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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #99 on: Monday 04 May 15 23:01 BST (UK) »
Hi Wendy, Since Fanny is listed on both her mother and her fathers death certificate it is obvious that her mother was Mary Wells nee Werrey. The spelling of Werrey varies from Werry to Wherry to Warrey ect however she is most definitely Mary's and Williams child.
There have been no family stories passed down about her to my knowledge and as she seems to have left Australia more than 100 years ago anyone who might have had such knowledge is long gone.
I would love to hear about her life in NZ..Who she married and when/where.Her childrens names and dates ect..herdate of  death and where that occurred...I have a family tree program that keeps everything private and in order and I do not use Ancestry or post anything on it...I find that Ancestry is not an accurate resource.
Fanny's birth year is correct but as to her exact birth date I will have to obtain the cert from Vic BDM.As you may well imagine I have been a constant purchaser of a multitude of certificates over the years and hers is another on the list :)
Please share what you can with me about her life...I love finding the family history  'puzzle pieces' that make the picture clearer.
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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #100 on: Monday 04 May 15 23:45 BST (UK) »
Hi Kasden
I am still waiting on a few certificates for Fanny Wells, so when they come through will let you know more. We think that she may have been married twice her first child is my husband's grandfather, then she remarried and had another four children, we always thought that they were all full blood siblings, so we are waiting on some documents  for that. Fanny, s eldest child (my husband's grandfather)  wife is still alive, she's 98, but she is as much in the dark as we were, as he never talked about his heritage. Fanny has a huge amount of desendants mostly in NZ And Australia, so will document it all and let you know soon.
Thanks again.

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #101 on: Monday 04 May 15 23:56 BST (UK) »
Karen I have sent you a couple of pm's.

I have further information but before posting it would help if I could have the occupations of Wm H H and his wife Elizabeth WERREY and Usual Addresses on their marriage cert. Pointless posting research if I haven't the right Wm.

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #102 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 07:31 BST (UK) »
Hi Kasden
I am still waiting on a few certificates for Fanny Wells, so when they come through will let you know more. We think that she may have been married twice her first child is my husband's grandfather, then she remarried and had another four children, we always thought that they were all full blood siblings, so we are waiting on some documents  for that. Fanny, s eldest child (my husband's grandfather)  wife is still alive, she's 98, but she is as much in the dark as we were, as he never talked about his heritage. Fanny has a huge amount of desendants mostly in NZ And Australia, so will document it all and let you know soon.
Thanks again.

Wendy,
When you say "We think" …..etc  the team of researchers who have contributed here do not think that.

There is no record or evidence that she was married before DAVIS.

That is why her son's name was WELLS.

Sue

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #103 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 22:41 BST (UK) »
Hi All
Attached is a file I received last night it is the birth record of my husbands Grandfather Henry Edgar Wells. This now has shed more light with Frances/Fanny,s birth stating Turner as her birth name at Warragul, Victoria, this Turner name is a complete mystery to us, as we all thought she was born Wells, with what you have all said regarding accurateness of birth records there could be flaws in this.  I also have got my hands on a paper copy of Henry Edgar Davis,s  (my husbands grandfather) marriage record with her name being Fanny Davis and maiden name being Wells.  I now have a copy also of Henry Edgars death certificate and on this they have the name Turner as her maiden name? I have posted for you to dissect. Still waiting on her death certificate. There was talk which I must say was talk amongst the family that there was a scandel regarding a death so only speculating that her first husband may have been the victim, still trying to hunt down information from him, i am not so good with the researching as new to all the research sites.  :-\

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #104 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 22:42 BST (UK) »
File for Henry Edgar Birth

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #105 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 22:46 BST (UK) »
Death cert attachment too large will work on it.

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #106 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 23:15 BST (UK) »
Hi wendy,
Just to get the dissection started, there is no TURNER and WELLS marriage in Victoria in 1906.

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Re: Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia
« Reply #107 on: Tuesday 05 May 15 23:28 BST (UK) »
Cannot see one for New South Wales either (I particularly checked as there's "Victoria" as localities in NSW). 

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