Agnes Copeland by David Scott [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title Agnes Copeland by David Scott Date 1879-80 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000082 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.625 mm Mount Colour White Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Square Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small lettering Back Imprint Large sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

Agnes Copeland by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000082-s1]

Larger version on Flickr

Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

David Scott. Sydney.

Rear face:

Agnes Copeland by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000082-s2]

Larger version on Flickr

Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

BY APPOINTMENT PHOTOGRAPHER TO H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.
Artist Photographer
140, PITT STREET,
SYDNEY,
Opposite Mort's Passage.
David Scott,
SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM BRADLEY.
[top medal] AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
[bottom left medal] VICTORIA ... ALBERTUS ... MDCCCLI
[bottom right medal] ...CIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT
MEDALS AWARDED LONDON & SYDNEY
Exhibitions.
Portraits in Crayon from Life or copied from Photographs
CASH ON DELIVERY.

See David Scott, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographers] for more information on when David Scott operated his photographic studio from 140 Pitt Street Sydney, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the twelve year period 1869-80.

Card Stock and Image Size:

The square corners on this carte de visite indicate a pre-1870 date, but the full image size was not used until 1874 and onwards. Based on this information we can refine the date range down to a seven year period 1874-80.

Additional annotations in album:

Written in the album next to the carte de visite are the words "Agnes Copeland"

Background research:

Additional background research undertaken by +Paul Cooper into the lives of the Goodlet and Copeland families has revealed that Agnes Copeland was born in December 1873. The photograph shows a child of approximately 6-8 years of age which would place the photograph between 1879 and 1881.

Taking into account all of the above information it is estimated that the photograph was taken in in the period 1879-1880.

Elizabeth Copeland by David Scott [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title Elizabeth Copeland by David Scott Date 1874-75 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000081 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 104 mm Mount Thickness 0.625 mm Mount Colour White Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Square Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 94 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small lettering Back Imprint Large sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

Elizabeth Copeland by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000081-s1]

Larger version on Flickr

Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

David Scott. Sydney.

Rear face:

Elizabeth Copeland by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000081-s2]

Larger version on Flickr

Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

BY APPOINTMENT PHOTOGRAPHER TO H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.
Artist Photographer
140, PITT STREET,
SYDNEY,
Opposite Mort's Passage.
David Scott,
SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM BRADLEY.
[top medal] AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
[bottom left medal] VICTORIA ... ALBERTUS ... MDCCCLI
[bottom right medal] ...CIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT
MEDALS AWARDED LONDON & SYDNEY
Exhibitions.
Portraits in Crayon from Life or copied from Photographs
CASH ON DELIVERY.

See David Scott, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographers] for more information on when David Scott operated his photographic studio from 140 Pitt Street Sydney, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the twelve year period 1869-80.

Card Stock and Image Size:

The square corners on this carte de visite indicate a pre-1870 date, but the full image size was not used until 1874 and onwards. Based on this information we can refine the date range down to a seven year period 1874-80.

Background research:

Additional background research undertaken by +Paul Cooper into the lives of the Goodlet and Copeland families has revealed that Elizabeth Copeland arrived in Sydney from the New Hebrides on 29 September 1873 with her husband the Rev. Joseph Copeland and her three children. In April the following year Rev. Copeland returned to the New Hebrides, but returned back into Sydney during December. With two of their children they departed for the New Herbides in April 1875. Elizabeth Copeland died in 20 January 1876.

Taking into account all of the above information it is estimated that the photograph was taken between 1874-75.  

Rev. Joseph Copeland by David Scott [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title Rev. Joseph Copeland by David Scott Date 1874-75 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000080 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 104 mm Mount Thickness 0.625 mm Mount Colour White Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Square Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small lettering Back Imprint Large sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

Rev. Joseph Copeland by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000080-s1]

Larger version on Flickr

Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

David Scott. Sydney.

