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  96 Bastardry in Hoscar Moss Part 1, Section 4: 16 November 2024 William Culshaw and Mary Almond – Parents of Catherine Culshaw The family of William Culshaw and Mary Almond, parents of Catherine Culshaw looked like this –   William Culshaw + Mary Almond ↓ Ann Culshaw Baptised 6 June 1756 Catherine Culshaw Born between 1756 and 1758 Cicely Culshaw Baptised 2 May 1762 Mary Culshaw Baptised 4 August 1763 Mary Almond’s mother was Elizabeth Wilkinson.   There is no surviving record of her birth, but she married Thomas Almond on 1 July 1722.   Records for six children of Elizabeth Wilkinson and Thomas Almond have survived. ·          Mary was baptised on 12 July 1730. ·          Lydia was baptised on 18 July 1731. ·          Ann was baptised on 4 February 1734. ·          John was baptised on 20 July 1735. ·          James was baptised on 11 September 1738. ·          Cicely was baptised on 1

  95 Bastardry in Hoscar Moss Part 1, Section 3: 16 November 2024   Who Was James Hankin?   -           Burscough, Wednesday 3 April 1775 - The Orders say that James Hankin, father of the unnamed child, lived in Lathom.   Only one James Hankin lived in Lathom in 1775.   James Hankin was the oldest son of Thomas Hankin and he was baptised on 18 February 1749, probably in Lathom Chapel.   Thomas Hankin, father of James, was my five times removed great grandfather.   Thomas had inherited the Hankin farms at Hoscar Moss and two other farms at Burscough and Scarisbrick.   James Hankin was my great uncle five times removed and his mother was Elizabeth Culshaw, who was baptised on 30 October 1720. Identification of the forebears of James Hankin is relevant to this astonishingly sad story of bastardry. Elizabeth Culshaw’s father – James’s maternal grandfather - was William Culshaw, baptised on 9 August 1702. When his daughter was born on 8 January 1776, James was 27 years

  94 Josephine Wood (Hankin) Continues Her Descent into Hell - Part 4: 13 November 2024 After Cliff had worked at Crockford and Robertson for about six months, a job became available at KF Pitts Engineering at 1140 Main Road Eltham.   It was only about 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) away from our home in Research, but Cliff didn’t have to walk or ride a bicycle or do anything to get to work.   Our neighbour Fred Garrett already worked at KF Pitts and Fred picked dad up every morning and drove him to work.   Cliff worked at KF Pitts until about two months before we left Research for good. This is part of an article from the Newsletter of the Eltham District Historical Society dated April 2016.   It is by Ken's daughter and gives a glowing picture of him, many aspects of which accord with my memory. During the Second World War he worked at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation as a draftsman in the aeroplane engine division. In his youth Ken knew no fear and often raced L

  93 Josephine Wood (Hankin) Continues Her Descent into Hell - Part 3: 12 November 2024 Just before we left Fisherman’s Bend Hostel, Cliff worked at a small engineering factory operated by a lovely man called Karl Muehleman.   The factory was located where the Saint Kilda Junction used to be located, but the factory site has now disappeared beneath the engineering achievements which have replaced the former Saint Kilda Junction. Once we moved to Parsons Road Research, it was impossible for Cliff to commute to Saint Kilda and he got a job with a company called Crockford and Robertson at Heidelberg.  This meant he only had to walk 2 miles to Eltham railway station and then get a trin to Heidelberg and then change trains; his travel time on the trains was only about one hour.   Crockford and Robertson (photo above) was an air conditioning company.  We certainly had no air conditioning in our own home.  It would have been useless anyway; we had no electricity. **** While Cliff work

  92 Josephine Wood (Hankin) Continues Her Descent into Hell - Part 2: 11 November 2024 Josey had her abortion in December 1954.   Her oldest son (my brother) Bill Hankin was used to provide cover so the money paid for the abortion could be washed clean and safely declared on the doctor’s income tax return. Just before Christmas 1954, mum took Bill to see a doctor.   Bill say nothing was wrong with him and he had not complained about being sick.   Bill saw an elderly doctor in the Port Melbourne area who looked briefly at his throat and declared that his tonsils needed to come out.   Tonsillectomies were routine in the 1950s. Because our family had no health insurance, a trip to the Royal Children’s Hospital should have followed because then the operation would have been free – but that could happen only if Bill really did need to have his tonsils out, and there was no trip to any public hospital.   Bill was taken to a converted old fashioned Port Melbourne house where the laun

  91 Josephine Wood (Hankin) Continues Her Descent into Hell - Part 1: 10 November 2024 Josephine Hankin finally died on 20 March 2012.   She died in a nursing home, having suffered a stroke 15 months earlier; the stroke meant she was no longer able to manage even the easiest tasks of daily living unaided. This is a copy of the front page of the booklet produced for her funeral. The photo of mum on the front of the funeral booklet has an image of Josey from when she was decades younger than the 87 years and 10 months at the time she died.  This photo shows her as she was at a time when her descent into mental illness had certainly begun, but when most of her suffering was still in the future. We arrived at Fisherman’s Bend Migrant Hostel in December 1952 after spending 2 weeks in Bonegilla Migrant Hostel.   The family finances were non existent when we arrived at Fisherman’s Bend.   To use an old Australian expression that has now disappeared, neither mum or dad had a brass razoo

  90 The Ombudsman Denies It Acted Corruptly (5): 9 November 2024 In this blog, I finish my summary of the criminal offences that I believe took place at the Ombudsman.   Because I am not a criminal lawyer, there are undoubtedly other crimes that probably took place.   Identification of those additional offences can be delegated to those with more criminal law experience. **** Making False or Misleading Statements (2) Section 137.1 of the Criminal Code is similar to but different from section 136.1.   Section 137.1 is headed “False or misleading information or documents”.   Section 137.1 is headed “False or misleading information ”; it says this. (1) A person commits an offence if:                      (a)  the person gives information to another person; and                      (b)  the person does so knowing that the information:                               (i)  is false or misleading; or                              (ii)  omits any matter or