Fromelles missing - Douglas Caswell

[Paul Caswell]

No sign of any children to Nelly Gertrude Caswell and John W Ball up to 1920.

Paul

[Paul Caswell]

I've created a new Ancestry public tree for Douglas:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.aspx?tid=11137262&pid=-520272077

If anyone wants to join the hunt let me know.

Paul

[Paul Caswell]

A hot match has directed me to the following marriage in NSW

1556/1935     
Groom: CASWELL      EBBORN J J     
Bride: BROWN      CHRISTINA D     
District: MAYFIELD

Could someone with NSW search experience see what they can find out about this? It seems too close to ignore. Douglas' younger brother was named Ebborn J. It may not be him but could be an offspring of Nelly or Margaret.

Paul

[Auimfo]

Have discovered that Douglas came to Australia with his father in 1912 and his siblings arrived with their mother in 1913.   I have found the following regarding them:

Father: Ebborn E CASWELL died at Newcastle NSW 7189/1919

Mother: Sophie Mary C CASWELL died at Newcastle NSW 29366/1953

Sister: Nelly Gertrude CASWELL married Gordon Kenneth McLENNAN in Stockton NSW 4815/1917
She died in Wauchope NSW 62471/1972
          Son: Kenneth George McLENNAN died NSW 101440/1976

Sister: Margaret CASWELL married John LE CORNU in Stockton NSW 1033/1919
She died in Newcastle NSW 34894/1961

Brother: Ebborn J J CASWELL married Christina BROWN in Mayfield NSW 1556/1935
No death located as yet

Cheers,
Tim L.

[Paul Caswell]

Thanks Tim,

On the brother's marriage it said that his birth year was 1910, this is 10 years out. Are these birth years estimated as Ebborn appears in the UK 1901 census aged 1 making his d.o.b at around 1900? - Sorry - My mistake.

Also, did Ebborn Jr. arrive in Aus with his dad in 1912 or his mum in 1913. An earlier post suggested he wasnt with his mum?

The name Josiah recurrs in this family. I am willing to bet that one of the J's is Josiah.

Paul

[Paul Caswell]

A couple of entertaining little snippets.

Douglas' mother Caroline Mary Sophie Beckel was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. I wonder if that was why they left England for Australia.

Douglas' aunts Amelia Alberta Caswell and Laura Maria Caswell were twins and both married on the same day.

Paul

[Paul Caswell]

Just a note to let everyone know to keep an eye on the Worcester News.

I received and email from one of it's journalists who is doing a story on Douglas Caswell asking for a few more details about him.   After a flurry of emails, he eventually rang me and we discussed Caswell and Fromelles for quite some time.

The article should appear in the paper in the coming days and will be appealing to descendants or anyone with information about Caswell to come forward.

Cheers,
Tim L.

Hi Tim,

If your friendly journalist makes contact again I have a possible name he/she may wish to publish. There's an Ancestry tree with a Dora Caswell 1894-1981 and Lionel Caswell Harber 1927-1986 in it that are descendants of Douglas' uncle Earnest.

The tree owner is not contactable but they seem to have two lines containing living relatives that may still live in Worcester.

Paul

[mum mum]

Hi all,
Douglas Caswells niece contacted me today. The family did know that he was buried at Fromelles and she had already seen a newspaper article about him in the Newcastle, NSW newspaper.
Maybe we are all gettin exited over nothing, I wonder how many of these  "missing" soldiers aren't missing at all.
It's fun looking for them though.

mum mum

[fedelmar]

MM ... it would mean that they haven't gotten in touch with us perhaps not even the army.

Bright Blessings
Sandra