Fromelles missing - CURRAN (b NSW, enlisted Brisbane)

[mum mum]

I presume that whoever wrote out the enlistment form probably didn't have a good knowledge of Dubbo and surrounding ditricts. Whether it's Coonamble or 'coonabie" its still close to Dubbo. I actually found a couple of different spellings on different pages.
Mum mum

[majm]

Bit More,

FOUND Curran at Coonamble 1903, will edit shortly.

EDIT 1

Electoral roll, Seat of Darling, polling place Coonamble (electorate borders Dubbo's electorate)
line 323, CURRAN, Thomas, male, shearer, at Coonamble.

edit 2
NO sighting of Kate at that polling place,

BUT
1903, Seat of Darling, polling place Hermidale
line 18, CURRAN, Michael, male, labourer   

Kate, a cook - "wild" speculation - a shearer's cook per WW1

EDIT 3
NOT sighted Kate, but
1903, Seat of Darling, polling place Yantabulla
Line 12, CURRAN, Thomas, male, shearer

Will try other electorates, and will make new post for any results.  I searched for "K" and "C" Nolan as well as Curran also did not spot Nolan, J H either.
JM

[mum mum]

Hi,
I am guessing that just because we cant find someone on the electoral roll doesn't mean that they weren't there.
There were a couple of years in my history that you won't find me on the roll either, or at the address I may have been enrolled under at certain times.
Someone did send me a timeline of womens voting entitlements but it still isn't clear exactly when it became compulsory for women to vote. A lot of them would not have enrolled if they didn't have to, thinking that they didn't know enough about it to vote. There are still women today that only vote because they have to and then they do as their husband tells them.
mum mum

[Ruskie]

Very good point mum mum.

".... Queensland was the first State to introduce compulsory voting in 1915. Compulsory voting for Federal elections was introduced in 1924 ..."

[fedelmar]

Ok,

Just bear with me here and see what you think.......

I thought that for a single mother (Catherine Curran) to go to a small town like Coonamble, it would seem likely that she had family already living there.

A check of births at Coonamble revealed a series of children born to a woman named Rose A Curran between 1880-1900 (but no father listed).   Could this possibly be Catherine's sister???   I then checked for Rose's birth and found it in 1857 to Francis and Rose Curran at Hartley NSW (a long way from Coonamble).

Finally, checking for all the children of Francis and Rose, I found seven.   One of these was named Catharine Curran born Hartley NSW in 1865.  (Note the spelling of Catharine

Could this be Joseph James Curran's mother.   The link to Coonamble is certainly there and I wonder if Catharine had gone to stay with her sister for a while but later moved on.

Cheers,
Tim L.

P.S. And just to confuse everyone further, I just posted this as Sandra cos' I couldn't get on.

[liverpool annie]

This probably has nothing to do with anything ... but I found this ! 

Inscription List for Coonamble Old General Cemetery

Curran James 15 Nov 1891 32y parents unknown

http://cemindex.arkangles.com/cemetery-inscriptions.php?id=21

[Ruskie]

You've convinced me Sandra Tim. 

I thought that for a single mother (Catherine Curran) to go to a small town like Coonamble, it would seem likely that she had family already living there.

... or she may have gone there for work ....

[deeiluka]

Now that looks a distinct possibility, Tim.....this one is certainly a huge challenge.....   


Dee

[fedelmar]

He likes cross dressing