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My great aunt was a close and great friend of George Hogg b.3.12.1896.  I might have a photograph of the younger George as I have some of my great aunt and grandmother.

Really? How exciting! Do you know if this George Hogg is the one I'm looking for? Did he ever mention having a child? I would love to know more!

Thank you everyone!

I do have the diary, but it is tiny, and often the writing is in pencil. There is one short line for each day, and lots of these consist of the weather, how well she felt, and any friends she sees.

The information I have about George Hogg, is mostly from my grandmother. We're sticking mostly to what her mother told her, but the plate-in-head story her grandmother told everyone DOES mesh with the gunshot wound to the head.

One of the entries in her diary is Monday 19 June: I go to Silkwood to see George.

Jean was sent up to Queensland for her health, where she worked, mostly in boarding houses and hotels. There are several references to her work: "General rows me in dining room" "Big crowd arrive" "Work day on... Very busy" "Go in the bar for first time" "Busy. Full house".

Lots of itinerant workers would travel up to Queensland to cut sugar cane. Hard work, but well paid.

I'll get that death certificate, and maybe the marriage cert too, and see how I go.

I am searching for information on descendants of George Hogg (1861-?) and Ellen Macardy (abt 1871-1926) m. 1886 Victoria, Australia. There is strong circumstantial evidence that their son George Hogg is my great grandfather, but I'd like something more concrete!

Their children:
Joseph George (1888-1963)
Catherine Ellen (1890-1955) m. ? Gale
John Henry (1892-?)
Clara Kinghorn (1895-1973) m. ? Condick
George (1897-1963?)
Robert Harley (1901-1970)
Ivy Isabel (1903-1903)
Myrtle Florence (1906-?)
Stella (1908-1985) m. ? Young

Young George joined the Army in 1915, at the age of 18, listing his occupation as driver. His mother and father are both listed on the attestation paper, at the address 110 Chestnut Street, Richmond. He was wounded in battle, receiving a gun shot wound to the head, and returned home in 1918.
According to the electoral rolls, he lives with his parents at 16 The Esplanade, Brighton, Victoria in 1919, and in 1924 his uncle David Kinghorn Hogg (labourer) is there too. George is listed as a soldier. In 1931 and 1937 he is living in Monbulk, Victoria with his uncle David Kinghorn Hogg, listed as having no occupation.
There is a George Hogg, parents George and Ellen, who died in Western Australia in 1963, age 66.

The George Hogg I am searching for was a sugar cane cutter in the Innisfail/Homehill area of Queensland in 1927/1928, and had been in the army in WWI. He came from the same area as my Ggrandmother, who was born in Wychitella, Victoria. He fathered my grandmother with Jean Isobel McKenzie, who was working in a boarding house in Innisfail. My grandmother, Dawn, was born in Sherwood Private Hospital, Innisfail in June 1928. Dr Craig and Matron Wise attended.

From Jean's 1928 diary, George is around and visiting, and is in hospital with fever from 4-15 May 1928.

They didn't marry, much to my GGgrandmother's disgust and consternation. She told everyone that Jean and George had married in Queensland, but he had a plate in his head from the war that corroded from his excessive drinking, and killed him before he could come back to Victoria. Jean died of TB in 1936, and is buried under her supposed married name of Hogg in Lilydale Cemetery.

My grandmother remembers two men coming to their property in Warburton Road, Lilydale, asking questions, and being run off by her grandmother. She has always believed that one of those men was her father.

George is not listed on my grandmother's birth certificate, so any information would be welcome.

I remember...it was from a will extract.

Jane Kelly left goods to Martha Faragher, daughter of William Faragher. Now if I can figure out my thinking from there I'll have it

mab

There's a Thomas Kelly on MNB's will list for Patrick. Died 27 Dec 1825 with children William and Ann, wife of William Fargher. Perhaps that had something to do with it?

Jo

Jane Kelly nee Kinvig > Ann Faragher nee Kelly > Eliza Hesther Mylchreest nee Faragher = William Charles Mylchreest

Oh! I have Ann Faragher nee Kelly's parents as Patrick Kelly and Ann Cashin. No source info, so it is quite likely to be completely wrong.