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A brief history of James and Annie.  

James Still and Annie Maria Lamb were married at St Andrews, Carlton, Victoria on 9 December 1868.

James was born in 1840 in Aberdeen, Scotland to James Still and Margaret Ross. Annie Maria was born around 1848 in Melbourne as the 1st child of John Lamb and Maria Bunker. James and Annie had nine children. For more information on Annie’s ancestry see Maria Bunker and John Lamb.

James Still died on 8 Nov 1887 in Goldie, Kilmore, Victoria of Dipsomania Convulsions.

Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. It was used in the 19th century to describe a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are most commonly conceptualized today as alcoholism, but it is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake.

Annie Maria Still would have found it hard going with nine children, the youngest still an infant. Annie survived her husband by 21 years, dying on 29 May 1908 at Kilmore East, Victoria. Her Will and Probate are available to view.

 

 

 

 

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