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I think there are actually a few mysteries...

First I have little Charles Owen MARTIN, son of Henry MARTIN and Mary HALE.  Charles was born at Goodna, Queensland 17 Jul 1877.  According to his death notice he died due to 'congestion of the brain' at the residence of Mrs Robinson, Lilley St, Brisbane.

I don't know who Mrs Robinson is.  Could of the family been staying with her if the child was ill and visiting a doctor in Brisbane from Goodna.  Maybe they had known Mrs Robinson previously.  Henry and Mary had arrived from England in 1864 and had lived in Brisbane until about 1874.

I can't find a Robinson and Lilley St mix on Trove except for the death notice.

Little Charles is buried at Toowong Cemetery Brisbane.  He is in a 9x9 plot with the RILATT/RYLATT family.  I also don't know who they are.  He is the 2/10 buried.  This is Portion 13, Section 33, Grave 12... So 13, 33, 12.  The Section immediately behind 33 is 38 and by coincidence in 13, 38, 12 is a Robinson family which makes me wonder if a mistake has occurred somewhere.  I think it is Dawson and Mary ROBINSON but I can't see them being at Lilley St on Trove.

The 1903 electoral roll has Henry and Mary MARTIN in Nobb's Rd Redbank Plains.  I can't seem to find a Nobb's Rd in modern times.  Henry is noted as a Warder, even though he would of been about 73.  Do you think he could of worked at Goodna Asylum?!

Interested in your thoughts.

Bitzar.

Hi team

I can’t find Thomas HEWITT born c1795 Walesby Notts and wife Martha born c1801 Notts on the 1851.  They were married in Worksop in 1850.  Both had been previously married, Martha being Mrs MILLS.

I haven’t got a death for either of them either.  Thomas’ first wife Sarah died in Feb 1850 in Worksop.

Thanks

Bitzar.

Hi team

Is someone able to check newspapers to see if the Harriet CASKEY who died at Tonawonda, NY state on 20 October 1950 might be this same lady please.  Her husband was John Benjamin CASKEY and she had 3 daughterS.  She was last seen on the 1940 census in Buffalo.

Many thanks

Bitzar.

Team

I have Phoebe SHAW baptised at Worksop Nottinghamshire on 11 Dec 1828 to George SHAW and Hannah PALMER.

On the 1841 she is with her maternal grandmother Dorothy PALMER aged 10.

On the 1851 she is with her brother John SHAW and his wife Alice.

On 12 Mar 1862 there is a marriage of a Phoebe SHAW to a James ISLEY at Hammersmith London.  Phoebe states her father as George SHAW, Whitesmith.  That is correct!

A daughter Emma born in 1863 in London and another in 1870 in Melksham Wiltshire.

I’ve found a Jame and Emma arriving in Queensland in 1863.

A son Edward was born to James and Phoebe in Sydney NSW in 1867.

I also found online that a James ISLEY and Phoebe Shaw ISLEY went to Canada and the USA and a death of an Edward ISLEY in 1951 in Los Angeles who stated he was born in Sydney Australia.

I think I’m looking for ‘another pair of eyes’.  I’ve never heard anything about this before.  I’m in Australia and even though it was a long time ago, there is no family legend about another SHAW relative ever being in Australia.

I’m wondering if my Phoebe isn’t the one who married James ISLEY but I can’t find her on any census.

Regards Bitzar.

Hi team

Can anyone enlighten me on The S.W.P.A. Australian Rules Football team?!  I think it has something to do with the Air Force or maybe the AIF in general.

Bitzar.