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 Hi all,

Looking for some help please.


Elvie Mary Irene Maggs   born c1921. 
Father: Robert Thomas Maggs Mother: Edith Ellen BRITNELL

She married Thomas Cooper Thomas 1938 in Victoria
He died  October 1951 in Victoria. Can’t find any death notices for him.

In Elvie’s brother’s death notice 18/4/1945 she is named as Mrs. Anderson
Victorian Electoral Roll
Name: Elvie Mary Irene Anderson
Residence: 1943 - city, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Is there anyone else with her at this address?

She married Russell Ronald Albury Maggs 1946 in Victoria. Her maiden name was given as Maggs
He died 20/3/1960

Elvie died as Elvie Mary Irene McDonald 4/2/1969.
I used the “Ask a Librarian” feature for the State Library and got a fantastic response.
They provided all the death and funeral notices that were published.
It lists all her children, but given they may still be alive, I won’t name them.  What I’m trying to find out is, who fathered the children.
There is one male named   J* married to L* ,   and 4 girls.
A* married to C*,      N* married to S*,    N* married to R*,    and G* who is the daughter
of Russell Maggs, engaged to L*

Elvie is only a distant "twig" on my tree, so I'm reluctant to get a certificate at this stage but I'm intrigued by her life.

Any help with this would be appreciated and please remove this post if I have breached any privacy rules.

Thanks,
Raylen

Hi all, 

A question for someone who knows how the NSW BDM registers work.

I have a couple who's divorce became absolute in November 1941 in
New South Wales.
When I checked to see if either had remarried, there is a marriage entry (well 2 entries
actually - alternate spelling of a christian name)  showing on the NSW  BDM's

They married in Victoria in December 1934.

My question I guess is,  when divorces were granted, were they recorded in the "marriages"?
OR
Would this be a Victorian marriage certificate amended to show they had divorced?

Happy to learn anything to satisfy my curiosity 

Thanks,

Raylen

Hi everyone, 

Just looking for some help with a little mystery.

I have JOHN BLOOD born 1886 Ringwood, Victoria. 
Died 6/8/1934 Oakleigh.

In 1913 he married Clara Bell  (sometimes Clarabell) JACKSON and had
Albert  John in 1913 and Alvin Robert  in 1918.

In John Blood’s death notice -
The Argus 7/8/1934
BLOOD.—On the 6th August, at Latrobe Street, Oakleigh, John,
beloved husband of Eliza and loving father of John and Robert, foster-father of Kathleen, aged 48 years.

I can’t see  a marriage for John to an Eliza. 
Tried looking for maybe a divorce on Trove –
(Very difficult with the name “Blood”)   ,  and found nothing.

Clara Blood remarried James Henry Albert TAYLOR in 1937 and she died 1970.

Could someone please have a look at the electoral rolls and see who John
had living with him over the years.

Also, I know it’s a long shot but, any clue as to who Kathleen, the foster daughter
might be.

Thanks for any help.

Raylen

Good Evening all,

I was wondering if anyone has come across something I found
tonight while searching the online Victorian BDM page.
I have a birth recorded, that I got the details from the old Macbeth disc
(which now don't work on Windows 10  ) but when I went
to check something on the online listings it said there were no results.
I tried all options, Surname only, mother and father only and registration no -
nothing at all.
Probably just a missed entry but it's had me thinking how many others might be
missing.

Thoughts on what to do please? 

Thanks,

Raylen