allycat on Family Tree Circles

Everything you need for family history research in the State of South Australia:-

Births, Deaths, Marriages

Burra History Group

Family History South Australia

Fleurieu Peninsular Family History Group

Hoffnungsthal (German Immigrant town)

Lyndoch - An Historical Town

Mt Gambier Public Library

Shipping 1836-1888

Shipping Adelaide 1852 onwards

South Australia Family Tree Directory

South Australia Lookup List

South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc.

South-East SA Family History Group

Teachers in SA

The Narracorte Herald

Wattle Range Council

Yorke Peninsula Family History Group - Archives of South Australia

Everything you need for researching genealogy in the State of Queensland, Australia:-

Department of Justice & Attorney General - Births, Deaths & Marriages

Queensland Genealogy Timeline

State Library of Queensland

Queensland Government

Picture Australia - Images of Queensland, it's people, places, past and present

Professional Genealogical Research in Queensland

Brisbane Headstone Photo Collection

Grave Location Search - Brisbane City Council

Queensland State Archives - Immigration Indexes 1848-1884

Indexes - Teachers in Queensland 1860-1904

Queensland State Archives - Indexes - Wills 1857-1900

Queensland Genealogy Links

State Websites at Rootsweb for Queensland - Australia

Royal Historical Society of Queensland

Queensland Genealogy Group (A Branch of the Australian Surname List)

The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) Queensland

Gould Genealogy Queensland

Historic Newstead House on the Brisbane River

Queensland Railways

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Museum, Townsville

RAAF Base Amberley

Peel Island - Quarantine Station/Leper Colony

Cooktown (Qld) Boys' School 1885 to 1889


Below is a list of current websites at the time of writing on the Family Historical Groups/Genealogy Societies and other service providers in the State Queensland, Australia:-

Annerley - Genealogy Services

Birkdale - Genealogy Services

Bribie Island Seniors Computing Club - Family History

Brisbane - Genealogy Services

Greater Brisbane Area - Genealogy Services

Bundaberg Genealogical Association

Caboolture Family History Research Group Inc

Cairns Historical Society

Cairns CBD - Genealogy Services

Central Queensland Family History Association

Charters Towers & Dalrymple Shire Family History Association Inc

Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical & Historical Research Group Inc.

Dead Persons Society - Brisbane

Dead Persons Society - Toowoomba

Early Photographers of Fortitude Valley QLD

Early Photographers of Maryborough QLD

Early Photographers of Roma QLD

Everton Hills - Genealogy Services

Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc.

Genealogy Addresses for the State of Queensland

Gold Coast Family History Society Inc.

Gold Coast and Albert Genealogical Society

History Queensland Inc.

Jimna Hall Historical Association

Maryborough District Family History Society Inc.

Greater Maryborough Area - Genealogy Services

Queensland Family History Society

Queensland GenWeb Project

Shire of Landsborough Historical Society

Sunshine Coast Genealogy - Nambour

Toowoomba and Darling Downs Family History Society Inc.

Townsville Museum and Historical Society

Townsville - Rollingstone Historical Society



If you think a website link should be here and it isn't, please let me know by personal message.

Thanks, Allycat, Qld, Australia.

Dear Members, Everything you need for genealogy research in the State of New South Wales, Australia should be here. Also check journal written for Australian genealogy research in general.

NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
FREE On-line search Births 1788-1907; Marriages 1788-1957; Deaths 1788-1977. Click on Family History to search through the Historical Indexes. NB: If you are wanting births up to 1918 goto RootsChat find their 'Australia' board and post a lookup request after registering as a new user, free site.

Transcription Services ... a cheaper alternative to the govt NSW bdm site. Data is typewritten transcripts instead of Certificate style from nsw bdms online. NB You must first have searched through the NSW Registrar of BDMs online to have the Registration No. before you can proceed.

More Transcription Services

State Records of NSW
Click on 'THE STATE ARCHIVES', then 'INDEXES ONLINE' then click on 'KeyName search' to search several indexes at once... Type in your phrase, and then click on Submit.

State Library of NSW

NSW Genealogy Links...

