MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1860.1 ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AT THE CHURCH OF ED. SCHOOLHOUSE, AMHURST, ACCORDING TO THE RITES AND CEREMONY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND .2 PHOTOCOPY OF CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AT THE CHURCH OF ED. SCHOOLHOUSE, AMHURST, ACCORDING TO THE RITES AND CEREMONY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDJOHN SWAINSON, MINER BACK CREEK, TALBOT SARAH JANE DALY, SPINSTER, 19 YEARS, BACK CREEK, TALBOTjohn swainson, sarah jane daly

.1PAINTING OF A COTTAGE WITH PICKET FENCE AND FRONT GARDEN OF THE HILL STREET HOME .2 OVAL PHOTOGRAPH OF LOUISA SWAINSON .3 PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN SWAINSON .4 HANDWRITTEN LETTER :DEAR SIR OR MADAM PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED PHOTO OF LOUISA SWAINSON NEE WORLEY.SHE WAS A NURSE AT HOSPITAL. THE SECOND WIFE OF JOHN SWAINSON..THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN. A PAINTING OF THE HILL STREET HOME, BY THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER RUBY. SHE MARRIED A WELSH MERCHANT MARINE SAILOR. FOR MANY YEARS THEY LIVED ON THE ROAD UP TO TH MITCHELL'S PROPERTY. AFTER LOUISA PASSED AWAY (JOHN'S FIRST WIFE DIED AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO 4 CHILDREN) ALSO ENCLOSED IS A HANDPAINTED PHOTO OF JOHN SWAISON. ALSO HIS DETAILS WHICH WERE SENT TO UK FOR THE PAINTING. ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER HAS INFORMED US ACTUALLY JOHN'S NAME WAS SVENSON. HE CHANGED IT WHEN HE JUMPED SHIP IN SYDNEY ON HEARING THAT GOLD HAD BEEN FOUND IN CLUNES. .3 ON THE BACK : HANDWRITTEN ON TOP: THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED IN THE MIDDLE A GLUED ON DAMAGED PIECE OF PAPER HANDWRITTEN - EYES: HAZEL, WHITE STREAKED WITH BLOOD VEINS hAIR, WHISKERS AND BEARD: DARK BROUN ALMOST BLACK DREE DARK 23/2/80 ON THE BOTTOM ARECTANGLE PIECE OF PAPER GLUED ON AND TYPED THIS PICTURE IS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA AND AS IT CANNOT COME BACK FOR ALTERRATIONS PLEASE SEE THAT THE PROOF IS FOLLOWED EYES HAZEL WHITE STREAKED SLIGHT WITH BLOOD VEINS HAIR WHISKERS AND BEARD DARK BROWN ALMOST BLACK DRESS DARKjohn swainson, louisa swainson, worley, john svenson

MORTGAGE HELD BY MR. JOHN SWAINSON FOR LAND IN HILL STREET, CLUNES.local history, document, mortgage, swainson family

CERTIFICATE OF ESTATE FROM THE SWAINSON FAMILY HOME IN HILL STREET, CLUNES. THAT BEING SALE OF ASSET/S, LAND AND DWELLING, BEING ALLOTMENT 11, SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP OF CLUNES, PARISH OF CLUNES, COUNTY OF TALBOT. SOLD TO MRS. C.K. BUCHANAN. 1918-1919PHOTOCOPIES OF: .1 THE BALLARAT TRUSTEES EXECUTORS & AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED. STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURE FOR AND ON A/C OF ESTATE OF JOHN SWAINSON DECEASED DATED 23/9/1919 .2 & .3 PHOTOCOPIES OF THE BALLARAT TRUSTEES EXECUTORS & AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED. ESTATE OF JOHN SWAINSON DECEASED DATED 23/9/1919 .4 COVER LETTER FROM THE BALLARAT TRUSTEES EXECUTORS & AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED TO MRS. L.E. SWAINSON WIDOW OF JOHN SWAINSON DATED 17/10/1918 CHEQUE IN THE AMOUNT OF 93 POUNDS, 19 SHILLINGS AND ZERO PENCE IN LIEU OF THE SIGNED RELEASE.NILlocal history, certificates, swainson family, mrs. c k buchanan

CLARA BUCHANAN PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT HILL STREET, CLUNES, FROM LOUISA SWAINSON, WIDOW OF JOHN SWAINSON IN 1919LETTER/DECLARATION WRITTEN BY CLARA KATE BUCHANAN REGARDING TRANSFER OF LAND, WITNESSED BY W. TURNBULL ON 6/6/1919local history, letter, swainson family

THE RESOLUTION BY THE COUNCIL WHICH ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF MR. JOHN SWAINSON DUE TO INDIFFERENT HEALTH, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS FAITHFUL SERVICES DURING THE PAST 32 YEARS. THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED THE SUM OF 10 POUNDS STERLING.PRINTED COPY OF RESOLUTION RECORDED IN THE MINUTES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL AT MEETING ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 1911.local history, government, local government, council, swainson family