Old Bible Challenge - CLARKE family

[physio]

Thanks AussieMum and Ruskie for your reply    Yes the hair jewellery is just like shown in the site you posted Ruskie. Thankyou.  It really is quite amazing and I would'nt have known what it was if Edna hadnt wriitten about it.

I might take some photos to share with you.

Quite amazing

JD 

[deeiluka]

Hi Dee

Welcome back and I hope all is ok on the home front.  Your idea sounds great and my sister and I would love to put together a history of the family.  It was so wonderful to find those photos today and am so excited to be able to share them with the extended family.

I am trying (again) to attach some photos just to give you a snippet of what we found today.  Edna (god bless her) named all the photos and included ages and dates on most.

The 1st photo is of Caroline Jean Clarke(nee Black) and the 2nd is of Edna (L) & Myrtle (R).  They are amazingly very different in their looks.

After you have spoken to other family members we will keep in touch. If you hear of anyone that would like a copy of the photos please let me know.

JD 

That is so fortunate that all the photos were named, JD.........so many of us have collections of old un-named photographs.

How wonderful to put faces to some of the people we've discussed on this thread.

And what an amazing find of the hair jewellery among the photos.


Dee   

[deeiluka]

Hi Dee

After looking at Ashley's headstone, do you think it's strange that there are no names on it?  I wonder if you have any conection that could help me find out if there was a rift in the family.  I might pry my mother a little.  This is your fault I have become obsessed!!!

JD 

ROFL here......join the club, JD.....many Rootschatters are similarly obsessed!         

I spent last night researching the old newspapers and have collected heaps of clippings with my "snip" tool about the Clarkes etc of Craddock. It's amazing how the snippets really tell much of the story of that area.

For example.......

[physio]

Hi ROFL ..what an amazing newspaper snippet.  This may shed some light on why Ashley Clarke moved to the West Coast and I'm aware from this thread that some moved to WA.

My mother has been quite poorly so I havent been able to "pry" further at this stage, but I will keep those interested posted.

 
JD

[Tracey Joy Kelly]

I hope ur mum feels better soon *hugz*

[deeiluka]

OH JD......every good wish for your Mum.

This can wait until things are better for you.


Dee   

[physio]

  Thanks AussieMum & Dee for your kind thought. Despite her poor health she always enquires about the latest developments of the thread.  She is very excited about us finding the photos which we will bring to show her when we visit her in a few weeks.  It is very hard living away from her but I call everyday.

She cant recall why Ashley moved to Colton but the farming situaltion could be the answer.

My sister and I are also on another mission to visit Colton again and enquire about repairing Ashley's grave which we know was in a very bad state 14 years ago.

I have scanned a couple of pictures that may be of interest to you Dee from your research. One is of Mrs Box who brought up edna and myrtle and the other is of Myrtle & Unc.

JD 
 

[deeiluka]

What a marvellous collection of photos, JD........thankyou for sharing them with us.

I'm sure you are right as to Ashley being one of those who moved to the West Coast because of the poor conditions for farming north of the Goyder Line, and likewise with the Clarkes and Blacks who went to Western Australia.

Ashley and Caroline's marriage notice will soon be available on the Trove Newspapers site.

I spoke to Joan this morning, and she thinks the idea of a collaborated collection for information and photos for the Historical Museum would be a great idea.


Dee   

[deeiluka]

Oooh....and you might like to have this snippet to go with Grandma Box's photograph......