Document Request: Norma Smith's Research on the Sydney Adas
Document Description: Email of 30/12/2002 from Norma Smith, a librarian in a Sydney suburb that answered a request for assistance for research into the Ada family in Sydney.
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Document Transcription:Norma Smith’s research into the Ada family in Sydney
Subject: Ada Family
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:45:14 +1100
From “norma smith”
To: “Rhino Richardson”
Dear Tim,
I went into Sydney today to look at the Electoral Roll in the State Library and found some of your family. There were 50 approx. Adas on the Roll but 37 of them had very Arab sounding names. The best news is that Nancy Leith Ada was listed and she is living at Grafton which is a town on the mid north coast of NSW. There were eight other Adas living at Grafton also. All but two had Leith as the middle name and the other two at the same address or same street. There were three English names in Sydney and I found their telephone numbers in the Sydney directory.
Firstly Nancy. She would be approx. 80 years old, her address is Leith Farm, 97 Levenstrath Road, Levenstrath 2460. At the same address is Michael Leith Ada
At 120 Levenstrath Road there is a Stuart Leith Ada
At 5 Bawden Street Grafton 2460 there is Daniel Leith – Donald Leith and Warren Leith Ada.
At 5 Breimba Street Grafton 2460 there is Hugh Leith Ada and Toni Maree Ada and at 5 Breimba St, Grafton 2460 there is a Helen Shirley Ada.
The three Sydney Adas are
Louise Margaret Ada 142 Wigram Rd Forest Lodge 2037 phone 96605728
Linda Ada 7 Stanbrook Street Fairfield Heights 2165 phone 97257007
Caroline Ann Ada 10 Liverpool Lane Darlinghurst 2010 phone 93613264
The Ada family were living in Drummoyne up to the mid 1950s
On the electoral roll Joseph and John Morris was shown as being Drapers. William Leslie was an electrician. Alan Fletcher was a clerk and John Douglas was a pharmacist. Edna Francis was shown as a bookkeeper and the older females occupation shown as Home Duties.
Grafton and Levenstrath must be next to each other as they have the same postcode. I presumed Nancy Leith Urquart came from this area and looked at the CD records and found the death in Grafton of George Leith Urquart in 1942 and a marriage of Annie B Urquart in 1933 Grafton. As Nancy’s address is Leith Farm it seems that her family have lived in the area for a century or more and for some reason they all decided to leave Sydney and returned to the place when Nancy was born. Anyway that is how I see it. Nancy could possibly have the Death Cert of Joseph Ada as he was her husband's grandfather. She could have a lot of info if the family are still interested in their roots.
Anyway Tim I hope this will enable you to contact some of your relatives and also hoping that they are happy to make contact with Family in England.
All the best. Will keep in touch.
Regards regards Norma
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