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ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

13/2/2018

At right is William Albert Skardon Pegus and Edith Lilly Bray with four of their children.

William was the son of Montague Skardon Pegus and Jessie Ellen Anderson, born in Hobart on 5 January 1877.

Until he joined the Farmers Cooperative Auctioneers around 1920, William was farming in the Mount Hicks, Henrietta and Elliott districts. Later he became chairman of directors at the Yolla Dairy Company and also director of the Tasmanian Producers Selling Agency. He was residing at Burnie when he passed away at Launceston on 13 November 1946.

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SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET

12/2/2018

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Everyone who decides to take up genealogy has an interest in learning more about their family history. Perhaps some of us are hoping to find an aristocratic connection or a hero whose name is deeply etched into our history.

But beware, you may find some unsavoury characters.

Once upon a time, having convict heritage was considered as a shame that had to be hidden at all costs. Now it is regarded as a badge of honour and a source of pride for many Australians.

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NOMENCLATURE

11/2/2018

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Ever wondered where Smithton street names come from? Some street names are self explanatory such as Bacon Factory and Bay Roads. Other streets are so called after pioneers and settlers who had once lived in the area. One such example is David John, an early settler in the Smithton district, who originally cleared the land near the Smithton Cemetery. The street was officially named after him in the early 1950s.

Some of the more recent street names include Rupert and Pelican Lanes. Pelican Lane was previously known as Pond Road (although not officially) and Rupert was so called after Rupert Harrisson, who once owned the land leading down to the street location.

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MERCHANTS OF SMITHTON

10/2/2018

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By the early 1920s, Smithton was regarded as a progressive town with about a dozen stores and a thriving timber industry. The town was advancing by leaps and bounds that it was decided to move the Council offices from Stanley to Smithton.

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VIKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST - HOPE

8/2/2018

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Ethel Hope's mother and grandfather, Niels Peter Nielsen, both of whom were born in Denmark

Charles Edward Wells married Ymmie Ethelwyn Hope at Smithton on 16 December 1913.

Ymmie Ethelwyn (Ethel) was the daughter of James Sommerville Hope and Alvilda Emilie Nielsen, born at Hobart on 23 September 1893. Ethel’s maternal grandfather was Niels Peter Nielsen, a native of Denmark, who with his wife and seven children emigrated to Tasmania in 1872. He was accompanied by his mother and three siblings, two of whom came with their spouses and children.

Eighteen members of the same family travelled onboard the Eugenie, departing from Hamburg on 20 October 1871. Among the 362 passengers were Danes, Norwegians, Swedes, Germans and natives of Alsace.

The voyage on the Eugenie was a lengthy one, a passage of 156 days, including stopovers of 24 days at the ports of Sao Francisco and Itajai in Southern Brazil where 158 mostly German immigrants were landed. On the entire voyage, there were five births and 11 deaths, comprising among the latter two members of Niels Peter Nielsen’s family. It was Niels’ older sister who had lost two of her four children.

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SPURLING IN THE NORTHWEST

6/2/2018

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Of late I’ve come across some amazing pictures by Spurling. See if you can recognise some of these places.

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VIKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST - ANTHON

5/2/2018

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Below is a photograph of the Neptune Hotel at Penguin. Captain James Taylor built the hotel in 1887. A year later he exchanged it for a ketch called Eveline owned by Captain Christian Anthon, who became the licensee until 1902.

Captain Christian was one of three Anthon brothers who commenced their seafaring life in the Baltic Sea before making their way to Australia in the 1860s. The other two brothers were Captain Jens and Captain Daniel Anthon.

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ABOUT THE FRANKS

1/2/2018

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In 1884, Lewis Herbert Shepperd emigrated to Tasmania. He sailed together with Richard and Harry Franks and future sister-in-law, Sarah Jane Franks. Sarah’s fiancé and Lewis Herbert’s brother, Francis Henry Shepperd, was already residing in Tasmania. Previously he had been a clerk at Beckington, England, which is where the Franks family came from.

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ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET

NOMENCLATURE

MERCHANTS OF SMITHTON

VIKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST - HOPE

SPURLING IN THE NORTHWEST

VIKINGS IN THE NORTHWEST - ANTHON

ABOUT THE FRANKS

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