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Australia / Re: Boyes brothers from Yorkshire to Victoria in gold rush
« on: Tuesday 27 March 18 06:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ray,we do have an interesting problem. My gut feeling is that Thomas was born in 1827 even though the ages are not accurate on the certificates. The parents are correct and match everything else we know about them.    I also found a John Boyce, born April 1829, parents John and Jane. But John's death certificate has his father John and his mother as Sarah. I'm not sure that is accurate as the information is provided by a third party. I can't find any records of a John Boyes or similar name with a father John and a mother Sarah, so I feel the John Boyce is our John. Also John has a son Humphrey which points towards his mother being Jane Humphrey. I'm not sure where we can go to confirm this as the Yorkshire census returns are not all transcribed yet. Pity I am in Melbourne and I can't just go to the Churches to look at their full records.
I haven't seen the book about Leneva but I will look out for it.
Happy searching, I would love to hear anything else you find. I'll be in touch if I learn any more.
Happy Easter Marion

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Australia / Re: Boyes brothers from Yorkshire to Victoria in gold rush
« on: Friday 16 March 18 22:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ray, thanks for the information - very interesting. I will have to do some more searching as on Thomas's marriage and death certificates his mother is Jane Humphry and his father John (marriage certificate) or Thomas Boyes (death certificate). I am opting for John as Thomas was the one who provided the details for the marriage but his son in law provided it for the death certificate. I am wondering if we are talking about different Thomas Boyes (there were certainly lots of them around that time)
Who do you have as John's parents?
Always a challenge!
Regards Marion

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Australia / Re: Boyes brothers from Yorkshire to Victoria in gold rush
« on: Tuesday 27 February 18 06:53 GMT (UK)  »
Ray, Good Luck with the book. I have spoken to Mum & she told me that the son of Thomas Boyes and Maria Mclaughlin, John Thomas Boyes did marry Ethel Anne McGaffin in 1916. But we don't think they had any children. You have inspired me to continue with my searching. Marion

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Australia / Re: Boyes brothers from Yorkshire to Victoria in gold rush
« on: Sunday 25 February 18 04:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ray,
Firstly Alfred (Alf) was a son of John Boyes. I think he introduced my grandparents. Thomas was a grazier and he and his wife, Maria ran the Rising Sun Hotel in Wooragee which is between Beechworth and Wodonga. He then moved to Middle Creek, Leneva.

He and Maria had a daughter Jane Eliza who was born in 1866 at Wooragee and a son John Thomas who was born around 1879. John did not have children.
Jane married William Brewer also from Wooragee in 1898. They had 3 daughters.
Marie Frances (Francie) B 1899. She married Russell Drummond and they had two girls. Francie died in 1974.
May B 1901. She married George Thomas Patton of Bowmans Forest in 1926. They had three daughters (My mother is the eldest) and one son. George died in 1973 and May died in 1986.
Alice Eileen B 1906 Alice never married. She died around 1987.

Ray I hope this gives you some information.
Was your G Grandmother Harriet, the daughter of a brother who stayed in England?
Do you have information of John & Thomas's siblings and parents? We have them as John Boyes born in 1804 at Baraugh, Yorkshire, England and Sarah (Jane) Humphrey/Humphries born in 1811 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Is this correct? Do you go any further back?
Cheers
Marion

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Australia / Re: Boyes brothers from Yorkshire to Victoria in gold rush
« on: Friday 23 February 18 02:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ray, I just saw your post about the Boyes brothers. Thomas Boyes was my GG Grandfather. He came to Melbourne around 1854, worked in the goldfields then settled in Wodonga, North East Victoria. Later he and his wife Maria (McLaughlin) bought the Rising Sun Hotel in Wooragee. His brother John also settled in that area. Thomas had a son, John and a daughter. Eliza (my G Grandmother). We don't know anything about their life in Yorkshire so we would love any information you could provide. Marion

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