Rear face:

Rev. Joseph Copeland by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000080-s2]

Larger version on Flickr

Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

BY APPOINTMENT PHOTOGRAPHER TO H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.
Artist Photographer
140, PITT STREET,
SYDNEY,
Opposite Mort's Passage.
David Scott,
SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM BRADLEY.
[top medal] AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
[bottom left medal] VICTORIA ... ALBERTUS ... MDCCCLI
[bottom right medal] ...CIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAVIT
MEDALS AWARDED LONDON & SYDNEY
Exhibitions.
Portraits in Crayon from Life or copied from Photographs
CASH ON DELIVERY.

See David Scott, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographers] for more information on when David Scott operated his photographic studio from 140 Pitt Street Sydney, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the twelve year period 1869-80.

Card Stock and Image Size:

The square corners on this carte de visite indicate a pre-1870 date, but the full image size was not used until 1874 and onwards. Based on this information we can refine the date range down to a seven year period 1874-80.

Background research:

Additional background research undertaken by +Paul Cooper into the lives of the Goodlet and Copeland families has revealed that Rev. Joseph Copeland, his wife Elizabeth and their three children arrive in Sydney from the New Hebrides on 29 September 1873. In April the following year Rev. Copeland returned to the New Hebrides, but then returned again in December 1874. Accompanied by his wife Elizabeth and two of their children, the Copelands departed for the New Hebrides in April 1875. Based on the other Copeland family member portraits taken by photographer David Scott (in particular his wife Elizabeth Copeland), it is assumed that the photos were taken at the same time.

Taking into account all of the above information it is estimated that the photograph was taken in early 1874.

Trove Tuesday : 143 Station Road Silkstone

Searching through the Pictures, photos, objects collection on Trove today I came across an old 1890s photograph of John Livingstone AULD, his wife Susannah AULD nee MILLS, and five of their children. Interesting the photograph is taken outside their home located at 143 Station Road in Silkstone (Ipswich, Queensland).

John and Susannah Auld at their home at 143 Station Road, Silkstone, Ipswich, 1890
Image courtesy of Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council

The description included with the image Metadata states:

The Auld family previously lived at ‘Waterstown’, Hill Street, North Ipswich and West Moreton paddock (Swanbank) and Thompson Street, Silkstone. Auld was a partner in the Aberdare Coal Mine at Ipswich. He was also a prolific poet with many of his poems appearing in the Brisbane newspapers. One of his poems is reproduced in Ray Whitmore’s book ‘Coal in Queensland’.

A direct link to the entry on Trove can be found here.

Does the house still exist?

A search using Google Street View can reveal the current status of a house. In this case, navigating to the street address and turning on street view reveals a house of similar structure to the one captured in the photograph of 1890.

143 Station Road
Google Street View - image captured March 2014

Viewing from different angles from the road, although not clear in the above screenshot, shows the three dark doors, veranda[h], as well as the unique wooden crosses on the front wall.

Research into the Land Titles could also reveal further information about when they purchased and how long the AULD family owned the property. A good starting point for land research in Queensland can be found at State Library of Queensland - Land records ...but that is a task for another day.

Trove Tuesday: John Auld v Penny and Mason

Scottish born John Wallace AULD arrived Williamstown Victoria in 1852 on-board the Emigrant. A journeyman baker by trade, John was a fully qualified baker who had served the required apprenticeship and mastered the trade of baker and then became self employed. In 1855 he married Jane FAIR.

In the same year that John arrived in Victoria, gold had been discovered to the north around Beechworth. This was the start of the Ovens gold rush. Previously undertaken research revealed that by 1857 John AULD had established himself as a baker in Sebastopol Flat and was listed in the trade directory The Oven’s Directory. The how and why he ended up around Beechworth was a mystery, but it was assumed he joined the many thousands who had traveled north with the prospect of a secure job.

As more and more new regional newspapers are added to the fantastic resources of Trove, it is worth remembering to check those new resources from time to time with the prospect of finding that rare piece of alluvial information.

Beechworth Country Court

With the regional newspaper that covers the Beechworth area, the Ovens and Murray Advertiser includes a rare glimpse of what John AULD was up to during the 1855-1857 period.

BEECHWORTH COUNTRY COURT. (1858, September 20). Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 -1918), p. 2.  Retrieved November 30, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112898271

According to the court report of Saturday 18 September 1858, John AULD appeared as the plaintiff attempting to reclaim unpaid wages whilst working as a journeyman baker.

