable to find out where the father Saunders was born,
many thanks.
Terry

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No worries!
:)

Ok Cherilyn. :) Did think it was going to be too big an ask but I'm trying every avenue I can think of!!
Daphne

Ah Daphne, the impossible I can do, but miracles are not my thing at all...

Jokes aside, this really is a tricky one, esp as if she married, there is no way of tracing her without that information.

Sorry :(

Hi Cherilyn
Please could I ask if you would look up another name for me. You have been such a help before!
This time it is for a Joan Nicholson. She was born in NZ in 1914 and her parents were Harold Scott Nicholson and Hilda Ellen Nicholson, neé Kelsey, and they lived in Levin NZ. Harold and Hilda died in '59 and '61 respectively but I can find no record at all of their daughter Joan after 1938, which was on an electoral roll living with her parents. I wondered if perhaps she had gone to Australia at all.

The odd thing is that she was not listed on her parents death certificates so may have died before them but a very kind person has been checking records and drawn a blank.

Trouble is I have no idea where in Australia she could have gone too if she did. Sorry, that's probably a big ask!
Daphne

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Hi, yes it is a 'family story' and you know how reliable they are! I'll quiz my neighbour again.

I would have thought that if it was true it would have been in The London Gazette.

The thing that is true is that Bernard's father who was also my neighbour's grandfather drowned in the SS Maori on 1909 off the coast of South Africa. (Bernard's brother Mervyn was my neighbour's father who died in WW2 when his plane was shot down)

I thought it a bit odd that Bernard was going to California aboard a ship at the height of the 2nd world war.

Thanks anyway, Jennifer

Hi Jennifer

How do you know he was knighted? Or is it a family story?

Nothing about him in the papers here either.

B Hicks b. 1909 went from London to Melbourne in 1937. Though he left from Brisbane in 1943 so seems odd, though possible.

Was he travelling with anyone i.e. another Hicks?

Good morning, hope all well in Australia. I am helping a neighbour with his tree and have unearthed some interesting stories. One is that an uncle Bernard Hicks born 1909/10 Twickenham, Middlesex, England emigrated to Australia and was Knighted.

I have searched on the London Gazette where awards are usually published but no luck.

The only ref I can find to him is on a passenger list as below going from Australia to California:-

Name: Bernard Hicks
Arrival Date: 3 Jul 1943
Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1909
Birthplace: Twickenham, England
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: English
Ship Name: Matsonia
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California
Port of Departure: Brisbane, Australia
Last Residence: Australia


can you find anything else out about him please, regards Jennifer

nudge

If you do a search on Jeeves at http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexsearch/keyname.aspx
you will find you can order Samuel's deceased estate record. I think it is A$15.

Hi Mike

Again, I totally missed your post. My apologies.

Have you been helped elsewhere now?

Annie's death reg 10970 in 1910, shown as dau of Joseph.

The Samuel A who died in 1906 was a son of Samuel & Annie. His full name was Samuel Alfred Jeeves. He was a dealer in 1888 and then a carter. He was an alderman in the Municipal District of West Botany in Arncliffe ward in 1888.

From trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 5 July 1906, p.12
JEEVES.-The friends of Mrs. GEORGE SKINNER are kindly invited to attend the funeral of her late beloved FATHER, S. A. Jeeves; to move from his late residence Hannam street, Arncliffe, THIS AFTERNOON, at quarter to 2 o clock, for Sutherland Cemetery...

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 6 August 1910
JEEVES.-August 4, 1910, at her residence, Hannam-street, Arncliffe, Annie, widow of the late S. A. Jeeves, aged 78 years. At rest.

See also http://www.woronoracemetery.org.au/name-search.html

This could be a daughter as mentioned in Samuel's funeral notice
31922/1962 SKINNER SUSIE SAMUEL ANNIE ROCKDALE
or
7327/1911 SKINNER ANNE E SAMUEL ANN RANDWICK

Hi Helen

Don't know how I missed your post sorry! I see you have been helped on other boards/posts for this one, re George 'Wandering' White and wife Martina. Seems Martina died in 1908 in Gosford.

Let me know if you need anything else.

Cherilyn

Hi Cherilyn
I'm looking for Samuel & Annie jeeves. Do you have access to NSW census or electoral rolls about 1870-1900, I have a marrage for them 1864 in england, then no trace of them.
Below is what Iwas sent a few days ago.

[This was in the local paper.

"JEEVES.-The Funeral of the late -Mrs. ANNIE JEEVES, relict of the late Samuel Jeeves, will leave her late residence, Hannam Street, Arncliffe, TO- MORROW (Saturday) Afternoon. at 1 to 2 o'clock, for Sutherland Cemetery, via Arncliffe, by 2.10 p.m. train from Sydney.

CHAS. KINSELA, Undertaker,

Rockdale, and 125 Pitt-street, Haymarket }

I understand she died in 1910 & Samuel in 1906.
what I want to know is did they have any children.

Very many thanks.
Regards Mike

Hi,

Looking for a George White b 1870 in Oxfordshire who reportedly went to Australia and had a wife called Martina who was Spanish. I have found Death Registered George White parents Benjamin and Emma 1950/19086 reg no. Grafton District NSW which would match his parents' names. Any further suggestions for research as to finding his marriage, any children or when he emigrated would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Helen

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