The 3 photos above show four generations of the LOADES family riding or playing on motorbikes. A coincidence or a trait, who knows? It is a photo of my grandfather Edward Waller LOADES known as Ted. The photo would have been taken sometime in the latter half of the 1930's. Ted was born... Continue Reading →
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
For the start of my 52 ancestors in 52 weeks Challenge I am going to write about my maternal grandfather Henry George COOPER (also known as Harry). Over the holidays I have been on redoing my maternal line following the COOPERS from South Australia back to Helions Bumpstead in Essex and Castle Camps in Cambridgeshire.... Continue Reading →
What Passenger Lists Can Tell Us
State Archives have now digitized their official assisted passenger lists. Using the index you can then search for different family members and the ships that they arrived on when emigrating to South Australia. The alphabetical index is available from 1845 to 1886. Using the index you can then download and search the shipping records for... Continue Reading →
Contesting a Will
In July 1889 Mary Jane Loades contested the will of her late husband in the South Australian Supreme Court. She was not successful. The will was upheld. Newspaper report of will being contested. Mary Jane Loades was the second wife of Edward Waller Loades. They were married at Trinity Church North Terrace in 1871.At the... Continue Reading →
Harriet Loades Died A Paupers Death
Clerkenwell Workhouse 1880 Harriet Loades died a pauper’s death. She died on the 26th June, 1854 aged 59. Her death certificate tells us that she died from liver disease and paralysis while a resident of the Coppice Row Workhouse, Clerkenwell. At the time of her death she was a widow. The cause of her death... Continue Reading →
Lesley Loades and the River Torrens
On the 26th of January 1896 Lesley Howard LOADES drowned in the River Torrens while playing with his younger brother Edward Waller LOADES. The verdict from the inquest at the time was that it was an accidental drowning (South Australian Police Gazette). Lesley Howard was born on the 12th February 1880 the eldest boy to... Continue Reading →
Edward Waller Loades
I was born early in the year of our Lord 1819 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. My baptism took place on the 8th May 1819 at Saint Nicholas Church[i]. I was the first of five children born to Edward Loads and Harriot Bell. I only remember my youngest sister Mary Ann clearly. Mary Ann was born... Continue Reading →
In Search of a Better Life
When the Caroline weighed anchor in January 1855, everyone including the Loades family rejoiced that they were sailing. It was the practice of the day to have the emigrants board first. Where they then sat for two to three days on the docks waiting for the ship to be loaded. The Caroline was a British government emigrant ship. Her... Continue Reading →
Ronald Maurice NOSWORTHY
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