May 2012 marks our blog’s second birthday. Two years ago we began with our first post “Hello world!” More than 110 posts later we are celebrating our second birthday!
We looked forward to sharing the State Library’s window on the world of family history with you and we hope we have achieved this over the past two years with regular posts, a number of guest bloggers and a wide variety of genealogy and family history topics covered.
Edward Bennett lighting candles on his 100th birthday cake. Mona Catherine McLeod, 1934. State Library of Victoria H18604 B52779
Comments about our posts are always welcome. In our third year we look forward to sharing more of the Library’s world of family history with you.
Anne
Congratulations, genealogy team on a wonderful resource and splendid blog.
Happy 2nd Birthday, Family Matters!
I was delighted to find this photo of my great grandfather Edward Bennett. I currently recording his family history
Janne Blacker
I have just found that the photographer is connected to my family. Is there any photos of her?
Carmel Reynen
Hi Carmel,
We have the following photographs of Mona Mcleod.
Mona McLeod, self portrait http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/284255
Mona McLeod in photo, taken at Bairnsdale School of Mines http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab34576
Cheers,
Carmen
I am a great grand daughter of Edward ArthurcBennett also, and I am sure that is his 105th birthday cake. The picture shows him in the garden of his home. His cake cutting on his 200th Birthday was done at the aBriagalong Meccanics Hall.
Every year the newspapers ran pieces about his life and recollections as his birthday came and went. Big cakes were made and the Bennett clan assembled… He w as robust despite his injuries from falling off horses and could walk miles up until his 100th birthday. He never stopped trying. That is how he outlived his eldest son George by 4 months and his son William by 10 years
He was disappointed by their “early ” demise, even though they had both lived well past the national average for Australian men at that time.
Thanks for sharing Angela!
Correction 100th birthday cake” not 200th birthday cake… sorry , new spectacles have been ordered!