Tracing Family Branches

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Grandfather Joseph Dolphin Jones and his estate.  More information on him can be found at posts  here , here , here , and  here . Source:ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. (1885, June 16). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 3779. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221694657 Transcript: ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the estate and goods of Joseph Dolphin Jones, late of Sutton Forest, in the Colony of New South Wales, storekeeper, deceased, intestate. NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, application will be made to this Honorable Court, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that letters of administration of the estate, goods, chattels. credits, and effects of the abovenamed deceased, who died on or about the 2nd day of May last, may be granted to Anne Jones, of Sutton Forest aforesaid, the widow of the said deceased.- Dated t...

Today's post involves my 3rd Great Grandfather Joseph Dolphin Jones, apparently in 1880 he had an 'Ordinary License' for the keeping and sale of explosives.  I can't help but wonder what else he sold at his store! Source: Government Gazette Notices (1880, November 23). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 6004. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223698861

My Great Grandfather Michael O'Connor for a period of time had a Billiard Hall at Cobar and the following are mentions of this from newspapers that I found on Trove . The 1903-04 Australian Electoral Roll has him listed as: 1451 O'Connor Michael Cobar Billiard-marker He is also listed in the 1904 Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia as such: O'Connor M., Billiard Saloon, Cobar. The 1913 Australian Electoral Roll has him listed as a labourer however. 1819 O'Connor Michael M Fourteenth-Street labourer Source: Billiards. (1900, September 15). The Cobar Herald (NSW : 1899 - 1914), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103828703 Transcript: Billiards. Mr. M. O'Connor, of the Grand Hotel Billiard Saloon, has another tournament in full swing.  Entries closed on Saturday, and about 60 players have nominated. Source: Local and General. (1901, June 15). The Cobar Herald (NSW : 1899 - 1914), p. 2. Retrie...

Today's post involves my Grandmother Cluna Irene Donnelly nee O'Connor. I have put a list together of all of the addresses for her that I can verify through Electoral Rolls.   Previous posts mentioning her can be found here , here , here , here , here , here , here  and here . 1933 Griffith Street, Stockton, NSW - Home Duties 1943 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1949 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1958 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1963 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1968 23 May Street, Cardiff, NSW, 2285 - Home Duties 1972 23 May Street, Cardiff, NSW, 2285 -Home Duties 1977 18/1 Cohen Street, Speers Point, NSW, 2284 - Home Duties 1980 18/1 Cohen Street, Speers Point, NSW, 2284 - Home Duties Source: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Retrieved from  https://search.an...

 Today's post involves my Grandfather Mervyn James Phillip Donnelly (known as James).  I have put a list together of all of the addresses for him that I can verify through the Electoral Rolls.   He rarely appears on the Electoral Rolls as he was a bigamist, hiding from his first wife and the law.  His bigamy was finally uncovered in 1938, when his first wife and the law caught up with him.  My grandmother stayed with him and they had two more children together.  Sadly he died in 1943. More of my posts mentioning him can be found here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here , here  and here . 1943 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW  - Clerk Source: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Retrieved from https://search.ancestry.com.au

Today's post involves my Great Aunt Monica Battye. Source: Riverina District News (1947, January 13). Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW : 1911 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145142578 Transcript: Miss M. Battye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Battye, of Tor street, is a patient in the district hospital.

Well you could definitely say that this year has got away to a flying start ahead of me, with me playing a poor game of catch up! My first post for 2015 involves my Great Great Grandmother Mary Donnelly.  This advertisement from 1912 has her putting the family farm up for lease as her husband had died and she and her daughter had moved into Mudgee. Source: Advertising. (1912, April 11). Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954), p. 18. Retrieved February 6, 2015, from  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157640288