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Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Course Family, 2007
... Births, deaths and marriages of the Course Family, who... George Henry Births, deaths and marriages of the Course Family ...Births, deaths and marriages of the Course Family, who emigrated from Cambridgeshire, Eng. on the 'Thames' in 1855.Births, deaths and marriages of the Course Family, who emigrated from Cambridgeshire, Eng. on the 'Thames' in 1855. With 'Thames' passenger lists, will of William James Course, Obituary of Sarah Ann Course, nee Bulleen and will of Susan Course nee Barker. Research by Pat Richardson and Maureen KellyBirths, deaths and marriages of the Course Family, who emigrated from Cambridgeshire, Eng. on the 'Thames' in 1855.course family, bulleen, sarah ann, barker, susan, richards, emily, fankhauser, florence, tainton, joseph, barker, john, fankhauser, george henry -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - BENDIGO INDEPENDENT 1862-1865 INQUESTS,BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES ETC BOOK1
... BENDIGO INDEPENDENT 1862-1865 INQUESTS,BIRTHS, DEATHS...186 page spiral bound booklet listing inquests, births..., births, deaths, marriages, murders,suicides, funerals ...186 page spiral bound booklet listing inquests, births, deaths, marriages, murders,suicides, funerals and obituaries from the Bendigo Independent 1862 - 1865. Includes 16 page Index Book 1 compiled and researched by Annette O'Donohue. 2003 ISBN No. 0 9585948 5 6Annette O'Donohue -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document, Robin Flannery, Vincent Flannery, 2017
... Photocopied information on Vincent Flannery including birth... Flannery including birth, marriage, and death certificates. Pale ...Photocopied information on Vincent Flannery including birth, marriage, and death certificates. Pale green plastic cover with black bindingfamilies, vincent flannery, robin flannery -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Administrative record - Register, Birth Register for the District of Ringwood - Book 1: Births 1883 - 1893, Numbers 1-244
... was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. ... Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3 Birth Register of Victoria ...Original Register of Births from which official information was submitted to the Victorian Births Deaths and Marriages Registry. A3 Birth Register of Victoria "Schedule A" in the District of Ringwood. Original Births Registration Document, handwritten for Ringwood Births between 1883 and 1893, Registration numbers 1 - 244. Signed by Postmistress and Deputy Registrar Marianne Thomson. High resolution images of individual pages are available on request from Ringwood and District Historical Society. -
Greensborough Historical Society
Compact disc, Melbourne Argus B.D.M, No date
... Melbourne Argus [newspaper]: births, deaths, marriages... as published in The Argus newspaper. A database of births, deaths ...Melbourne Argus [newspaper]: births, deaths, marriages: This disc contains records for Victoria as published in The Argus newspaper.A database of births, deaths and marriages in Victoria.1 compact disc in plastic caseContents listed on CDgenealogy resources, family history, victoria -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Sue Ballantyne, Getting it right - writing family history, 2022
... Comments and examples of questioning birth, death... of questioning birth, death and marriage certificates, using historical ...Comments and examples of questioning birth, death and marriage certificates, using historical information on family histories and interpreting family photos.10p typescript, photographs and scanned copiesfamily history, genealogy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - The Scarlett Family
... , family trees, Birth, Deaths and Marriage extracts. Prepared... at the back. Illustrated with B&W photos, family trees, Birth, Deaths ...Red cover booklet of 157 pages typed and copied. A history of the Scarlett Family that migrated from England in the mid 19th Century. Settled in Victoria, Melbourne and Ballarat. 12 pages of descendant names given at the back. Illustrated with B&W photos, family trees, Birth, Deaths and Marriage extracts. Prepared by Patricia Hocking, 1997 scarlett, hocking, family history -
Greensborough Historical Society
Compact disc, Tasmania Pioneer index: [1803-1999], 1803-1899
