Family History Mysteries

Born into the Lindeman wine family, in Burwood NSW in 1892, Enid Maud Lindeman had an upbringing befitting a young lady, but she longed to escape colonial life. She was married four times. Enid's first husband was a shipping magnate, her second a general, her third a viscount, her fourth an earl.

In the early hours of Sunday 3 Nov 1913 Mrs Kate Fox wassavagely attacked in her home on the farm ‘Osborne Farm’ near Berrigan NSW.Her brother Alexander and niece Hilda were also set upon. *Warning there is graphic information contained in this episode*

Thomas Henry Hardinge was born in Hampstead Middlesex England in 1854. He married Kate Wild on Dec 15th 1881in Adelaide when he was 45 and Kate Wild nee Milnes. He was a hydraulics engineer and a commission agent. Kate divorced Thomas - Mrs Clara Parker was named as a co-respondent.

Joseph Dignum and George Comerford are considered the first bushrangers in the Port Phillip area (later known as Victoria), which was still part of New South Wales in the 1830s.

This is the first time that a person who has a jail record is linked to my family!Violet May Wiseman, born Violet May East, married Albert Wiseman in 1917. Albert was the son of Elizabeth Ann Maw, my great great grandfathers sister.