Dawson Gascoigne: Northumberland to Durham to Victoria, Au

[Currie]

Hello All,

National Archives of Australia has the full WW1 file for Private William James Renaut Gascoyne, son of Rosena Jane Castree. Gassed in France 1918. Visited Edinburgh 1919.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/record ... index.aspx

Summary here http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=108178

See also WW2 Nominal Roll for some Bendigo Renauts. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/

Alan

[SarahND]

Thanks for all the details, Trish!

This may be the immigration for Nicholas - age looks about right based on age at death.
RENANT NICHOLAS 24 JAN 1861 YORKSHIRE B 186 005

Here he is in 1851. The handwriting could easily be interpreted with two 'u's or two 'n's or a combination thereof. However, someone on Ancestry who appears to be doing a study of families with this surname has corrected the transcription to Renaut, so let's assume that this is the correct spelling.

Thornham, Norfolk
Thomas Renaut, Head, 49, Grocer & Draper, born Norfolk, Holme next the Sea
Euphemia do wife, 50, born Norfolk, North Runton (Ruuton)
Mary Ann (could easily say Mary Auu, but I'm going with Ann!), Daur, 19, born Norfolk, Thornham
Jane, Daur, 16, born Norfolk, Thornham
Nicholas, Son, 14, Scholar, born Norfolk, Thornham
Euphemia, Daur, 9, Scholar, born Norfolk, Thornham
William, Son, 7, Scholar, born Norfolk, Thornham

Thanks for the links, Alan. It is interesting to see that Quintin's son kept the name Gascoyne. It must have been fairly clear that Quintin, at least, was Dawson's son.

All the best,
Sarah