John Auld v Penny and Mason.
An action to recover 86l 5s.
Mr Clarke for plaintiff.
Mr Mayne for defendant.
Plaintiff deposed that he had been engaged as journeyman baker to defendant at the rate of £5 per week. Served 22 weeks and received on account £5 in cash, a gold watch valued at £17, and a violin worth 35s, this left the balance to recover which this action had been brought.
Mr Mayne for the defence contended that plaintiff had been a partner in the concern ; plaintiff himself admitted that when he was engaged, he was offered a share in the business so soon as his wages amounted to £100; his reply at the time was that he should like to become a partner but had no money.
His Honor without hearing evidence for the defence found for the defendant.
Mr Clarke gave notice that he should move for a new trial.

The result from the first hearing was the judge found for the defendant. Three days later on Tuesday 21 September, John AULD appeared before the judge again moving for a new trial...

BEECHWORTH COUNTY COURT. (1858, September 22). Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 -1918), p. 3. Retrieved November 30, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112898326

Unfortunately the judge didn't see the same and upheld his initial decision. 

Auld v Penny and Mason
Mr. Clarke moved for a new trial in this case on the ground, that there had been no sufficient proof of the existence of a partnership between the parties. At the very outside Mr. Clarke contended it could only be shown that there was some talk of a partnership being entered into when the plaintift's wages should amount to £100, but they had never amounted to that sum, for although he had remained in the service of defendant for twenty two weeks he had received by cash &c., £23 5s. It was also clearly proven that plaintiff had been invariably treated as a servant, and not as a partner.
Mr. Clarke also submitted that even supposing that the plaintiff had at any time intended to form a partnership with defendant he had a perfect right to repudiate his bargain.
Mr. Mayne having been heard on the opposite side, His Honor said that he saw no reason to alter the decision which had been given in the case on Saturday. It was very clear that Auld had intended to form a partnership, and there could be no doubt that if the business had paid he would have considered himself a partner. He admitted that he might have told people that he was a partner, and this admission when upled with his demeanour whilst making it, evidently meant that he had told people so.
Besides, why was such a long period as two years suffered to elapse before taking proceedings to recover the amount ?New trial refused with costs £2 4s 6d.

Although the decision was against John AULD, it does give an insight into what he was doing during this period. More to the point, it highlights the importance of rechecking your sources in this digital age when more and more new information is been constantly added.

Trove Tuesday: Manfield News

Two and half years after the death of John Wallace AULD (1908-1952), the Auld's of Merton had cause for celebration with the announcement of the engagement of Wallace John AULD to Nellie Margaret DODEMAIDE. The news was reported in the Benalla Ensign:

MANSFIELD NEWS. (1954, September 2). Benalla Ensign (Vic. : 1938 - 1954), p. 12.
Retrieved November 22, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65499722

A transcript of the report follows:

MANSFIELD NEWS
ENGAGEMENT
The engagement is announced of Nellie Margaret, second daughter of Mrs. A. Dodemaide, of High street, Mansfield, and the late Mr. William Dodemaide, to Wallace John Auld, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Auld and stepson of Mrs. E. Auld, of Merton.

Wallace John AULD was the eldest son of John Wallace AULD and Sylvia MASTERTON.

Trove Tuesday: Linesman Disappears

Searching through Trove looking for something to blog about for Trove Tuesday and I came across the following article that was printed in the Victorian newspaper The Argus on Tuesday 4 March 1930.

The article details two separate tragedies that occurred in the Murray River, both within the State of Victoria in Australia. Both accidents, although occurring approximately 290 kilometres apart in the regional towns of Swan Hill and Yarrawonga, occurred on the same day and resulted in the deaths of three individuals.

