More on Hiding in Tasmania

[Ranolki]

Oh those are interesting, well found!

It's late here now but I'll go through Then Awake Sea Lake tomorrow and try to follow the trail of who owned what.  The person who wrote the book belongs to the family who owned the business right alongside the Coffee Palace, he pointed out that Mrs Maydwell place had entrances on two streets and wrapped around the back of the corner shop, his family's business. 

I speak to another very helpful person who lives in Sea Lake now too and she's been out taking photos so I can see what the area looks like now, but I think the author is the one who will have all this old information if I need any gaps filling.  I know he's travelling at the moment but once I have as much as I can find in the book I can always ask him...

[sparrett]

Christiana Maydwell's father, John WHITFIELD did leave a will in NSW. Made in 1892. In Young NSW
He bequeathed her an annuity of 20 pounds.
Her name then was I'ANSON.

This thread is lengthy and I admit to not being 100% familiar with all its twists so maybe I am repeating information here.

Sue

Thanks Ranolki!

I should have known... Sue had already mentioned it. I wonder why NSW? By 1906 she was in New Zealand...

Well, What a bungle from me!
Again
 
Ambling through online family trees I had come to Ian Christian Maydwell (b.1890) the son of Christiana and Wm I'ANSON.
His son Christian was at Young NSW.

Nothing to do with Christiana at all. Sorry

The will of john Whitfield was attached to that family tree and I had just slid into error!

Anyhow, the team on this search are doing a great job of research and I, like others here,will follow with much interest.

Sue

[PatLac]

Thanks Sue, one mystery solved 

I was wondering ... if William died whilst living with Rosina, who couldn't spell her own surname juddging by the Censuses records, could his name have been misspelled?

He had a half-brother from his father's second marriage (m. Jane Lumley in 1871), Leonard I'Anson (same name as his father), who died in 1938 in Durham, but I suppose they were not acquainted?

Apart from him, William had no next of kin and being retired for so long, what would have been the source of his name for the purpose of registering his death?

An example of this:

    Name:   Age at Death (in years): 
   AMSON, WILLIAM       58 
GRO Reference: 1921  S Quarter in STONE  Volume 06B  Page 28

[Ranolki]

Yes I see what you mean.  Pronunciation is a factor too.  I had assumed initially that it was generally pronounced as EYE-Anson but it seems the normal way is EE-Anson, which would be pronounced like the Scandinavian way of pronouncing a J.  I can't see anyone Jansons who might be him but it's a possibility...

[PatLac]

Ranolki, can you access this record on Ancestry?

[Ranolki]

This one?

[PatLac]

Yes, thanks 

I can't find his death register on NSW BDM.

NameRegistration NumberFather's Given Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)District

 JANSON  WILLIAM 22980/1949 JAMES   ELIZABETH   LIVERPOOL

Found him here, date of birth is wrong and surname was Janson.

William Janson
Passed Away:
20 Sep 1949
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Register Number:
4236146
Service Date:
22 Sep 1949
Burial Type:
Buried
Location:
Section Grave, Anglican Section H, Row 16, Grave 121

https://liverpoolcemetery.com.au/deceased-search/#deceased-search

[Ranolki]

Yes wrong parents too. William I’Anson was born near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, quite a way from Liverpool.

[PatLac]

Of course, but given that we can't identify his death records we can't assume anything really. Who knows what happened in almost two decades (1921-1939)?