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Hi all,

My g-g-grandmother Mary Ann BRADY, daughter of John BRADY (see below) and Elizabeth BRADY (nee INNIS), was born circa 1848 in Dublin.  I am completely unfamiliar with searching Irish ancestry (the rest of my UK ancestors are from Kent), and I am hoping that some of the sleuths on this site can help me find details of Mary's birth and/or baptism.

Mary's marriage certificate and death certificate both give her father's name as John BRADY, and the marriage certificate gives his occupation as "Gardener".  Other than that, I haven't been able to uncover anything about her family with certainty.  I am unsure where or when John BRADY married Elizabeth INNIS, or whether they had any other children.

I'm also keen to find when Mary came out to Australia.  I have a child Mary BRADY of the right age on the ship "Omega" from Plymouth to Melbourne in 1854.  She is listed as one of a family of seven from Dublin, but the two accompanying adults are named as Patrick and Elizabeth BRADY (the only sign of a "John" appears to be an older sibling also on board, aged ten years).  Any assistance with that would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Justin

Hi there RCers,

Just wondering if there are any RCers who may be regular visitors to the NSW State Library, and who might be able to assist with searching and copying some entries in Bailliere's Victorian Post Office Directories?  Unfortunately the State Library of Victoria is not taking copy requests at the moment.

I am hoping to obtain copies of the entries for the town of Alexandra in the Bailliere's Victorian Post Office Directories for 1868, 1871/1872 and 1875.  In particular I am keen to see whether the 1868, 1871/1872 and 1875 editions have an entry for John ROFE and/or the Star Hotel, similar to the attached (from the 1869 edition, which is available on Google Books).

It appears that the NSW State Library might only have physical copies of the directories.  I'm not sure whether they also have them in microform.

Any assistance would be kindly appreciated.

Hi all,

Lilly Irene ROFE (b. 14/12/1907, Footscray VIC), eldest child of Albert Frederick ROFE and Sarah James ROFE (nee BRERETON), left home around 1923 after a disagreement with her father.  Apart from a sighting at a train station a couple of years later, it appears that her family never saw her again.

In 1939 Lilly (or "Lily", according to the spelling on the marriage certificate) married a Charles EDMUNDS at Gilgandra NSW.  Charles was the eldest son of William EDMUNDS and Johanna EDMUNDS (nee RINDFLEISH) of Gulargambone NSW.  Anecdotal evidence from a sister-in-law of Lily's in 1996 indicates that Charles and Lily EDMUNDS left the area in 1940.  It is at this point that Lily seems to drop off the radar.

Anecdotal evidence from a younger sister (who was born after Lily had left home) has it that her mother told her that Lily had died in Sydney in 1947, but I haven't been able to find any conclusive evidence of this.  Charles EDMUNDS died in Sydney in 1968, so it would appear that there was a move to Sydney at some point.  However, Charles' death notice refers to him as the husband of "Neta" (whom I have established as Neta Mary ABBOTT, nee NEAVES), and electoral rolls establish Charles and Neta as having lived at the same Sydney address for many years.  His death certificate gives his conjugal status as "Never Married", and lists no children.  Neta died in Sydney in 1970.

I haven't been able to find any records relating to Lily post-1939.  It would appear that Charles and Lily separated at some point, and it may be that Lily changed her name, moved interstate or overseas, or that for some reason her death was unrecorded.

I’d appreciate if any of the sleuths on this site can help solve the mystery of what became of Lily Irene EDMUNDS (nee ROFE), or if anyone with knowledge of the EDMUNDS or ABBOTT families can assist.

Thanks