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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  • Copmanhurst

    Copmanhurst

    On April 1, 1869, an article was reproduced that had originally appeared about a week earlier in the Clarence Examiner. It was very simply titled…

  • The Wedding Photo

    The Wedding Photo

    On 10 Nov 2005, Mum’s 87th birthday, I picked up Mum and Aunty Dawn and the three of us headed out on an epic road…

  • Jesse Dunk

    Jesse Dunk

    Jesse was born in the village of Mountfield in East Sussex and was baptised in the local parish church of All Saints on 22 April…

  • George Sheader

    George Sheader

    Nana Watson was born Kathleen Ashdown, the daughter of James Ashdown, so it comes as a bit of a surprise to learn that her paternal…

● 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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