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A RICH SLUG – The good fortune of John Balgowan

1922-06-19 yewenyi Balgowan, Family History

Not many of my relatives make it into pretty much all the papers in the country. Even fewer make it in there because of good news. But John Balgowan did make it in and for a good news story. At the prices close of business yesterday in the Perth Mint the value of his find was a little over $188,000.

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Bread and Cheese Politics

1922-06-17 yewenyi Family History, Seery

My Cousin on the Cramp side – Benjamin John Seery, seems to know well the politics of Dalrymple Shire and[…]

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Charged With Murder

1920-11-20 yewenyi Eldridge, Family History

My half first cousin three times removed: Ernest Alfred Eldridge, was charged with murder committed on this day. There are[…]

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Real Property Act

1919-05-03 yewenyi Family History, Marks

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 3 May 1919, Page 14 NOTICE UNDER REAL PROPERTY ACT APPLICATIONS having been made to[…]

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Amelia Eve Wong and Alfred Marks

1916-01-26 yewenyi Family History, Marks

Alfred Marks is my first cousin, three times removed. He married twice, his second marriage was to Amelia Eve Hackney[…]

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How McDougal Topped The Score

1911-10-21 yewenyi Christie, Family History

The husband of my first cousin, three times removed, Sarah Ann Christie, was one Thomas Edward Spencer O’Brien better known[…]

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Thomas Edward Spencer (1845-1911) – Perhaps the fairest peacemaker in NSW

1911-05-16 yewenyi Christie, Family History

None of my relatives come close. Thomas Edward Spencer was the husband of my first cousin three times removed, Sarah[…]

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Richard Marks’ will

1909-03-17 yewenyi Family History, Marks

The Sydney Morning Herald, Page 14, 17 Mar 1909 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES -Probate Jurisdiction -In[…]

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TROOPER BLACKMAN

1900-08-27 yewenyi Blackman, Family History

My relative, Harold Blackman (13 Jan 1873 to after 27 August 1900), A second cousin 4 times removed, was fighting[…]

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A Workplace Accident – Josiah Eldridge

1887-05-11 yewenyi Eldridge, Family History

My First Cousin, three times removed Josiah Eldridge. GENERAL NEWS. (1877, May 22). The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General[…]

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