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Some Pioneers of Brisbane, New South Wales
Elizabeth was a maternal great grandmother of my late wife, Helen Jean Barlow. She was born in Brisbane, Australia, in August 1854 and christened Elizabeth Marion BOWLES in October of that same year.[1] St John’s Church of England, then located on the corner of Queen and George Streets, was a former convict workshop, which was…
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A Comedy of Errors or Just Bad Luck
As family history researchers or genealogists, we know that to find our ancestors in the records, we need to try all sorts of different spelling of their surname. One of my late wife’s paternal great grandmothers was born Alice Iland, though some records show that surname as ‘Ireland’, ‘Island’ or even ‘Ilund’ or ‘Hyland’. We…
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A Tough Lady – Continuing the Next Genealogy Journey
From my observations of family and friends, women who marry a serviceman need to be tough. They may be left alone for months at a time while their husbands are away or if they accompany their husband on his postings, they could rarely call one place ‘home’ for very long. Their children may be born…