From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Thu Feb 5 21:02:52 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 21:02:52 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] A start has been made. In-Reply-To: <200901292025.33854.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200901292025.33854.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902052102.52429.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> I have put up a revised version. It is still only a beginning. I have found a basic HTML formatter to turn each chapter into a separate Web page, although it is intended for computer documentation, not the WWW. I will put the book up in this format as soon as I have decided on an appropriate form of copyright. Many these days are using the Creative Commons licence, one form of which reserves commercial rights while allowing unrestricted copying for non-commercial purposes. The alternative is to publish nothing until the book is finished. I could rely on the overall copyright for the Web site, but I don't trust Google, who have argued in an English court that there is no such thing as privacy, and that they are above the laws against trespass to land. Next thing, they will be arguing that there is no such thing as intellectual property - except their own, of course. Doug. On Thursday 29 January 2009 8:25:33 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote: > I have eventually put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, and made an > identifiable start on a Family History. > > I was taught that all epics start half-way through the story, and then go > back to the beginning. Milton in "Paradise Lost" starts with Satan's army > in Hell after being thrown out of Heaven. How they got there, including > their rebellion, is told later on. Similarly, a Family History must start > with Thomas Boykett. For the moment however, I am proceeding > chronologically, starting with William (1750-1812.) I have written only a > few paragraphs - 280 words, but they bring in about half-a-dozen reference > citations. And I haven't yet got to the documents brought back from > Bobbing. I may have to cut the book down in size later. And I don't want > it to be as unreadable as a school history text. But if I say I have > started, I am committed. The German author Goethe's motto was "Without > haste, but without rest." (The German words matched better.) > > I want to have a proper photo gallery on the Web site, but these days, I > have difficulty applying myself. There was a gallery program provided, not > the one supported by the family tree program, but it is no longer there, so > I have the choice. > > We have a new member, Amanda Williams of Bendigo, a descendant of another > William Boykett, the son of Charles, who went to Young, N.S.W., married a > local woman, and started a family. The other Boyketts I know of in Bendigo > are from William's line, through my mother's "Uncle Bill," whose wife wrote > the letter to Ethel Bruce. If you can't think of a Boykett's first name, > William is a good guess. > > Doug. > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 8 00:04:25 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 00:04:25 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. Message-ID: <200902080004.25440.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> I encourage peiople to post to the list, Meredith does the right thing, and the default list settings don't help. Meredith's message was as follows: "Hullo Boykett relatives! Was recently walking through the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and saw the list of curators - among them William Laidlaw, the botanist mentioned in the book extract below. Does anyone know if he is a relative, either of Doug's Laidlaw family or of my grandmother Mary Boykett (wife of Bruce, nee Laidlaw)? Meredith Highfield" It was not sent from the address the list knew about, but we got around that one. Now the program has deemed the atttachment "inappropriate content" and filtered it out. No, it wasn't porn. Francis Musto got some attachments through. The attachment mentioned that a plant called Eriachne burkittii var. laidlawii was named after a William Laidlaw who was a Government Botanist and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1924-25. He died of a heart attack while walking through the Gardens, perhaps the way he would have liked to go. It seems that William is not related to either of us. He was born in Edinburgh: http://www.brightoncemetery.com/HistoricInterments/Public/laidlaww.htm Meredith's line are from the Ettrick/Selkirk area, and mine are from Dumfries and Roxburghshire. The plant is apparently an annual grass: http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp04133.htm Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 8 13:14:45 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:14:45 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Fwd: Re: William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. Message-ID: <200902081314.45408.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. Date: Sunday 08 February 2009 From: "Pete" To: "Doug Laidlaw" Hi Boykett relatives. ? A Joy Boykett from N Z Married Keith Fyshwick in Melbourne in the late 1940s & went to live in W A, Joy is the daughter of Frank Boykett.? where is she now ?.? I was about 6 or 7 at the time , Regards Peter Osborne. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Laidlaw" To: Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:04 PM Subject: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. >I encourage peiople to post to the list, Meredith does the right thing, and > the default list settings don't help. Meredith's message was as follows: > > "Hullo Boykett relatives! > Was recently walking through the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and saw the > list > of curators - among them William Laidlaw, the botanist mentioned in the > book > extract below. Does anyone know if he is a relative, either of Doug's > Laidlaw > family or of my grandmother Mary Boykett (wife of Bruce, nee Laidlaw)? > Meredith Highfield" > > It was not sent from the address the list knew about, but we got around > that > one. Now the program has deemed the atttachment "inappropriate content" > and > filtered it out. No, it wasn't porn. Francis Musto got some attachments > through. > > The attachment mentioned that a plant called Eriachne burkittii var. > laidlawii > was named after a William Laidlaw who was a Government Botanist and > Director > of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1924-25. He died of a heart > attack while walking through the Gardens, perhaps the way he would have > liked > to go. > > It seems that William is not related to either of us. He was born in > Edinburgh: > http://www.brightoncemetery.com/HistoricInterments/Public/laidlaww.htm > > Meredith's line are from the Ettrick/Selkirk area, and mine are from > Dumfries > and Roxburghshire. > > The plant is apparently an annual grass: > http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp04133.htm > > Doug. > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Lizzy Internet > see http://www.lizzy.com.au/mailscanning > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3808 (20090128) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------- From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 8 13:25:24 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:25:24 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Fwd: Re: William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. In-Reply-To: <200902081314.45408.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200902081314.45408.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902081325.24888.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Marriages in Melbourne are available for 1942 and before, Peter. I can't fuind a marriage for Joy in 1938-42. She was born 6 Sep 1922. Doug. On Sunday 08 February 2009 1:14:45 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote: > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Re: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. > Date: Sunday 08 February 2009 > From: "Pete" > To: "Doug Laidlaw" > > Hi Boykett relatives. ? A Joy Boykett from N Z Married Keith Fyshwick in > Melbourne in the late 1940s & went to live in W A, Joy is the daughter of > Frank Boykett.? where is she now ?.? I was about 6 or 7 at the time , > Regards Peter Osborne. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Laidlaw" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:04 PM > Subject: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. > > >I encourage peiople to post to the list, Meredith does the right thing, > > and the default list settings don't help. Meredith's message was as > > follows: > > > > "Hullo Boykett relatives! > > Was recently walking through the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and saw the > > list > > of curators - among them William Laidlaw, the botanist mentioned in the > > book > > extract below. Does anyone know if he is a relative, either of Doug's > > Laidlaw > > family or of my grandmother Mary Boykett (wife of Bruce, nee Laidlaw)? > > Meredith Highfield" > > > > It was not sent from the address the list knew about, but we got around > > that > > one. Now the program has deemed the atttachment "inappropriate content" > > and > > filtered it out. No, it wasn't porn. Francis Musto got some attachments > > through. > > > > The attachment mentioned that a plant called Eriachne burkittii var. > > laidlawii > > was named after a William Laidlaw who was a Government Botanist and > > Director > > of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1924-25. He died of a heart > > attack while walking through the Gardens, perhaps the way he would have > > liked > > to go. > > > > It seems that William is not related to either of us. He was born in > > Edinburgh: > > http://www.brightoncemetery.com/HistoricInterments/Public/laidlaww.htm > > > > Meredith's line are from the Ettrick/Selkirk area, and mine are from > > Dumfries > > and Roxburghshire. > > > > The plant is apparently an annual grass: > > http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp04133.htm > > > > Doug. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > boykett-announce mailing list > > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net > > > > _____________________________________________________ > > This mail has been virus scanned by Lizzy Internet > > see http://www.lizzy.com.au/mailscanning > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 3808 (20090128) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 8 13:47:29 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:47:29 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Fwd: Re: William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. In-Reply-To: <200902081314.45408.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200902081314.45408.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902081347.29502.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> The only spelling in W.A. is FISHWICK. There is a J. at Manjimup, south of Perth. That is all that I could find in the White Pages. Doug. On Sunday 08 February 2009 1:14:45 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote: > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Subject: Re: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. > Date: Sunday 08 February 2009 > From: "Pete" > To: "Doug Laidlaw" > > Hi Boykett relatives. ? A Joy Boykett from N Z Married Keith Fyshwick in > Melbourne in the late 1940s & went to live in W A, Joy is the daughter of > Frank Boykett.? where is she now ?.? I was about 6 or 7 at the time , > Regards Peter Osborne. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Laidlaw" > To: > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:04 PM > Subject: [Boykett-announce] William Laidlaw -- message from Meredith. > > >I encourage peiople to post to the list, Meredith does the right thing, > > and the default list settings don't help. Meredith's message was as > > follows: > > > > "Hullo Boykett relatives! > > Was recently walking through the Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and saw the > > list > > of curators - among them William Laidlaw, the botanist mentioned in the > > book > > extract below. Does anyone know if he is a relative, either of Doug's > > Laidlaw > > family or of my grandmother Mary Boykett (wife of Bruce, nee Laidlaw)? > > Meredith Highfield" > > > > It was not sent from the address the list knew about, but we got around > > that > > one. Now the program has deemed the atttachment "inappropriate content" > > and > > filtered it out. No, it wasn't porn. Francis Musto got some attachments > > through. > > > > The attachment mentioned that a plant called Eriachne burkittii var. > > laidlawii > > was named after a William Laidlaw who was a Government Botanist and > > Director > > of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne in 1924-25. He died of a heart > > attack while walking through the Gardens, perhaps the way he would have > > liked > > to go. > > > > It seems that William is not related to either of us. He was born in > > Edinburgh: > > http://www.brightoncemetery.com/HistoricInterments/Public/laidlaww.htm > > > > Meredith's line are from the Ettrick/Selkirk area, and mine are from > > Dumfries > > and Roxburghshire. > > > > The plant is apparently an annual grass: > > http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp04133.htm > > > > Doug. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > boykett-announce mailing list > > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net > > > > _____________________________________________________ > > This mail has been virus scanned by Lizzy Internet > > see http://www.lizzy.com.au/mailscanning > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 3808 (20090128) __________ > > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Tue Feb 10 17:28:41 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:28:41 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Fwd: Castle Street URC, Abergavenny Message-ID: <200902101728.41360.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> This just came in from Rev. Bunn's church at Abergevenny. I have had to delete the photos from this email to the mailing list, but will put them up on the Web site. The date above the entrance says that the church was founded in 1690. The photos of the interior are a bit dim, but show beautiful stained-glass windows. Brewer's Dictionary says that the Congregationalists derive from the Barrowists and Brownists of Elizabeth I's reign. Note that the Rev's second Christian name was John. The G on the original letter must have been a mistake on Thomas's part. My letter to the Church was on a joint letterhead I use, hence the email is addressed to both of us. Doug. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Castle Street URC, Abergavenny Date: Friday 06 February 2009 From: "Margot Seabourne" To: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au 5.2.09 Dear Mr & Mrs Laidlaw, Our minister passed your August 12th letter on to me as the "chapel archivist" ( that is the only one in our small congregation with an interest in history) and I thought it was just to put in the files with other history documents. I didn't realise he wanted me to reply to you as well, so it has lain aside for all these months. I do apologise after all your hard work in getting the papers together. It is good to have an email address, since I can get back to you quickly now, after your long wait. We have records of Rev H G Bunn and his signature in our minute books, but nothing really personal about him. So it is lovely to have the letter showing him as correspondent of your ancestor Thomas Herbert Boykett. Our 250 years booklet has this information about Henry John Bunn, minister from 1838 to 1868: "a man of keen intellect. fond of epigrams in his sermons. An old friend who sat under him for years gave me one example: "Many a man thinks he has not lived half his days when he has not half a day to live." Mr Bunn ruled in the church, holding the reins without seeming to do it. He could use the whip so dexterously that the victim could hardly refrain from admiring the skill of the whip-hand, and even from asking, "Did I get it, or someone else? perhaps I did and perhaps I deserved it!" Mr Bunn retired in 1868 but we have no record of the time of his death." I however have the advantage of Free BMD online so I think he died aged 83 in Abergavenny Registration district in March quarter 1884 - that seems the most likely entry. I think I will ask for the certificate so I can check up on it. It should say if he was a retired minister. I also have a personal interest in the description of Australia in the early days because a recently discovered side line in my own family tree was an early (if involuntary) settler. He was Thomas Seymour alias Outterson (his mother's maiden name) and he was transported in the early 1800s for life after being convicted at York Assizes. The family name has been spelled variously as Atterson, Utterson, Outterson and normally Otterson. I suppose it all depended on the kind of accent it was spoken with - it is Norwegian via Scotland and Ireland to the North East of England. However, your ancestor is obviously much more respectable! I attach a few pictures of the chapel. We have had considerable repairs recently and are to have a rededication service later this month - soloists, a choir, harpist, organ solo, a history presentation by myself, and hymns for all to join in. Once again, apologies for the tardy reply, and thank you for adding to our knowledge of Rev Bunn. Margot Seabourne ------------------------------------------------------- From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Mon Feb 16 05:45:21 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:45:21 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Thomas Boykett at Enderby. Message-ID: <200902160545.22145.