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Note N1988
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She was an admirer of Robert of Arbrissel and persuaded her husband to grant him land in Poitou to establish a religious community dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[6] In 1100 he founded Fontevraud Abbey there.
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After William's return, he and Philippa for a time lived contentedly with each other, producing a further five daughters, and a son, Raymond. She also ignored the Duke's sexual boasting in song and talk, instead concentrating on religion (in particular the Abbey of Fontevrault, of which she remained a keen sponsor), especially the teachings of its founder, who preached the superiority of women over men. Her obsession with a doctrine considered offensive by many men of that time, combined with William's growing dissatisfaction with her, and his teasing of her (claiming to be founding an abbey of prostitutes), led to discord in the marriage.
[from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippa_of_Toulouse 2013-12-21]
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Note N1989
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Killed in the Battle of Inab during an expedition against Nur ad-Din Zangi. He was beheaded by Shirkuh, the uncle of Saladin, and his head was placed in a silver box and sent to the Caliph of Baghdad as a gift.
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Note N1990
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England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Joshua Longfield Davidson
Name: Joshua Longfield Davidson
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 15 Oct 1815
Baptism Place: Otley,York,England
Mother: Sarah Davidson
FHL Film Number: 0918401-402
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Note N1991
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WALMER CASTLE
SHIP OF LONDON, JOSEPH THORNE, MASTER, BURTHEN 656 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF PLYMOUTH TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 30TH DECEMBER 1848
Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
THORNE JOSEPH MASTER CREW Sailed 12 September 1848
50 VARIOUS VARIOUS CREW Lading Merchandise
MARSH MR PASSENGER CABIN
MARSH MRS PASSENGER CABIN
MARSH CHILD PASSENGER CABIN
PINNOCK MRS PASSENGER CABIN
PINNOCK MISS PASSENGER CABIN
PINNOCK MR PASSENGER CABIN
RICARDS MRS PASSENGER CABIN
HARDY MRS PASSENGER CABIN
FORBES MR PASSENGER CABIN
HARDY MR PASSENGER CABIN
WAUGH DOCTOR
Surgeon Superintendent CREW
57 Married Couples PASSENGERS 301 Gov. Emigrants :-
53 Single Men PASSENGERS
43 Single Women PASSENGERS
49 Boys 1/14 PASSENGERS
28 Girls 1/14 PASSENGERS
11 Male Infants PASSENGERS
3 Female Infants PASSENGERS
2 INFANTS PASSENGERS Died non Contagious
Infant Disease
SIMPSON JOHN CREW ? Died 15 September 1848
Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1826 - 1900; Part Colonial Secretary series covering 1845 - 1853, reels 1272 [4/5227] -1280 [4/5244]. Transcribed by Dorothy D'Arcy.
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Note H1992
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Timing conundrum:
UK Census information definitely shows Frances, her sisters and her parents. However, a search for any immigration/arrival in Australia shows Emily and family arriving 1848 - BEFORE 1851 Census.
New thought - Frances married William Barton in Victoria - maybe the family arrived in Vic not NSW.....
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Note N1993
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Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 - 1876) (about) Tuesday 7 October Page 5
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64742684?searchTerm=Goble&sear chLimits=
CAPTAIN GOBLE.
Captain G. F. Goble, a veteran who lately astonished the people of Warrnambool by coming forward as a claimant to a considerable portion of the township (1), is about to open.a curious exhibition at the Workman's Hall, in Lonsdale-street. He states that during an absence of twenty years from Victoria, where he had come, by the way, as one of the earliest pioneers, he went through many extraordinary adventures. He was in China at the burning of the Emperor's Summer Palace at Pekin, and there discovered a model of the original Noah's Ark, which showed that vessel to be about the size of the Great Eastern, furnished with screw propellers on a lost principle, as also with machinery for hoisting its monster main sail by steam. Captain Goble has prepared an elaborate model of the affair from a photograph which he shows to the sceptical and curious. He has also discovered the key to all ancient languages, and is prepared to show that Methusaleh was the god of steam, while Japhet was the god of thunder, also, that Jove had a daughter called Queen Victoria, and that "God Save the Queen" was originally sung at the marriage of Solomon and Pharoah's daughter. Captain Goble says he was all through the American war, and further that he, in conjunction with Mr John Clare, first discovered the prirnoiple on which the Warrior ironclad was built; which Mr Scott Russell appropriated, and with it their just gains. We have no doubt many. borrowers. into Sanscrit mysteries, and the rubbish of antiquity generally, will find it very instructive to have a converse with the learned captain, who will certainly give them some astonishing new ideas. He has a model of the Tower of Babel, representing it with the utmost exactitude, and many other strange things, while the whole apartment is so hung round with hieroglyphic and cabalistic signs that one may fancy one's self in the presence of some Magician of the East.
-Herald.
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