Category Archives: Vessels

The Butlers of Benenden, Kent, England.

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Mary Pallet (Pellet), daughter of William and Mary, was baptised in Benenden, Kent, England on 11 March 1769. Alexander Butler and Mary were married on 16 July 1788 in Benenden.[1] I have identified only two children of Alexander and Mary.  Alexander Junior was born in 1790 and another son, George was born on 5th October 1800.[2]&[3]  George is my GGG Grandfather. When George was nineteen, he married Charlotte Gladwish on 27 March 1820 at Ticehurst, Sussex.  The Minister was Henry … Continue reading

Arrivals in Moreton Bay 1849-1850: a population boost with a difference

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1849-1850 was a distinctive stage in the free settlement of Moreton Bay which had begun in 1842. For the first time significant numbers of people arrived in Brisbane, most not government assisted immigrants. Different groups created vigorous conflict which determined the colony’s future. They also necessitate checking various records to track their arrival. When the government-assisted Artemisia, the first ship to bring immigrants direct to Moreton Bay came in December 1848, it brought news of the Fortitude’s imminent arrival, which … Continue reading

Mary Isabella Moffatt.

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Paris has been in the news! It is a city synonymous with romance and referred to as the city of light. However in my family it does not necessarily have such favourable connections because two of my ancestors, Mary Isabella Moffatt and Marmaduke Charles Alexander Bell (more about him in another blog), died in Paris many years apart and in very different circumstances. Mary Isabella Bell was born in the town of Tullamore, King’s County, Ireland (now County Offaly, Republic … Continue reading

Enjoying the Next Genealogy Journey – All the Way from Prussia.

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So far, my blogs in May, August and November 2023 have covered my research process into finding three great grandfathers of my late wife, Helen Barlow, and exploring their lives. Her remaining paternal great grandfather was born Albert August Bahlow to Michael Friedrich Bahlow and Caroline Wilhelmine Jahn in Schmelze, Brandenburg, Prussia, in mid-August 1858 and christened later that month.[1] It was such a relief to find this confirming information on Ancestry after years of snail-mail exchanges with a cousin … Continue reading

A Genealogist Explores St Kilda, Scotland.

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  I have been lucky to have just been one of the privileged few who have visited the island.  It is now owned by The National Trust for Scotland and, as well as a small number of visitors, there are researchers and military personnel working on the island.  Wandering around the deserted homes gave a feel for the desolation of the place but also the community that pulled together to survive. As is the want of a genealogist, I became … Continue reading