... registers of births deaths marriages... contains records for Tasmania, births, deaths and marriages...] (B.D.M.) This disc contains records for Tasmania, births, deaths ...Tasmania Pioneer index: [1803-1999] (B.D.M.) This disc contains records for Tasmania, births, deaths and marriages for the pioneer period 1803-1899.A database of vital records (births, deaths, marriages) from Tasmania.1 compact disc in plastic caseContents listed on CDgenealogy resources, family history, registers of births deaths marriages, tasmania -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book - Family History, Trevaskis. The Cornish Connection, 2007
... . Family trees. Census returns. English births, deaths..., USA. Family trees. Census returns. English births, deaths ...History of Trevaskis family worldwide. Continuation of work began by by Dr. AE Trevaskis., Allentown, Penn, USA. Family trees. Census returns. English births, deaths and marriagesBeige cover, black lettering in map of Australia and Tasmania outline. Family shieldcornwall, trevaskis -
Greensborough Historical Society
Folder, Greensborough Historical Society, Black Family Birth Death and Marriage Certificates, 1889o
... Black Family Birth Death and Marriage Certificates...Collection of birth, death and marriage certificates... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Collection of birth, death ...Collection of birth, death and marriage certificates, searches and correspondence relating to 23 members of the Black Family, landowners of Greensborough and Watsonia, collected by Shirley Fraser nee Black and Noel Withers, working on her behalf. Organised and edited by Greensborough Historical SocietyLooseleaf folder of documentsblack family, watsonia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - THE CONQUERING COLLARDS 1066-2020, 1066
... , death, sport page 57- 59 Bendigo school, births, deaths... they lived and died page 26 Bendigo graves page 35-37 Births, deaths ...108 page soft cover booklet of the family history of 'The Conquering Collards 1066-2020' by John Collard . Part of some of the family lived in Bendigo. Published by Ozmart, ACT Signed by the author inside cover July 2021 Illustrated wth many B&W and colour photos. page 19 JF Collard to Vic goldfields page 20 Cobb and Co Bendigo 1850s page 23 JF Collard married in Bendigo at St Killians Page24 8 children born in Bendigo, where they lived and died page 26 Bendigo graves page 35-37 Births, deaths marriages etc in Bendigo page 39-47 Bendigo lived, worked, death, sport page 57- 59 Bendigo school, births, deathsJohn Collard -
Greensborough Historical Society
Document, Greensborough Primary School et al, Greensborough State School roll 1919-24, 1903o
... from Birth Death and Marriage records; one partial copy... (Book 1) reconstructed and typed from Birth Death and Marriage ...Two copies of a register of students numbers (1 to 30) at Greensborough State School 1903-1919 (Book 1) reconstructed and typed from Birth Death and Marriage records; one partial copy of an incomplete handwritten page of Book 2 numbers (371 to 400) assembled by June Hall.2 pages, c after research.opy of early school register with some torn entries, reinstatedgreensborough state school -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - EMILY NANKIVELL COLLECTION: BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS, 1915
... ); Copy of & 1 envelope from the Registrar of Births and Deaths...); Copy of & 1 envelope from the Registrar of Births and Deaths ...Documents. (a) Copy of Certificate of Marriage - Emily's parents: Edgar Nankivell and Emmaline Adelaide Osterfield, Married at Eaglehawk Methodist Church 1916. (b) Copy of Certificate of Marriage-Leslie Nicholas Grylls Thomas and Emily Isabel Nankivell 1949. (c); Copy of & 1 envelope from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Stamp and postmark - Eaglehawk. Mr. E Nankivell Campbells Forest. (d): Certificate of successful vaccination. Certificate of Fitness notice to parents. Certificate of Unsusceptibilty Health Act 1915.document, names of bendigo pioneers, emily isabel thomas (nee) nankivell -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Booklet - Family genealogical record, Memoranda, Early 20th Century
