In Jan 1901 at Grenfell NSW, William Woodfall, the accountant at the Union Bank, disappeared. The bank found a discrepency of 4100 pounds.

I was chatting to a member of my local historical societyand he mentioned how in the research of his books in local pubs in our area (Deniliquin NSW),that one publican was a circus owner! It immediately captured my attention andI had to know more!

Henry Burton was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England,in Mar 1825. After training as ringmaster with the circus of James Cook, which toured Scotland and the Border counties, he arrived with his wife on 23 December 1849 at Adelaide in the Constant.

Amy Stone was born Amanda Porter in 1840 in Massachusetts, USA. She married, Henry F. Stone, known as Harry, on the 16 Sept 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harry was her personal manager and she used the stage name Miss Amy Stone.

She toured Australia twice and her second tour was widely reported in the papers of the day in 1875.

Frederick Richardson had four marriages, six children, a fling with a fifteen-year-old that led to a seventh child, two divorces, one bigamy prosecution, a charge for wife desertion, and another charge for child maintenance!

Thank you to Mélanie Méthot who allowed me to use her blogas a basis to this episode.

https://www.thebigamyproject.com/

The eldest of 15 children, William Eric Hamilton was born inDecember 1907 in Emmaville NSW. His father was a tin miner until 1928 when the family moved to Surry Hills. He was the only child who seemed to have trouble with thelaw.

Thank you to Mélanie Méthot who allowed me to useher blog as a basis to this episode.

https://www.thebigamyproject.com/

Daniel Doran had a string of small offences in SA and NSW, but his biggest offence was bigamy – several times!!

The title of this episode indicates this story is about royalty – it couldn’t be further from the truth!

Lilian Grace Dorothy Gibson was born in 1886 in India to James and Julia Gibson.

Lilian used a number of aliases: Charlotte Gibson, Grace Gibson Herbert, Charlotte Grace Tyrer, Lilian Grace Tyrer and The Heiress!

In 1926, Emily Claughton left an estate worth nearly 130,000 pounds to charities and churches.

Who was Emily Claughton, how did she come to be sowealthy and why did she not leave anything to her family members?