Claim a Convict - Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal

NSW Family History Document Service

Australian History in the Making ...NSW Genealogy Links

Australian Transcriptions - Misc. Transcripts; Grevilles PO Directory; and Penrith District Registers

Rootsweb Aus-NSW Surname Mailing List - Subscribe and/or read archives

The Diary of Felton Mathew - a Govt Surveyor in Colonial New South Wales

An Account of the English Colony of New South Wales (Volumes 1 & 2)

NSW GenWeb Project - Index to the Book "I Found It In The Northern Star 1877 - 1881"

Register of War Memorials in NSW

Sands Directory - 1879




Just a quick note advising everyone to check their local genealogy and/or family history groups within the particular States of each country. They are a hidden gem of information.

Armidale Family History Group

Armidale - Land of the Beardies History House Museum

Bathurst Family History Group Inc. ... UPDATED WEBSITE

Bega Valley Genealogy Society Inc.

Bellinger Valley Historical Society

Berrima District Historical and Family History Society -Southern Highlands

Blue Mountains Family Historical Society

Botany Bay Family History Society

"...Since the early days of settlement in Australia, the Camden District was the first destination for hundreds of pioneering families starting a new life. Many descendants of those first settlers were pioneers themselves, moving on to develop other areas of the Colony..."

Camden Area Family History Society

Camden Historical Society and Museum

Campbelltown District

Cape Banks Family History Society Inc.

Central Coast Family History Group

Clarence River Historical Society

Coffs Harbour

Cohuna & District Historical Society

Cowra Family History Group

Deniliquin Genealogy Society Inc

Grevilles Post Office Directory 1872 transcribed from microfilm

Hawkesbury Family History Group - From the Mountains to the Sea

Hawkesbury on the net - Church registers

Hay Historical Society Inc.

Hunter Valley Genealogy

Illawarra Family History Group

Lithgow & District Family History Society Inc

History and Cultural History Site for Milton Ulladulla South Coast NSW - formerly Little Forrest Family History Research Group

Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc

Maitland Family History Circle

Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc

Mid Blue Mountains Historical Society

Muswellbrook Local & Family History Society

Newcastle Family History Society Inc

Parramatta & District Historical Society Inc

Picton and District Historical And Family History Society Inc.

Port Macquarie and Districts Family History Society Inc

Port Stephens Family History Society Inc.

St Mary's & District Historical Society

Tamworth & District Family History Group Inc

Tumut Family History Group Inc.

Tumut Pioneer Cemetery Headstones index

Tweed Gold Coast Family History & Heritage Assocation

Twin Towns Family History Group Inc.

Wentworth Shire Council - Search Cemetery Records going back to the 1850's


AND...
General links to other sites without webpages and/or email

Good luck,
Alison.


16 April 2009.

Dear FamilyTreeCircle Members,- This link is to a website full of thousands of links to other websites. So many that I shall not even bother trying to mention here. Suffice to say it's absolutely brilliant if you are tracing ancestors/descendants in these regions.

FREE Databases on Australia, NZ and Pacifica

Allycat, Qld, Australia.

An interesting read on prospectors looking for gold downunder. Heaps of good stories.

Gold Net Australia

Allycat.

Record 1 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: EDWARD
AGE: 18 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE: 26/03/1849
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Co. Wicklow DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Larceny
SENTENCE: Transportation for 7 yrs
SHIP:
PETITIONER: RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 9, P 188
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:

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Record 2 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: ELIEA
AGE: 42 SEX: U ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE: 15/07/1840
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Co. Kilkenny DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Larceny
SENTENCE: Transportation for 7 yrs
SHIP:
PETITIONER: RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 3, P 246
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
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Record 3 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: WILLIAM
AGE: 20 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE: 21/06/1839
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Co. Tipperary DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Larceny
SENTENCE: Transportation for 7 yrs
SHIP:
PETITIONER: RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 3, P 286
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
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Record 4 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: PIERCE
AGE: 33 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE: 15/03/1844
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Queen's Co DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Maliciously killing sheep
SENTENCE: Transportation for 15 yrs
SHIP:
PETITIONER: RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: TR 5, P 150
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
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Record 5 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: THOMAS
AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE:
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Kilkenny DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION:
SENTENCE: Transportation failing bail
SHIP:
PETITIONER: Convict RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: PPC 1610
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
Convict prays to be transported as he has no prospect of procuring bail.