DROWNED IN THE MURRAY. (1930, March 4). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7.
Retrieved November 3, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4072499

The second accident mentions the drowning of a Reginald G. Auld in Yarrawonga. An extract of the incident is as follows:

LINESMAN DISAPPEARS.
Told Companions He Was All Right.
YARRAWONGA, Monday. - Mr. Reginald G. Auld, aged 30 years, telephone linesman, of Lewisham road, East Prahran, was drowned in the River Murray yesterday. Auld, who was a good swimmer, went with Messrs. C. J. Howard, H. W. Daly, V. Davis, and F. G. Bohin, from Tungamah to Bourke's Bend. After the party had been swimming for about an hour it was noticed that Auld appeared to be in difficulties. The other men swam out to him, but he said that he was quite all right. Later, seeing Auld still in difficulties, they swain back, but before they reached him he sank. The body was recovered this morning.

Having not come across the name of Reginald G. AULD before during my Auld research, a quick search of the Victorian BDM indexes reveal his full name to be Reginald George AULD. Reginald was the son of George AULD and Ellen Jane DONOGHUE. Only thirty years of age at the time of his death at Yarrawonga, he was born circa 1900 in Euroa, Victoria. Preliminary research also reveals that Reginald was one of nine children born to George and Ellen - his other siblings were:

• Sidney David AULD (b.1888 - d.1942) - name also listed as Sydney
• George AULD (b.1890 - d.1959)
• Amy Mabel WADSWORTH nee AULD (b.1893 - d.1977)
• Ada Ellen OBRYAN nee AULD (b.1895 - d.1969)
• James Albert AULD (b.1897 - d.1971)
• Ormond John AULD (b.1900 - d.1947)
• Mary Estrella AULD (b.1901 - d.1973)
• Jessie Doris AULD (b.1906 - d.1973)

Interestingly, based on the consecutive index numbers listed, it would appear that Reginald George AULD may have been the younger twin of Ormond John AULD. Although only a supposition at this stage, further research would need to be carried out in order to verify ... maybe Trove holds the answer to this question.

David Scott, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographer]

Successor of William Bradley, 140 Pitt Street Sydney

As mentioned in an earlier post William Bradley, 140 Pitt Street, Sydney [Photographer], David Scott purchased William Bradley's photographic business in November 1869. The business continues to be advertised under the name of William Bradley until 1871 when David Scott's name starts to appear.

Source: Advertising. (1872, January 3). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1.
Retrieved September 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13250118

By 1878, advertisements list Scott as being a Prize Medalist at the Sydney Exhibitions for the years 1872, 1873, 1875 and 1877. Also listed is that he is now by appointment to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. An example advert for the Australian Town and Country Journal during 1878 follows.

Advertising. (1878, October 26). Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907), p. 8.
Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70595984

David Scott is still listed at 140 Pitt Street in January 1880.

Advertising. (1880, January 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 2.
Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13450135

New premises at 96 Pitt Street

By March 1880, advertisements for David Scott start to appear with new premises located at 96 Pitt Street in Sydney.

Advertising. (1880, March 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 15.
Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28385576

Trove Tuesday: Auld Lang Syne

Well...I was bound to end up writing about it sometime. Now is as good a time as any...

Have you ever tried to search for something, only to find your search results inundated with another, rather common name or phrase? Whilst researching the family name of AULD, invariably the top search results that come up is "Auld Lang Syne"!

Searching Trove for newspaper articles is no different...but how do you remove these unwanted words/phrases from your results?

Auld Lang Syne in print

Scottish poet Robert Byrnes is attributed with writing the poem in 1788. The National Library of Scotland has a digitised copy of Auld Lang Syne available to view online which was printed between 1787 and 1803 in the James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum.

When did it all start in Australia?

Using a fantastic tool called QueryPic (created by Tim Sherratt (@wragge) from WraggeLabs Emporium) we can analyse and plot the frequency of the use of the phrase. Querypic has the ability to search and analyse both Australian and New Zealand newspapers, but for the purpose of this exercise I restricted the search to just Australia. The results follow:

QueryPic results showing proportion of total results per year - http://dhistory.org/querypic/cx/ 

The peak above of 2,620 articles containing the phrase was printed in the year 1900, seeing out the old century, and represents 0.17% of all articles printed in that year

QueryPic results showing number of articles per year - http://dhistory.org/querypic/cx/ 

Looking at the total number of articles per year containing the phrase, the above graph highlights the year 1900 (as mentioned above in the proportions graph), but also highlights in the second peak the year 1915. In this year, a total of 2,696 articles contained the phrase, with the year on either side also recording above 2,300 articles.

