Hi,
I'm a new listmember. I'm researching an ex-Leicestershire farmer who was demobbed after WW1 and given an un-farmable piece of land in Vic. He went home to his family in England during the Depression. They had told him that things were much better there, only to find that his family really just wanted him as free labour on their farm :-(
His surname was Granger and I do not know where his land was. I do not know Vic geography and the only place names I have as possible locations for the farm are Be
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Hi
Would you have a little bit more info such as a first nae for your
Granger.
I think you will find the name of the town he married in was Koondrook which
is in Northern Victoria on the Murray River between Swan Hill & Echuca.
As far as I know the St. Paul's Church Records have been sent back to the
Church in Melbourne.
Cheers
Bryan
President
Barham/Koondrook Genealogical Society
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Hi,
I'm a new listmember. I'm researching an ex-Leicestershire farmer who was
demobbed