The Story of George Fairbrother
George Fairbrother is my great grand uncle by marriage, and his story is one of the saddest in my family history, one of exile, and early death. Yet it began … Continue reading
‘Toinette: a life without love
Parents’ visiting day at boarding school in the late ’20s. Vincent bought a hamper of gifts and has taken Edna boating, but doesn’t have much to say. Edna looks wistfully … Continue reading
The underground explorer
I think of the nineteenth century in Europe as the age of the Industrial Revolution. It was much more than that, though. It was an age of exploration and of … Continue reading
Pioneers at Broulee
Many of the early settlers to America, Australia, Canada and other parts of the world came to their new country with no resources but the ability to work hard. We … Continue reading
William Davis, the Wexford pikemaker
My ancestors came from Ireland, a fact I only discovered when I explored my family tree. Of 62 individuals over the last five generations before me in the direct line, … Continue reading
Ancestors: James Gammell
James Gammell was my great great grandfather, my mother’s father’s father’s father. The photo shows his son James in Belmore Sydney c. 1940. The elder James was born 15 December … Continue reading
Ancestors: John Conway
John Conway was my great great grandfather, my mother’s mother’s mother’s father. The photo shows John’s grandson Edward Thomas Conway in about 1914. Both John Conway and his father Edward … Continue reading
