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From: Paul Blair <>
Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:34:26 +1100
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Put a "." between www and albury!

Paul


At 01:27 pm 9-11-2006, you wrote:
>this link does not work for me !!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Anne Hanson" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
>
>
> > Colleen,
> >
> > It might also be worth trying the Albury Regional Museum - web address -
> > http://wwwalburycity.nsw.gov.au/museum
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Anne H.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > [mailto:]On Behalf Of Peter Ross
> > Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2006 9:39 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
> >
> >
> > Hi Colleen,
> >
> > You might try the Wagga Daily Advertiser's records by writing to them in
> > Wagga, but it would depend on where in the Murrumbidgee he was drowned
> > perhaps. Since he was an Albury resident, the Border Mail archives may be
> > worth trying.
> >
> > Ecks soft drinks were a part of daily life in Albury for me in the 1940s
>and
> > 50s... their Sarsaparilla was to die for (for a small boy anyway)! I
>think
> > they stopped in the early 1960s.
> >
> > I don't remember the family home Vermonth although the name seems
>familiar,
> > but I remember Loma Loma very well as I lived across the road from it in
> > Thurgoona Street from 1942 on. At the time it was the home of the
>Roxburgh
> > family, and this is the first I've heard that it was the home of the Ecks
> > family. It was a beautiful stately old house with wide verandahs and a
> > tower I think. Surely someone will have a photograph of the old house
>(try
> > Albury Historical Society?). It was on the top of a hill and had views on
> > all sides and across Albury to the Victorian snowfields, Mt Bogong etc..
> > I'm not sure if it is still there, but will check later this week. It's
> > grounds are now fully built on, and a block of units called "Loma Loma"
> > takes up most of it, off Loma Place.
> >
> > I hope this helps a little.
> >
> > Peter Ross
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Colleen Wells" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AVNE] Gordon/Eck Families
> >
> >
> > > Good evening List,
> > >
> > > I am looking for any info on the following families in Albury/Wodonga.
> > >
> > > JOHN GORDON & ELIZA ROBERTS (migrated to NSW on the Mentor 1853 from UK)
> > moved from Sydney to Goulburn then settled in Albury/Wodonga, JOHN drowned
> > in the Murrumbidgee River 1879, where could I find Newspaper items on this
> > accident ??, he was a carpenter by trade.
> > >
> > > Some children were, WILLIAM & CHARLES GOODWIN SYLVESTER GORDON, these
> > brothers designed St Patrick's Church in Albury and also the Carriageway,
> > some streets are named after this family, VERMONTH ST, GORDON ST, WILLIAM
> > STREET, CHARLES STREET, etc.The family homes were called Loma Loma and
> > Vermonth, what has happened to these homes, are they still standing ?
>where
> > would they be located ?
> > >
> > > Charles G S married Caroline Eck, daughter of FREDERICK ECK and
>KATHERINE
> > (migrated from Germany), they owned shops in Albury/Wodonga and were
> > involved in the ECK Soft Drink Company, is it still in existance today ?
> > >
> > > I can not find a marriage, children or death on William Gordon, middle
> > name may be Joseph.
> > >
> > > Charles G S Gordon and Caroline Eck had a son, Charles George Gordon, he
> > married Julia Keating, they are my grandparents.
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > > Colleen
> > > NSW
> > >
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