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jeanlit
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Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London, England)
Starting on April 25, 1886, the paper printed a “Long-Lost Relatives” column each week of people who had gone to all points of the earth and not heard of by their relatives for years. The paper noted that relatives missing for 40 or 50 years were not included because it was felt that it was almost impossible to find them after that period of time.
The October 10 1886 edition said:
“Letters of inquiry for missing relatives continue to increase rapidly in number, and it is necessary to repeat that they can only be dealt with very gradually.
Application respecting runaway husbands, uncles, cousins and friends must of necessity be cast aside.
We do not think it right to print the names of any persons sent to Botany Bay as convicts.
Announcements that persons are wanted to claim moneys can only be regarded as advertisements, and have no right to a place here, where every inquiry is inserted gratuitously, with the design of helping to discover long-lost relatives when all other means have failed.”
Some notices were very specific: “Henry Stunell sailed for New Zealand on the 1st August 1871, in the ship Lady Jocelyn from the East India docks. His mother last heard from him July 5 1883, when he living in Queen-street, Wellington, New Zealand.”
And some were rather vague: “Walter Lindon left home about three years ago to search for employment, and his sorrowing mother is anxious to hear of him.”
Some people had aliases for one reason or another. The May 2 edition printed the following notice under the “Long-lost Relatives” heading:
“ROSE GEORGE, or GOODMAN, left England for New York in 1872 with a theatrical company. Acted in the name of Rose Lisle. SOPHIA GEORGE left England about 1876 for Australia under the name of Goodman. Israel Cecil, son of Rose and sister of Sophia, makes the inquiry.”
And on 5 September:
“John Hudson, alias Thomas Billinger, left England for Nova Scotia, British North America in 1862, but has not been heard of by his aged grandmother and invalid sister since 1872. He was then in the band of volunteers, and a gentleman’s coachman.”
Some enquiries brought results, as printed in December 12 1886: “On Nov 28th we printed an inquiry for John Brickhill of Bromley-by-Bow, who left London in 1879. Last Monday Mr William Warner, a young joiner just returned from Australia, called at our office to say that when he left Sydney, nine weeks ago, Brickhill, who is a schoolmaster, was well. We gave him the mother’s address at Hatcham, and Mr Warner kindly promised to call on her and give further particulars of her son’s colonial experiences.”
A Lancashire correspondent wrote, “I have heard that you can inform anyone, who wishes to know about some relation who is away from home, whether they are living or not.” The paper said, “We must hasten to disclaim the possession of any occult powers, such as the knowledge referred to in this amazing assertion would imply. As Lloyd’s News circulates all over the world, and American, South African, Australian and New Zealand papers have generously copied our inquiries, many persons have been traced after long periods of absence and under remarkable circumstances.”
In the eight months up to 26th December 1886 (36 editions) there had been enquiries for about 1000 “long-lost relatives”. I have started a rough index and can do lookups for you if you are interested.
Jean
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Deb D
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Hello Jean 
... Just found this thread, and I'm wondering whether anyone was actually looking for a relative of mine, Duncan Dunbar Tatham ? He's gone missing after 1857, when his wife died in Geelong, Victoria: - family members had to travel from England to retrieve his two children, but we don't know whether DDT was the one who handed the kids over to his "rellies", or whether he'd disappeared before that. No indication, from family references, that anyone kept in touch with him. From 1857, there don't appear to be any records of him, anywhere 
If you have the time to look for references to him in the "Long-Lost Relatives" columns, I'd be very grateful.
Cheers
Deb
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I live in Sydney, Australia, and I'm researching: -
Powell
Tatham
Dunbar
Dixon
Mackwood
Kinnear
Mitchell
Morgan
Delves
Anderson
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jeanlit
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Hi Deb
I have had a very quick look at the Long Lost Relatives - no luck so far, but will certainly keep my eye out for your Duncan Dunbar Tatham.
