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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 given birth to their first…
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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 trip around New South Wales that would include visiting places that had been a part of their childhood (and mine). Over the next 15 days we covered about 4,000Km, north…
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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 grandfather was James Sheader and his father was George Sheader. It took a long time to work through the maze of conflicting information about this strange family, but I think…
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David Goodwin Watson
David Goodwin Watson was my Great Grandfather. He was a blacksmith, who for many years, worked in the goldfields. He told his sons “Find a trade that everyone needs and you will always do well”. He was a hard man to find because he was constantly on the move, changing jobs, changing homes, quixotic and…
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Who am I?
This is the question that got me started? But it wasn’t a question I consciously asked. It was more something that had been bubbling in the back of my mind for years. One day, for what reason I no longer recall, I sent off to the Registrar’s office for the marriage certificates of my grandparents…
Our Family's History 