... This note book contains the Skinner family records ( births... book contains the Skinner family records ( births, deaths ...This note book contains the Skinner family records ( births, deaths, marriages etc.). The first entry is for Russell Worland Skinner (1809 to 1884) who married Louisa Becker in 1830. The following pages give information on the Skinner family tree and even includes information on the family's cats and dogs. The connection of the Skinner family to Warrnambool has not been established but the booklet contains names associated with this city. This note book is of some interest as it has possible research value.This is a small note book with a brown leather cover which is marbled inside and has pages containing newspaper cuttings and hand written entries in black ink. There are many blank pages. There is gold edging on the pages.skinner family history -
Greensborough Historical Society
Compact disc, Australian Vital records Index; B.D.M. 1788-1905, 1788-1905
... registers of births deaths marriages...Australian births, deaths and marriages (B.D.M.) index... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Australian births, deaths ...Australian births, deaths and marriages (B.D.M.) index for N.S.W. 1788-1888; Victoria 1837-1888; Tasmania 1803-1905; W.A. 1841-1905. Each disc contains records for the 4 States in alphabetical order of surnames: Disc 1 A-D; Disc 2 E-K; Disc 3 L-Q; Disc 4 R-Z; Disc 5 labelled as "Viewer".A database of vital records (births, deaths, marriages) from several Australian states.5 x compact discs in plastic casesContents listed on each CDgenealogy resources, family history, registers of births deaths marriages -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EDITH LUNN COLLECTION: PHOTOS OF THE REAR OF DR. O. PENFOLD'S SURGERY ON VIEW STREET, BENDIGO, 6/04/1996
... Street 11B gaate post at entrance off View Street, of Births..., of Births, deaths aned Marriages Registery at the rear of Temperance ...Photographs of the rear of Doctor O. Penfiold's suregy /building on View Street Photographs taken 6/04/1996 11A Balcony of Dr. O. Penfold's home at the rear of his surgery in View Street 11B gaate post at entrance off View Street, of Births, deaths aned Marriages Registery at the rear of Temperance Hall, Niew Street 11C rear of residenceof Dr. O. Penfold's home behind his surgery on View Street. Photo notes the residence (possibly) originally built for Robert Strickland, barrister in 1871 11D rear of Dr. O. Penfold's home behind his surgery in View StreetEdith Lunn -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, Hubbard Brothers, Holy Bible, Late 19th century
... bibles were used to record family information (births, deaths... to record family information (births, deaths, marriages), though ...This Bible originally belonged to members of the Orr family who came from Scotland and had a property at Addington near Learmonth in central Victoria (from the 1860s). Many families in the 19th and early 20th centuries had family bibles which were read individually by family members or read aloud to family members, especially on a Sunday. Many of these large-size bibles were used to record family information (births, deaths, marriages), though this one does not have any information recorded. This Bible is retained as a splendid example of a 19th century family Bible. It will be very useful for display. This is a hard-cover book with gilt edging on the pages. It has a leather cover with heavy gold embossing on the front and back covers. Inserted in the embossing are gold religious symbols and images. The Bible contains 45 chapters with the Old and New Testaments and other biblical and religion- related articles. There are many black and white illustrations and some colour illustrations. There is a slight evidence of silverfish damage. ‘Holy Bible’ orr family, family bibles, history of warrnambool -
Truganina Explosives Reserve Preservation Society Inc (TERPS)
Digitised Oral History – Truganina Explosives Reserve - Tape 4 John Gates and Sue King, 2018
... he was retrained and worked at the Births, Deaths... closed in 1962 he was retrained and worked at the Births, Deaths ...The interviews were recorded in 2000 by Bronwen Gray and Alan Young for the production of Unreserved, Stories from Truganina Explosives Reserve, animated stories from past residents, workers and interested people of the Reserve (subject to copyright 2004). John Gates began working at the Truganina Explosives Reserve handling explosives at the magazines in 1946. He was appointed assistant manager in 1956. When the site closed in 1962 he was retrained and worked at the Births, Deaths and Marriages offices. In this interview he and his step-daughter, Sue King, talk of life in Altona, life on the Explosives Reserve and some of the people who worked there. A primary source of information on memories of the Truganina Explosives Reserve and Altona,VictoriaDigital copy of original cassette recorded in 2000 and digitised in 2018hobsons bay city council, pier street altona, alma doepel, explosives, lighters, gates court altona meadows, christmas picnic -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - The Argus, The Argus Melbourne, 1925
