# Finding my Great Grandfather
**URL:** https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/finding-my-great-grandfather/2605
**Category:** Questions and answers
**Created:** [2 November 2025 22:22 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/finding-my-great-grandfather/2605 "2025-11-02T22:22:58Z")
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### Author:  [@Shell1Thomo](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Shell1Thomo)
#### Post date: [2 November 2025 22:22 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/finding-my-great-grandfather/2605/1 "2025-11-02T22:22:58Z")
Hello everyone I am looking for my Great Grandfather Claude White. He was in Donald Victoria in 1917, with A women called Daphne Price ( they said they were married but I can’t find a marriage anywhere). They had my nana there and that is the first and last time I know of him. I have my nanas birth certificate with his name on it .
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### Author:  [@TreeSpirit](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/TreeSpirit)
#### Post date: [3 November 2025 04:32 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/finding-my-great-grandfather/2605/2 "2025-11-03T04:32:48Z")
What do your grandmother’s birth (1917), marriage (1942?) and death (1980?) certificates mention re your great grandparents?
e.g. (approx) age or birth date, place of birth, residence, version of names, residence, deceased … etc (I assume that there could be some variations between documents, but any minor snippet of data might be usful)
I’m wondering whether the following 1920 newspaper clipping describes your grandmother. It would answer the question whether your great grandparents would have been married:
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97753083](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97753083)
More information re records for “Industrial school” Edwardstown:
[https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/health-and-welfare/children-in-state-based-care](https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/health-and-welfare/children-in-state-based-care)
She is mentioned in the following index:
[Index to GRG29/121 Mandates committing children to the custody of the Department, 1875 - 1924 arranged alphabetically by surname of child (PDF)](https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1104578/GRG29-121-Index-to-1924.pdf)
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### Author:  [@Shell1Thomo](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Shell1Thomo)
#### Post date: [14 September 2026 11:39 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/finding-my-great-grandfather/2605/3 "2026-09-14T11:39:18Z")
Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you . Yes it was her and I went down the rabbit hole only to find some heart breaking issues ,but thank you so very much for your help. It has left me with some other avenues to look for