Comments on: All Quiet By The Wannon http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/ Stories of My Pioneering Families From the Western District of Victoria Wed, 22 May 2013 00:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-60 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:44:42 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-60 Hi Donovan
Thank you for your great suggestion. I have tried Rose and variations, wildcards…everything. I hadn’t tried Anna, so I did run a search of that, but no luck. Hopefully cemetery records will help me.

]]> By: Donovan Derr http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-58 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:21:28 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-58 have you tried searching for her under either rose or anna, sometimes they use shortened forms of there names
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]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-56 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:26:10 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-56 I’m glad you enjoyed it. I don’t think I would wish that particular voyage of the “Bombay’ on anyone’s ancestors. Maybe a long overdue trip to the Hamilton History Centre will “unearth” more about Rosanna.

]]> By: Merron Riddiford http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-55 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:21:40 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-55 Thank you Tanya. I love the newspapers, if you hadn’t already noticed. I hope you have some luck with your ancestor of many names.

]]> By: Tanya Honey http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-52 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:40:25 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-52 A great post, particularly about the various names you have found Rosanna under, and seeing again how invaluable newspaper articles about our ancestors.

You have reminded me of one of my ancestors I put in the ‘too hard basket’ a little while ago because of his various names. Maybe it is time to dust him off and try again.

]]> By: geniaus http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/all-quiet-by-the-wannon/#comment-51 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:40:27 +0000 http://mywdfamilies.wordpress.com/?p=1049#comment-51 An enjoyable read. I, too, have farm labourer ancestors who lived simple lives not achieving notoriety. It’s such a treat when one finds a newspaper article such as the one you described.

I had ancestors who came via the Bombay – I must look and see if it was the same voyage as your ancestors – can’t remember everything in my poor old head!

Thanks for telling the story – I hope that some day you can find Rosanna’s resting place.

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