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Just wondering if anyone out there would please be able to decipher this - I would like to know where this Western Australian serviceman was between March and September 1945. I do know that he didn't serve overseas. I wonder if the abbreviations and annotations would tell us if he was still in WA, and possibly where in the state?
Thank you in advance,
GG

Hi - wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here. I have been trying for years to find the parents of my GGG Grandfather John BURT (c1806 - 1848). He was a master mariner, and although he married in Wales to Jane SCOTT and his children were all born in Liverpool, his home port was Glasgow.

The only real hint to his parents are the name of his children, if they were named for their grandparents.

His children were:  Elizabeth Ann Burt (b1832).
                        Jane Scott Burt (named after his wife)
                      John James Burt
                       William Henry Burt (William, after his wife's father)

I am wondering if his parents may have been Elizabeth (there is no Elizabeth in his wife's family) and James.

If this is the case, a likely fit would be James BURT (1776 - 1846) and Elizabeth ROSS. This couple married in Lerwick, Shetland in 1804. They had a son John in 1805.  James was a soldier at the time of their marriage, and in the 1841 Census his occupation is "Army P" (Pensioner?).

So what I would like to know, is - what would a soldier have been doing in Shetland at that time? 
And how can I find out more information? I have already been through the links given on this site, and haven't found much more, so I wonder if James Burt was born elsewhere and ended up on Shetland through his military service.

If I can rule out this couple as my line, I will be able to move onto another one!!

Cheers
GG

Isaac and Caroline (nee STEPHENS) PEARN lived in EVandale, Tasmania in the late 1800's. They had 10 children, 9 of whom survived to adulthood.

Caroline died in 1891 aged 52 (her name at death is registered as Catherine). Isaac died in 1916.

I am seeking the descendants of their children, in order to return an old photo album to the family.

Three of their sons went to New Zealand:
*Herman Henry PEARN (b c1866 d1908 NZ unmarried)
*Percy PEARN (b1878 d 1909 NZ, married Mabel EVANS 1905. Mabel returned to Australia and lived in Victoria, but I haven't found any children to the couple).
*William Clement PEARN (b1875, d1929 NZ. He married Annie ? and had 3 daughters  -
     Eva Winifred (m George J KENNEDY 1927);
     Florence Ella (m Samuel D RICHARDSON 1930);
     Lillie Marion (m   Leonard C PAY in 1930).

The other children were:
*Thomas John PEARN (b 1868)
* A daughter born before 1870, and still alive when their father died in 1916. I only know she existed because other family notices mention that there were three daughters surviving and the other two weren't the eldest.
*Eva PEARN, born in 1870. She married Richard POPE in Perth, WA in 1894. They had 2 sons who both died in infancy, and Eva died in 1898. Richard died in 1904.
*Alfred Isaac Russell PEARN (B1871, died 1932 in Adelaide SA. He married Lillie FORSTER in 1915 and they had one son, Russell Allan PEARN in 1916. Russell was married but divorce in 1948 and I don't know if they had children.
*Joseph PEARN (b 1874)
*Maud Mary PEARN (b1880. married William JOHNSTONE in Hobart in 1928).
*The last child, Frank, was born and died in 1881.

I suspect the photo album belonged to Eva, who married Richard POPE, and possibly ended up with the Pope family after the death of Richard.  There was a post it note in the front of the album which said "Photo album that Grandma Pope had". Obviously Eva isn't Grandma Pope as both her children died. Eva, Richard and their 2 sons all died in Southern Cross, WA (Eva had typhoid). 
None of the photos are named, but the photographers were based in Tasmania, WA, Adelaide and Melbourne.
The reason we think it belongs with the Pearn family is that there is a memorial card in the front of the album for Caroline Pearn.

Have trawled Trove and Papers Past, and indexes in NZ and all states of Australia. I don't have any subscriptions so haven't check the electoral rolls. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance 

Hi - Elizabeth HARRIS married Andrew James BLAKE in 1877 in the Wentworth district, NSW. The couple had six children, all born in the Wentworth district.  The youngest, Bertram, was born in 1890 but died in 1891, again, in Wentworth.

Andrew and the kids then turn up in the 1890's in Norseman, WA. They lived there and in Ravensthorpe.

However, there is nothing to indicate that Elizabeth moved there with them so I suspect she died in NSW. There are 3 possible deaths between 1890 and 1900:
BLAKE  ELIZA             No  13736/1890 daughter of  JOSEPH  and LAVINIA    at  WENTWORTH

 BLAKE  ELIZABETH A  No 7324/1898   daughter of GEORGE A  and    SARAH A    at  TUMBARUMBA

 BLAKE  ELIZABETH     No 13059/1898     Parents Unknown               at          BEGA

I suspect the first one at Wentworth is the correct one, but can't find any death notices on Trove, and I am reluctant to invest in a certificate!! I don't have any subscriptions to the paid websites - is there anyone who can help me to confirm or rule out the three above deaths please? Or point me in another direction?

Thank you!