Dee's Scavenger Hunt Part 2 (Everybody welcome to join in)

[deeiluka]

I doubt it....I may only have to wait a few days....... 

I'm just amazed....a random Google search of Bauer +Phillip Island brought up a Personal Notice from Francois about the death of his son Joseph. So I went to the NLA Newspaper website and searched for Bauer and found all the Personal Notices so far scanned from the Argus, and suddenly I found that.....among others.

       

[Tephra]

It's amazing what's coming on line these days, you just have to keep googling all the time, you never know what could be next.     

[deeiluka]

There's hope for your missing person yet!   

[Tephra]

There's hope for your missing person yet!   

I wont hold my breath!!   

[toni*]

Hugh was born before registration in Ireland so that would be really difficult without a parish.
The only thing you have so far is he was a perfumer and Methodist in Belfast, that would narrow the search. Thats one to think about...
Trade directories might help, look for Perfumers over there

Jenny

Methodists have records
try the Methodist chapel in Belfast

[deeiluka]

Thanks Toni.....I may do that after my upcoming trip away, but right now I'm just so happy to have absolutely proved that Hugh really was a brother of my gg-grandfather.


Dee   

[geniecolgan]

I'm so happy for you Dee.

Now you've tied them all together, I can see your smile from here 

[deeiluka]

Yes....still smiling about that, Genie. And have had an email back from the Canadian cousin suggesting we have a family reunion!   

I hope they will look at coming here!     

Next step is to enter all the information about Hugh and his family into my database. 


Dee

[deeiluka]

Thought everyone might like to know that I am finding so much more out about Francois Joseph Bauer and his life in Victoria, Australia, thanks to the brilliant digitisation of old Australian newspapers by the National Library.

Eventually he started working for himself and in 1866 he palced an advertisement in the Argus newspaper describing himself as a Chef De Cuisine.

Take a look at some of the people he claimed to have lived with. For lived with I'd substitute worked for.   

Paris.
Tuilleries, in reign of Louis Phillippe.
General Lafayette, Prime Minister.


England.
Lord de Tabley, two years.
Carlton Club, two years.
Gunler's first extra hand.
Marquis of Ailsa.
Lord Ravensworth.
Sir George Wombwell.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence.
Lord and Lady Marion Alford, five years.
Sir John Coates.
Lord Braybrooke.
Marquis of Bath.
Mr. and Lady Harriet Clive.
Duke of Sutherland, &c.

Victoria.Sir Henry Barkly, five years.
Union Club.


And I think he stretched the truth somewhat too.....it would have been his father Joseph who worked for Louis-Phillippe and Lafayette.      


Dee