It should also be noted that these results are based on the "Auld Lang Syne" phrase that has been successfully converted and/or corrected to text from the printed material in the Trove database. Results do not include the phrase if it has been incorrectly converted to text by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and has not been successfully corrected yet by volunteers/users.

How do you remove these phrases from your Trove results

Using the Advanced Search option within Trove you just simply place the unwanted word/s or phrase (enclosed within quotes) in the Without these words field. An alternative, and the option I tend to use most, is to type the following into the main Search field :

auld NOT "Auld Lang Syne"

Happy searching...

Trove Tuesday: Intestate files

Born in country New South Wales to Scottish parents David Auld and Lockhart Agnes Paterson on 1 December 1857, Allan Henderson Auld died intestate 7 February 1923.

Details of Allan Auld's estate were found in the Supreme Court of New South Wales notices published in The Sydney Morning Herald which are searchable on Trove.

Source: Advertising. (1923, July 9). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3.
Retrieved July 8, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16079108

Trove Tuesday: Auld Ebenezer Kirk

It has been a while since my last post as my wife and I have had a trip to the UK and been busy with coding, redesign and relaunch of the Claim a Convict website. To add to this we have started up a transcription project for the Claim a Convict website so that we can add new convicts to the site.

...plus in what spare time I have, I have been playing around with the Trove API.

Trove API

The Hawkesbury Library Service undertook a two year digitisation project of the Hawkesbury newspapers in conjunction with the National Library of Australia. Completed in 2011, these wonderful resources can now be searched as part of the Trove Digitised Newspapers.

The newspapers digitised by the Hawkesbury Library Service include the following titles:

• Australian, Windsor, Richmond & Hawkesbury Advertiser 1873 - 1899
• Hawkesbury Advocate 1899 - 1900
• Hawkesbury Chronicle & Farmers Advocate 1881 - 1888
• Hawkesbury Courier & Agricultural & General Advertiser 1881 - 1888
• Hawkesbury Herald 1902 - 1945
• Windsor & Richmond Gazette 1888 - 1955
• Windsor Express & Richmond Advertiser 1843 - 1844

Individual titles can be searched, or they can all be searched as a collective as part of the whole Trove newspaper collection. But unfortunately searching a subset of titles is not an option. This is were the Trove API comes into itself.

Last month I started playing around with the Trove API and have now made a little website called Hawkesbury Newspapers, which enables the visitor to search the subset of Hawkesbury titles. Although I only just got the basic search feature working, it is interestingly none the less playing around with the Hawkesbury subset.
  

Auld Ebenezer Kirk

Using the basic searching that I have online currently, I searched for "Auld"...as I do. The following article on the Auld Ebenezer Kirk of the Hawkesbury stood out, as Ebenezer Church is just up the road.

Celebrating their 118th Anniversary in 1927, the Reverend John Hay Goodlet Auld was in attendance.  

Source: OUR OLDEST CHURCH. (1927, February 4). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved April 15, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article85950712

Relaunch of the Claim A Convict website

I have been remiss in my blogging duties over the last month due to a more pressing assignment the relaunch of the Claim A Convict website.

Background

Started by researcher Lesley Uebel, the Claim a Convict website originally went online on 19 August 1998. The site offered other researchers a free service that enabled those researching the same convicts ancestors to contact each other directly by email. Although the site did not include every convict that arrived, the researcher lists provided an invaluable resource to the research community. Unfortunately Lesley fell ill during the second half of 2013, passing away on 20 January 2014.

It was during the later part of 2013 when Lesley's website was no longer active, a small team of individuals set about to get the website back online. With the help of Lesley's husband, Colin Kennedy, and friend, Coralie Hird, the original website files were found and sent onto the new Claim A Convict team of Michelle Nichols and myself. At the beginning of 2014 the data contained on the original website files (created from Word) was converted into a more manageable format and a new SQL database driven interface was designed for the site.

