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Hi,

I had a quick look but half of page 50 (Book 5) is not readable and they were not on pages 53-55 (Book 6)  The address looks like Scott Street not School St.

These discs are terrible and very hard to make out.

Marsden

If I get chance later I will have another look through them.

Hi,

Thought I'd update you I found the two Starkey Brothers they fought in the Boer War.  Edward Robinson was invalided back to England 09.06.00 but he is still not in the 1901 census so maybe he either didn't make it home or he died before the census.  They were both enlisted in Queensland so they obviously stayed there.

I'll have to do some more digging and see if I can find anything else.

Marsden

Yep - Your right

He built a mill on Kirk Lane to house his Perpetual Motion theory - a wheel inside a wheel but he could not get anyone to build it for him so the mill went unused until it was bought by James Ives after Williams death.  The original stone gate posts are still on Kirk Lane and I drove up there when I was over in May.  He looks a bit scary in the photo I have seen of him,  that was in a Yeadon Book.  I checked the 81,91 and 01 census and I could find no mention of "Plain" George or his Children so it looks like they stayed in Australia.  William states in his will "George, my Son who is currently in Queensland"  William must have died while George was away and in the will the house and contents are left to the Housekeeper until his son returns but she has use for the rest of her life.  There was a grave for William and his Family but that has since been torn down and a car park is there now

I'll have to start looking to see if I can find the Starkey line over here now  but at least now I know they did stay.

Thanks again - thats my Starkey History lecture over 

G'night
Marsden

Hi,

Many thanks for that - I sat all night trying to work this out.    You said you had found a "plain George"  I have not been able to find anything on him since the 1851 census all I know is that according to his Fathers will (1870's) he was in Queensland!!  No idea if he went back or stayed.

Any info you can pass on would be fantastic as I have so many unanswered questions with them.  All the Rellies I have found all seem to say that the Family was never spoken of.

Thanks again,

Marsden
Rainy stormy Perth

Hi,

I am looking for anyone with a connection to Cowgill of Yeadon - Hannah Cowgill is named in William Starkeys Will - she was his Housekeeper - Hannahs Brother was the Executor. 

Julie