Annie & Pollie Glasson IN NSW

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Hello CT et al

I just need a little lateral thinking and some possible alternative Australian record access perhaps. I know from a death certificate that Annie Rebecca Glasson died aged 87 years in 1939 in or near Bathurst. Now Annie Rebecca, known and recorded as Fanny Rebecca Glasson, is found at 250 Keppel Street in the Electoral Rolls from 1930 to 1937. Living at the same address is Pollie Glasson and she stays on at 250 Keppel Street until after the 1949 Roll. She either moves away, marries or dies - none of which can I discover is true or not.

So Annie Rebecca was unmarried, and therefore born about 1852 - give or take some years for memory fade, and Pollie was recorded as her niece.. which could have meant grand niece I am guessing.

At the moment I can only guess that Annie is an unrecorded daughter of John Glasson and Ann Bennett. But if I could find out who Pollie was I might then be able to more positively identify her Aunt Fanny.

Any thoughts

Lannanta

[Cornish Terrier]

Do you know of a book called 'The Glasson Saga'?
archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NSW-ORANGEBATHURST/1999-09/0936956710

(I presume the 'Holong, NSW' mentioned in the query is 'Howlong' which is not a great distance from where I live.)

Once I finally got access to the NSW Registry Index I searched for Pollie/Polly/Mary and came up with only one possibility that seems likely:-

Mary R Glasson daughter of John and Mary A R Glasson born 1894 Blayney (near Carcoar and Bathurst)

There are a couple of Mary Glassons born at Carcoar in 1873 and 1886 and another at Broken Hill in 1896 but from what you have written I would think they are far less likely to be who you are looking for.

I have tried SA and Vic records for possible births for Pollie without success but can't think of anything else at the moment that might be helpful.

Findagrave has 53 Australian Glasson records but unfortunately those you are looking for are not there.

CT

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CT

Do you know of a book called 'The Glasson Saga'?

Yes I do and I have a photocopy of it but I do not think it is any use here.

But I think I have found Aunt Fanny simply by spelling Pollie - Polly.

Leader (Orange, NSW : 1912 - 1922)
Tuesday 9 January 1912
DEATH OF MR. FRANK GLASSON.
After a severe illness extending over five weeks, Mr. Frank Glasson passed away at his home, upper Keppel-street, Bathurst at an early hour on Saturday morning. The deceased, who was well-known and widely esteemed among all classes of the community, will be sadly missed. He was 59 years of age.
Mr. Glasson was a South Australian. Born at Adelaide in 1853, he, with his parents, came to this State when he was only two years of age. The family took up their residence at Kelso, where he spent his school days. His mother conducted the post office there for many years. On leaving school Mr. Glasson went into Messrs E, "Webb and Co's. office as a clerk, and remained with that firm for some years. Eventually he left Bathurst to take up the position of manager of the Mudgee branch of Cobb and Co's. business. He remained with Cobb and Co. until 1886 in which year he returned to Bathurst and opened on his own account as a land and estate agent, to which business he later on added an auctioneer.
Mr. Glasson never took an active part in public life, but he was always keenly interested in a quiet way in both State and municipal matters. For some time he was an auditor to the Municipal Council, but some years ago he found it necessary to devote the whole of his time to his own growing business, so he retired from audit work. Mr. Glasson was a member of the Methodist Church Trust, and it was due in a great measure to his care and attention that the debt on the church property has been considerably reduced during recent years.
Like most men, Mr. Glasson had a tender spot in his heart for the place of his birth, and often expressed a desire to "go home for a holiday, but in that respect he never realised his ambition.
Mr. Glasson who never married, leaves a sister, Miss Fanny Glasson, and a niece, Miss Polly Glasson, to mourn their loss. The funeral took place at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and the remains were laid to rest; with those of his father and mother in the Kelso cemetery.

Frank is actually John Francis GLASSON born in 1853 in South Australia to Josiah GLASSON and Ann Elizabeth FOLK. Ann Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry FOLK and Rebecca.

Frank also had a brother Henry Folk GLASSON who married twice. First in 1875 to Mary Isabella Renshaw KERR who died the following year after the birth of a daughter Fanny Rose Mary GLASSON. He then married again in 1877 to Rose Mary STEPHENS and had about 9 children. But I think Fanny Rose Mary GLASSON is Polly.

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904)
Monday 12 August 1895
Death of Mr. H. F. Glasson. — We learn with regret that Mr. H. F. Glasson, for several years travelling representative in connection with Dalton's flour mill, at Orange, died last night. He had been laid up since February, suffering from cancer in the stomach. He was 45 years of age, and leaves a widow and eight children. He was brother of Mr. Frank Glasson, of this city, and spent his early days in Bathurst.

I believe that Fanny Rose Mary GLASSON died in 1966 unmarried.

(I presume the 'Holong, NSW' mentioned in the query is 'Howlong' which is not a great distance from where I live.)

Perhaps Molong?

Lannanta

[Cornish Terrier]

Ah - very good! That makes perfect sense.

Holong/Molong - yes, I agree. I had forgotten about Molong whilst 'Howlong' jumped to mind because it is only about 12-15 miles from here. Google tells me that Molong is in the Central West and situated on the Orange Rd so it is very much in the vicinity of Carcoar, Bathurst, Blayney etc.

CT