Our Family's History

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  • A Tale of Two Richards

    Richard Watson is my great great grandfather. And he is a mystery.  On 4 Nov 1844, he married Eliza Welham at St Andrews Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Sydney. The ceremony by performed by Rev John McGarvie and the witnesses were Alexander Douglass and Sarah Lindon. About three months earlier, Eliza had…

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  • The Postcard

    The Postcard

    Two of the women who have been a significant part of my family history circle for many years are my (distant) cousins, Ann Bowen and…

  • James & Mary Keighley

    Lake Biddy is one of Western Australia’s ~700 ghost towns. And, as it turns out, it has close associations for some of our family. The area was…

  • My own family history

    It being Xmas week, I thought I would just put down on paper where I sit in the scheme of things. One of the things you…

  • A Christmas Alphabet Challenge

    A Alice Armstrong 1862-1859 – Mum’s beloved Granny Hamilton B Broughton Road, Strathfield – our childhood home C Convict – Nathaniel Simon Smith 1815-1891 D…

● About Me

For years now, more than 4 decades in fact, I have been gathering information about our family. There’s so much information it is completely overwhelming and, although I share bits and pieces with you from time to time, most of it goes un-noticed and un-loved.

I wanted to find a way to make sharing what I know easier. Easier for me, and easier for you. I wanted to find a format that makes it easy for you to dip into the treasured stories and find out about who you are and how you came to be.

You are the sum total of everyone who went before you. Doesn’t that make you curious about who they were?

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