miles of irvings

  • THE CARIBBEAN MYSTERY

    THE CARIBBEAN MYSTERY

    John Laurence Hendrickson.  Vicki’s 3rd great Grandfather.  Born on Nevis, British West Indies about 1808 and died in Stawell, Victoria on 1st April 1879. Between us we have a good smattering of convicts, religious ministers, rogues, soldiers, saints, fossickers, horsemen and pioneers. We are continually in awe and amazed at the resilience and determination of our ancestors… Read more

  • CORNWALL TO BALLARAT

    CORNWALL TO BALLARAT

    How did a mining captain’s son from Cornwall end up on the Ballarat gold fields of the 1850’s before importing boots from his brother-in-law’s factory in Devon? Thomas Edward Miles, born in 1809 was a Welsh blacksmith from Upper Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales; he married Ann Jones, born in 1814 in Merthyr Tydfil in 1835… Read more

  • ADA RUNDELL

    ADA RUNDELL

    ADA SOPHIA RUNDELL Was one of Roger’s 2nd cousins; twice removed. A pioneer nurse and chemist, she served in WWI, operating in Cairo, tending wounded from Gallipoli. The Rundells, a talented ship building family started to arrive in Australia and New Zealand in the early 1850’s. Ada was born 1876 in Ballarat, Victoria. Died 1963… Read more