I’m a little late this week for my Trove Tuesday post, seeing as it is now Wednesday, but here goes anyway.
I came across a story in some information my mother gave me recently about her GOODHEW ancestors. The story goes that my 3xgreat grandfather Henry GOODHEW (1830-1916) was a passenger on the Goulburn mail coach on the night of Tuesday, 25 May 1869 when it was held up by two bushrangers. It was such an exciting story I had to do a search and quickly found an article about the holdup on Trove.
STICKING UP OF THE GOULBURN MAIL—A PASSENGER AND A BUSHRANGER SHOT. (1869, May 31). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1875), p. 3. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60835098
Unfortunately, although details in the article, such as date and where it was going, match with the personal account I have a copy of, the article does not mention Henry specifically, so I still do not know if he was actually on that mail coach or not. Seems I have a little more digging to do.
This is the kind of post I like to make too. Good job.
Thank you Mark. It was an exciting find.
What a great find! Hope you find what you’re looking for.
Thanks Frances. I think I would just like to confirm one way or another if my ancestor was on that mail coach. Maybe one day….