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Australia / South Australia lookup Olive Agnes FITZGERALD
« on: Sunday 12 December 10 01:18 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I am looking for details of my great grand mother Olive Agnes Fitzgerald atm (Henry James Stephens shortly if something comes up  :) ). Any information would be great. So far I have:

Married: Henry James Stephens & Olive Agnes Fitzgerald

Children:

Margaret Millicent 22nd May 1920  - Book 55A Page 406 -My grandmother
Died 12/9/1990

Kevin Frederick  27 Nov 1916  - Book 989 / 364
Henry  14 Nov 1915 - Book 969 / 121
Arthur Francis 1 Feb 1913 - Book 902 / 470
Millicent Irene 28 Dec 1918 - Book 877 / 181
Alfred James 11 Oct 1908 - Book 810 / 349
Thomas - 24 Apr 1899 - Book 639 / 94
William Edward - 15 Jun 1906 - Book 766 / 6
Lillian Gertrude - 11 Mar 1905 - Book 744 / 418
Alice May - 4 Jul 1903 - Book 715 / 47

There are a couple of deaths for the children:

Millicent Irene died 20 Feb 1912 District Ade 363 / 337
Henry died 16 Nov 1915 Dist Ade  396 / 599

Thanks to Cristobel from this forum back in 2008

I also received help from Cando and Gadget - thankyou :)

I have William Stephens as Henry's father (but I naively didn't note where I got that from). I also have Edward Fitzgerald as Olive's Father (again, no source).

cheers

shaun branden
(researching Mumme, Wiese, Brandenburg and Fitzgerald atm)


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Australia / Gettin Started - Workflow question
« on: Sunday 12 December 10 00:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I am re-starting my family tree journey after a 2 year break. I was a complete novice then and am not too far further along the track now.

Have you found a good method to build your family knowledge? Do you concentrate on one person first, one family or just whatever comes up?

I spent a few hours last night just clicking through tips on ancestry.com and this morning I am regretting it a little as it was very productive but only with hearsay (I didn't check all the references so now have to go back and do it all again anyway)

So today I have given myself the challenge of doing this right, hence this message.

Should I join a club? Is it best to find a mentor? Should I work with someone with similar family interests?

Or perhaps is it best just to jump in, post a lookup request or head to the library (difficult atm with infants in tow)?

I will post a lookup request shorty, but any tips on actually getting started in good old South Australia would be great.

cheers

shaun

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: James Tarbet Ross
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 14:35 BST (UK)  »
Carol, Thank you for trying - yeah it was probably right after 1960 that he left typical !!! :) - we shall try and find other avenues.
Shaun

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Angus (Forfarshire) / public thanks
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 13:56 BST (UK)  »
On behalf of Andrea, the Ross family and myself I would like to publicly thank "Gadget" for the amazing amount of effort put into this research. Not only is this information filling in holes on pieces of paper and in software, but it is filling in blanks to real people. We still have a long way to go, but the response to this query has been truly staggering.

I am humbled at your generous response.

Thanks

shaun :)

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: James Tarbet Ross
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 13:28 BST (UK)  »
As far as I am aware he was a photographer in Scotland. Not sure if he continued that career in Canada  ???

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: James Tarbet Ross
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 09:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Carol, Unfortunately we have no idea who his 2nd wife was or details of any children, he was married to an Honour Stella Lamb before leaving Scotland.  I think he was living in Forfar as opposed to Dundee before he left.  Thanks for looking

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Looking for details of James Tarbet Ross
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 07:21 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much - you have been a wonderful help- an amazing amount of information. Thank you for your time and effort
Shaun

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Canada Lookup Request / James Tarbet Ross
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 06:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi there, trying to put together a family tree and am interested in finding out details of my partners grandfather.  His name was James Tarbet Ross and as far as we can tell he was born in 1912 in St Mary's Dundee, was married in Scotland and had 5 children (details of which we know), he left Scotland for Canada late 1950's / early 60's before his 5th child was born?? and as far as we know re-married and had a second family.  Unfortunately we have no idea which area of Canada he emigrated to, or whether he was traveling alone or with his new wife. Any information regarding any  descendants in Canada would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Shaun

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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Stephens- SA births lookup
« on: Thursday 10 July 08 01:34 BST (UK)  »
Wow, thanks to both of you. Cando that has taken me to where I can find the person to give the items to. Absolutely fantastic. I remember Alice and Lewis, but didn't have them linked in my head. It makes sense now.

I am looking forward to the face to face meeting :)

thanks again

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