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Now I am totally confused! In October 1824, according to the Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle in Google Books, Thomas Boykett commenced the service for the ordination and induction of Rev. Bunn by reading and prayer. This was even before he married Hannah. The quotation is: "HJ Bunn, late of Hoxton Academy, was ordained to the pastoral office, over the Congregational Church at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. Mr Boykett, of Enderby, commenced the service by reading and prayer; Mr Haynes, of Boston, delivered the introductory discourse, and asked the usual questions." It seems that a different person officiated at each step. I came across this while looking for the reference to Thomas taking prayers at the induction of a minister at Enderby itself. The Quarterly Theological Review, which carried the announcement of Thomas's marriage, definitely places it under the Diocese of Lincoln, but it does not appear to have been a C. of E. Publication, but rather of the nature of a professional journal. Perhaps it applied the Diocese boundaries for convenience. The announcement is also in The Christian Remembrancer By William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley Published by: Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, 1825. I am not sure of the nature of this publication, but it appears to be a collection of personal notices. Unfortunately Google Books can be very restrictive at times. The mystery deepens. Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Mon Feb 16 13:55:02 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:55:02 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Thomas Boykett at Enderby. In-Reply-To: <200902160545.22145.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200902160545.22145.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902161355.02890.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> The Google Link calls the place "Long Button." Long Sutton is correct. It is a market town in the Fens district, and has its own Web site: http://www.longsutton.net/ Mavis Enderby is further North, on the other side of Boston. Doug. On Monday 16 February 2009 5:45:21 am Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Now I am totally confused! > > In October 1824, according to the Evangelical Magazine and Missionary > Chronicle in Google Books, Thomas Boykett commenced the service for the > ordination and induction of Rev. Bunn by reading and prayer. This was even > before he married Hannah. The quotation is: > > "HJ Bunn, late of Hoxton Academy, was ordained to the pastoral office, over > the Congregational Church at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire. Mr Boykett, of > Enderby, commenced the service by reading and prayer; Mr Haynes, of Boston, > delivered the introductory discourse, and asked the usual questions." > > It seems that a different person officiated at each step. I came across > this while looking for the reference to Thomas taking prayers at the > induction of a minister at Enderby itself. > > The Quarterly Theological Review, which carried the announcement of > Thomas's marriage, definitely places it under the Diocese of Lincoln, but > it does not appear to have been a C. of E. Publication, but rather of the > nature of a professional journal. Perhaps it applied the Diocese > boundaries for convenience. The announcement is also in > The Christian Remembrancer > By William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley > Published by: Printed for F.C. & J. Rivington, 1825. > > I am not sure of the nature of this publication, but it appears to be a > collection of personal notices. Unfortunately Google Books can be very > restrictive at times. > > The mystery deepens. > > Doug. > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Thu Feb 19 06:12:26 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:12:26 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] One timeline conflict resolved Message-ID: <200902190612.27258.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> My original recollection from Google Books was that Thomas had officiated at an induction at Enderby after he was married. Yet he married in London, and brought his children up in London. If the induction was before his wedding, everything becomes straightforward. The real question was: what was his occupation? We don't know. The usual place to find that info is in the Census. The earliest census was in 1841, and it was pretty basic. Nowadays, an electoral roll is an alternative. I can't access anything like that from here - even if I could find them. The qualification to vote was fairly high back then. The report of his appearance in Court when the apron was stolen from his gig, does not mention his occupation. That is dated 1836. Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 22 18:15:33 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:15:33 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Workhouses Message-ID: <200902221815.33544.