New website URL

The URL for the site that will be launched on Australia Day at 1am is http://claimaconvict.hawkesbury.net.au/.  At the moment the link only shows a countdown to the launch time.

How the website looked this afternoon with the countdown timer

How does this fit into Auld Genealogy?

I had to rack my head around this one as there are no Aulds currently listed, but alas I did find mention of a Robert Auld who was convicted in Edinburgh for 7 years transportation. He apparently arrived into Port Jackson (Sydney) onboard the Susan (1) during 1834.

One of my aims for the new Claim A Convict website is to have a feature so that contributors to the site can assist and help find Lost Convicts...Robert Auld being one of those lost convicts and hence I am nowing blogging as such.

Happy hunting for your convict relatives.

Alston Auld and the Scottish pension list

Alston Auld receives a pension

The following article appeared in the Dundee Courier on 25 April 1907 which lists Alston Auld as being a successful candidate to receive a £13 pension.

Source: Pensions for Aged Scots. (1907, April 25). Dundee Courier, p. 7. Retrieved January 8, 2014, from http://search.findmypast.com.au/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000164%2f19070425%2f122

A transcript of the article follows:

PENSIONS FOR AGED SCOTS.
At a special court of the Governors of the Royal Scottish Hospital, held for the purpose of electing candidates to fill vacancies in the pension-lists, the following were, at the close of the poll, declared to be the successful candidates:-
£13 PENSIONS.
Catherine Forrester, spinster, aged 65, at Kincardine, 1041 votes.
Catherine Connan, widow (66), Aberdeen, 988.
Henrietta Laing, spinster (68), Leith, 962.
Wm. Mitchell, unmarried (87), New Monkland, 906.
J. F. Mackenzie, spinster (68), Redcastle, 904.
Janet Cowper, spinster (70), Whitburn, 898.
J. L. Sutherland, widow (77), Paisley, 875.
Jas. Meikle, married (72), West Calder, 790.
John Mackenzie, married (72), Ullapool, 649.
Elizabeth Jack, married (69), Rhynie, 643.
Isabella Conlan, widow (55), Darnaway, 624.
Alston Auld, married (65), West Calder, 609.
John Cullen, married (80), Douglas, 597.
L. P. Chisholm, unmarried (77), Jedburgh, 576.
Vacancies in the £18 pensions-lists were filled by the following promotions from the £13 lists:-
Jean Beardwell (78), or Orkney; Elizabeth Conolly (87), Stromness; Mary Gillies (76), Arbroath; Jas. Ewing (77), Glasgow; Annie Grant (74), Inverness; Jessie Tolmie (75), Black Isle; Elizabeth Sutherland (74), Edinburgh; Margaret Smith (67), Aberdeen.

Scottish key dates and background information

• 1574-1845 - Old Scottish Poor Law
• 1845 - Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845
• 1908 - Old-Age Pensions Act 1908 - the beginning of the modern welfare system in the UK 

There is also a good breakdown of the English Poor Laws that also provides information on UK poor laws.

Trove Tuesday: Follow the clues and paper trail...then recheck

Searching for something to blog about for today's Trove Tuesday, I came across the following death notice:

DEATHS.
AULD.-At his mother's residence, Pound-street, on 21st December, 1883, JULIAN CHARLES FREDERICK AULD, eldest son of the late ROBERT T. AULD, surgeon, in the 29th year of his age ; esteemed and regretted by all who knew him.

Source: Family Notices. (1883, December 22). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), p. 4. Retrieved January 7, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62141584

From the information contained in my Auld database, I knew Julian Charles Frederick Auld was the first of six children born to Dr. Robert Thomas Auld and Mary Webb Clarke. Using the information contained in the death notice we get several clues that Julain's father has previously passed. A previous search of Trove and blog post on Trove Tuesday: Dr Robert Thomas Auld reveals that both Julian and his father passed away at the family residence in Pound Street, Grafton, NSW ...within two weeks of each other - Dr. Auld having passed away on 8 December.

