Gordon Blair - Mystery? or Not!

[Rosinish]

Ruskie,

There's a contact page on their site;

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/contact.html

Then an Enquiry Form to fill in which is encouraging;

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/gghbform.html

Annie

[majm]

Hopefully of interest ....
http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/BasicSearch.aspx
INDEX info only
Eccs Files
Gordon BLAIR  Series 4486 Item 281260
Julia BLAIR, Item 2815283
Land Agreement 23/9/1863-22/2/1864
Gordon BLAIR as Purchaser …. Series 1215, Item 1959983

These files would also be on my 'must have' list if this family were on my family tree. 2 x Probate and 1 x Land

Qld State Archives website has “How can we help you?” page too.   I think it would be good to check these files for Gordon and Julia BLAIR.    Probate files should contain proof of death, the will, beneficiaries, administrative details and if Qld Probate files are similar to NSW ones, can even contain vital family history documents **, including hand sketches of family trees used during the hearings for proving a grant of probate.   The land file dates from September 1863, and it may have a clear signature for Gordon ....   

**ADD .... fingers crossed, as I wonder if there's baptism records there for Henry Gordon and James William, the sons of Gordon and Julia BLAIR....

JM

[OZScot]

Ruskie,

There's a contact page on their site;

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/contact.html

Then an Enquiry Form to fill in which is encouraging;

http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/gghbform.html

Annie

I followed through the information presented on the 1871 Census about the Hospital and it opened in 1870 sometime and the Census was 2 April 1871 so she was admitted in that timeframe. The hospital was mainly for infectious diseases so it doesn't look good for Jane. As there is yet to be found her DC my guess is she didn't come out and maybe buried a pauper but there still should be a record of it somewhere - maybe in these records.

The previous last mention of Jane was at 52 Maxwell St which suggested another possible 'establishment of questionable fame' in 1867-68. 1868 was the year Georgina Blair was married maybe a coincidence. Georgina's 1st child was born c1871 maybe the year Jane died. Sir James William Blair was born May 1870 the last child of Gordon Blair.

I can't help feel sorry for Jane regardless of what happened and we may never know.
Two very different lives were split into two different destiny's in 1860.

I filled the form out and asked some questions on that site Annie.
10 working days wait now.

Thanks.

[Rosinish]

OZS,

You may be lucky & hear back sooner, especially if the person who receives the email is intrigued with your query   

Annie

[OZScot]

Well there you go. 'Mail Delivery System' <Mailer-Daemon> message.
Unbelievable.

Something wrong with that site as I tried to search for quite a bit of information
earlier and yesterday and it came up mostly Page error 404.

Broken links everywhere usually means no one is looking after it.

I was looking forward to seeing what fate finally met Jane.

[Rosinish]

Aww, may have to be snail mail OR try the telephone number, as they may not know the link doesn't work?

Annie

[loobylooayr]

The previous last mention of Jane was at 52 Maxwell St which suggested another possible 'establishment of questionable fame' in 1867-68.

Hi Ozscot,
It was myself who mentioned 52 Maxwell Street - however can I just point out - we do not know that was definitely Jane. The listing in the Post Office Directories is for a Mrs Janet Blair  and the property is a commercial lodging house. This could be Jane with a slight name change or it might be some-one different altogether,
I would say your last sighting of Jane is the newspaper article which reports the assault on her in 1863?
Jane is certainly not recorded as being deceased by a 17 year old Georgina in 1868 when she marries. Although she could've neglected to tell the registrar that her mother was deceased I would think it more likely that Jane was alive at this point. Georgina and new husband move very soon after to England....one wonders if Jane moved with them or stayed behind alone in Glasgow.

Looby

[wivenhoe]

FreeBDM births  MarQ 1882   W.Derby  8b  468
BAMBER Henry Gordon 

QLD BDM death
1922 C2043 Henry Gordon BAMBER  parents  Patterson Janvern BAMBER /   Georgina Lorimer

NAA WW1
BAMBER George : SERN 4358 : POB Liverpool England : POE Sydney NSW
NOK M BAMBER Georgina

[sparrett]

FreeBDM births  MarQ 1882   W.Derby  8b  468
BAMBER Henry Gordon 

QLD BDM death
1922 C2043 Henry Gordon BAMBER  parents  Patterson Janvern BAMBER /   Georgina Lorimer

NAA WW1
BAMBER George : SERN 4358 : POB Liverpool England : POE Sydney NSW
NOK M BAMBER Georgina

BAMBER, Henry  Gordon
Mother      BLAIR     
1882
WEST DERBY   08B/468

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