Endorsed: he cannot be transported until the expiration of six months.
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Record 6 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: THOMAS
AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: TRIAL DATE: 01/08/1798
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Prison ship/ Dublin DOCUMENT DATE: 01/10/1798
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Being a United Irishman
SENTENCE: 7 years transportation
SHIP:
PETITIONER: Captain Rolleston RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: SPP 315
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
A native of Silverhills, King's Co.
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Record 7 of 9
SURNAME: MADIGAN OTHER NAMES: EDMOND
AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: Co Waterford TRIAL DATE:
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Co Waterford DOCUMENT DATE: 01/03/1823
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Smuggling tobacco
SENTENCE: Transportation
SHIP:
PETITIONER: Convict & M Cantwell RELATIONSHIP: See comments
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: PPC 2074
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
Both convicts were convicted of the same offense.
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Record 8 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: MICHAEL
AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: Co Waterford TRIAL DATE:
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: Co Waterford DOCUMENT DATE: 01/03/1823
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Smuggling tobacco
SENTENCE: Transportation
SHIP:
PETITIONER: Convict & E Madigan RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: PPC 2074
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
Both convicts were convicted of the same offence.
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Record 9 of 9
SURNAME: CANTWELL OTHER NAMES: MICHAEL
AGE: 0 SEX: M ALIAS:
PLACE OF TRIAL: Waterford TRIAL DATE:
PLACE OF IMPRISONMENT: DOCUMENT DATE:
CRIME DESCRIPTION: Smuggling tobacco
SENTENCE: Transportation 7 years
SHIP:
PETITIONER: Magistrates & Gentlemen RELATIONSHIP:
DOCUMENT REFERENCES: PPC 3860
MICROFILM REFERENCES:
COMMENTS:
Petitioning on behalf of the convict and three others (all named) who were convicted of smuggling tobacco at the last Spring Assizes for the county. Two petitions not dated; circa 1821-28; 1833-34.

John GORDON (Snr) married Catherine Mary CANTWELL* abt 1859 and they had at least one known child, John Francis GORDON (Jnr) born 25/7/1860 Picton NSW Australia, died 29/8/1924 aged 64 years. Both sets of parents' names unknown at this stage.

*Catherine Mary CANTWELL was somehow related to my ancestor Patrick CANTWELL (gg grandfather) 1827-1875 who was a former coalminer in Clough, Co.Kilkenny, Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1851 with other family members aboard the 'Garland'. They followed James CANTWELL 1797-1857 who was previously transported to Australia in 1834 aboard ship 'James Laing'. His son, Patrick CANTWELL was a goldminer and may have been in QLD perhaps say 1851-1853. [More info available.]

John GORDON (Jnr) married at Charleville QLD Australia in Feb 1890 to Hannah Jane LYNCH born Charleville 1/11/1870, died 29/4/1925 aged 54 years. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas LYNCH and Ellen MOLONEY.

John & Hannah GORDON had 9 children:-

1.Mary Catherine GORDON born 1892 Charleville QLD (spouse BARRON)
2.William John GORDON born 1894 Charleville QLD
3.Lillian May GORDON born 1896 Charleville QLD (spouse WARNER)
4.Gertrude Mabel GORDON born 1898 Charleville QLD (spouse HUDSON)
5.Thomas Francis GORDON born 1902 Gowrie Junction
6.Eileen Florence GORDON born 1907 Gowrie Junction (spouse HENRY)
7.Evelyn Grace GORDON born 1909 Oakey QLD (spouse BERGHOFFER)
8.Edward GORDON born 1910 Burton NSW
9.Thomas GORDON born 1913 Burton NSW, killed in action New Guinea 29/1/1943 W.X.14883.

Any response appreciated, and all information graciously received.

Regards, Allycat, Qld, Australia.

