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| Notes for Grace Oates DEASON | ||||||||||||||
| Named after Richard Oates, co-founder of the "Welcome Stranger". | ||||||||||||||
| Notes for Augustine (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||||
| The following person is a source for HERAUD: "Jeanette" from Melton Victoria Australia <wickhamj@ozemail.com.au> BTH 1871/16878, date per CHR CHR Inglewood Parish Regr - Sponsors James Villette & Mary Cantwell MRG 1891/456 DTH aft 1942 per brother Charles WILL, 1956/ date per JH BR - Mildura according to family - not in list OCC c1899 Labourer per N1. RES c1892 to 1906 Moliagul per CHs BTHs c1899 Moliagul per N1. c1942 Burke's Flat near Bealiba per bro Charles WILL NOTE1. Dunolly Hosp Records - married RC b.VIC Admtd 7 May 1899 A27 - Dischd 21 May 1899 He was the son of Pierre Heraud (born 1833, died 1908) and Margaret Smith, also known as Margaret Celia and Margaret Cecily, born about 1843, died 1905, Rheola (note: death registration incorrectly records “Rhoda”), parents Thomas Smith and Ann Hempenstal. Rheola is located approximately 15 kms North of Moliagual on the Dunolly-Wedderburn Road. Grace and Augustine married at McIntyre which is located approximately 10 klms North of Moliagul on the Dunolly-Wedderburn Road. Augustine was noted as a resident of Moliagul from about 1892 to 1906. In 1899 Augustine was noted as a labourer living in Moliagul. In 1942 he was living at Burke’s Flat near Bealiba. While living at Burke's Flat he worked as a market gardener. Augustine is also recorded in the admissions for the Dunolly Hospital: married, Roman Catholic, born Victoria, admitted 7 May 1899, discharged 21 May 1899. Correspondence from John Morrow, grandson of Rose Ann Smith, who was a sister of Margaret Smith (note: he indicates “Margaret Catherine Smith”) the mother of Augustine Heraud, indicates the following: o Rose Ann Smith is the sister of Margaret Smith (note: John indicates “Margaret Catherine Smith”) and Elizabeth Louise Smith. [Margaret is the mother of Augustine Heraud who married Grace Oates Deason]; o That the Thomas and Ann Smith (Rose Ann Smith's parents) were friends of the Deasons in Moliagul at the time of the finding of the Welcome Stranger nugget; o That, according to their family tradition, Rose Ann Smith (then about 6 or 7 years old) is the small girl in the 1869 photograph showing the finding of the Welcome Stranger (reconstruction for newspaper article at the time); o That the children in Dunolly crowded around the anvil while the Welcome Stranger was being broken-up hoping to catch a piece of the gold; and o That two of Thomas and Anne Smith's daughters married into the Heraud family: o Margaret Smith married Peter (Pierre) Heraud; and o Elizabeth Louise Smith married Martin (Martain) Heraud.2 If the small child is Rose Ann Smith then it is possible that the woman holding her hand is her mother, Ann Smith. Could the well-dressed man standing behind be Thomas Smith?2 The Family Tree of Gloria Bennett & Eva Wilson (2002) indicates that Augustine and Grace may, in addition to the four children previously listed, have had a daughter, name unknown.2 About 1956, and re-produced in the Weekly Times, 26 February 1969, was the following commentary for Grace Deason: Note on the past … Weekly Times, 26 February 1969, p 71 (a continuation of the ‘Welcome Stranger’ story on p 70): A descendant of Deason, a partner in the discovery of the famous Welcome Stranger gold nugget, has died in Melbourne. She was Mrs. Grace Oates Heraud, born Grace Oates Deason. Her husband and son live at Red Cliffs, Victoria. Mrs. Heraud was born at Dunolly 85 years ago. Her father and a man named Oates found the famous nugget at Tarnagulla – they were penniless when they discovered the huge piece of pure gold. It was rushed to Dunolly but there were not any scales available that would take its weight. A memorial to Oates and Deason was built near the spot where the nugget was found. Now, a new generation of prospectors is digging around the memorial seeking more gold. Mr. Heraud, jnr. says, “I think grandfather got all the gold from that spot.” His father shaped the imitation stone now in the Melbourne Museum. It was cut from ironstone and painted. Mr. Heraud, snr., is in hospital. | ||||||||||||||
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