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Australia / Re: Walter North
« on: Monday 24 April 23 00:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

I have just located a City of South Melbourne Rate Book notice for a Walter North in 1890-1893 - any clues on how I track this gentleman down further?
The name just seems so elusive to find any details!

Thanks

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Australia / Re: Walter North
« on: Monday 24 April 23 00:02 BST (UK)  »


Birth certificate, 1900 -

* Were and when was birth registered?

* What name for informant?

* What occupation for father?

* Place of birth is just Port MacDonnell, or something like an address?

Thanks Wivenhoe, we have ordered a copy of the birth certificate to gather the name of the informant and the father's occupation.  Would be interesting to see if that links up with his occupation of a painter in another comment. 

I guess it's possible that potentially someone living in Adelaide could meet up with someone living at the southern most point of South Australia in those days!  Stranger things have happened!

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Australia / Re: Walter North
« on: Sunday 23 April 23 23:53 BST (UK)  »
Family search.org has SA school registers. Henry Norman Williams registered 1906, born Oct 1900 at Port McDonnell and parent given as Matthew Williams. Was this his grandfather who had adopted him? This would explain why he listed his grandparents as his parents on his marriage cert as he may have always known them from a small baby as his parents. Not uncommon for g parents to raise illegitimate chn.
Doesn't really help you with Walter North who seems elusive.

shume  australia

Thank you Shume, yes Matthew was the grandfather as at some point Molly left town and went to live in Melbourne, so Matthew and his wife must have raised Henry.

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Australia / Walter North
« on: Monday 10 April 23 10:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,
Hoping to be able to break down a brick wall.  Searching for Walter North, the man named as the father of Henry Norman "Harry" Williams, born in Port MacDonnell, South Australia on 2 October 1900.  Harry's Mum was Elizabeth Marie Florence "Molly" Williams who was also born in Port MacDonnell in Dec 1876 and passed unwed in Fitzroy, Melbourne Feb 1960.  Harry was raised in Port MacDonnell by his maternal grandparents (who were named on his marriage certificate as his parents!)
There is no marriage that I can find of between Walter North and Molly, but there is not a lot of information I can locate anywhere about Walter North.  The only possible piece of information I have found is of a Walter Samuel James North who was a Station Hand and there was a deceased estate notice placed in a gazette in 1936.  Uncertain if this is the same Walter North.
Possibly there may be an indigenous link, but I am not certain how to go about searching, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
With thanks

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Clare / Re: White, Scarriff, Clare, Ireland
« on: Monday 23 May 22 10:43 BST (UK)  »
It is certainly beginning to feel that way!

Is there anyway of knowing when Rachel and Frank married?  Do you think they are from Ireland also as I can't locate them anywhere!

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Clare / Re: White, Scarriff, Clare, Ireland
« on: Monday 23 May 22 07:26 BST (UK)  »
On Elizabeth's marriage certificate, it states that her father's occupation is a SHOEMAKER!

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Australia / Re: Elizabeth White / Great Britain Hotel, Melbourne
« on: Monday 23 May 22 07:24 BST (UK)  »
Will try and scan certificate today to add snippets on here.  White was Elizabeth's maiden name, she married and became Williams.  On the marriage certificate it states she was 20 years of age and a servant, but on her death certificate it states she was married at age 18.  Both certificates state she was born in County Clare, Ireland - it is the obituary that gives the Scarriff (only found that on line yesterday).  On the marriage certificate it states her present and usual residence were both Melbourne.  Her father Francis White, on her marriage certificate, has an occupation of Shoemaker.  Nothing about parents on the death certificate.

The death of Frank White, Shoemaker, at the Scarriff Workhouse has been discovered - as has his widow.  Thank you to all for their help - the discovery of the widow's maiden name has been of assistance, but still trying to link to the GBH but the confirmation of 3 x GGrandparents is so rewarding.

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Australia / Re: Elizabeth White / Great Britain Hotel, Melbourne
« on: Sunday 22 May 22 22:28 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for your help as always sparrett, much appreciated.

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Clare / Re: White, Scarriff, Clare, Ireland
« on: Sunday 22 May 22 10:42 BST (UK)  »
L, it most surely does - I've been searching this line for over a decade, cannot thank you enough!

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