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A lonely burial.

GSQ Blog Posted on April 11, 2022 by Janice CooperMarch 28, 2022

A tiny group gathered at the burial ground in Sydney on 14 November 1792. Jane Izzy/Ezzy, and her two-year old son James were there on that summer day to bury ten-month old Louisa, Jane’s daughter. Perhaps Louisa’s father William could join them as some convicts off the Royal Admiral disembarked in Sydney before the remainder were sent to Parramatta. Newly married fellow convict and Londoner Benjamin Carver may have been able to join them as William Izzy/Ezzy had witnessed his … Continue reading

Posted in convicts, family histories, Infant deaths, Royal Admiral, Sydney Cove

The Story of Martha Shaw.

GSQ Blog Posted on October 25, 2021 by guestbloggerOctober 4, 2021

By Bev Murray. I remember when I was a young child, my grandmother, told me a fascinating but tragic story about a lady who lived a long time ago. “One day long ago,” she said, “one of your ancestors went outside her home to get some wood and she never returned. She disappeared and was never seen again.” “What happened to her?” I asked and my grandmother explained, “It was thought that she had been taken by the blacks”. This … Continue reading

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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

At School in Newcastle in 1816.

GSQ Blog Posted on September 13, 2021 by Janice CooperSeptember 13, 2021

Four-year old Catherine Irwin sat in a school room in a slab hut in Newcastle in May 1816. Nearby sat her seven-year-old brother, William and 15 other girls and boys aged from 3 to 13 years. The Irwin children were in Newcastle with their father Ormsby Irwin, a life-term Irish convict, who had been convicted in Sydney for the manslaughter of Sergeant Robert Morrow of the 73rd Regiment. Catherine and William’s mother, Eleanor Irwin who had been convicted of the … Continue reading

Posted in Australian convicts, convicts, Education, New South Wales, Newcastle School - 1816.

The Bellamys: Pioneers of West Pennant Hills.

GSQ Blog Posted on August 30, 2021 by Robyn DeanJanuary 26, 2023

  The chance discovery of a small book ‘The Settlers of West Pennant Hills Valley 1799 Onwards’ in a second-hand store at Leura New South Wales a couple of years ago was timely, as I’d just begun to research my husband’s Bellamy ancestors. It mentioned the family and it prompted me to find out more about them. William Bellamy, found guilty at the Old Bailey of stealing shoes, received a sentence of 7 years. He was transported on board Active, … Continue reading

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