On my 15 July 2024 story I introduced my Neville line and the fascination it has held for me for many years.[1] Now I aim to write about the child of the last Neville in my direct line, that is my 2 x great-grandmother Mary Geary, who I briefly mentioned in my blog of 7 April this year. As genealogists we struggle to find information about the women in our families and it is much the same for Mary Neville … Continue reading
Mum was moving into a retirement unit, and we sat on her bed as she tipped out a box of old photos and cuttings. I picked up some yellowed pages, stapled together in the corner. I flipped through the pages until I came to a longer entry for “FRANZ, Frederick Leopold Theodore”. I read how he was part of a missionary group who arrived in Australia in 1838 where they founded a mission in Moreton Bay at what is now … Continue reading
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
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
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
