tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post895359377168997835..comments2024-03-15T05:09:22.239+10:00Comments on Family Tree Frog: Sepia Saturday 296 : 12 September 2015Alex Dawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-22174176404917268512020-10-29T19:59:46.907+10:002020-10-29T19:59:46.907+10:00This is all very interesting, for Jacob and Julian...This is all very interesting, for Jacob and Juliana Banff were my great grandparents and Frederick William Banff, my grandfather. Thank you for doing this research, as I only knew some of this. <br /><br />I have always wondered if the Banffs had Jewish blood (from their photos). This has given me some information to research more thoroughly the answer. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13963586123392912031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-53992677715756097802015-09-14T18:55:32.263+10:002015-09-14T18:55:32.263+10:00Dear Jo - it's a rare but enjoyable disorder t...Dear Jo - it's a rare but enjoyable disorder that I have ;) I was always very impressed with an old school friend in the Adelaide Hills who had her own boutique vineyard there for a while which produced very fine wine. They've given it away now though - a lot of hard yakka I think.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-62368842238992488832015-09-14T18:53:31.144+10:002015-09-14T18:53:31.144+10:00Dear Mike - see that's what I like about you.....Dear Mike - see that's what I like about you...you know what the vats would be made of....now I want to know what the Banffs vats were made of and won't rest til I go out there and find out. Stay tuned.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-87753015336522847312015-09-14T18:52:33.687+10:002015-09-14T18:52:33.687+10:00Dear Barbara - thank you for noticing the efforts ...Dear Barbara - thank you for noticing the efforts I took to carefully annotate everything...it nearly drove me nuts but is so important yes? And I'm glad that despite that, it still was of enough interest to keep reading.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-34037907544567146212015-09-14T18:51:34.899+10:002015-09-14T18:51:34.899+10:00Well at least the Banffs had presumably a good sup...Well at least the Banffs had presumably a good supply to tide them over the tough times ;)Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-58346597791689200952015-09-14T13:11:39.588+10:002015-09-14T13:11:39.588+10:00Another of your amazingly complex blogs about loca...Another of your amazingly complex blogs about local but unrelated people! The Banff family certainly had to endure a lot of adverse happenings. My niece is married to a vintner of Italian descent, who grows grapes on the family property near Griffith NSW, and I know frost wiped out much of his crop a season or two ago.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-55500271990312092912015-09-14T03:07:11.494+10:002015-09-14T03:07:11.494+10:00It's fascinating to read about German immigran...It's fascinating to read about German immigrants to Australia and their influence compared to those German families who chose America. The German traditions of beer and wine were only part of a rich cultural exchange. Those two barrels (vats?) are a champion example of the cooper's craft. In America they would be made of White Oak wood which is watertight, unlike Red Oak. The details on the newspaper reports are terrific reading. Between the lines, very bad hotels must have been pretty common.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-7048630675656721492015-09-14T01:33:59.748+10:002015-09-14T01:33:59.748+10:00Hello Alex, I’m so impressed with the amount of re...Hello Alex, I’m so impressed with the amount of research you put into this post. I’ve run out of puff reading it, although I’m not complaining as I found it fascinating. I also appreciated all the links and notes of where you found each piece of information. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962552429792516213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-545255455173688148.post-77948739760083165222015-09-14T01:24:23.771+10:002015-09-14T01:24:23.771+10:00Oh dear, hailstorms, fires and and dangerous horse...Oh dear, hailstorms, fires and and dangerous horses - too many disasters, I need cheering up. Pour me a glass of wine please.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.com