Issue :	August
Date :	2009
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
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CAPE PASSENGER LISTS:
For Passenger List read the The South African Commercial Advertiser August 25th 1842 report regarding the Abercrombie Robinson Wreck, Table Bay. In addition you might like to see the pictures on this webpage.

URLs OF INTEREST:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith draws our attention to the following useful URLs:

www.askaboutireland.ie
The first is www.askaboutireland.ie which offers free access to Griffith's Valuation where one can explore data by family or place name, and see the transcription, a scan of the original document or the Griffith's Valuation Map. Griffith's Primary Valuation was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland. It was overseen by Richard Griffith and published between 1847 and 1864, Cork and Waterford being among the earliest counties covered. Now one of the most important surviving 19th c genealogical sources, it is virtually a 'substitute' for an 1851 Irish Census.

Note that spelling of the surname may vary from the ancestor's actual name, so try a few versions. In my search, GADSDEN was given as GADSDIN. However, I was able to establish that Mrs Mary Ann 'Gadsdin' had owned two properties in The Glen, parish of Trinity-Without, Waterford City, in 1850, plus the names of her tenants (one is probably a relative) and, of course, the value of the properties per annum. I was able to pinpoint the precise position of The Glen by looking at the map provided.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/missingpeople.html
Something completely different now:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/missingpeople.html
takes you to an index to Missing People found in Victoria (Australia) Police Correspondence Records. These items were located in uncatalogued and unindexed police correspondence files and have one thing in common: they were written by people outside Australia, to the police departments in Victoria, in an attempt to locate 'missing' individuals. The persons could be long-lost relatives or friends, people who had inherited a legacy but their whereabouts unknown, husbands or wives who had deserted their spouses, suspected bigamists or even people who had been in Victoria and who had committed a crime while overseas. The files contain widely differing material: some people supply only basic details about the sought person, others give a great deal of background information. The response from the police department likewise differs enormously. At times the department simply responded that the letter writer had supplied insufficient detail for any identification to be made; on other occasions the department went to a great deal of trouble to locate the missing person. There are facilities for ordering copies of the original documents should you find a likely errant ancestor. Not a few have South African connections! Example: 'BLYTH, Mrs. M. of Berea Johannesburg South Africa wrote in 1920 re her sister Mrs. Kate COLLIER of St. Kilda. 4 pages.'

BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
A reminder to check these pages from time to time in case you are able to help other researchers.

WARATAH CENTENARY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
by Suzanne-Jo Leff Patterson

After the anticipation of the past several weeks, the excitement spilled over at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum on Monday 27 July 2009, on the centenary of the loss of the SS Waratah in South African waters, as over 80 descendants, friends and all those devoted to the SS Waratah, gathered at the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Victoria, Australia. On view was an exhibition of photographs, passenger lists and details of the ship which will remain on display to the public for the next three months. P&O Cruises Australia, proudly donated a memorial plaque which was unveiled by Mr. Winton McColl, great-grandson of Mr. John Ebsworth, a passenger on the ill-fated liner. This involvement by P&O Cruises is a direct result of the original loss of the SS Waratah. The enormous amount of press publicity surrounding the subsequent searches and Court Inquiry, led to the Blue Anchor Line losing its reputation and the P&O Line took over the fleet in 1910.

Leaving the museum and enjoying clear blue skies and light winds, the party boarded the Sorrento/Queenscliff ferry. As the ferry crossed the anticipated path the Waratah would have travelled as she departed from Port Melbourne on 1 June 1909, Ted Ebsworth, grandson of Mr. John Ebsworth, cast the Protea memorial wreath onto the waters of Port Phillip, followed by fresh flowers from descendants and friends. This was a poignant time for everyone as they remembered the lost souls, especially having seen the photographs of passengers and crew on display at the museum.

On disembarking at the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal, everyone enjoyed a lunch at a local hotel, where many descendants never having met before, had the opportunity to exchange details about those lost with the ship, as well as share information previously confined to their family archives. The commemoration day was blessed with beautiful weather and the occasion was rewarding to everyone who had travelled from Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and surrounds. Geelong and Melbourne have a strong historical bond to the Waratah and many families have been affected by the tragic loss of their forebears. It is therefore most fitting that the P&O memorial plaque is to be mounted on the entrance wall of the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, Victoria, in memory of all those who perished on that fateful voyage.

NOTE: The photographs of this occasion and plaque, worded by the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum, are available to see when you click on: NATAL PASSENGER LISTS under Waratah in the Main Menu.

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