Dear FamilyTreeCircle Members, Hi. I'm looking for any connections with these families:-

DENNER/DINNER

Richard DENNER (my 4g grandfather) was born abt 1790 England (probably Cornwall) occupation Labourer 1841 Census, married unknown unknown. Had at least one child that I can find at present, James DINNER^ also known as James DENNER (my 3g grandfather) born 1818 Newton Abbot, Devon, England.

^ PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive Click on BROWSE ALPHABETIC LIST, then SELECT THE LETTER OF THE SURNAME YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

Information from this website is listed as under in italics:-

"FIRST FAMILIES 2001

First Family Member Details
Surname: DENNER
Given Name(s): James
Occupation(s): Steam engine maintenance

Birth Details
Birth County,
Region, Province: Devon
Birth Country: England

Death Details
Death Town: Kialla West
Death State/Territory: Victoria
Death Country: Australia
Death Date: 1898

Immigration Details
Air/Port Landed: Adelaide
Ship/Plane: Canton
Year Arrived: 1846

Canton 1846 from London 27 - 04 1846 via Plymouth, Captain Daniel Friend, arrived Port Adelaide on 31-07-1846

Bound for South Australia



Surname: PYNE
Given Name(s): Mary Ann

Birth Details
Birth County,
Region, Province: Cornwall
Birth Country: England

Death Details
Death Town: Kialla West
Death State/Territory: Victoria
Death Country: Australia
Death Date: 1896

Immigration Details
Air/Port Landed: Adelaide
Ship/Plane: Canton
Year Arrived: 1846


Family Stories

Life in Australia:

James & Mary Ann came to South Australia with others from Cornwall in answer to the call for men who were accustomed to working deep lead mines. James was not a miner: he maintained/worked the steam engines, but soon after coming to Australia he was listed as a farm labourer. When gold was discovered in Victoria the family came to the Daylesford area; James was known to work a dredge at one stage, then had a farm. When eldest daughter Lavina married, the family settled on a neighbouring farm at Kialla West, where Eliza married another's neighbour's son, William McCarron, to become my grandmother.

You and Your Family:

Our story is told under the name of McCARRON

Life Before Australia:

Nothing concrete is known of the life of James and Mary Ann in England. James could not read and write, so there are no letters, but the family "legend" says the Denners came as Hugenots from Alsace to Somerset, then to Devon. This is denied by the Hugenot Society in England, which says no refugees came to England from there! The family legend continues that James, as a boy of 16, went to Cornwall to learn to work the steam engines. There he married Mary Ann Pyne,obviously,but no documents can be found. His death certificate lists two children born in Cornwall (just the county given) and apparently Richard died, because only Lavina was with them when they landed in Adelaide in 1846. We do not have a location for them in either Devon or Cornwall. James's death certificate says his father was Richard Denner, bootmaker, but he does not appear in any list we have found so far.

Descendants


Children
DALDY, Emily DENNER, Charles DENNER, Elizabeth
DENNER, Henry DENNER, James DENNER, Richard
DENNER, William MCCARRON, Eliza PETHYBRIDGE, Lavina

NB: Superscript behind each descendant name represents the lineage number of that descendant.
This family information was last updated by LILIAN BEATRICE KIRK on the 23 December, 2000. "


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Building on the above information, this is my research as follows:-

James DINNER married 4 April 1841 Stoke Climsland, Cornwall (died 1898 Euroa% VIC Australia) to Mary Ann PINE born 17 Dec 1820, South Hill, Cornwall (died 1896 Euroa VIC Australia). Mary Ann PINE was the daughter of Richard PINE and Elizabeth CRUSE. (Elizabeth CRUSE had first married George JANE 1759-1808). Mary Ann PINE had two known elder siblings, Elizabeth PINE born 1811, and Henry PINE born 1814 all born South Hill, Cornwall.

James DENNER died aged 79years, 28 March 1898 Euroa VIC Australia. He is buried at the Kialla Cemetery. His wife Mary Ann died aged 76years, 25 Dec 1896 also at Euroa. I haven't found a burial location as yet.

% Historical Fact: Euroa was where famous Bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang stuck up the local bank.

