Hi Maria, most people that disembarked in Geelong as did our families, walked to the Goldfields it was a walk of a couple of hundred miles. My other ancestors that arrived in Geelong in 1854 walked to Smythesdale and had no family there to meet them. It seems to me that it depended on what year the ships arrived to what new found gold field our ancestors walked to. There is a website that has every single published newspaper in Australia, from every state and territory, the way to get to it is just google "Trove" . another site is "Picture Australia" it has the earliest photo's of Australia. Many gold mines, workers huts, shops, streets etc. For Cemetery look up , eg; photo's , headstones etc. the web site is 'Australian Cemetery's' . There is also a group called 'RAOK' Random Acts Of Kindness, it is a group of people that will go to cemetery's that are in their area and will take a photo of a grave and send it to you via email it is a free service. So we will have to keep checking the Australia cemetery's site to see if we can find our people. There should be people in the Creswick, Clunes, Bendigo areas that will do, RAOK Best Wishes Chris
On Mar 29, 11:30 am, Maria Lima <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Chris, > > I just realized fm your post, that you did, in fact find your ancestors on > the Water Lily. WOW! So they probably knew each other. There had to be some > serious planning and money to leave the Azores for the Goldfields. As I > recall, they arrived in Melbourne and had to get transport to goldfields. > They must have had some contact with someone in Australia that took them to > Creswick area. (why not Bendigo?) > > I found the 2 Lima brothers through the Creswick and Clunes advertiser and > Reporter. That was several yrs ago; last week when I got your email, I went > back and it's more complicated now. it looks like Rootsweb has taken over- > when u enter in the name into the Creswick and Clunes site, it takes u to a > Rootsweb page. Because the 2 Lima brothers were listed 18 times in the > newspaper, -the miners took each other to court for any reason- I was able to > write and even call and got copies of the newspaper articles each time they > appeared with all the detail. That was a great day when I got that package > with all those articles. There were court cases where Jacintho was in a > fight with another guy over turning on the water race. There were ads- > especially sad when Jacintho advertised sale of His deceased wife's > fruit/confectionery store as he was leaving country. I felt he was broken > and "going home". There was a wonderful lady fm the Goldfields List > (Brenda) who helped me and was an Angel helping me. > > Give me the names of the ancestors again and I will see if they are mentioned > in any of the articles. > > It appears (fm your dates) that your ancestors remained in Australia, settled > and raised families and left a posterity- where do u tie in to them? > > My husbands gr gr grandfathers returned to the Azorws. I could not find them > leaving, though. I also believe their father and his brother in law, j j > Borges, went to Hong Kong to buy the "water race" pipes they used at the > Humbughill Sluicing Company. > > It was through a member of this list, Shirley Allegre, that I learned that > when the ancestor was being married in the Azores and the priest recorded he > was widower of Dona Carlota Augusta, buried in (?)Australia. That was the > key that sent me to the goldfields. Up to that time, it was just heresy from > my mother in law that there were 2 brothers who were goldminers in Australia. > But she did not know anything else. > > I always wished I could find more on what role the father, Antonio Jose De > Lima and Jacintho Jose Borges played in setting up the sons in business. I > know Jose spoke English and he is the one who married Charlotte Staley. It > appeared her name was not Carlota Augusta, but Charlotte Staley. Her first > husband could not be found in your Pioneer Index. > > Can u imagine that these ancestors might have known each other and shared > those experiences. > > Warm regards, > > Maria Elena > > On Mar 28, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Manoel Cesar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > There´s another link for the Arquivo dos Açores online: > > >http://www.arquivodosacores.com/index.php > > > Manoel > > > 2011/3/28 cmurray56 <[email protected]>: > >> This book is now out of copyright, avaiable to all to read , copy, > >> save etc. > > >>http://www.archive.org/stream/archivodosaores02cantgoog/archivodosaor... > > >> I cant read Portuguese but my ancestors left Azores on the ship 'Water > >> Lily' 1853 for Australia, Many thanks to Maria Elna for sharing the > >> details with me last week, due to her kindness i have found this book > >> and will share with everyone. One day i may be able to get a > >> translation of it. I hope it is of help to you all that are looking > >> for answers, the site it comes from has many books that have many > >> subjects and all books are out of copyright and are free digital > >> copies > >> Best Wishes > >> Chris > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > > when they arrive. > > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > > membership."- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
