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Hello Cherilyn,
I have seen the 1936 Electoral roll for Toowoomba Queensland where my uncle, William John Wright Scott was living. He had come from Scotland about 1931-1933 to Sydney & married an Ivy Elizabeth McMaster in 1934. She was born in Victoria in1912.
Unfortunately they do not appear on later rolls and due to the restrictions put on Australian records I cannot get any further. I would love to know if they had children because they, my cousins, may still be living here in Australia
Thanks, Wiliam.

Hi Christine

I have Vic deaths to 1985 and he is not listed, sorry.
Bit of a mystery!

Cherilyn

Thanks Cherilyn
W Woods was his brother in law in the UK.
He possibly did not ever marry as he was in his forties after war ? Would anyone have his death record ?
Thanks Christine

Hi, Thanks Cherilyn for your reply. I spelt Coldstream wrong as you realised. I will research more passenger lists.Thanks again Philippa

Hi Christine

The best possible match I can see on Find My Past is this one:

EDINGTON J H 1900 M 1928 London Australia Sydney

Somone with full membership can check the details.

Apart from that I can find no trace of him in NSW or Vic. He was discharged in 1945 as a sapper, and had been a prisoner of war. Any ideas who W Woods, his next of kin, was?

Hi Cherilyn
My mothers half brother was John Harold Edington who enlisted in the Australian Army in WW2 no VX21758. He enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria and his DOB 25.2.1900. My mum is now 85 and lost touch many, many yrs ago. I would love to know if he had a family and if any cousins are still in the area.
I have tried once or twice on GU but not got any further that service record.
Thanks
Christine, Cumbria UK

Hi Philippa

The only possible I can see is a Thomas PHILLIPS aged 23 in Dec 1848 aboard Artemisia. Also on the same ship was Anne (33), Charlotte (11) and infant Charles. Not sure how related, if at all.

There may be others, of course, or he may have travelled as crew, or gone to another state first!

There is a death for a Thomas PHILLIPS, born in Engand, aged 40, in 1870 in Qld (reg 769); parents not stated. Another possible in 1893. No mention of Thos Coldstrem or Coldstream in deaths, marriages or births, or in newspaper notices. No marriages found.

See www.bdm.qld.gov.au

Hi, I am looking for Thomas Coldstrem Phillips in Queensland. He was born in Scotland in About 1820 to Thomas Phillips and Ann McCullum. Reading his fathers will whose death was 1868 it says Thomas is a sheep farmer in Brisbane. I cannot find him on passenger lists. I wonder if you can find any trace of him , perhaps marriage or any family. Kind regards Philippa

Hi Charles

Sorry, very difficult with more 'recent' events, particularly without knowing which state she may have settled in. Did she marry Norman in the UK or Australia? Did he travel with her?

:-(
Wish I could offer you something. Try www.findmypast.co.uk migration records.

Hello There,
I am trying to find as much info as I can, with regards to Beryl Irene Dykstra. Born 11th April 1934 in the UK and may have moved to Australia. She was married to Norman Ernest Palmer (DoB 04/12/1928).

Are you able to help?

Best regards

Charles Merrett

Sorry Alison, I can't find them at all. Bit tricky without a state to start with, and I can't see them on findmypast, but perhaps someone else will have better luck.

Sorry
:-(

Hi Cherilyn
Thanks for your help I will look into the death you provided.
Phil

Hi
Sketchy info at best but would be grateful for any help going.
Looking for Thomas Irving, born around 1892. Married Elsie Myers (I think in Yorkshire, UK) and they had 6 children: Kathleen, Miriam, Tom, Isabelle, Emily and Grace.

Elsie Myers was my husband's Aunt.

Hi Phil

Sorry I can't find any information on Leonard. Certainly nothing will be available on his daughters.

But is this Kathleen's death, in Qld?

HANDLEY Kathleen Patricia Funeral notice 09AUG2006 Funeral 83 late of Corinya Nursing Home, formerly of Kangaroo Point Courier Mail (Brisbane)

Hi Barbara

Unfortunately he must have been born outside the years accesible due to Privacy Act legislation.

You would need to order his marriage cert to find out for sure. Go to www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Sorry I can't offer more
Cherilyn

Hello Cherilyn
I am looking for any information about my Nan's cousin.I couldn't trace him in England but have just found out he moved to Australia.
His name is Leonard Handley and was born in 1921 in Leigh Lancashire, as was his wife Kathleen Ritchie.They had 2 children in England, Jean born in 1944 and Pauline born in 1946.
That's all the information I have.Hope you can help.
Thanks
Phil

I appreciate your help Cherilyn, would it be possible to know what year Albert Leslie Beverstock was born, I would imagine in Sydney. Any information about his parents would be really useful.
Many thanks for your help
Barbara

Hi Barbara

Albert L G BEVERSTOCK married Thelma M PHILLIPS in Woollahra in 1933 (reg 1464).

Albert declared bankruptcy in August 1953. They divorced in Sept 1954. See www.newspapers.nla.gov.au

Thelma May BEVERSTOCK remarried in 1959 to Cyril Harvey SMITH in Sydney (reg 8838).

See www.bmd.nsw.gov.au

Found Albert's death notice listed at http://www.ryersonindex.org/

BEVERSTOCK Albert Leslie John Death notice 27JUN1991 Death late of Tweed Heads Sydney Morning Herald

You can request a lookup from the homepage of the above site.

Hope this helps.

I would like to accept your kind offer Cherylin. I am looking for cesus, bmd of Albert Leslie Beverstock, born in Sydney NSW.

Married Thelma Philips {don't know what year] and lived in Roseberry Sydney. Either owned or drove trucks. Divorced sometime in the fifties.

In 1941 they adopted a baby James Albert Beverstock, birth name Gerald London b .26/5/41
He later Lived with or married a Joyce. did they have any children, any information very much appreciated

Hi Cherilyn

Thanks for your help and the link.

Anastasia