WANETONGE/WANIGETUNGA/WENIGETUNGA/WENITONG Family

[Haylo73]

Hi I'm new to this site and am also a descendent of the wenitongs, have only just found this information out in the last month, and am wondering if any body can direct me in the wright direction, and would love to communicate with any living wenitongs

[cupoflife]

There does appear to be Singalese and Aboriginal backgrounds

TROVE has quite a few articles on this family including boxer Jimmy Wenitong and Benny Wenitong. Family members also had success in football. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=wenitong

Death of Olive May Wenitong http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/56774730?
1947 C487 Olive May Wenitong; Father - John; Mother - Eliza Kathleen Romanos

Death of Mary Wenitong (says she is Singalese) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21283691?
1928 C1842 Mary Magdalene Wenitong; Father - John Wenitong; Mothet - Eliza Romanis   

Article about Lionel Victor and brother Robert Benjamin Wenitong
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49931493?

Gladstone Cemetery has burials for this family http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y1a/

Search QLD BDM https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/

Search Ryerson http://ryersonindex.net/search.php
WENITONG Lealon Lorna Reece death 20JAN2008; age 85, at Townsville General Hospital, late of Cairns, Courier Mail (Brisbane) 26JAN2008   http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y1b/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y1c/ (page 11) ...To my late grandmother, Lealon (Lorna) Reece Wenitong who .....

Also search WENITON
1908   C2540 Benjamin Powles Weniton; Father - John Weniton; Mother - Eliza Romains
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDP7-YDB

Not sure if these WENITON are related: Enfield Memorial Park SA
Edward Walter http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=9601936 (age 84 notice Adelaide Advertiser)
Grace Catherine http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=9601937 (notice Adelaide Advertiser)
Herman Jerome Benjamin http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=9601938 (notice Adelaide Advertiser)


cheers
cupoflife

[Haylo73]

Thank you cupoflife, this is only my second post, and as I am new to this site, only just realised I can only make personal messages after the third post, so I will have to thank you this way, so thank you for your links. And will be scouring them, soon. Have you any link to the wenitongs?

[Haylo73]

I am also wondering what back ground Romanis, comes from. As a wenitong married a romanis, there seems to be quite a mix in this family lol

[cupoflife]

Sorry, no link to the family, just helping

Not sure if this is your ROMANIS? Also shown as ROMANOS/ROANES.
QLD Death (connections to a big family with many more so search QLD BDM)
1902 C4170 Romanis Romanis; Father - ; Mother - ; ** born India aged 27 years   

There also seem to have connections with the surname AVISAMI, SINGHO, O'SING, HUEPEDEN, APPO, SENGSTOCK...and other, so plenty to research

Others researching http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=577010.0
May be of interest http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/battle-of-the-burnett/699368/
http://www.island.lk/2001/01/07/news14.html
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y2n/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y2o/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0y2q/

cheers
cupoflife

[weno54]

Hi - my name is John Wenitong. I live in Australia and wondered if this thread was still active etc. I am part of that family through my Father, Lionel Ronald Keith Wenitong (dec), and I have one pic of my father's parents if you are interested. The aboriginal side came from my mother's side (Lorna - nee Minniecon - dec), whose mum was a Kabi-kabi person who spoke the language etc... I am on Facebook for social contact etc:)

[aliandcol]

Hi John
Anne Wenitong was my grandmother.
I will try and find you on Facebook
Cheers
Ali

[sharony]

Anne Wenitong was my fathers sister his name was Robert Benjamin Wenitong and brothers James Lionel Sisters June and Raechel

[sharony]

Found info in Mackay data base that John Wenitong arrived in Cairns off boat after that appears in Gin Gin