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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #135 on: Saturday 30 July 11 11:25 BST (UK) »
No worries Beg. Can't miss the game!

I've deleted the name from my post and your quote. Thanks for reminding me.

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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #136 on: Saturday 30 July 11 20:14 BST (UK) »
Morning Beg,

I was out last night so have only now opened that Gazette link you provided. Thanks very much again.

It even provides an address for them. I'll have a better look tonight.

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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #137 on: Sunday 31 July 11 01:07 BST (UK) »
Quote from: spades

I wonder if we can find what ship she emigrated on?

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Hi again...

Maybe Mary Dorothea's daughters know when their parents moved to Australia.

Here's a **link** to the funeral notice for Eva Grace HARKER m.s THRUSTON. Eva is the second of the three Thruston sisters. The notice mentions Mary Dorothea's daughters, and possibly their husbands, but unfortunately no married surnames.

**link** removed as thread completed but in a nutshell it said: HARKER, Eva Grace d.11 May 1998. Wife of Paddy (dec) and loving Aunty of Dorothy and Peter, Sheena and Philip


I don't know how to find recent-ish marriages in Australia so I started a thread on the Australian board asking for help. The upshot of which is you're unlikely to find a recent-ish marriage unless you know an approximate date. You then need to physically search the newspapers. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent to our BDM NZ microfiche.

The few Australian obituary sites I know of didn't seem to help.

Apart from contacting the funeral director mentioned in the notice or stumbling across them in a google search I can't really see how to get contact details for Mary's daughters. But I'm sure someone else does.

It's interesting to think that, as the daughters were born in Australia, there is a chance they may not even know that their mother was previously married and divorced in NZ.

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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #138 on: Sunday 31 July 11 10:58 BST (UK) »
Hi Beg,

Thanks for the Flickr link. It doesn't breach RootsChat privacy policy as far as I can see.

Your thread on the AUS Board was illuminating too. It is possible that a relative may find this topic via search engine and make contact.

But in the meantime I have found the date and place of death of Mary Dorothea THRUSTON and the existance of a second husband and two children!

I'm satisfied with what I have already, so thanks very much everyone for all your help. ;D ;D

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PALING - Nottinghamshire ENG
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STURTON - Arnold, Nottinghamshire ENG
SUTTRON - All, NRY & DUR ENG
TAYLOR - London ENG
TYLER - London ENG
TERNAN/TIERNAN - Dublin IRL


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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #139 on: Sunday 31 July 11 10:59 BST (UK) »
It was a pleasure Spades :)


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Re: A Brick Wall - Mary Dorothea THRUSTON
« Reply #140 on: Sunday 31 July 11 11:01 BST (UK) »
Always interesting  ;D ;D

Cheers Janette