Although I had previously found a small obituary for Dr. Robert Thomas Auld, another search of the online newspapers came up with a rather extensive obituary that was printed in the local Grafton newspaper, the Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser. The obituary follows:

Source: Clarence & Richmond Examiner. (1883, December 18). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), p. 2. Retrieved January 7, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62141560

Even if you think you have found everything there is to find, always remember to recheck and perform another search. New newspapers are being adding constantly to the vault of treasures that Trove offers the researcher. You never know what may turn up!

Trove Tuesday: Werris Creek and Nurse Auld

Over the weekend a friend sent me an email asking if I had heard of a Nurse Auld from Werris Creek. Although I had no specific information on Nurse Auld in my database, the location of Werris Creek suggested a connection to David Auld who settled in Cassilis after arriving in NSW in 1853.

Using Trove, a simple search for "Werris Creek Nurse Auld" revealed a number of results...the first one titled Young Man's Death. Further investigation was required...

Source: YOUNG MAN'S DEATH. (1925, May 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16.
Retrieved November 26, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16232548

The first section of the article was indeed about the death of a young man in Narribri, but further down was a section specifically on Werris Creek (see above). The first line of which was succinct and straight to the point:

Mr David Auld, of Paisley, Caroona, is dead.

David Auld and Lockhart Agnes Paterson

David Auld (son of David Auld and Agnes Adams) was born in High Paisley RFW SCT in 1825 and married Lockhart Agnes Paterson (daughter of Thomas Paterson and Lockhart Isobella Paton) in 1850. David and Lockhart had two children (David and Isobella) before migrating to NSW in 1853. Once settled in Cassilis they had a further nine children (Thomas, John William, Allan Henderson, Lockhart Helen, Jane, Hugh, Jeanette, Andrew & Elizabeth). David died in 1872.

David Auld, son of David and Lockhart Auld

Using the information on the Aulds in the Werris Creek article, the date of death for David Auld matched up with the son of David Auld and Lockhart Agnes Paterson I have on file.

Born in Paisley RFW SCT on 10 April 1850, David Auld married  Emily Jane Sophia Sherwood in Gulgong NSW. David and Emily had eight children (Edward, Millicent, Robert David, Margaret E., Lockhart Agnes, Elizabeth, Arthur William and Francis Irwin) between the years 1875 to 1892. David Auld passed away 29 April 1925.

Who was Nurse Auld?

Again, using the clues provided in the article, we know that Nurse Auld is referred to as Nurse L. Auld. Matching this information with the children of David Auld and Emily Jane Sophia Sherwood leaves us to conclude that Nurse Auld is Lockhart Agnes Auld.

unknown male by John Adamson & Son [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title unknown male by John Adamson & Son Date 1872-73 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000024 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.670 mm Mount Colour Cream Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Round Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small text Back Imprint Medium sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

unknown male by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000024-s1]

Larger version on Flickr

Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

ADAMSON & SON GLASGOW & ROTHESAY

Rear face:

unknown male by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000024-s2]

Larger version on Flickr

Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

JA&S [logo]
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS
126 SAUCHIEHALL ST.
GLASGOW
John Adamson & Son [script on 45 degree angle]
AND
VICTORIA STREET
ROTHESAY.

See John Adamson & Son, Glasgow, SCT [Photographers] for more information on when John Adamson & Son operated their photographic studio in Glasgow, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the two year period 1872-73.

unknown female by John Adamson & Son [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title unknown female by John Adamson & Son Date 1872-73 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000023 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.670 mm Mount Colour Cream Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Round Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small text Back Imprint Medium sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

unknown by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000023-s1]

Larger version on Flickr

Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

ADAMSON & SON GLASGOW & ROTHESAY

Rear face:

unknown by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000023-s2]

Larger version on Flickr

Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

JA&S [logo]
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS
126 SAUCHIEHALL ST.
GLASGOW
John Adamson & Son [script on 45 degree angle]
AND
VICTORIA STREET
ROTHESAY.

See John Adamson & Son, Glasgow, SCT [Photographers] for more information on when John Adamson & Son operated their photographic studio in Glasgow, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the two year period 1872-73.

Trove Tuesday: Parisian High Fashion

With the running of the Melbourne Cup this afternoon I thought I would post something Cup related for Trove Tuesday.

