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Warwickshire / Re: On finding the real EDWARD ASHWIN!
« on: Tuesday 18 September 12 12:57 BST (UK)  »

                                                                                   
 Hi Susan,
Great to receive your info. this a.m. We have similar info. to you, but not so much detail with dates etc. and we don’t have spouse names. I wonder who compiled the original chart!!
   
 I made a couple of errors with Arthur’s book as I confused the title, and also that he took sheep not cattle to Darwin. The street in A. Springs is just called ‘Ashwin street’ and is off ‘Milner road’. Ralph Milner was the leader of the expedition until he was killed by ‘blacks’…then Arthur became 2nd.in charge. However, you will read all this when you get the book. I think the first 28 pages are the most interesting as far as family history info. is concerned. You will find that he writes phonetically, probably because he wasn’t a very keen scholar I think. There is a photo of Arthur, his father Alf. Jenkin and his son Alf. Some of the facts included by the editor are incorrect, e.g. genealogy chart, but I can advise you on these when you have the book. There are some other clarifications with name, dates etc. that my mother has told me also.                                                                                         

  You have a question mark with the wife of Charles Stephenson Ashwin, i.e. Sarah Eliza Joy ? When I saw the notice of their marriage, it shows her surname as being ’Joy’, and they were married in Coburg, Melbourne in 1889. I found this info. at  www.trove.nla.gov.au There are lots of references to Ashwins in the Adelaide papers as well as the ‘Argus’ from Melbourne.       

Beth




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Warwickshire / Re: On finding the real EDWARD ASHWIN!
« on: Monday 17 September 12 12:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi Susan,                                                                                                                                               
 I’m back again…..I hope I don’t confuse you with all the questions, new info. etc!!!! however it’s so exciting to have found some new cousins and be able to compare family stories.       
 Yes, you are right, I am in Australia. I was in Ballarat last November and found the grave of Alfred & Susannah Ashwin. There is no plaque tho’ so I had thought I might get one. They deserve to be acknowledged I think.                                                                                                                   
 My Mum used to correspond with Arthur’s grand- daughter, Alice, but she died and we’ve lost touch with the family. Arthur’s son Alf., (Alice’s father), lived with my g grandfather Frank Yardington’s family in Horsham for several years, until Frank took him back to his father in West. Aust.  Did you know that Alf’s wife was French? I think he met her during WW1. Arthur’s book is called ‘Grass to Gold’. Part of the book is about how he was in the party to take the first mob of cattle overland from South Aust. to Darwin. There is a main  street in Alice Springs named after him.                                                                                         
 Do you have any photos of any of our ancestors? There are lots of references to your Edward Marsten, and his father Alfred Jenkin in the Adelaide papers, which are online. Also references to Charles Ashwin, Alfred Jenkin’s brother who lived in Adelaide too.               
 Alfred’s two little boys, Edward (4y.o.) & Alfred (6y.o.), came out to Adelaide on a different ship from their father, and arrived just before their father married Susannah Birch in 1950.
 Hope all this is not too confusing!!                                                                                                  Beth                                                                                                                                                         
 By the way, I’m so pleased Kate wanted to find out about Edward Ashwin!!
                                                         

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Warwickshire / Re: On finding the real EDWARD ASHWIN!
« on: Sunday 16 September 12 12:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello Susan,
I was thrilled to receive your reply tonight. I thought you might be still involved with your daughter's wedding.
I have accurate dates etc. for AJA's 2nd. family. There were 8 more kids, but sadly only 3 survived. You are correct about Arthur who was the first born,, 1850, of the 2nd family. The surviving girl was born 1861 and my g.grandfather was Frank Yardington b.1865, his father died 1867. It must have been a terrible time for Susannah. They ended up in Ballarat, and Frank went to Horsham in Victoria, where he lived for the rest of his life. Are the diaries of Arthur which you have, original copies? Did you know there is a published book of his diaries which includes details of his early life in Adelaide and also some details of Edward Marsden Ashwin?
Beth

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Warwickshire / Re: On finding the real EDWARD ASHWIN!
« on: Sunday 16 September 12 05:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello all Ashwin descendants,
I have just found Rootschat and have had a great time reading about the Ashwins.
I was very intrigued to find that my information on the early history is the same as Susan's.
Actually, my family is descended from Alfred Jenkin Ashwin's second marriage to Susannah Birch, in Adelaide.
I would be very interested to hear more about this family and maybe I can add some extra details.
Regards,
Beth

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The Common Room / Edward Ashwin
« on: Sunday 16 September 12 05:45 BST (UK)  »
Hello all Tthomas Ashwin descendants!!
I have just found Rootschat and have had a wonderful time reading about all my Ashwin cousins!!
Susan might be interested to know that i am descended from Alfred Jenkin Ashwin's second family.
I am amazed to find that other people have the same notes that our family has, regarding the name 'Aescwine' I would love to hear more from Susan or her cousin Janet about our family. I read that you have 'masses' of information, and maybe I can add some more!!
Macash

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