The Scandal over the Will of Beryl Ferris, former Frensham School Latin Teacher
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World War II Invasion of Sydney Harbour, 31 May 1942 by Japanese midget submarines In October 1907, my grandfather, John Fuller Junr., on his World Tour, observed the Japanese nation …
Many trees on ancestry.com incorrectly list Frances Paynter of Boskenna as the son of William Paynter of Trelissick (1609-1669) and his wife Jane Keigwin of Mousehole (1603-1640). This is due …
Just when I thought I had finished researching my Cornish family history, I found a book mentioning William Camborne alias Paynter of Deverell, Cornwall from Burke’s Family Records (Indexed) by …
The Patterson Family of Bathurst New South Wales, The Early Years (1887-1914) and Sydney (1915-1942) including an account of Alfred Andew Patterson (1859-1932), head gardener of Machattie Park, Bathurst, from …
The Griffin Family of New South Wales and of Knockbrack, Brosna, Kerry, Ireland Having completed two family chapters on The Patterson family of New South Wales and Sweden, I was …
The Patterson Family of Bathurst, Chapter Two (1915-1960) My continuing family history about the Patterson family of Bathurst, New South Wales begins with the tragic death of Margaret Patterson. The …
Whilst researching my Robson family, miners from Wallsend and Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, I came across the Russell Wallsend Mine disaster which occurred on 23 October 1821, nearly 200 years …
George Edwin Wise (1850-1933) was my paternal Great Grandfather, the maternal grandfather of my father Reginald George Robson (1915-1980). George was born in Cork, Ireland on 22 October 1850, just …