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From: "Ken & Lorraine Neate" <>
Subject: Re: Letter from Louisa MOLES, Tongarra, 1896?
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:59:09 +1100


Debbie,
The Moles family later lived in the house called "Toongla" on the Macquarie
Pass side of Albion Park and the Albion Park side of Tongarra. (Across the
top of the hill from the Tullimbar school site.) The Misses Moles sold the
home to my grandfather Leonard Anderson in the late 1920s.
The home has been classified by the National Trust, was sold in 1985 and
has been sold a couple of times since, but the current owners might be
interested in having a copy of the letter but I'm sure the local museum at
Albion Park would as William (Louisa's father) was a mayor of the
municipality.

Lorraine Neate
Ingleburn

PS I am also a descendant of Ebenezer Russell whose daughter Isabella
married James McGill son of Andrew McGill and there are a few McGill family
members interested in the family history.



From: "D Noble" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, 10 December 2000 13:56
Subject: Letter from Louisa MOLES, Tongarra, 1896?


>
> I'm posting the transcript of a letter found in the pages of a family
bible.
> I had some trouble deciphering the handwriting - the final word or
> signature, in particular - and there is no other material apart from the
> letter itself to suggest the identity of the writer. A local historian
> thinks it was written by Louisa MOLES (1865-1907) in Tongarra NSW (west of
> Shellharbour) and was sent to her cousin, Amy NOBLE (1878-?) in Eureka NSW
> (north-east of Lismore).
>
> (Please note: I have added commas and full-stops where I thought them
> necessary for ease of reading, and my own comments are indicated by
[square
> brackets].)
>
> The letter reads:
>
> "Tongarra
> March 28 1896
>
> Dear Amy -
> At last I am trying to answer your letter - better late than never. How
did
> you enjoy the Show? Do you remember the fun we had at the Lismore Show
the
> year I was on the River? We are expecting to hear of May taking up a
> selection on the Richmond and turning "cockatoo". She appears to have
> fallen so much in love with the scenery etc. We are having very nice
[page
> break] nice [sic] weather now. I am glad to get the mud dried up. Last
> Thursday we went to an Amateur Dramatic performance. It was very good. I
> nearly slew myself laughing it was such fun. And really the acting was
> quite different from most Amateur things[?] for the matter of that the
> manager Mr Perkins was a professional at one time. We have had a great
> number of visitors lately, but just at present there is nobody. Last
night
> Mr Maitland and his daughter were here with the Thomas. They are all
> staying down at their country cottages. Poor Miss Maitland is quite deaf.
> It is so pathetic to see so young a girl cut off from all sense of sound.
> She has such a nice intelligent face. It was scarlet fever which robbed
her
> of her sense of hearing. Her Father and Mrs Thomas talked to her in their
> fingers, but I did not attempt it for as sure as I did, I know I would go
> and forget some of the letters or perhaps worse still, forget how to spell
a
> word - spelling being a weak point of mine. Your cousin Mr Johnston was
> here one day this week. I hardly knew him - wearing a beard made such a
> difference in his appearance - an improvement I think. Sara & Mary have
> attended the first meeting of their Orchestral Society. They have five
> violins, a flute, piano and cornet in it, so they ought to make enough
noise
> anyway. The Centenary of the district was celebrated last Thursday. None
> of us went to it. Father was thinking of going but some old friends
turned
> up and prevented him. Of course Wollongong and Kiama ought to have
joined,
> but no fear of their doing anything so sensible. Instead of having the
> demonstration at some central place, say at the mouth of the Lake, they
must
> up and each have their own little turn-out. Kiama has hers in a week or
two
> because they could not get the Governor for the right date.
> Well, I must stop now , with love from all to all.
> Yours,
> Lou."
>
> Louisa's parents were William and Mary MOLES nee McGILL; Amy's parents
were
> John and Isabella NOBLE nee McGILL; their grandparents were Andrew and
Jean
> McGILL nee McNIVEN.
>
> In 1900, Louisa married Amy's cousin - Andrew Paterson JOHNSTON
(1872-1957),
> son of Andrew and Catherine JOHNSTON nee NOBLE. The letter mentions a
visit
> from a Mr JOHNSTON: was this an early meeting between Louisa and her
future
> husband?
>
> I have a scanned copy of the letter (available as a text or photo file, or
> printed) which I would be happy to send out to anyone who might be
> interested - let me know if this is you.
>
> Best wishes (and I'm new to this list, so Hello! as well),
>
> Debbie Noble
>
> North Coast, NSW, Australia
>
> Researching:
> MCGILL/NOBLE/PORTER/RANKIN/WILLS - Sth Coast & Sth Highlands NSW
> ROBERTS/ROBERTSON - Goulburn, Sutton Forest, Taralga NSW
>
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