Tracing Family Branches

The following article was found through the Government Gazettes on Trove concerning the estates of my Great Grandparents John Joseph Donnelly and his wife Bridget Anastasia Donnelly (nee Lambert). Source: IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased (1961, July 21). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), , p. 2202. Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220282421 Transcript: IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased persons, and pursuant to the Wills, Probate and Administration Act. 1898-1954; the Public Trustee Act, 1913-1960; Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 1916-1954; and Trustee Act, 1925-1942; the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that creditors and others having any claim against or to the estate of any of the undermentioned deceased persons, who died on or about the respective dates hereunder mentioned, are required to send parti...

I was browsing through the Government Gazettes on Trove  and came across my great grandfather John Patrick Stevens, 1924 registration of a stock brand.  He well knew the value of having his stock branded in order to prove ownership and avoid disputes, especially after his horse was stolen in 1906 (see  here ). Source: REGISTRATION OF STOCK BRANDS ACT, 1921. (1924, July 25). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), , p. 3720. Retrieved March 17, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222025852

Today's family notice is for my husbands Great Grandmother Helen Murray (nee Stillfried Rathenitz).  Helen was the daughter of Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz and Nishiyama Haru.  Placed in a convent school in Singapore with her sisters, prior to her fathers permanent return to Europe from Japan in 1883, she lived most of her life in Singapore.  In 1906 she married James Harvey Murray and together they had four known children Dorothy (Dolly), Mary Clare (Molly), Violet Helen Marguerite (my husbands grandmother) and Kathleen (who died aged 10 in 1919). Death: Mrs Helen Murray, aged 75 dearly beloved mother of Mrs V. Martin and Mrs M. Kloppenburg, at her residence, 342, East Coast Road, Singapore, at 11:30 last night (14.2.55).  Funeral today cortege leaves for the Church of the Holy Family, Katong, at 5 p.m. for Bidadari. Source: The Straits Times, 15 February 1955, Page 7. Retrieved from  http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers