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The French Connection.

GSQ Blog Posted on April 18, 2022 by Sharyn MerkleyMarch 25, 2022

The French Connection The story of Evelyn Rose Boulton (nee Sturgeon), my great grandmother, and the puzzle of her claims to French heritage, has taken another turn. Previous readers of this blog might recall Rose and the Frenchman, and my search for the illusive facts of this family story. Old scribbled notes taken during a phone interview with an Aunt list the tantalising words, “escaped the French revolution.” Rose’s Foulger and Sturgeon ancestors in Suffolk were mostly agricultural labourers firmly … Continue reading

Posted in Aliens Act, Family folklore, family histories, Huguenot, oral history, Revolution

Revelations from the Register

GSQ Blog Posted on January 31, 2022 by Sharyn MerkleyJanuary 11, 2022

Shipping was the lifeblood of the colony of Moreton Bay. Through the convict period and the early years of free settlement, everything including people and animals came by sea. The sheltered bay was a highway for local shipping traffic. Quarantine stations, pilot stations, and outlying settlements all required a regular service. Sailing vessels of all sorts and sizes plied the coastal route from Sydney to Brisbane, stopping along the way to deliver goods and collect valuable loads of timber. In … Continue reading

Posted in early Australians, Early history, Early shipping, Ipswich, Maritime history, Moreton Bay, Shipping Index

From Veteran to Victim: An Unfortunate Life.

GSQ Blog Posted on October 4, 2021 by Sharyn MerkleyOctober 3, 2021

Richard Fage gripped his bayonet-tipped, flintlock musket. He crouched bravely within his battalion’s defensive square, deafened by the artillery and cannon fire of Napoleon’s troops. For hours they’d been on the edge of the battle, but the order to advance had finally arrived. Now on open flat ground, the men of the 3rd battalion of the 14th Regiment were sitting ducks. Their bright red coats and distinctive white cross straps were still unblemished by mud and blood. Richard, like nearly … Continue reading

Posted in 14th Regiment of Foot, Battle of Waterloo, convicts, family history, Military, Waterloo Medal Roll

An Edwardian Superstar.

GSQ Blog Posted on July 5, 2021 by Sharyn MerkleyJuly 5, 2021

Researching Mr & Mrs W E Gardner was never dull. One moment I was in the dangerous world of intrepid World War 1 pilots and the next I was barrelling along a speedway with glamorous lady racing drivers. In early 1918, Victoria Alice Guest married Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot William Edward Gardner in Kent, England. On his arrival in Australia in 1923 to join the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) he was a widower. Who was Victoria Alice Guest … Continue reading

Posted in aviation, family history, Motor racing

Travels with Smithy’s Aunt.

GSQ Blog Posted on April 5, 2021 by Sharyn MerkleyApril 5, 2021

Two million residents of Buenos Aries woke up on the cool Saturday morning of 6 September 1930 expecting to enjoy the weekend; stroll in the parks, hit the shops or hop on a tram to the beach. Early on it was plain this day was different. Aircraft buzzed overhead and the shoppers were soon outnumbered by armed protesters, as the squares and streets filled with angry mobs. The city dubbed the “Paris of South America” was about to be consumed … Continue reading

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