... and social pages , country news and births deaths and marriages... , country news and births deaths and marriages . Large ...This paper contains mostly news items and advertisements of the day. However some items contained within are fictional in nature.This is an original Argus in a maroon leather folder. The paper itself is a 32 page broadsheet which slides inside the folder for protection. A certificate of authenticity is glued to the inside cover of the folder.non-fictionThis paper contains mostly news items and advertisements of the day. However some items contained within are fictional in nature.warrnambool, the argus 1925, winslow, o'keefe, o'keeffe -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, McDonald, Thomas
... of his family research; certificates of marriages, birth, deaths... of his family research; certificates of marriages, birth, deaths ...Thomas McDonald was born in Hobart in 1836; in 1856 in Heidelberg, he married Mary Anne Maloney, born in County Clare Ireland c1836; Thomas was living in Diamond Creek and Mary Anne on Plenty River. They moved to Eltham and raised a family. Descendant Dan Delmo was researching this family's time in Eltham. Contents Photocopies of emails from Dan Delmo providing details of his family research; certificates of marriages, birth, deaths; letter 4 November 2010 from Lucille Andel with details of Eltham Rate Books. Photocopies of emails from Jim Connor, Eltham District Historical Society, listing McDonald children attending Eltham Primary School.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcdan delmo, thomas mcdonald, mary anne mcdonald (nee maloney) -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Letter - Billing, Richard Annesley
... dated 28/07/1981 to Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages... letter dated 28/07/1981 to Registry of Births, Deaths ...Four documents relating to the deaths of Richard Billing and his son. 1. Photocopy of letter requesting copy of death certificate dated 18/05/1981 from T J Hart. 2. Certified copy dated 21/05/1981 of the registration of Richard Billing’s death on 21/06/1882 3. Certified copy dated 07/08/1981 of registration of death of Judge Billing’s son, also Richard Annersley Billing, on 11/08/1905 at Sydney, aged 38 years. 4. Photocopied letter dated 28/07/1981 to Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages requesting full death certificate of Richard Annesley Billing, by T J Hart.billing richard annesley, balaclava road, caulfield, billing william, billing maria, walsh williamina owen, billing williamina owen, hart t j, death certificates, yeo mary, billing mary, judges, billing richard annesley judge -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book, James Semple, The Self-Interpreting Family Bible, 1800's
... families would record the details of any births, deaths... record the details of any births, deaths and marriages, over ...The Batchelor family Bible. The Batchelor Family were early residents of Taggerty.Leather bound with decorative embossing with some in gold on covers and spine.non-fictionThe Batchelor family Bible. The Batchelor Family were early residents of Taggerty.bible, batchelor family, taggerty -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - KELLY FAMILY
... Births, Deaths & Marriages records plus Electoral Rolls between... from the Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages records plus ...This file contains two items about this family: 1/Printout of a webpage from museumvictoria.com.au entitled ‘Digital Photograph – Man & Woman in Horse Driven Buggy, Elwood Park, circa 1917’. The image is of Matthew and Jeanette Kelly driving a horse drawn buggy in Elwood Park, circa 1917. The content description also mentions that Matthew Kelly was a saddler in his father John Kelly’s saddlery business. 