James & Mary Ann DINNER had 9 children. First 2 children born England, last 7 born Australia. Family settled Adelaide, South Australia; various parts of Victoria and New South Wales.

1.Richard DINNER chr. 5 Dec 1841 Stoke Climsland, died 1844 Eng.
2.Lavina DENNER born 1843 unknown, England
married 1860 at Tara VIC to Richard PETHYBRIDGE, issue...
James and Mary Denner, and child (Lavina) arrived in Adelaide SA from Plymouth 31.7.1846 aboard the ship "Canton", the journey taking some 3 months.
3.James DENNER born 1847 Adelaide, South Australia
married 1875 Christina LAW. They had two children.
1)James 1876-1952
2)Henry Thomas 1878-1953 married Emma LANGTON
4.Henry DENNER born 1849 Adelaide, South Australia
married 1874 VIC to Charlotte Sally DIXON, issue 9 children.
1)Sarah Kate DENNER married Albert PROWD @ (probable relations)
2)Thomas Charles DENNER ...died young
3)Mary Ann DENNER married Walter WALKER
4)Charlott Fleming DENNER ...died young
5)William Henry DENNER married Elizabeth PROWD @
6)Harry James DENNER married Elizabeth ONELY
7)Charlotte Emily DENNER married John PASS
8)Richard John DENNER ...died young
9)Lillian Maud DENNER married William HARVEY
5.Elizabeth DENNER born 1850 Adelaide, South Australia
married 1878 VIC William MCCARRON issue...
6.Eliza B. DINNER born 3 Dec 1856, Back Ck, Bourke, Victoria, Australia *
7.William DUINER (sic) born 1860 Tara, Victoria, Australia
8.Emily DINNER born 1862 Malm, Victoria, Australia
married 1882 Kialla West VIC to Vincent DALDY, died 1884 in childbirth, had daughter named Emily who died young before her 3rd birthday 1884-1887.
9.Charles DENNER born 1864 VIC, died Condobalin NSW

* gg grandmother, married John Henry PARKER

PARKER/DINNER

John Henry PARKER born abt 1850, Australia married 8 Oct 1877 at Grenfell, New South Wales to Eliza B. DINNER. I've only been able to find seven children, but my grandmother, who is 93 yrs old, tells me there were more!

1.Susan Jane PARKER born 1878 Grenfell NSW Australia (10368/1878)
2.Esther PARKER born 1879 Grenfell NSW Australia (11133/1879)
3.Caroline PARKER ** born 3 Aug 1883 Grenfell NSW Australia
4.Ellen E. PARKER born 1887 Grenfell NSW Australia (22194/1887)
5.John H. PARKER born 1890 Grenfell NSW Australia (15133/1890)
6.Phebe A. PARKER born 1892 Grenfell NSW Australia (15481/1892)
7.Violet M. PARKER born 1895 Grenfell NSW Australia (3737/1895)

** g grandmother, married Henry AMOR

PHOTOGRAPH is of my grandmother's parents...Henry AMOR & Caroline PARKER. If the photo looks a little odd it is because it was restored. Pic was in dreadful condition and was exceedingly small in size. It lay in my grandmother's drawers unknown to myself, the firstborn grandchild (and family historian), until an appearance just recently. With the wonders of modern technology, a fireplace was inserted in the background and pretty flowers added to the mantle. And Great Gran was given a new dress and body! It's kind of like breathing new life into one's ancestors.

Caroline PARKER married 4 Jul 1904 to Henry AMOR born 1876 Rochester VIC Australia. He was the son of William AMOR and Ann Priscilla WHEELER of Wiltshire, England. Henry & Caroline AMOR had five children, of whom four have now passed on, leaving my grandmother the last of her generation.

Regards, Alison
QLD Australia.

Dear fellow FamilyTreeCircle members, since posting this message I have been able to stretch my tree out to the 1500s to my AMOR ancestors at Bishops Canning, Wiltshire.

Looking for any links with this family:-

George AMOR (3g grandfather) born 1780 Bromham Wiltshire England married 24/12/1804 Bromham to Rebekka KNEE. (She was most probably the daughter of Benjamin KNEE source: 1772 Poll of Knights Wiltshire). The couple probably had two children, my ancestor George AMOR born 1805 Bromham, Wiltshire and Jane AMOR born 1814.