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> There is a Web site devoted to English workhouses at http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ It contains a full description of the Leyton, West Ham workhouse where Thomas Jnr died, at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/WestHam/WestHam.shtml (There is a similar site for American poorhouses in the 19th Century: http://www.poorhousestory.com/ ) The Home Page has an interesting link to a re-enactment of the famous scene in Oliver Twist, and how inaccurate it was. The standard fare in workhouses was not restricted to gruel. Minimum nutritional standards were laid down by the Workhouse Union Board. A typical diet for a nine-year-old in 1837 (when Oliver Twist was written) is set out. There are other examples on the page describing Leyton. There were two workhouses in that Parish. The Leyton workhouse was the second, built in 1839-41, and had separate infirm wards for inmates and "public hospital" cases. These were replaced by a new 200-bed infirmary in 1864. That would have been where Thomas died. Stopping gruel for 48 hours seems to have been a routine disciplinary measure. Some inmates who were working for the house, pumping water, asked for extra rations for that reason. The request was refused, they were banned from pumping water, and as a punishment, they were not allowed to work in the fields, but were set to picking oakum. No wonder that the workhouse was seen as frugal and economical. Water supply seems to have been a problem: 11 August 1859: Alexander Barber stated that the boys in the Workhouse School were refused access to water to drink and that he had been told that for want of pure water they drunk soapsuds and from puddles in the yard. The Board recommended that a system with a permanent supply of pure water be provided at the school to which the boys could at any time have free access. The next entry is unrelated. 11th October 1888: That in the face of so many murders and outrages being carried out in the East End of London it be a special instruction to the Officer of the Casual Ward to notice particularly all male applicants so as to endeavour to find, if possible, the delinquent. Perhaps it is a fair conclusion that the criminal will be the type of person who might apply for admission. Pete and Jan, there is a contemporary photo of a "horse tram" in front of the workhouse. It is not the stagecoach-like affair in the photo from Prahran that you sent me, Jan, but a full-sized tram on rails. It is quite full, and has only one horse pulling it. I would have thought that it would take more than one horse to move it while empty, even. Putting the two photos side by side might be good. I won't be putting all this in the book; it is too big a topic on its own. But I have included a mention of the site so far as it relates to Thomas, and an URL for those who want to look further. This is the first time that I have used italics on this list. It changes the message from plain text to HTML. I am not sure what the mail server will do with it. Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 22 18:23:12 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:23:12 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] Workhouses In-Reply-To: <200902221815.33544.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200902221815.33544.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902221823.13034.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> On Sunday 22 February 2009 6:15:33 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote: > This is the first time that I have used italics on this list. ?It changes > the message from plain text to HTML. ?I am not sure what the mail server > will do with it. Now I have my answer. The message became a "multi-part" one, with one part in plain text, and another part in formatted HTML. Only the plain text got through. Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 22 19:36:58 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:36:58 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] The Immigration Bridge Message-ID: <200902221936.58349.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> My wife Jenny just reminded me of the Immigration Bridge, http://www.immigrationbridge.com.au/ It is supported by the Bendigo Bank, but that is incidental. Jenny suggested that we buy a plaque on the handrail in memory of THB. That costs $110. As an alternative, we can submit his story, up to 4,500 characters (not words.) That probably includes spaces, which are an ASCII character. I did a search under the name Boykett, and had one hit: John Absolom Stephenson, born 30/11/1840 and travelled to Australia in 1854, the year after Thomas. He was supposed to have been aged 16 then, which doesn't quite add up. But he claims a link to the "Boyketts of Richmond." He married Caroline Jane Woodland of Wangaratta. Bonnie's middle name was Woodland, after an ancestor on her mother's side. Probably no connection. Doug. From laidlaws at hotkey.net.au Sun Feb 22 23:33:41 2009 From: laidlaws at hotkey.net.au (Doug Laidlaw) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:33:41 +1100 Subject: [Boykett-announce] The Immigration Bridge In-Reply-To: <200902221936.58349.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> References: <200902221936.58349.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Message-ID: <200902222333.41768.laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> Peter Osborne has just told me that John Stephenson was the father of Maria Stephenson, who married William Charles Boykett (William III.) According to the biography, Maria was one of 13 children. Doug. On Sunday 22 February 2009 7:36:58 pm Doug Laidlaw wrote: > My wife Jenny just reminded me of the Immigration Bridge, > http://www.immigrationbridge.com.au/ It is supported by the Bendigo Bank, > but that is incidental. > > Jenny suggested that we buy a plaque on the handrail in memory of THB. > That costs $110. As an alternative, we can submit his story, up to 4,500 > characters (not words.) That probably includes spaces, which are an ASCII > character. > > I did a search under the name Boykett, and had one hit: John Absolom > Stephenson, born 30/11/1840 and travelled to Australia in 1854, the year > after Thomas. He was supposed to have been aged 16 then, which doesn't > quite add up. But he claims a link to the "Boyketts of Richmond." He > married Caroline Jane Woodland of Wangaratta. Bonnie's middle name was > Woodland, after an ancestor on her mother's side. Probably no connection. > > Doug. > > _______________________________________________ > boykett-announce mailing list > boykett-announce at douglaidlaw.net > http://douglaidlaw.net/mailman/listinfo/boykett-announce_douglaidlaw.net