Ambrotype and cart-de-visite portraits from the papers of Ankerson and Noble family, ca.1855-1865

Ankerson and Noble family papers and pictorial material, 1854-1911

MIN 453
George Noble, great grandfather of Mrs Gange (who was digging on the Castlemaine & other places) (in gold mining shirt). Letters refer to his diggings and his wife's search for him over a period of three years. He left his family because his wife [space] Noble) induced his daughter who was only 16 1/2 years to marry Mrs Gange's grandfather who was 45 at the time of the marriage to Ankerson.

MIN 454
Mrs George Noble (Kate). She lived on a houseboat in Melbourne and did odd sewing jobs.

MIN 455
Matthew(?) Noble, the son of Mr & Mrs George Noble and brother of Mrs Ankerson. The letters show him to be a cadger and gambler so says Mrs Gange. Mr Ankerson finally paid his passage home to England.

MIN 456
Ann Ankerson [i.e. Sarah Ann?] the wife of Richard(?) Ankerson and the daughter of Mr & Mrs George Noble.

P1 / 2134
Richard Ankerson who married Miss Ann Noble [i.e. Sarah Ann?] (to her father's disgust) and who in later years contributed to the support of his mother and father in law and their son, finally paying for their return passage to England. Carte-de-visite by Frederick Cole, London.

Ambrotype and cart-de-visite portraits from the papers of Ankerson and Noble family, ca.1855-1865

Tags

Identifiers

File Identifier

Permalink

Reference Code

Copying conditions

Hierarchy

Copyright

Connecting people and collections

Indigenous engagement

Schools and teachers

Stories