by Warren Nunn
By Coker descendant Warren Nunn Arthur Coker was plagued by painful skin cancer. Despite medical attention, his condition worsened. It almost drove him to suicide. In desperation he applied an arsenic-based potion to the “rodent ulcer” on his nose. Within...
by Warren Nunn
By Coker descendant Warren Nunn When James Thomas Coker died in 1920, he did not leave a will. He was also insolvent. His son Arthur acted on behalf of the family in dealing with the estate through the Public Curators’ Office. After the property in Glenmore...
by Warren Nunn
by Warren Nunn
Coker My maternal line surnames include Coker, Silver, Aldridge, Todd, and Dobbs Mining equipment law suit fails In 1890, Henry Aldridge faced a Rockhampton Small Debts Court to answer questions over mining equipment that had not been paid for. The proceedings were...
by Warren Nunn
In family research, odd events draw your attention. Run-of-the-mill births, deaths, and marriages are what you would expect to find. But it’s the unexpected that gets you thinking as to what happened at the time that led several people in the same family to get...
by Warren Nunn
You know those English period dramas where an unsuspecting young lady becomes besotted by an older man, falls pregnant, gets married and then discovers that he already has a wife? If you think such tales are solely from the fertile imagination of a writer, think...
