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Australia / Williamstown - CHERRINGTON, Thomas Richard
« on: Monday 15 October 12 09:33 BST (UK) »
Help! Thomas Richard Cherrington (b. about 1831 Staffordshire) has disappeared off the face of the earth. He was in Williamstown running a business as a currier and leather cutter from about 1871 (after being in Geelong for a few years).
He and wife Ada has 6 kids then all of a sudden, in about 1895, newspaper notices are referring to him as "the late". Ada and the kids then all moved to South Australia. Just before they moved I can see a newspaper ad where she and her elder daughter are setting up a small business, so I figure he's gone by then.
My problem is I can't find any record of death in Victoria, NSW or SA. I've checked divorces in Vic, some passenger lists (in case he just left home) and I've searched and searched on Trove with every combination of letters and words I can think of. I've also checked the cemetery indexes.
Just wondering perhaps anyone else is looking him up or might have another idea of how to find him.
He and wife Ada has 6 kids then all of a sudden, in about 1895, newspaper notices are referring to him as "the late". Ada and the kids then all moved to South Australia. Just before they moved I can see a newspaper ad where she and her elder daughter are setting up a small business, so I figure he's gone by then.
My problem is I can't find any record of death in Victoria, NSW or SA. I've checked divorces in Vic, some passenger lists (in case he just left home) and I've searched and searched on Trove with every combination of letters and words I can think of. I've also checked the cemetery indexes.
Just wondering perhaps anyone else is looking him up or might have another idea of how to find him.