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Where was he from?

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By Bob McAllister. Beginning family history researchers quickly come to rely on a very small set of good quality documentary records relevant to any particular ancestor. So we are accustomed to wringing every last drop of information from each record that we do find. That is one of the reasons why I am so embarrassed to look back at my earliest searches to see the gems that I overlooked, failed to recognise the significance of, or simply ignored on first … Continue reading

Childhood memories of living above the shop.

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  Hugh and Amelia Irvine opened their Commonwealth Store on the corner of Bay Terrace and Charlotte Street Wynnum in 1901, and it grew over the next fifty years to become an icon of the district, eventually known colloquially as “Irvines”.[1] After Amelia’s death in 1921, Hugh married Flora Mary (Hadlow) Jones in 1925. They lived above the shop until Hugh’s death in August 1941. Also living there were his son Bert (by his second marriage to Amelia Watt), with … Continue reading

The Irvines – from whence they came.

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  My Irvine ancestors set out from Killyleagh, a beautiful village in County Down, situated on the shores of Strangford Lough. This story aims to tell you a little about the history of the area and the senior members of the family. Although the village was settled in the 12th century, it was in 1602 that the Scots-Irish influence began. At this time the Gaelic chieftain Con O’Neill of Clandeboye owned much of North Down, including Killyleagh. O’Neill had sent … Continue reading

We’re all related and quite possibly mad too: Counting ancestors!

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Intro by Blogs Editor. This article was published in Generation Vol 7, No 1 (September) 1984 – thirty-five years ago.  At this time, GSQ was based at Stones Corner and the President was Mr David Larkin. A single membership cost $20 while a family one could be had for the princely sum of $25. This article illustrates the numerical challenges in researching all of our ancestors. TO ALL FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS By Jim Rogers Dear Fellow Sufferer, I … Continue reading

William White – A country lad, railway worker and diary keeper

The bush diggings of a goldfield would not be the ideal place to be giving birth but that was the situation faced by many women in the early days of our Colony. Being Mary White’s eighth babe may have assisted in the prompt arrival of William White on Friday 27 March 1863 but conditions would have been primitive.[1]  William’s father, Henry, was trying his luck in the area near Nerrigundah in Southern New South Wales. This region is part of … Continue reading


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