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Australia / Re: What happened to Ethel Pontin?
« on: Tuesday 04 November 25 08:24 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: CassT on Tuesday 04 November 25 03:39 GMT (UK)
Seems that the spelling of parents surname differs

 MAURER

Find A Grave death notices on this site

Victor Louis Maurer
Birth 22 Jul 1849 Vechigen, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland
Death 18 Aug 1914 (aged 65)
South Geelong, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Burial Barrabool Hills Cemetery Highton, Plot HGH-COE-X-825-X

Mum
Mary Jane Hensell Maurer
Birth 1850 Death 10 Oct 1888 (aged 37–38)
Geelong West, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Burial Barrabool Hills Cemetery Highton, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Plot HGH-UNK-X-825-X

Cass

Have you searched Trove for a death/ funeral notice for Victor? She might be mentioned there.

Regards
Jennaya

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Australia / Re: Mother's name 094?
« on: Tuesday 21 October 25 04:48 BST (UK)  »
I think it is the age of the deceased person. This is used when mothers name is not known.
The old indexes used to use the word age before the number for  example  age 73. This was instead of the 3 numbers now used.

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Australia / Re: CHARLES WILLIAM CLARK (1841-1921) -- pics and Parramatta asylum details.
« on: Thursday 16 October 25 08:17 BST (UK)  »
Losing an arm usually made the newspapers.
Search Trove using the state/ area he lived in to see what you can find out.

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Australia / Re: Death by Poison Covered Up?
« on: Thursday 16 October 25 07:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: david.povey5 on Thursday 16 October 25 07:04 BST (UK)
I want to know where people got the notion that Christina had committed suicide? Where did it come from?
The original poster said in her first post on this thread, that it was a family story handed down. They were looking for evidence.
The reply #3 is a link to the inquest findings showing death by suicide.

Do you have other information contradicting this?
Regards
Jennaya

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Australia / Re: GORST - WILSHIRE family Victoria
« on: Monday 13 October 25 05:32 BST (UK)  »
Welcome to Rootschat, Cattoc.
To use the private message system you need to have made three posts on here. So you can reply to me then make another post. Then you can message Dalet.
Regards
Jennaya

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Australia / Re: Waupaca, Melbourne Road, Frankston (Victoria, Australia)
« on: Sunday 28 September 25 11:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Peter L. Mitchell on Saturday 27 September 25 23:29 BST (UK)
An update about Waupaca (in Frankston).

All of the evidence points to Waupaca having initially been a private home about a mile north of Frankston town on the Melbourne Road. At some time - probably during the early 1890s - it probably became a boarding house. I must acknowledge that there is some disagreement about it being a boarding house from members of my family.

Trove has several examples of advertisements that give Waupaca's address as 494 Melbourne Road. This is incorrect. That address was where the first Frankston Post Office was. The best explanation I can give is that letters were not delivered to homes in those days, and people would give the address of the post office where they could pick up their mail.

Thanks for everyone's jelp on this. If I find out any more I will post it.

Peter

Perhaps the house was divided into self contained apartments rather than being a boarding house.




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Australia / Re: ERNEST HOPE Acrobat
« on: Sunday 21 September 25 10:43 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Neale1961 on Sunday 21 September 25 10:25 BST (UK)
Hi Jennaya
The current theory is that Ernest the acrobat was the son of Hope WHITE and Samuel James FRANCIS.

Sorry, I actually meant Samuel FRANCIS parents. Or perhaps he just Anglicised his name when he came to Australia.
Regards
Jennaya

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Australia / Re: ERNEST HOPE Acrobat
« on: Sunday 21 September 25 10:04 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: haney on Sunday 21 September 25 07:52 BST (UK)
Hi Jennaya
    It seems more likely that it is the opposite.  White (Irish) mother and Indian father.  Thanks Dianna

I was referring to the parents of Ernest the acrobat. Do you know who they are?

Regards
Jennaya

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Australia / Re: ERNEST HOPE Acrobat
« on: Sunday 21 September 25 07:34 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: haney on Saturday 20 September 25 04:36 BST (UK)
Thanks Sue.  Also why does this man have such an Anglo/English sounding name.  Doesn't sound at all Indian to me.  Samuel James FRANCIS.

Another Alias situation OR was he brought up by English people.  (Orphanage?? perhaps). 

I know so many questions.  LOL

I wonder if he had an English father and Indian mother. I have read articles about men from England taking Indian wives when they were working there.

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