George AMOR b1805 married at Bromham 22/07/1833 to Rebecca ABRAMS of Bromham and they had 7 children that I can find.

1. Mary AMOR b1823
2. John AMOR b1824
3. Carraline AMOR b1827
4. Ena AMOR b1829
5. Ann AMOR chr. 22/07/1834
6. William AMOR chr. 09/07/1837-1913 my 2g grandfather
7. Elizabeth AMOR chr. 05/09/1841


William AMOR 1837-1913, occupation farmer, (my ancestor) married 13/10/1856 at Chittoe, Devizes, Wiltshire, England to Ann Priscilla WHEELER born 1835 Arnecliffe, Westbury, Wiltshire, England to parents: John WHEELER born 1801 Bremhill & Ruth BANCROFT born 1806 Bremhill. There are also marriage links with the FORTUNE family of Derry Hill, Wiltshire.

The couple (PHOTO attached), William AMOR and Ann Priscilla WHEELER (my gg grandparents) came to Australia when they were newly married, on the 'Beejapore' from Yorkshire. The 'Beejapore' arrived Botany Bay NSW 14 Mar 1857. The journey usually took about 9 months from England.

In Australia they settled in the State of Victoria and had 11 children in 18 years.

1.Elizabeth Jane b1858-1945 .. married 1882 Peter GIBSON from Scotland
2.George b1859-1860 ... died young.
3.Ellen b1861-1934 .. married 1881 John MITCHELL
4.William b1863-1932 ..married 1883 Louisa PRIDMORE
5.Annie b1865 ..married William SMITH
6.Frederick William b1868 ..married Esther JACKSON
7.Rebecca b1869 ..married Michael GRIFFIN
8.Martha b1871 ..married George BEARDSLEY
9.George b1873 ..
10.Robert b1874-1902
11.Henry AMOR b 12/6/1876 ..married 1904 Caroline PARKER *

*My Great Grandparents.

All replies answered. Thank you, Allycat in Australia.

The 'MOST' Family

Henry MOST (my ggg grandfather) was born 1824 Hesse, Germany. Another researcher believes his parents to be: Thomas MOST and Elizabeth unknown but I have no confirmation of this.

At the age of 24 years he landed in Colony of New South Wales, Australia in 1848, occupation farmer, died 20 Sep 1898 'Rose Cottage' Inverell, NSW Australia, buried 21 Sep 1898 Church of England Cemetery, Ashford, New South Wales, Australia. Naturalised 1873. Married in Brisbane 1866 to Henrietta Schia aka Bragier* born 1837 Germany, arrived Australia 1855, Occupation: Farmer, died 19 Oct 1884 Ashford Inverell NSW. Children: 1.Anna b 1867 Wellingrove, 2.Louisa b 1869 Myall Ck near Ashford & 3.John aka Jack MOST b 1874 Inverell.

*Henrietta had been married before back in Germany to unknown BROSER or BROSELLE in 1859, and they had one daughter, Mary (Marie) BROSER MOST born 1862 Germany, married William BRAZIER and married 1883 Frederick William PISCHKE. More information available.

Children of Henry MOST and Henrietta:-

1.Anna MOST married Ernest GIDDINS and had 4 children, Lavinia, Henry, Charles & Eva Giddins.

2.Louisa MOST (my ancestor) married in 1890 at Inverell to Arthur Ernest Rhodes MERRY born 1856 Steeple Claydon, Buck., England (google Roads Family of Buckinghamshire for ancestry to C1480). They had 8 children, Leonard 1890, Florence 1892, Thomas 1894, Wilfred 1895, Elsie (my ancestor) 1897, Lydia 1900, Sophia 1902 and Beatrice 1904.

3.John (known to all as Jack) MOST married in 1906 at Inverell to Una Bell BEARD born 1887 Warialda, and had 3 children
i) Maude MOST born 1907 Inverell NSW married Guy T. QUICK
ii) Henry MOST 1909~1909 Queensland http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/IndexSearch.htm
iii) May MOST (probably still living).