2/Typed sheet entitled ‘Research findings for Matthew Robert Kelly’ dated July 2014 by Margaret Dunbar on behalf of GEHS. It shows information from the Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages records plus Electoral Rolls between 1909 and 1942 and has three addresses for Matthew Robert Kelly in Elsternwick. Details of other family members included.elwood park, kelly matthew robert, kelly jeanette veronica, elster park, elsternwick, kelly john, nepean highway, golf courses, kelly elizabeth, acreman alice maud mary, sportsgrounds, saddleries, saddlers, telephonist, horse-drawn vehicles, kelly veronica, brady veronica, kelly jeanetta, brady jeanetta, brady nita, kelly alice theresa, kelly james michael, kelly margaret ann, kelly mary elizabeth, kelly catherine agatha, kelly helena alphonsus, kelly alice, kelly matthew patrick, st georges road, point nepean road, cochrane street, parks and reserves -
Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Magazine (item) - Newsletter, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Ship to Shore , Issue Autumn 2002, November 2001
... Culka: Enid Budds, Beverley Kent. CD-ROM: Marine births... Culka: Enid Budds, Beverley Kent. CD-ROM: Marine births ...Ship to Shore was first printed in 1997. Inspired by the Jottings From Our Log, this modern version is generally published quarterly (Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring) Articles are written by the mission's staff and give updates about shipping and seafaring news, staff, events, board Committee, heritage. It is sent by post or email to supporters, members, volunteers and friends of the mission. It is also available to the public in the Flying Angel club and online on the website. 23 February 2002: Reunion of Harbour Lights Guild former volunteers thanks to the work of Maria Culka: Enid Budds, Beverley Kent. CD-ROM: Marine births, deaths and marriages 1853-1920 Ron Reid, great grandson of Hugh Reid, visited the mission after seeing the ABC News report in October 2001. In October: ABC News talks about the Mission. Ship to Shore is a valable source of informationship to shore, mission to seamen, mission to seafarers, flinders street, melbourne, victoria, news, events, seafaring life, shipping, sailors, seamen, sponsors, marketing, flying angel, staff, chaplains, community, welfare, board members, 1998, portland mission, hastings mission, noyoun park, ted cosens, statistics, sea sunday, 2001, bill romney, reverend bishop jeremy ashton, nigel porteous, shipping sector, keith dann, roy hope, geelong mission, international year of volunteers, lhlg, ladies harbour lights guild, heritage, judy douglas, noah park, donors, volunteers, maria culka, hlg, beverley kent nee oliver, ro kent, pat dann, abc news, betty ashton, xmas, christmas, joan leslie, ron reid, elizabeth fiddian, barbara bedford, reverend bill dalling, joy stanfield, lal simpson, audrey adderson, gwynne scott, pauline moye, marjorie duckett nee maclennan, three faithfuls, padre frank leslie oliver, bdm victoria -
Orbost & District Historical Society
ledger, 1. 8. 1915 - 30 .6. 1923
... , wage and ration books, and registers of births, deaths..., wage and ration books, and registers of births, deaths ...This ledger was kept by the management of a rural property in Marlo, East Gippsland. Entries were made by Hugh Cameron and Alaster Cameron. Their property was reputed to be the largest private dairy producer in Australia at one stage. (ref. Mary Gilbert) Some station owners or managers kept records like diaries, wage and ration books, and registers of births, deaths and marriages. This one records federal transactions, costs of produce and payments for share farming at Brodribb and Marl, as well as a list of donations made. Hugh Cameron (1850-1921) was on the Orbost Shire council from 1892-1915. His son Alaster was also an Orbost Shire councillor representing the East riding from 1932 to 1954. Hugh died at Orbost on 3rd May 1921, aged 71, and was buried on 5th May at the Orbost cemetery. (more info. in O.D.H.S. newsletter -Tambo Shire)This is an example of record keeping on rural properties in the first half 20th century. It is associated with the Cameron family who were early settlers in the Orbost district.A large leather bound ledger with a dark blue patterned cover and suede leatherette binding and corners. There are pages with alphabetical indexing. Some pages are ruled for accounts. All entries are hand-written in blue or black ink.There is blotting paper inside.on spine on red leatherette in gold print - " "STATION LEDGER" and on black in gold print - "CLOVERDALE"cameron-marlo dairy-farm-cameron agriculture-records station-ledger-cameron -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Folder of information, John Hanlon Knipe and his family history
