Ah, I see. I just read some interesting details on the life of Mr. Francis Warrington Dawson. What a fascinating person and you must be delighted to have him as an ancestor. Being a Southerner myself, I can see from an historical perspective how one might draw a parallel between states’ rights and the Magna Carta. Standing up for that is an altogether different thing.
Are you speculating that the Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba is one and the same as Francis Warrington Dawson, or is there some inkling of proof these are one and the same? I am very familiar with miners in the US from the period of 1870-1920 or so. I have a client whose own mining family moved from Cornwall to Australia in the 1870s and immediately turned around and came to the US (Montana) because the mining industry in Australia was on a downward swing and the US had so much more to offer. People came to the Montana (and neighboring states) mining towns from all over the world -- China, Poland, Wales, England, India, etc. I make mention, of course, simply because it would seem Mr. Dawson was doing just the opposite. Perhaps he was sped on by the desire to be an every-man and roll up his sleeves and escape, at least for a while, the pains of Reconstruction. But my mind is fertile with such meanderings and finds base only in my own brand of romanticism.
So, since you know the entire history of Mr. Dawson, including his untimely and ghastly death, what, if anything, might I be able to do to help in this story? It might boil down to simply the need to repost your query to a different board -- something to do with Australian newspapers or the like.
In for a penny, in for a pound. What say you?
Terri
Are you speculating that the Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba is one and the same as Francis Warrington Dawson, or is there some inkling of proof these are one and the same? I am very familiar with miners in the US from the period of 1870-1920 or so. I have a client whose own mining family moved from Cornwall to Australia in the 1870s and immediately turned around and came to the US (Montana) because the mining industry in Australia was on a downward swing and the US had so much more to offer. People came to the Montana (and neighboring states) mining towns from all over the world -- China, Poland, Wales, England, India, etc. I make mention, of course, simply because it would seem Mr. Dawson was doing just the opposite. Perhaps he was sped on by the desire to be an every-man and roll up his sleeves and escape, at least for a while, the pains of Reconstruction. But my mind is fertile with such meanderings and finds base only in my own brand of romanticism.
So, since you know the entire history of Mr. Dawson, including his untimely and ghastly death, what, if anything, might I be able to do to help in this story? It might boil down to simply the need to repost your query to a different board -- something to do with Australian newspapers or the like.
In for a penny, in for a pound. What say you?
Terri