The year is 1911 and two Western Australian based ladies, Miss McBeath and Miss Auld, become the proprietors of a high-class millinery business in Melbourne. In order to attract business from their existing clientele, they advertise locally in Western Australia.

CONCERNING THE MELBOURNE CUP. (1911, October 7). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 12 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80188550

Advertising. (1911, October 13). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), p. 3 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80188741

Interestingly Miss McBeath and Miss Auld advertised the latest in Parisian and London models. Given the Melbourne Cup winner for that year one wonders if the ladies had an insight into the outcome of the upcoming race. The 1911 Melbourne Cup was run on Tuesday 7 November and headlines of the day after the race read "THE MELBOURNE CUP OF 1911. VICTORY FOR THE PARISIAN" [Source: The Brisbane Courier, p5]

CUP CANDIDATES. (1913, September 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 11.
Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7236245

John Adamson & Son, Glasgow, SCT [Photographers]

This post is a continuation in a series of posts looking at late nineteenth century photographers. By using the information on the rear imprint, our aim is to use this information as a guide to helping us narrow down a date range of when the photograph was taken.

John Adamson & Son - 126 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

On the back of one of the carte de visite photographs in the Georgina Auld nee Muir album is a photograph by Scottish 'Photographic Artists' John Adamson & Son. The Adamson studio is listed as 126 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, as well as Victoria Street in Rothesay.

Example rear imprint for photographers John Adamson & Son
[Auld Photograph Collection apc-000023-s2]

Using the Scottish Post Office Directories

Researching through the Scottish Post-Office Directories for Glasgow, there is no listing for a John Adamson & Son in the 1871-72 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory under the name Adamson in the General Directory or alternatively under the list of Photographic Artists in the Trades Directory section.

The 1872-73 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory has several entries for John Adamson & Son. Under the General section of the directory there is a listing under the surname Adamson. The father and son team are listed as photographic artists at 126 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

1872-73 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, p50

In the Street Directory section under "SAUCHIEHALL STREET", the above information is confirmed with a listing at number 126. Here John Adamson & Son are listed as artists, as opposed to photographers.

1872-73 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, p533

In the Trades Directory section there are two listing, one under "ARTISTS", and another under "PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS". Extracts follow:

Trade Directory: Artists
1872-73 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, p558

Trade Directory: Photographic Artists
1872-73 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, p658

There is no listing John Adamson & Son in the 1873-74 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory. In fact, according to the Street Directory section at 126 Sauchiehall Street, the photographer John Stuart is now operating from these premises.

1873-74 Post-Office Annual Glasgow Directory, p548

John Adamson & Son - Victoria Street, Rothesay

Currently the Scottish Post-Office Directories have available to view online the Bute County Directories for 1889-1912. Searching the first available directory, the 1889-90 Bute County Directory, which includes the areas Rothesay, North Bute, Kingarth, Port-Bannatyne, reveals John Adamson & Son are still operational in 1889. They are listed under the "Part II - Householders - Parish of Rothesay" section of the directory, and although they now no longer have their studio in Victoria Street, it clearly shows the pair are still operating their photographic studio at this time.

1889-90 Bute County Directory, p.33

Dating the photograph based on the evidence

The documentary evidence based solely on the information sourced from the Post Office Directories, dates the photo to between 1872 and 1873. Further research may be able to narrow the date range down further.

Trove Tuesday: Dr Robert Thomas Auld

Looking for a post for this weeks Trove Tuesday, I came across the death notice of Dr. Robert Thomas Auld that was printed in the Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser:

Source: Family Notices. (1883, December 11). Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62141447

Further searching revealed a short obituary that appeared in The Queenslander on 29 December 1883:

Source: Country News. (1883, December 29). The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 1030.
Retrieved October 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19795445

Robert Thomas Auld married Mary Webb Clarke in May 1851:

Source: Family Notices. (1851, May 3). Bathurst Free Press (NSW : 1849 - 1851), p. 5.
Retrieved October 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62215138

The death for Mary Auld was recorded in The Sydney Morning Herald in April 1907:

Source: Family Notices. (1907, April 30). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6.
Retrieved October 22, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14832824