... of Knipe in Lancashire and London . birth, death and marriage... of Knipe in Lancashire and London . birth, death and marriage ...John Hanlon Knipe is the person credited with first using the name 'Surrey Hills'. Not all of this material is of direct relevance to Surrey Hills, which in fact was but a small part of J H Knipe's business and land dealings. However it was decided that it was appropriate to keep the collection of material together. Philip Slobom was a member of Kew Historical Society. Blue folder of A4 size. The folder contains a comprehensive collection of material relating to the Knipe family, both in Australia and in Lancashire and London. This includes: . family tree of Knipe in Lancashire and London . birth, death and marriage certificates . family trees of members in Australia . story of Knipe's Castle in Bendigo (built by John Hanlon Knipe), also photos of the same, newspaper articles and correspondence regarding it . location of Knipe graves in Bendigo Cemetery . itinerary to places of interest re Knipe in Bendigo . record of J H Knipe in Prahran Council . John Crouch Knipe in South Australia (1873-1889) by Kevin Knipe . History of James Service, John Hanlon Knipe, their families and Roberta, Roderick & Muriel Knipe by Barbara Fraser . Barbara Fraser's comments at Philip Slobom's funeral (22/7/2015) . material regarding the Knipe Cup . photocopies of images (2) of J H Knipe . correspondence between Philip Slobom and various Knipe relatives . photocopies of various articles from The Telegraph (Prahran) concerning J H Knipe's time as a Prahran Councillor.knipe's castle, knipe cup, prahran council, john hanlon knipe, philip slobom -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Box of Donald Clark's Research Notes, Donald Clark's Research Notes, circa 1960s-2000s
... Landmarks / Places of Interest Family Histories Births, Deaths... Family Histories Births, Deaths, Marriage info Transcript of St ...Donald Clark Collection. Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Donald Clark. Within this set are multiple archival folders with the following subject matter: Hotels Gold, prospecting & mining Peace Picnic Street lighting Churches Cemetery Poems Shire of Bet Bet Chinese Clubs Police Transport Local businesses/premises Local people Post Offices Previous history work / previous history enquiries Back To Tarnagulla events Victoria Theatre / Entertainment Schools Water and waterways Early town Mapping and geography Photocopies of photos Miscellaneous Rail Link Centenary Newbridge Eddington Waanyarra Bet bet (town) Llanelly Murphy's Creek / Irishtown Laanecoorie Military Service Fire Brigade Tarnagulla Landmarks / Places of Interest Family Histories Births, Deaths, Marriage info Transcript of St. Saviour's Records A plastic pocket containing duplicate copies of local history images held elsewhere in the collection. The contents of these files were research notes compiled by Donald Clark from his local history research about Tarnagulla and district. tarnagulla & district, donald clark, research -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - JAMES MARSHALL COLLECTION: BRAVERY CERTIFICATE FROM DEPARTMENT OF MINES 1886, 1886
... . Births, Marriages, and Deaths.... brother. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Document JAMES MARSHALL ...Certificate cream with brown embellishment and writing. Across top are sketches of mining implements, a mining cage, poppet head and windlass. Certificate reads: "Awarded to James Marshall 'in recognition of his bravery and presence of mind exhibited by him on the seventh day of December 1886 at the mine of the Pearl Company when a fellow miner was gallantly rescued from a fearful death." "D. Gillies, Minister of Mines Entered on roll No. 4" Written on back in pen: 'Kate Marshall/Mildren - Doug Mildren's mother. James Marshall - Kate's brother. Births, Marriages, and Deaths.bendigo, mining, james marshall rescue -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Bible, Thomas Kelly & Sons, The Holy Bible - Douay Bible and Rheims Testament, 1880
