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Hi there

I'm stuck behind a bit of a brick wall! I have an ancestor named William Lombardini who was born in 1803 in Italy (according to the 1841, 1851, 1861 Census as well as the Death Index). He died in October 1869 and had two children with Frances Maria Piercy. I had heard rumour (as well as it appearing on numerous Ancestry pages) that William's father was named Bermarita. However, I could find no record for Bermarita in any English record. Living with William in 1841 is his brother John Baptiste (possibly Jean-Baptiste) Lombardini, who had been born in Switzerland in 1785. He married Mary Sutcliffe and they had three children, however I was unsuccessful in tracing any living descendants. The Lombardini's were quite well documented in Yorkshire, and as early as 1822, John Baptiste shared a trade as a carver and gilder with a Messrs. Bernardo Camillo Lombardini.

Relying on the similarity of the forenames between Bermarita and Bernardo, I have an inkling that they may be one and the same. The company of John Baptiste Lombardini and Bernardo Camillo Lombardini was dissolved in December 1825 (possibly after the death of Bernardo?)

I have searched (on Ancestry) for any record of a Bernardo Camillo Lombardini, however, nothing is showing.
I am quite unexperienced with researching immigrant ancestors and would love to find out more about William's Italian (or Swiss) heritage!

Thank you so much for your help,
I have no idea where to go from here.

Regards,
EB

Hi there.

This is a marriage certificate that I'm finding hard to decipher. Would anyone be able to tell me what the very first name is on this photo? The last name is Madigan and the name underneath is Catherine Sheehey. These people were from Co. Limerick, in Ireland. I have an idea of what the name may be but didn't want to influence your answers.

All help is appreciated!

EB

Hi there.
Doing some research for a friend and have come across an interesting lady, however I have no knowledge of the parents of Rachel COHEN.

What I do know is:
Rachel married Joseph Albert Barlow in 1904, Victoria and had two kids with him;
Dorothy Elizabeth (later married Leo Callander)
and Joseph Edward.

After their business closed down, Joseph Albert deserted Rachel and moved to British Columbia and then Alaska without her and the children, leaving no support.
This occurred in 1908. I have two Trove.com articles about this.

Rachel then remarried in 1920 to Neil McKendrick of Whittlesea. From this marriage they had two children;
Hazel Margaret b.1921 later married Sydney Lawrence Bedford Parkin
and Donald Neil, who married Janet Mary Milligan.

There were other children from Neil's first marriage to Julia Stockdale; Grace, Colin and Muriel.

Rachel outlived her second husband, after his death in 1944. We think she may have married a third time to someone with the surnames Goodes/Goods but can't find mention of her after 1944.

However I know nothing of Rachel's parentage or any siblings. I've heard a hint that my friend believes she was of Jewish heritage, but that's all we really know.

All help is appreciated if you could help me find mention of possible parents or siblings, thanks!

EBrand

Hey there.

I would like some assistance with any mention of this particular family when they resided in Victoria. I believe Michael Maddigan/ Madigan and his to-be wife Catherine Smith resided in Victoria before their wedding in 1875. Not much is known at the moment of their life in Victoria, but their 11 children were born around Dean, Victoria. I haven't got their original birth certs, but I do know that this is the correct couple. Two of their children, Catherine (b.1881 d.1882) and John Henry (b.1875 d. 1877) died before the family moved to Western Australia, as their deaths were registered with the Vic BDMs. I have done many searches with both the names Maddigan and Madigan, and they are used interchangeably.

Their move to Western Australia is helpful as I can find many articles about the Maddigan family in the WA papers on Trove, but nothing that really mentions their life in Victoria previously.
I would like to find out more about their life in Victoria and beforehand, in Ireland, I believe (maybe a few generations further backward), as I was hinted to about this Irish migration from this article:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83582076?searchTerm=%22michael%20maddigan%22&searchLimits=l-advstate=Western+Australia

as he says "Irish you guessed, but I was born out here".

I honestly don't know anything about the life of this family before 1875, but what I do know is;

Michael Maddigan b.? d. 18/8/1935 age 91, buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
married in 1875
Catherine Smith b.? d. 17/3/1938 age 90, buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia

Children, in age order.
John Henry Maddigan b.1875 Victoria d.1877 Victoria
Thomas Maddigan b. 1877 Victoria d. 27/3/1905 Western Australia
Michael Maddigan b. 1879 Victoria  d.14/8/1938 age 59, Western Australia
Catherine Maddigan b.1881 Victoria d.1882 Victoria
Henry Maddigan b.1882 Victoria d.23/9/1948 Western Australia (married Blanche Clayton)
Patrick Maddigan b.1885 Victoria d.21/3/1914 Western Australia (married Maud Jones)
Mary Ellen Maddigan b.1886 Victoria d.?  (married J.J Drysdale)
Terrence Daniel Maddigan b.1888 Victoria d. 26/9/1937 Western Australia
John Maddigan b.1890 Victoria d.12/5/1967 Western Australia
Gerald Francis Joseph Maddigan (Joe) b.1892 Victoria d.18/4/1977 Western Australia
Catherine Elizabeth Maddigan b.1896 Victoria d. 5/9/1956 Western Australia (married William Richard Ashby)

All help is appreciated,
Thank you!