Category: Family History
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WILLIAM SAMUEL RAWLING HAMBLY
William Samuel Rawling Hambly: born on 31st March 1823 in Kenwyn, just outside Truro in Cornwall; died 1stDecember in Ballarat, Victoria. “WSR” is Roger’s 2nd Great Grandfather. WSR the 2nd child of John Hambly and Mary Ann Rawling Trudgeon, born in Kenwyn, just outside Truro was like the most of his family a truly…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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