Stephen Waldron

I am a waldron descendant. I have traced us back to 1495. I also have the waldron family history book. The end of the book talks about Stephen waldron and his wife Elizabeth Walker. It does not say how they are related to us though. I would love some information on this. 

Stephen was born 02/10/1807 in Castle Bromwick Aston Parish, St Philip, Birmingham, Warwick, England. He died in South Brisbane, Australia in 20/05/1888. Buried in the Toowong Cemetery 

His wife was Elizabeth Waldron(nee Walker)She was born 1813 and died on 05/07/1865 at Jane Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 

They were married in Warwickshire, England UK on 10/05/1836. 

They had 6 children. I have all the info on the family but cannot figure out the connection. There must be one otherwise why would they be in our family bible? 

Any info would be great

My great great grandfather.

To start, let's talk name. It seems that this is one of those names that has been lost in translation one to many times. Some records have Chaunntler, Chantler, Chauntler, Chaunnter, Chaunter, Chanter. I was always raised that he was Chauntler Puttock. 

Albert was born 15/09/1875 in Streatham, England, UK. He was a man of wealth.

25/12/1897 He married my great great grandmother, Gertrude Smith at St. Pauls Cathedral in London. 

They only had one child together. This being my great grandmother Lillian Gertrude Chauntler Puttock. Lillian married George Robert Stockley at St George, Old Brentford, England on 23 Apr 1921. 

Albert was a "well to do" man. So when his wifes brother, Percy was diagnosed with Tuberculosis, Albert agreed to pay and take Percy to South Africa to the TB camp for treatment. So he left his wife and new baby and accompanied Percy. 

Sometime after Percy was healed of the disease and returned home but Albert never ever did. Gertrude died a few months later of Tuberculosis. 

So what became of Albert??? I beleive he married a woman in South Africa and lived there til he died. 

I would love information on him especially date of death and grave? 

I figure he must have known Gertrude was sick so he left to South Africa to avoid being stuck as a widow with a baby. 

Due to Albert vanishing and Gertrudes death Lily was raised by her grandparents, Robert john Smith (b1843) and Eliza Smith(Nee Filby b. 8 Feb 1847) 

another 3

Here are another 3 links that might prove helpful in your hunting!

1. http://www.ezitree.com.au/guyra/Argus_Index/A-D.htm
2. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-wb/19970729130000/http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~barling/migrant.htm
3. http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html
   
   
   Happy Hunting!

3 Links to help the hunting!

Family history research is made so much easier thanks to the internet.

There are so many amazing sites full of handy hints, tips and archives at your disposal. The hard part is knowing where to look.

So, I thought Every night or other night I would share with you 3 handy links that I use..

1. This database compiles information on Polish Soldiers who died during the Second World War and were buried in different cemeteries in France .        http://www.beskid.com/base/indexgb.php
2. Convict Ships to New South Wales Index
   http://www.jenwilletts.com/Convict%20Ships.htm
3. UK Births deaths marriage Index
   http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
   
   All 3 of these sites were free when I last used them and I believe that they still are. You really can do your tree with out an expensive subscription!
   
   Happy Hunting!

Today

Furthered my Waldron research today. Was good to finally find the information I lost 2years ago when my computer died and I lost my tree. I found Benjamin who left his wife in England and took off to Utah, where he became a Mormon and had 5 wives at once. Yes, one of those Utah mormons. I find USA quite hard to research. Why are they so difficult with there historical information. After all these years I really do think Australia is the best in regards to freedom of Archives. You can get your hands on so much info with the click of a mouse. USA not so much. I would love to know the reason for it? Is it simply because the there is so much information and not enough people to Index and Archive it for public viewing? They seem to be happy for Ancestry.com to display it all, for a price of course.

More excitingly, QLD have increased the years you can look up on the Death index online from 1964 to 1983. Now I will have a lot to do! QLD births deaths and marriages have also increased the index for marriages to 1938. So now we can search up until these times for free. I have yet to find any site for the US that offers such a service.

Happy hunting :)