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Hi,
Does anyone have access to Salwayash baptisms for after 1872.
Up to 1872 they are available online but after that it seems they are only at the Dorset History Centre.
Amelia

Hi
Not sure if anyone can help here but worth a try.

I am trying to find out when exactly some ancestors arrived in South Africa.
The first is a JAMES ROGERS who married in Cornwall in 1888 and died in South Africa in 1898. Also whether he had his wife and daughter with him (Bessie Rogers & Grace Rogers). They are in Cornwall in 1891 so did they actually leave with him or stay in Cornwall waiting to be sent for. ROGERS may be spelt RODGERS.

The next are WILLIAM JOHN NOBLE and BESSIE (maybe Elizabeth) NOBLE. Bessie is the widow of the above James. Bessie was in America in 1900 but her daughter (Grace) was still in Cornwall. William John Noble and Bessie married in America in 1901 but were in South Africa by 1905 when their son was born.

The last is GRACE ROGERS who as i said was in Cornwall in 1901 but died in South Africa in 1907.

We don't know whether William and Bessie came back to Cornwall from America and then left for South Africa with Grace, or if they left America and went straight to South Africa and then Grace went later.

Grateful for any help ,

Melia

I have amongst my paperwork from a previous contact a marriage for a William Price.
I was never able to confirm where they found this information and i haven't been able to find any reference to it anywhere.
Can anyone help with this. I am in England.
William PRICE and Anna/Annie/Hannah (The contact has Anna but i know she went by the various names) 11 Dec 1867 in Gayndah Queensland
Thank you Melia

Hi, Not sure if anyone can help with my research, but worth a shot.
I have trawled all the online databases available on Adelaide but have drawn a blank. I live in England!
I am trying to find 4 children who it appears were entered into the asylum. This is what i have.
Solomon RICHARDS arrived on the Aurora in May 1856.
Wife Eliza (Wldon/Waldron/Walden)
children
Anna or Hannah Waldon/Waldron/Walden RICHARDS brn 1846
Fanny RICHARDS brn 1849
Robert John Waldon/Waldron/Walden RICHARDS brn 1852
Eliza RICHARDS brn 1856 (in Adelaide)

It seems about 1 month (possibly) after arriving in Adelaide Eliza gave birth to a daughter, Eliza.
Another researcher has it that the mother Eliza died 3 weeks after giving birth. I haven't been able to find anything on this death from here in England. The same researcher the has it that the 3 daughters were entered into the asylum. (19 July 1856?) Again I can't find evidence of this from here.
The researcher also says the Hannah/Anna and her brother chose to be known by their mothers maiden name which would have been Waldron or Waldon or Walden, and says maybe the other 2 girls were known by this name at some point.
From the Trove I have found 3 court articles and it seems that Solomon kept Robert with him for a while before leaving him with a Mr David Hope around the end of 1856 promising to pay for the boys keep. Mr Hope it seems couldn't afford to keep him and wanted him entered into the asylum. The court at first wouldn't do this. The 3 articles make for some sad reading.
Adelaide Times 3rd March 1857
Adelaide Observer 7 March 1857
Adelaide Times 17 March
He was eventually entered into the asylum.
I have found a marriage for Solomon after also finding another court article in the Trove.
South Australian Register 21 January 1860.
It appears Solomon married a widow (with 6 children) in May 1858 Adelaide but then deserted this wife in the August. She was petitioning for an order to protect her property from Solomon in 1860.
From here on I know Solomon married again Eliza Margaret Catherine Dormer 14 Oct 1861 in Sydney.
What a man lol.
I would dearly love to find these children in the asylum (my own proof) and what became of them as they are my link to my family (via their mother) but can fin no trace of them apart from Hannah/Anna whom i believe married a William Price then a Henry Rookley Parker (or maybe John Henry Rookley Parker). I cannot find her death though. She was living Maryborough and Millchester in Queensland at some point.
Any help much appreciated

Hi
My relative "Alfred John Dunham" it seems was buried originally in a German Military Cemetery(Morhange) quote  "by the enemy" after being a prisoner of war. It says he died 22nd December 1918 though.
Would this have been correct as the war would have ended by then.
Melia