Warnambool Standard – Richard Skilbeck
Warnambool Standard, 05 Feb 1917 , Personal Mr. Richard Skilbeck, of Koroit, has received the following. letter from a friend in London, of which the following is an extract:-”I have…
Violet Softley Testifies in Charge of Stabbing Case
UNWRITTEN LAW Charge of Stabbing Flossie Allen, a married woman, living at Wattletree road, Armadale, was charged at the Malvern Court on Monday with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Violet…
The ‘Dorothy S’ Built by Henry Warneke
John Henry Andrew Warneke was born in Germany about 1828, the son of Peter and Margaretha Warneke but after arriving in Melbourne in the mid 1800s he dropped the “John”…
Feb 1945 – Diann Gillies
The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) Saturday 3 March 1945: ”BIRTHS. GILLIES (nee Cooper).-On February 23, at Blairgowrie, Albert street, Ararat, to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Gillies-a daughter (Diann Ruth).” Diann…
Major Percy Edward Cooper
Major Percy Edward Cooper was born in Seymour, Victoria, Australia, on 13 Apr 1895 to William and Mary Ann (nee Higgins) Cooper. he resided in 23 Kilgour Street, Geelong, Victoria…
Fatal Motorcycle Collision
The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Tuesday 16 May 1944 ”FATAL MOTORCYCLE COLLISION. In a collision between two motorcycles on Ballarat rd, Sunshine, yesterday morning one man was fatally injured and…
James Higgins – Killed in France
James Edward was born in Clydesdale, Victoria, Australia, on 16 Oct 1893 to Henry and Cathering (nee Noonan) Higgins. he was one of ten children (the fourth child and first…
Yandoit Township
Yandoit is a small rural town in regional Victoria (Australia) about 160 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. It was established during the gold rush period and settled mainly by Swiss-Italians in…
John Henry Higgins (1844-1914)
Sarah Martha Stocker was born in Mainstead, Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England, on 29 Oct 1839. On 25 Aug 1856 when Sarah Martha was 16, she first married William Cooper in…
Stocker George William
George William Stocker was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 10 May 1878. Resided in Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1904; he was 25. Resided in 5 Albert Street,…
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