The 'VOSS / FLANZE (or PHRANZE)' Family

Frederick Joseph Herman VOSS born 1830 the Grand Duchy of Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany. N.B. Fred Voss' father -name unknown- was a farmer who hired himself out as a mercenary soldier under Napoleon. In 1812 it is said that he went with Napoleon's "Grand Armee" to Russia, on the infamous march to Moscow. [Source: Obit of F.Voss 'Inverell Times' June 26, 1936] Fred Voss married in 1859 Alshue Germany to Johanna Doratea FLANZE born perhaps 1821 Holstein, Germany {not proven} and died 1882 'Clarevaulx', registered Glen Innes NSW. Her parent's names are now known as Henry FLANZE and Dorothea unknown.

Shortly after arrival in C1855 via ship "Daniel Ross" ex Hamburg, family was obliged by the Australian Govt of the time to undergo naturalisation, and to anglicise their German names. Family made their way up from Port of Sydney in colony of NSW to vicinity of Moree, Gunnedah and Narrabri. First the family lived on 'Gurley Station' where Frederick worked as a shepherd and farmer. Later the family moved up to the Glen Innes area.

Fred & Dorothy VOSS had 6 children, 1.Otte Nickelark Marks, a twin to sister, 2.Dor - both born Germany, 3.Frederick b 1856 Gurley (my ancestor), 4. Hammon Henry b1862 Weewaa a twin of 5.Anna Dorothea, and 6.Emma Christina b1862 Wellingrove.

Their first child also known as Nicholas Otto Marcus VOSS married in 1881 at Glen Innes to Susan PAGE, daughter of William & Ellen PAGE. They had 10 known children - 1.Otto, 2.Mary, 3.Ellen, 4.Ada, 5.Frederick, 6.John, 7.Mabel, 8.Henry, 9.Emily and 10.Richard VOSS.

Second child - we think that Dor Voss died young, possibly in Germany before the family emigrated to Australia, verification required.

Third child, Fred VOSS (my ancestor) married in 1883 at Glen Innes to Mary WEBBER b 1863 Bundaberg, Qld. She was the daughter of Johannes Heinrich WEBER b 1829 Dickschied Prussia d 1902 Lambs Valley NSW, and Elizabeth ORTH b 1835 Roppershain Hesse Prussia, d 1914 Lambs Valley NSW. Note: I have been provided with ORTH ancestry back to the 1600s by fellow researcher Graham Shirra, USA.

Note: The Weber/Webber family also arrived in Australia via the same ship as the Voss family - the Daniel Ross the voyage taking 129 days.

Fred & Mary Voss had 6 children - 1.John William 1884, 2.Frederick Henry 1887, 3.Henry Frederick 1888 (my ancestor), 4.Ernest Francis 1890, 5.Caspar Orth 1896 and 6.Blanche Wilhelmina Nita VOSS 1906.

N.B. Sub-names include: Guthiel, Weiderman, Hastenpflug, Seigner, Hoffmeyer, Cranz, Lowerman, Curtze, Lieberman, Kurtz and Rohleder.

Fourth child, Hammon Henry De Voss married Maude BEDDY in 1904 Sydney.

Fifth child, Anna Dorothea Voss married 1878 Wellingrove to Edward Augustus PIETSCH and had 3 children, Emily 1881, Henry 1883 and Edward 1888 NSW.

Their lastborn Emma Christina Voss married 1883 Glen Innes to Joseph COLE and had 9 known children - Joseph, William, Ernest, Arnold, Darice, Norman, Agnus, Amy and Herman COLE all born Inverell NSW.


If there are any connections out there, please don't hesitate to write to me. I also have my tree on Genes Reunited at which site names can be freely searched, however there is a small fee to host your tree. It's a brilliant website!

Regards,
Alison, QLD, Australia.


Photograph below is of my ancestor Henry MOST - he worked as a Shepherd.

Note: I think the MOST surname may have originally been MOEST/MOIST or even MOSTYN.

I have uploaded my birth, death, marriage and baptismal Certificates at this site Certificate Sharing.