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I would be really interested to find out if my grandmother's brother and sister who emigrated to Australia - separately - in the 1920's have any living relatives. 

Their parents were Peter McLeod and Christina (nee Reith).

John McLeod.  Born Newport, Fife on 6th January 1906.  Departed from London to Melbourne on 15th January 1924 aboard the MORETON BAY with his occupation given as Labourer.  The only Australian record I have found online is an index of his Army Service Record from 1939-1948 which spells his last name as Macleod and confirms his wife's name as Beryl - about the only fact that we already knew.  The place of enlistment was Esperance, WA - something of a surprise as the family story was that he settled in Townsville!  I have ordered this from the National Archives but as the status is "not yet examined" it may not be available for 90 days.

Jane (or Jean) McLeod. Born Newport, Fife on 17th June 1903.  Departed from London to Melbourne on 24th May 1928 aboard the SS BERRIMA intending to settle in Australia and we are fairly certain that she did. Her occupation was given as a Typist.  We don't know where she lived or whether or not she married and had children.

If any kind person out there in RootsChat land can offer and help or guidance it would be greatly appreciated.  I have researched most other branches quite extensively but until now this has been a genealogical "black hole"!

Thank you in advance.

Gill

Attached is a very interesting picture of a parade, the focus of which seems to be three well-dressed women who don't look too happy and may even have their hands tied.  My first thought was that they might be suffragettes but comments on my Flickr page have disputed this - with good justification.

I don't know that it's Yorkshire, but it looks as if it could be the north of England - and Yorkshire, being the largest county, seems a good place to start!  Although unposted and unaddressed, the card is written from a mother to her daughter who is on holiday in the Lake District with a "Miss Sutcliff".  On the 1911 Census most Miss Sutcliff's aged 15-40 are living in Yorkshire and Lancashire - Todmorden, Tadcaster, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Halifax, Goole, Chorley, Bolton, Manchester and Oldham.

A very interesting collection of hats in the crowd which is almost entirely female, although the boys could be out of shot on the photographer's side of the road.  Their mood does not appear to be particularly celebratory and includes some particularly sour faces!

Clarke's Melox Dog Food and Armitage's Chicken Food in the advertisements are products with nationwide distribution - Melox even boasts a Royal Warrant to the King and Prince of Wales - so do not seem to narrow down the location to a particular region.

If anyone can help I would dearly love to know who the women are and what is going on - and would be happy to provide a higher resolution image on request.

Has anyone found any Irish records containing the surname Mulshaw or similar variant?

According to the 1841 Census for London my ancestor Daniel Mulshaw was born in Ireland around 1799.  There are several other people with the same surname living in the East End of London in the 1800's who were also born in Ireland.

However, there is no indication as to which part of Ireland they came from so if anyone has any information on this subject I would be very interested to hear from you.