A dream of freedom
This is my fourth essay on members of the Davis family in colonial Australia, about Joseph Davis the Irish republican exile. I began with an essay on a collateral relation … Continue reading
Wednesday, 1 January, 2014 · 29 Comments
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
Wednesday, 24 August, 2011 · 16 Comments
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
Tuesday, 5 January, 2010 · 79 Comments
