Birth look up please

[Munch]

Hi, I'm trying to look up my grandfather harold douglas quigley,from what i can find i think he is Leslie's brother ,if you have any links to information that could help that would be great,
Cheers darren morgan

Les is my grandfathers brother, im trying to find out more about their
 father george, and any photos of les or his brothers and sisters ( i belive there are 11)

@ Morgo57.....Leslie Herbert Quigley was my uncle by marriage.  He rarely spoke about his Australian family, not sure why, but he did mention 2 sisters. I vaguely remember an "Ada" but i could be mistaken there. It's 22 yrs since his death & i still miss his gentle, kind & wise manner.
@ Jennaya.... This could indeed be the reason for the alias.....We may never know for sure.

[cando]

Les is my grandfathers brother, im trying to find out more about their
 father george, and any photos of les or his brothers and sisters ( i belive there are 11)

Morgo57 I assume that it is your tree on ancestry with Harold Douglas's birth certificate attached with all the previous of the issue of the marriage listed.

This marriage certificate will give you both the bride's and groom's parents details.  There are a number of Elsie May DAVEY's born in the 1880's.

Parents marriage
QUIGLEY George born Carlton
DAVEY Elsie May born Carlton North
1908   Reg#9297

There is a digitised WW1 service file on NAA for George.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx

Addresses and letters from the Victorian Police in the service file confirm that this is George in this court report. 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/019c5/

Australian Electoral Roll
1924
QUIGLEY George 18 Murchison Street, Carlton South Stevedore

1931, 1936, 1943
QUIGLEY George  14 High Street, Carlton South Labourer

Possible death
QUIGLEY George
Father Samuel Alphonsus  Mother Harriet LALOR
At Heidelberg 1947  58 years  Reg#5722

Cando

[Dundee]

Possibly not the sort of photo of George that you were looking for, but it is a good one.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/019cn/

Debra 

[Dundee]

Well after reading this document, it seems that George QUIGLEY was not the father of most of Elsie's children.

Search for Elsie May QUIGLEY
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx

I think this might be the father
http://www.rootschat.com/links/019co/  (page 1)
http://www.rootschat.com/links/019cq/  (page 2 - page 1 uncovered)

Links to the articles I mentioned earlier

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4586934
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/74797709
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/140264143
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4585232
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4582305

At least they are an interesting family 

Debra 

[Neil Todd]

Interesting that connection to a rather well known Family, sort of infamous!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moran_family

Neil

[Munch]

Well.......i don't know what to say after all the information that has been forthcoming. ........ except perhaps Leslie Herbert Quigley was right to use an alias to escape his background. (Smiling brightly & giving a thumbs up!)
Looking at the photos attached to the records, i do see a resemblance.  The men all have similar height, weight & colouring.......and that leads me to the conclusion that it was a rather large & extended family.
I haven't, as of yet, quite worked out the relationships between them all but there's time enough for that.
Les was a quiet, unassuming, gentle man, who had the courage to rise above his origins.....and i for one, am enriched by having had the pleasure of his company for many years. 
He is gone, but never forgotten.  

[julie6b]

  Just trying to fit some pieces together from my husbands family. His mum was Ethel Quigley. I am sure her brother was Les and he came to visit us in Bendigo Victoria.Would be great to get more family info.

[cando]

Hi Julie

Welcome to rootschat

If Ethel QUIGLEY is deceased could you please give us a little more information eg her date of birth etc. Was QUIGLEY her maiden or married name?  Do you have the names of her parents?

 I will mention here that we are not permitted to post details of living people on rootschat.

Cheers 
Cando

[julie6b]

  Hello,
I married Thomas Bennett Ethels son. Her maiden name was Quigley and after some searching perhaps Quigley Backhouse. Her father was George and her mum was Elsie May Davey.Her mum lived with her in the later years and died in 1971 at Bendigo Victoria, but there seems to be 2 Elsie May Quigleys. Ethel lived with us at her time of death in 1998 (28/8/1998). She had 7 children.
  Julie