... notes on births, deaths and marriages from the Kermond family... with handwritten notes on births, deaths and marriages from the Kermond ...The Douay (Douai) Rheims Bible is an English translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible (which had been the Latin Bible used by the Catholic Church since the 4th century). It was produced by Roman Catholic scholars in exile from Elizabethan Protestant England at the English College of Douai (then in the Spanish Netherlands but later part of France). The New Testament translation was published in 1582 at Rheims where the English College had temporarily located in 1578. The Old Testament was translated shortly afterwards but was not published until 1609-1610 in Douay (which makes it older than the King James version). The completed work was the only authorized Bible in English for Roman Catholics until the 20th Century. Its purpose was to uphold the Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation and was produced as an alternative to the several Protestant translations then in existence. Prior to it being published, the Roman Catholic practice had restricted personal use of the Bible, in the Latin Vulgate, to the clergy. Bishop Richard Challoner issued a series of revisions (1749 - 1772) intended to make the translation more easily understandable and subsequent editions (including this one) were based upon this revision. In 1871, an edition of the Douay - Rheims Bible was published by Thomas Kelly & Sons of Philadelphia (and later, New York). Thomas Kelly described himself as a "Publisher, Printer, Binder, Lithographer and Steel Plate Engraver". In 1876, Thomas Kelly won an award (a Diploma of Honor and a Medal of Merit) for "the Best Catholic Bibles and Prayer Books" at the International Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia and his firm continued to print editions of the Bible throughout the 1870's but little is known of him after 1880 when this edition was published. This Bible has been in the Kermond family from 1888 until 1984 when Laurence Kermond (its last owner) died. The Kermonds were an old Warrnambool family with ties to the district going back to the mid 1840's. Joseph Kermond's mother, Catherine (1818 - 1895) and her husband John Kermond, an ex convict (1809 - 1877) had moved from Tasmania around 1843 and were living in the Warrnambool area in 1844 where their eldest son was born. They had six more children born at Port Fairy (or Belfast as it was then called). Catherine is buried at the Tower Hill cemetery. The last owner of the Bible was Laurence Kermond (1918 - 1984). He was the great grandson of John and Catherine Kermond and was a well known painter who lived in the Merimbula and Paynesville areas of N.S. W. and Victoria during the 1970's and early 1980's. The story of Joseph Kermond finding the Bible on a beach on the Shipwreck Coast near Peterborough on the southern coast of Victoria, Australia is plausible as it was not uncommon for items from shipwrecks to be washed ashore. However this Bible would not have come from the wreck of the Loch Ard as the dates don't align. The Loch Ard was wrecked in 1878 and this Bible was printed in 1880. It appears to have been printed for the Australian market as there is a page (with an engraved portrait) dedicated to the "Most Rev. Roger Bede Vaughan, O. S. B. Archbishop of Sydney, N. S. W.". It may also have been aimed at the Irish immigrants as the four "Family Register" pages are decorated with borders of shamrocks. The donor found the Bible in a box of secondhand books on a market stall in Gippsland and recognised its links to the Shipwreck Coast through the name of previous owners (a well-known Warrnambool name) and the story of it being found on a beach near Peterborough. This Bible is a rare example of Douay and Reims Catholic Bible of the late 19th century that was once a treasured item belonging to the Kermond family - one of Warrnambool's early settlers. It also has a most unusual story attached to it - being found (and rescued) washed up on a local beach and almost one hundred years later, being rescued again from a secondhand book stall.This Catholic Bible is an 1880 edition of a "Douay Bible and Rheims Testament", printed and published by Thomas Kelly of New York. Its full title is "The Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate Diligently Compared with The Hebrew, Greek and Other Editions in Various Languages". It is revised with annotations by the Right Rev. R. Challoner D.D. The Bible has brown leather embossed front and back covers decorated with identical ornate gilt patterns and a central picture of a cross. It has two coloured illustrations and numerous black and white lithographs and engravings including portraits of past