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Somerset / Harriet Button PADFIELD B. 1883 Coleford, Somerset
« on: Sunday 26 May 19 03:07 BST (UK)  »
The family story is that Harriet was deaf. I wondered if this would appear on the census in either 1891 or 1901? By 1911 she was living in Bristol.

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Australia / Re: Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Wednesday 22 May 19 05:42 BST (UK)  »
Ah, the final piece of this part of the puzzle. You certainly know your way around Trove majm.

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Australia / Re: Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Wednesday 22 May 19 00:43 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much majm! Explains a lot!

Could have been worse, originally she wanted to get here via the Titanic...but it was all booked out.

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Australia / Re: Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 23:46 BST (UK)  »
So many good questions. That's why I'm almost done with this line of research, it's doing my head in!  ??? I've attached Passenger List which shows they go from Southampton to Singapore via Yokohama. How could that happen? I found her name on the "Montoro" from Singapore to Sydney, but makes no sense when Darwin is much closer. But then I know nothing about the shipping routes of the time.

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Australia / Re: Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 23:34 BST (UK)  »
It was an arranged marriage and he was already living 200 km south of Darwin on a farm. Presumably they agreed to meet in Darwin to marry. This occurred (from certificate) on 15th September 1912 at the Registrar-General's Office, Darwin. Her name was Harriet Button Padfield, 28 years from Bath, England. I've tracked her trip from Southampton to Singapore then from Singapore to Sydney. I don't expect to find any record of this last leg of the journey, (I've looked...) just wanting some informed suggestions as to how she might feasibly have done it.  :)

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Australia / Re: Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 08:22 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Matthewj64 - it looks like that could be the only way she could get there.

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Australia / Sydney to Darwin in 1912
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 07:23 BST (UK)  »
My grandmother arrived in Sydney from the UK on 27 August 1912 and by 15 September 1912 was in Darwin to marry at first sight, which went ahead.  ::) Does anyone know how she would get there? From the research I've done, train was not an option. Thanks in advance for any thoughts on the matter...

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The Lighter Side / Re: DNA Testing
« on: Friday 08 December 17 06:38 GMT (UK)  »
Okay, thanks for that Jane. I did the same thing with MyHeritage and got the origins for free and just assumed it would be the same.  ::)

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The Lighter Side / Re: DNA Testing
« on: Thursday 07 December 17 09:14 GMT (UK)  »
I just submitted my ANCDNA to FT and though it took about 15 mins for an email saying they had my results, it is going to cost $19 (USD I presume) to "unlock" them.  :-[

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