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| From: d.taylor@majiccitycouncil.vic.gov.au Date: Friday 10 August 2012 9.16PM To: eaf@bigpond.com.au Subject: Update |
| Dear Nell, Hope you enjoyed the meeting. What a surprise re the competition – I didn’t know the council were planning that. So let’s win it! Lew is making headway on the research. We have Petar’s death certificate but that doesn’t help much. Unmarried, no issue, date of death: 1/4/1867, cause of death: subdural haematoma following fall from horse on 29 March The only interesting part is that he died three days after the fall, and that the informant was James Sheridan, who is listed as his business partner. |
| Regards, Deb |
| Debra Taylor Arts & Entertainment Officer Majic City Council |
| From: a_armistead@hotmail.com.au Date: Friday 10 August 2012 9.52PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: headwear |
| I like your hat. Ashley. |
| From: Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Date: Friday 10 August 2012 10.15PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: me |
| Forgot to tell you that I’m away this weekend. I’ve got an auction in Fitzroy tomorrow and then I’m staying with friends over that way until Monday. So I’ll miss the family dinner Sunday night! Sorry. |
| Cheers, Petra PS Have you looked at those townhouses? PPS: Fascinating re Mate & Kata. But what does that mean? She couldn’t have come out here with him because he and Petar were working on that ship when they shot through and headed to the goldfields. So when did she emigrate? Why? PPPS: Did you realise my name is almost the same as Petar’s? Petra, Petar. Uncanny. Maybe I’m a long-lost descendant. |
| From: Ali Cornish Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 9.28AM To: Nell Forrest <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: re: updated publicity photo |
| Dear Nell, Delighted that you’re so pleased about becoming a hat person. However we can’t schedule a photo shoot until next month so I’m afraid you shall have to put up with being hat-less in the column for a few more weeks. Now I hear there has been some criminal activity up your way recently? Anything that would feed into a feature article??? |
| Best, Ali |
| Ali Cornish Features Editor |
| From: d_taylor@majiccitycouncil.vic.gov.au Date: Saturday 11 August 10.12AM To: Nell eaf@bigpond.com.au; Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Subject: re: re: update |
| Oh my god, you are so right! I am standing in front of the display boards right now and yes, the resemblance is strong. I wonder if this was the photo that Sam was referring to. And what does this mean?? She has three children in the photo, which suggests that she and James had offspring, but these are not mentioned anywhere. Perhaps they all died young. How awful. I’m heading home soon and I’ll ask Lew to look into it. Also I meant to say that I loved the hat you had on last night! Suave and stylish, with a dash of mystery. Think I’ll get one myself! |
| Deb |
| From: info@renaissanceinmajic.com.au Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 10.56AM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: Missing book |
| I am assuming that you wish to keep the Abracadabra book so I’ve made a note on your timesheet. Naturally, you’ll get a staff discount. Did you want me to bring anything on Sunday? |
| Lillian Forrest Manager Renaissance Main Street, Majic www.renaissanceinmajic.com.au |
| From: Patricia Thatcher Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 10.45AM To: eaf@bigpond.com.au Subject: Sale of house |
| Good morning Nell, I am just following up on the valuation I delivered last week on your house. I hope that you were pleased with the result and we look forward to listing your home should you decide to go down that path. You also mentioned that you were considering downsizing, in which case we have several suitable homes on our books that I would be happy to show you if interested. For starters, we are handling some beautiful townhouses on the new estate just two blocks from the centre of Majic (see www.fletchersestate.com.au). Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details. |
| Regards, Patricia |
| Patricia Thatcher Senior Sales Manager Thatcher Real Estate www.thatcherrealestate.com.au |
| From: Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 2.35PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: re: re: me |
| Yes, of course I realise that you’re older, so you’d be the heir. But maybe I’m adopted? Hmm? |
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Cheers, PPS Had a great buy this morning at the auction. Price low due to termite damage but totally repairable. Score! |
| From: Lucy <free_spirit49> Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 3.30PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: re: are you sick??? |
| No, Mum, I’m fine. Must have been something I ate. Hey, what’s this thing on Sunday about? Your not going to make some grand announcement, are you? Like, your moving overseas, or your getting married, or you’ve recently realised your a woman trapped in a man’s body and must be true to yourself? Give me a hint! |
| Love, Lucy xxxxooxxx |
| From: l_aker@akermann.com.au Date: Saturday 11 August 2012 3.52PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: headwear |
| Sorry, Nell, but I still don’t have access to the database of Majic inhabitants, otherwise I’d have been happy for you to take a look. Even though it’s still not quite finished. Very frustrating! The police seem to think we can have the office back mid next week. Can I ask what you’re looking for? Maybe I can help? |
| Leisl Akermann Treasurer Majic Historical Society |
| From: d_taylor@majiccitycouncil.vic.gov.au Date: Saturday 11 August 7.40PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Subject: re: re: re: re: update |
| Yes, they were siblings. Mate’s death certificate shows Kata Dragovic (sister) as next of kin. We’ve also found the record of her marriage to James I – on 23 July 1867 (only six months after his first wife Mary Frost dies in childbirth and nearly four months after Petar dies). Sadly, Kata herself died in 1872 of typhoid fever, along with an infant son named George (born 1869). Her death certificate lists her as Kate Sheridan. Lew trying to discover who the children in the photo are. |
| Cheers, Deb |
| From: nemogirl23@bigpond.com.au Date: Saturday 11 August 10.26PM To: Mum <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: Goodnight! |
| Goodnight! Having a great time at Lucy n Ruby’s. We had pizza for tea. Hope you enjoy having the house all to yourself but don’t get too used to it! Hahaha. |
| Love, Quinn |
| From: Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Date: Sunday 12 August 2012 10.17AM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: re: re: re: me |
| Help! I need you to ring me on my mobile and pretend something’s wrong so that I can leave this place before I die of BOREDOM! Why is it some perfectly nice women let their personalities get swallowed up when they find a new partner? Aargh! Ring now! I’ll owe you one! |
| Cheers, Petra (who will be forever in your debt! RING NOW!) |
| From: Patricia Thatcher Date: Sunday 12 August 2012 10.32AM To: eaf@bigpond.com.au Subject: re: re: Sale of house |
| Thank you for your query, Nell, and yes we do have several properties other than the estate townhouses. For example there is a lovely unit available in Sheridan Close, as well as two smaller period townhouses and a Californian bungalow not far from main street. I believe there are also two shops that have been rezoned to residential and are currently being renovated, both just off the main street, as well as a house further out in Small Dairy Lane, all of which are coming on the market fairly soon. I could make inquiries on your behalf if you like. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details. |
| Regards, Patricia |
| Patricia Thatcher Senior Sales Manager Thatcher Real Estate www.thatcherrealestate.com.au |
| From: d_taylor@majiccitycouncil.vic.gov.au Date: Sunday 12 August 11.15AM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Subject: re: re: re: re: re: re: Siblings! |
| Yes, I agree. The little boy would have to be the motherless James Sheridan II, and it would be natural for him to be included with his stepmother and siblings. He looks about the same age as the little girl, and they both look about two years older than the baby George (would you say that George looks about twelve months old?). All of which mean she was most probably born around 1867, but if she was the first child of the union of Kata and James, then why no record of her birth??? Who is she? |
| Deb |
| From: Petra <pforrest@optusnet.com.au Date: Sunday 12 August 2012 2.12PM To: Nell <eaf@bigpond.com.au> Subject: re: re: re: me |
| Back safe and (relatively) sane. What’s for dinner? |
| Cheers, Petra |