popes, events and places from Bible stories and decorative borders. The Bible includes the Old and New Testaments, approbations from Pope Pius the Sixth and Archbishops of the United States and other countries (including Archbishop Vaughan of Sydney), a Family Register with handwritten notes on births, deaths and marriages from the Kermond family (as well as a description of how they obtained the bible), a Catholic dictionary of the Bible, a history of the Holy Scriptures, a chronological list of heretics (Theological history) and a description of the "Centennial Award - Diploma of Honor and medal of Merit" won by Thomas Kelly (for the "Best Catholic Bible") at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876.Spine: HOLY BIBLE Title Page: THE/ HOLY BIBLE /TRANSLATED FROM/ THE LATIN VULGATE/ DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH/THE HEBREW, GREEK AND OTHER EDITIONS/ IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES/ THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT DOUAY, A.D. 1600 / AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY THE ENGLISH COLLEGE AT RHEIMS, A.D. 1582./ REVISED WITH ANNOTATIONS/ BY THE RIGHT REV. R. CHALLONER D.D./ TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES, AND AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX./ NOW CAREFULLY CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTINE EDITION OF THE SCRIPTURES/ NEW YORK / THOMAS KELLY, PUBLISHER/ 17 BARCLAY STREET. / 1880 Dedication Page: DEDICATION OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION/ TO/ THAT LOYAL, RELIGIOUS AND ENLIGHTENED BODY OF MEN / THE/ CATHOLICS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ IN ADMIRATION OF THE STEADY ZEAL WITH WHICH THEY HAVE KEPTTHE/DEPOSIT OF FAITH/ BEQUEATHED THEM BY THEIR FOREFATHERS/ AND HANDED DOWN, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OT ADULTERATION, TO THEIR GRATEFUL POSTERITY/ THIS EDITION/ OF THE/DOUAY BIBLE AND RHEIMS TESTAMENT/ IS / WITH GRATITUDE FOR PAST FAVORS AND HOPES OF FUTURE ENCOURAGEMENT/ MOST RESPECTFULLY ENSCRIBED.flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, shipwreck coast, peterborough, kermond, kermond family, loch ard, bible, douay and rheims bible, catholic bible, thomas kelly and sons publiisher, douai, rheims, holy bible, religious bible -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Letter
... birth 1887, Eva’s death 1934, Son’s letter 1962). The writer... shipwrecked 1878, Son’s birth 1887, Eva’s death 1934, Son’s letter ...This letter was written to Alisdair Loch, 10 Beaconsfield Parade, Lindfield (Sydney) NSW, from Frank Townshend Esq., 3 The Square, Holywell, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. Its author is a son of Eva Carmichael/Townshend, sole female survivor of the LOCH ARD shipwreck in 1878. It tells of Eva’s struggle in the sea after the LOCH ARD hit the rocks, and of her rescue by the only other survivor, young seaman Tom Pearce. It also relates her return to a privileged life in Ireland, her subsequent marriage to another member of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy, and her three sons. In some places the letter seems in historical error, which is not surprising given the dates involved and the time that elapsed between them (Eva shipwrecked 1878, Son’s birth 1887, Eva’s death 1934, Son’s letter 1962). The writer makes clear he is relying on his memory of what his mother had told him, and he is usually forthright in declaring those things he cannot remember, or remembers indistinctly. An interesting paragraph in the letter answers the contemporary newspaper speculation about a possible romance between the two survivors: “She [his mother, Eva Carmichael] received many proposals of marriage, perhaps a dozen, including one from Tom Pearce. Tom Pearce was, I think, an apprentice. She spoke of him sometimes as a ‘cabin boy’. From his photograph, he was a fine, handsome young man. The reason she declined his offer of marriage was largely the fruit of class distinction, I think; class prejudice being very strong in Ireland, in those days.” The LOCH ARD shipwreck is of State significance ― Victorian Heritage Number S417Typed copy of a letter from Frank Townshend, LOCH ARD survivor Eva Carmichael’s son in England, to Alasdair Loch, Sydney NSW. It is dated 8 March 1962 and consists of four pages. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, letter, frank townshend, eva carmichael, loch ard, alasdair loch, tom pearce