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Australia / Re: CAVEAT on PROPERTY
« on: Sunday 03 April 11 12:55 BST (UK) »
Oh one more thing. My father is going to ring Roland's eldest daughter and see what she knows. Quite possibly the last person alive who might know something!
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Australia / Re: CAVEAT on PROPERTY
« on: Sunday 03 April 11 12:46 BST (UK) »
Hello, I am Roland Grant's great grandson and I might be able to shed some light, but also make things more confusing at the same time..
Roland like many of the Grants loved horses but rather than training or racing them he bet all his money on them, and consistently lost all his money..
Thomas Roland Grant gave a house to each of his sons, my grandmother (Roland's daughter of course) told me Thomas didn't want to give a house to Roland fearing he would gamble it away. But he did, Roland got a house on Gibbens st in Camperdown. Roland never sold it, even when he moved out and went off with another woman, Roland was a particularly selfish man sadly so it's odd he didn't sell it, chances are there was a caveat put on the house by Thomas Roland Grant preventing him from doing so.
So what's with the Taylor St house? Maybe in them days Thomas didn't trust a woman with the house so he tacked on Roland along with a caveat preventing the gambler from selling it, but why he tacked on the family gambler and not one of the other brothers I don't know.
The other strange bit of info is that Roland's wife was born and raised at 76 Taylor st Annandale.
It is a mystery!
Roland like many of the Grants loved horses but rather than training or racing them he bet all his money on them, and consistently lost all his money..
Thomas Roland Grant gave a house to each of his sons, my grandmother (Roland's daughter of course) told me Thomas didn't want to give a house to Roland fearing he would gamble it away. But he did, Roland got a house on Gibbens st in Camperdown. Roland never sold it, even when he moved out and went off with another woman, Roland was a particularly selfish man sadly so it's odd he didn't sell it, chances are there was a caveat put on the house by Thomas Roland Grant preventing him from doing so.
So what's with the Taylor St house? Maybe in them days Thomas didn't trust a woman with the house so he tacked on Roland along with a caveat preventing the gambler from selling it, but why he tacked on the family gambler and not one of the other brothers I don't know.
The other strange bit of info is that Roland's wife was born and raised at 76 Taylor st Annandale.
It is a mystery!
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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Marriage in Victoria - possibly Melbourne?
« on: Thursday 27 January 11 04:35 GMT (UK) »
Ida Marie Edmonds filed for divorce against John Thomas in 1897. Up until then Mary Isobel Golby's kids have no father listed, once the divorce is filed they are Edmonds kids and in 1898 John marries Mary.
Seems John Thomas was off fathering kids with Mary until Ida got sick of it and divorced him.
Jag04 you mention your grandfather was put in a home. It seems my wife's Great grandfather (Arthur, Albert's brother) was also raised by someone else, as was his twin sister who has a death certificate registered but actually changed her name then went on to marry and have a child. I'm not sure what was going on in this family but it sure seems pretty wild.
Seems John Thomas was off fathering kids with Mary until Ida got sick of it and divorced him.
Jag04 you mention your grandfather was put in a home. It seems my wife's Great grandfather (Arthur, Albert's brother) was also raised by someone else, as was his twin sister who has a death certificate registered but actually changed her name then went on to marry and have a child. I'm not sure what was going on in this family but it sure seems pretty wild.
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Australia Lookups completed / Re: Marriage in Victoria - possibly Melbourne?
« on: Sunday 12 December 10 11:28 GMT (UK) »
My wife is descended from John Thomas Edmonds and his children were born in Sydney. Does anybody know about this son of Emma and John? He is a slight mystery, i don't know where he died but word is he made a heap of money and his son Arthur Edmonds changed his name so his siblings wouldn't pester him for inheritance.
I have never found anything on the Edmonds before this forum so many thanks!
I have never found anything on the Edmonds before this forum so many thanks!
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