Dear majm,
I thought this might be a reasonable point to bring Jules Francois Anseline into the 'mix'.
The following is a brief summary of my research to date and comments would be appreciated:
One of the most informative documents I have on him is the image of the handwritten Birth Certificate of his youngest child. The contents are as follows:
Date and place of birth of child- 10 March, 1874; Welcome Lead near Parkes.
Name- Frederick Jules.
Father's name, occupation, age and birthplace- Jules Anseline; Miner; 30 years; Mauritius.
Date and place of marriage, previous issue- 16 March 1865; Young, NSW; 2 males living; 2 females, living; 1 male, deceased; 1 female, deceased.
Mother's name and maiden surname, age and birthplace- Mary Morriss; 26 years; Sydney, NSW.
Informant- Certified by Mary Anseline; Mother; Parkes.
Witness- Mrs Harmer.
Particulars of registration- Stephen Freeman, 28 May 1874, Forbes; After declaration duly made according to law.
I note that Mary gave as their marriage date, 1865 (above), though there is a Marriage Certificate dated 21st July, 1871, handwritten, at French Man's Reef near Carcoar for Jules Anseline and Mary Morris (Conjugal status - 'Bachelor and Spinster'), in the Rites of the Roman Catholic Church. On the certificate, it also states that his occupation was gold digger and usual place of residence was Frenchman's Reef; the marriage was solemnised between Jules and Mary though on the signature line there is an 'x' her mark.
Death Certificate (handwritten) for 'Jules Anseline'. infant, died May 4, 1866 at Black Range, (Albury); buried at Albury; undertaker, Victore Audrieux; Witness, Augustin Sanson; age 24 months; died of convulsions of 13 hours duration; Father: Jules Francois Anseline, mother Mary Morris.
In 'The Freeman's Journal' May 18, 1872: Subscriptions taken at the laying of the Foundation stone of the new Convent at Carcoar on 21st April 1872; Jules Anseline (with many others) gave a 5 shilling donation (last name on list)
I have a 'family heirloom' which is the actual Miners Rights certificate issued to Jules Anseline by the NSW Government in the 'Western District' on January 1, 1873.
In the NSW Government Gazette September 14, 1875, "Inland Letters", there is an entry for "65. Anseline Monsieur Jules, St Vincent's Hospital" (Trove) (?A letter returned to the dead letter office).
Death Certificate (hand written) for 'Juleius Anslm': died 1 April 1876, Sydney Infirmary, age 37 years; Cause of death, paraplegia, 4 days in hospital; Dr Gillman saw him last 31 March. Buried at the Catholic Necropolis; Where born and how long: Mauritius, 20 years.
He is in Mortuary 1, Section 7, grave number 89; no headstone (I visited there once).
Finally, (from Ancestry.com) in "Slave Registers of former British Colony Dependencies", 1813-1834, there was a slave owner by the name of Anseline who had 3 slaves registered in 1830.
So, maybe Jules' family had sugar cane plantations in Mauritius, but when slavery was dismantled and the Mauritian economy was severely affected, a young Jules Francois headed off to Australia in the 1850's (after all, there was a gold rush on at the time!)
What do you think?
Paul
PS: I visited Mauritius 10 years ago; there were 27 'Anselines' in the Telephone Directory of Port Louis! Although I had a bit of language help at BDM in Port Louis, I got nowhere (the excuse/reason was that much of those early documents have been destroyed by cyclones over the years
- and I wasn't convinced they were all that keen to take the trouble to look for me)
