July 2024 Snippets

A glimpse from other Societies’ publications.

The South Australian Genealogist   May 2024

Raising Cain in Adelaide’s West End and Beyond: The Story of Pauline Kretschmer…. “In 1858 Carl Friedrich Kretschmer arrived in South Australia from Silesie (with his wife) …. Johanne {his wife} gaoled at 14, married 3 times but apparently never divorced…. prostitute and brothel keeper….it is the wife’s story that created such an interest!!

Crafting a Compelling Family History……. a very interesting article and worth a read

George Hodson (SX9211) (1907-1944): A story of ANZAC Spirit….ge endured life as a Japanese prisoner of war…..lived at Walthamstow, London…. Emigrated to Australia in 1923…George married Agnes Jean Hood…. determined to protect his family and the country from conflict, George enlisted……. His unit fought to protect the Malay Peninsula…

The Tale of Two Williams…. a history of the Kilsby name in Australia

The Lady’s Album…. “This is a remarkable story of the discovery of a family heirloom

 Links ‘N’ Chains Liverpool Genealogy Society   June 2024 

The Way It Was…. Liverpool’s Irish Rebel- Chief of Police 1810-1820.  Michael Dwyer (1 January 1772-23 August 1825) “Dwyer was an insurgent captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798…  Dwyer arrived in Sydney in 1806…originally interred at Liverpool, his remains were reburied in the Devonshire Street Cemetery in 1878

A Woman of Her Times…. “When the State of Queensland was established in 1859, the new Government offered a bounty to attract more people in the area…. David Roberts, Jn, with his wife Elizabeth, together with their sons and daughter made the arduous trek north from Sydney….  

Great Granpa John Holmes and Great Uncle Harry Holmes at the Botanic Gardens, Sydney 1849-1857 …. “in 1848 Charles Moore took up position of Director of the Botanic Gardens…. During 1849 when the Holmes men started work there, donations of seeds were received from the Royal Botanic Gardens, London and Dublin…. the story relates to the work of Moore rather than the Holmes brothers. But interesting about the developmen6 of the Sydney Botanic Gardens.

“Tate & Lyle” Sugar Refinery. …. “It is about a particular factory that has been churning out its product for over 140 years….”

Beginner’s Corner……. The Art of interviewing for Discovering your Family’s Story…                          

Artificial Intelligence – A I and Genealogy              

Kith & Kin.   Cape Banks Family History Society     June 2024                                                                                  

A Little on the British Census.    “If you have looked for an ancestor in the census of England and Wales and have not found them, there could be a number of reasons….   Have a look at the Ancestral Mathematics!!!!

Henry Plant 1794-1881 What the UK Census Revealed.    “Using the UK census…was able to trace my ancestor’s place of employment and promotion from male servant to coachman, and the location of his family…

The Wales Census – Sarah Williams (nee Richards) through the 1871 census, 1881, census1891 census, and 1891.

The Streets of Matraville Soldiers Settlement.  “As the thousands of servicemen were repatriated back home (after the 1st World War) the Australian Government was faced with the need to provide housing for these men and their f

amilies and the widows and children of the men who had paid the supreme sacrifice.

Around 264,000 service personnel were repatriated over the course of the First World War.

Happy Reading!!   More next month……jgs.