Do you know if he was about when his wife died? Do you know if he stayed in Australia or did he go elsewhere? What was his occupation , do you know?
Sorry for the questions, but maybe it will ring a bell with someone who will know where to look.
I would hate to think that he may have become an "unknown" death somewhere on the goldfields.
Jean
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Deb D
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Have recently found out he was a gaoler  at the time of his wife's death in '57, so yes, he was there. Unfortunately, he simply disappeared into the ether after his wife died: - as I've said, I have no idea whether he stayed around long enough to hand the kids off to his rellies, ... or whether he'd taken off.
Bit of a surprise to find him as a gaoler, actually, considering he'd almost gotten himself into strife with the law, earlier, when passing cheques he had no right to pass, on his uncle Duncan Dunbar's account! (He was a "clerk" at the time, I believe - perhaps "opportunist" would have been a better description? lol).
Thanks heaps,
Deb
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I live in Sydney, Australia, and I'm researching: -
Powell
Tatham
Dunbar
Dixon
Mackwood
Kinnear
Mitchell
Morgan
Delves
Anderson
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kooky
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Jean,
are there any CLULOs in your list?
I have lost SAMUEL b. 1850.
Also there are some Clulos in Australia that I can't connect!
Kooky
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Clulo - Staffs.,Warwickshire, Lancs.1780 -1950
Fisher- Nafferton,Hull, Manchester.1770-1840-1950
Kane&McNeill,Forkhill, Armagh and Glasgow,Bray Dublin.1850s -1920
Boshell and Dowzard- Dublin, 1840s -1911
Kay/Bremner Edinburgh 1800 - 1841.Kay Staffs.& Lancs1842 -1901
Kay - Newcastle on Tyne 1780-1861
Swindell[s], Marple & Manchester 1900->
Makinson, M/c & Prestwich 1870 ->
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spof
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Oh rats! Neither do I! Be interested to find out more about that: - he was born in 1824 ... but his son was born in 1856 (shortly before his mother's death), and we were under the impression that once the son went back to England, he stayed there  Thank you sooooooo much for finding that: - I'll have to do some more digging! Deb
Hi Deb
The electoral roll entry is for electoral year of 1856 (no, I can't figure out how that comes between 1901 and 1936 either ) and it's for the sub-district of Barwon in the district of Geelong.
Duncan is a gaoler living in Kilgour Street and qualifies for voting as his property is freehold.
Glen
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Bezant (London/Suffolk), West (London/Essex), Walker (Yorkshire), Phillips (West Country - believed Bristol area), Tibbetts (Warwickshire), Armstrong (Co Fermanagh), Harvison (Co Wexford), Neeb (Germany), Becker (Germany), Jakobsson (Finland). Kanneworff (Germany and Denmark)
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mystman
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Hello Jean ... Just found this thread, and I'm wondering whether anyone was actually looking for a relative of mine, Duncan Dunbar Tatham ? He's gone missing after 1857, when his wife died in Geelong, Victoria: - family members had to travel from England to retrieve his two children, but we don't know whether DDT was the one who handed the kids over to his "rellies", or whether he'd disappeared before that. No indication, from family references, that anyone kept in touch with him. From 1857, there don't appear to be any records of him, anywhere If you have the time to look for references to him in the "Long-Lost Relatives" columns, I'd be very grateful. Cheers Deb |
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mystman
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Hello Jean ... Just found this thread, and I'm wondering whether anyone was actually looking for a relative of mine, Duncan Dunbar Tatham ? He's gone missing after 1857, when his wife died in Geelong, Victoria: - family members had to travel from England to retrieve his two children, but we don't know whether DDT was the one who handed the kids over to his "rellies", or whether he'd disappeared before that. No indication, from family references, that anyone kept in touch with him. From 1857, there don't appear to be any records of him, anywhere If you have the time to look for references to him in the "Long-Lost Relatives" columns, I'd be very grateful. Cheers Deb |
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