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Frederick DEEMING was hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 23rd May 1892.  He murdered at least 6 people, 4 of them children, and is a Jack the ripper suspect!

My great grandfather, John Henry CHAPMAN was a young Police Officer in 1892, joining Victoria Police in 1888.  He retired in 1925 and the newspaper article at the time mentions that he was one of two officers appointed to take Deeming from his cell to court.

This is the link to the newspaper article when he retired:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165099177?searchTerm=chapman%20retire

I am struggling to find any mention or proof of this in any news article and it's not in this Police record.  In fact, there probably isn't any mention but I wondered if anyone could triple check.

There are quite a few mentions of him of trove from belting a Publican, Police VFL matches, inauguration of the Police band, and the extradition of a prisoner from Cape town but I cant see anything re the court case.

Many thanks,

bitzar.

Hi all

Does anyone have access to the 'actual' marriage register for Thomas WEEKS and Hannah AKEHURST, 21 Apr 1822 at Heathfield?!  I'm wondering if it states anything about their ages, etc.

Looking at censuses they seem quite young to be married!!!  The 1841 has them aged 35 and 30, and the 1851 has Thomas aged 38 so born c1811...

As usual, online tree's have made up all kinds of ridiculous stories.

It seems their last child was born in 1842,  mmn AKEHURST.  No baptism that I could find.

Many thanks,

bitzar.

Hi all

I've started on a part of the family in the 'too hard basket' and ended up with the GARRARD (also seen as GARWOOD / GARROD, etc) family.

It seems part of the family worshipped here, baptising their children and burying their family from the 1700's.  In 1822 the Chapel was demolished and the congregation removed to Diss, Norfolk and the old ground continued to be used as the burial ground.

Does anyone know any more on the type of religion practised there?!

Cheers in ISO

Bitzar.

Hi team

I’m looking for a marriage for these two, hopefully it will state parents names.

He was born c1782 and she was born c1793.  Two issue, Christian in 1817 and Anna Rosina in 1827.

Their immigration list to South Australia in 1841 per Skjold states they resided in Prittag, Silesia (now Przytok, Poland).

Also on the same ship was a Johann Daniel HOEPPNER, 33 and family from Sawade (now Zawada, Poland).  Seems Prittag and Sawade were only a short distance away and I’m wondering if they were related.

Many thanks

Bitzar.

Hi team

I'm looking for the contemporary names for the Prussian locations of

Plischanow, and

Blischnoff.

They were know as Prussian in at least the year 1800 by Lutheran German speaking people.

Many thanks, Bitzar.