Henry Augustus Ellis (1861-1939) physician and politician, was born on 21 July 1861 at Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland, fourth son of Colonel Francis Ellis of the Enniskillen Fusiliers and Louisa McMahon. He was educated at St Columba’s College, Dundrum, and then privately at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, before studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1879 (M.B., 1884; […]
Death at Dingo Creek:-
23/06/2018 By 3 Comments
I recently received a request for assistance from Graeme Hughes in New Zealand. He was trying to find the burial of a relative, his Gt Gt Grandfather, George VOYSEY. He understood that he had died in 1896 at Niagara, but after looking at the burials for this cemetery on the Outback Family History site he couldn’t […]
Coolgardie Footballers – 1930’s
29/05/2018 By 1 Comment
Back Row:- L-R ? – ? – ? – Len PERRY – ? – George TREHERN – Bub KEMP – ? – Jack CAVAZZI. Front Row:– ? – Bill ALLEN – Jack HEWITT – Telf PEDRETTI – ? – ? – ? – George PATIENCE -Jimmy PEDRETTI. Front Lying:– Henry POSTANS. Back Row:- L-R […]
The Picadilly Police Station
28/04/2018 By Leave a Comment
This photograph shows Constable Jeremiah John JONES and his wife Evelyn Mortimer nee HOLLOWAY and their infant daughter Eveleyn Margaret Jones, born 1903 in Kalgoorlie (their only child). Jeremiah was born in May 1873 at Wangaratta, Victoria to Owen Jones and Ann Kennedy. He died in Merredin WA in 1932 and is buried there with […]
The Caldwell Brothers – a soldiers story
01/04/2018 By 1 Comment
The following biographies have been researched by – Dave Spain 3638 PTE James Caldwell was born in Kanowna on or about January 1896. He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia, on the 23rd of March 1917. His Father was James Jonas Caldwell and his Mother was Charlotte Caldwell nee Gardner. They resided at 68 Padbury St, […]
