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From: Janet Gregurke <>
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] seamen who had deserted
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:08:50 +0000
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Hi Pam, while your checking could you look for a Thomas Molloy or Malloy who could of deserted after 1895. He was from Ireland but married that year in Australia. I actually think he deserted his wife and got back on the ship he was a seaman on. Her family were from Geelong area. Thanks Janet> From: > To: > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:25:57 +1100> Subject: Re: [GEELONG] seamen who had deserted> > Hi Carol - there are various Deserter Seaman files at Geelong Heritage > Centre - not sure if all are indexed or what years they cover. I will have a > look next week for yoy with dates etc. Kind regards, Pam Jennings> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Booth" <>> To: <>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:17 PM> Subject: [GEELONG] seamen who had deserted> > > >> >>Regarding Ada's tribute to Eve> >> > I wonder if there is an index of seamen who deserted at Geelong at> > the GHRC. If that was how my gr grandfather came to be in Geelong it> > would probably have before 1871 when he is not found in an English> > census. In 1861 he was working as a rope maker, but by December 1875,> > when he married he was a carpenter . Either occupation would have> > been useful on a ship, I would think.> >> > Carol> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>I first met Ev and "her team from Geelong" at the Laverton repository > >>where> >>I had come across a film specifically listing seamen who had deserted at> >>Geelong with, wonder of wonders, their registration numbers, which allowed> >>research to continue into British seamen's registration records; and a> >>petition (I've forgotten the subject!).> >>> >>Eve pounced, and within the hour transcription was discussed and written> >>into the Geelong team's future plans! I was amazed, because my research > >>and> >>indexing had been a singularly lonely activity until then... but no more!> >>It was like meeting old friends when Geelong team "invaded" at Laverton!> >>> >>Also, as a guest speaker at Geelong, Eve gave me overnight hospitality, > >>and> >>two research heads went very late to bed!> >>> >>Vale Ev. A very productive life. Though future family history enquirers > >>may> >>not realize how much they owe to Ev and the Geelong team, those of us in> >>her time frame certainly do.> >>> >>Regards Ada Ackerly> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> >>For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District> >>http://www.zades.com.au>; >>> >>-------------------------------> >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> >> with the word> >>'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > >>message> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District> > http://www.zades.com.au>; >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District> http://www.zades.com.au>; > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
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