Tracing Family Branches

Today's post involves the husband of my 4th Great Aunt Tamar Twemlow nee Guymer.  Francis (Frank) Twemlow was the son of William Twemlow and his wife Jane and was born on the 28th March 1835 in Yorkshire, England.  He married Tamar in 1862 in Goulburn and together they had a large family. Frank was a school teacher from 1885 to his retirement in 1900 in New South Wales at various locations. He died suddenly at home on the 30th June 1913 and was buried at the Old Goulburn Cemetery.  More information on Tamar and his family can be found here , here , here and here . Source:  AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. (1913, July 1).  Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940) , p. 2 (EVENING). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98855113 Transcript: AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH Mr. Frank Twemlow, of Garfield, died suddenly at his residence, Garfield on Monday morning at the age of 78.  It appears that shortly after breakfast Mr. Twemlow, who apparently ...

In order to finalise the estate of my 4th Great Aunt Tamar Twemlow nee Guymer an auction was arranged to dispose of a cottage that she had in Victoria Parade, Goulburn.  Another post of mine involving Tamar can be found here . Source:Advertising (1925, April 18). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 6 (EVENING). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102753055 Transcript: AUCTIONEERS' ADVERTISEMENTS PROPERTY SALE FRIDAY, 1ST MAY, 1924, At 3 p.m. sharp. R.D. GRAY AND SONS Will sell by auction, At Their Rooms, 370 Auburn-street, THE FOLLOWING TOWN PROPERTIES: 1. PROPERTY NOW OCCUPIED BY A. LANSDOWNE AND SON as Florist's Shop and Residence, situated in Auburn-street, having frontage 24ft, 6in. and depth 330ft., lane at rear.  The buildings are substantial and well built of brick ; six rooms, lobby, bathroom, and large balcony upstairs ; two rooms, kitchen, large shop with double windows, hall, with independent entrance of...

Today's wedding involves my 1st cousin four times removed Olive Marion Twemlow.  Olive was the daughter of Francis (Frank) Twemlow and his wife Tamar nee Guymer (see here for more information on this family).  While Arthur was the son of Benjamin and his wife Rhoda nee Jones.  Olive was Arthur's third wife; his first wife who he married in 1892, Emeline Elizabeth Beer nee Blackshaw died in 1903 and his second wife who he married in 1907, Martha Jane Beer nee Burgess died in 1923.  He was to marry one more time after Olive's death in 1943 when he married Marjory J Sutton.  Arthur Benjamin Beer died in 1945 at Goulburn. Source: WEDDING (1925, January 6). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 3 (EVENING). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102758516 Transcript: WEDDING BEER-TWEMLOW. A quiet wedding was solemnised at 'Almea,' Parramatta, the residence of the bride's sister, on December 29, when Olive Marion, youngest da...

Today’s post involves my 1st cousins four times removed Charles Twemlow and his sister Ada Rigelsford nee Twemlow.  They were the children of Francis Twemlow and his wife Tamar nee Guymer.  Another post involving this family can be found here . Source:  CAR OVERTURNED (1931, April 13).  The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950) , p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106849960 Transcript: CAR OVERTURNED Two Injured A small motor car in which were Mrs. Ada Rigelsford, of 2 Clifford-Street, Parramatta, and Mr. Charles Twemlow, 64, of Heydon-street, Mosman, overturned on the Rookwood-road, Bankstown, on Saturday afternoon.  Both were injured. The Canterbury-Bankstown Ambulance took them to the Auburn Hospital, to which Mrs. Rigelsford was admitted suffering from a fracture of the left arm and probably a fracture of the left leg.  Source:  CAR OVERTURNS (1931, April 13). ...

Today’s post involves my 4th Great Aunt Tamar Twemlow nee Guymer.  The daughter of David Guymer and his wife Marianne nee Bentley she was born in Great Wratting, England around 1842.  In 1853 she came to Australia with her parents and some of her siblings on board the ship Harriet .  In 1862 she married Francis Twemlow at Goulburn and together they had a large family.  Francis died in 1913 at Goulburn.  Tamar died at her residence in Reynold Street, Goulburn and was buried at the Old Goulburn Cemetery in 1924. Source: Obituary. (1924, December 11). Camden News (NSW : 1895 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133286981 Transcript: Obituary. TAMAR TWEMLOW. A very old and highly respected resident of the Goulburn district in the person of Mrs. Tamar Twemlow, widow of the late Frank Twemlow, passed away at her residence in Reynold St., Goulburn on 2nd inst. Deceased was 82 years of age and may be classed as one of the ...