family history and genealogy
A task I had set myself was to clean up the book cases in the spare room. I thought the book cases were just full of my old teaching materials and that most would go to the skip. When I started to clear the out I found the suitcase. A quick look showed a treasure... Continue Reading →
August is Family History Month, in 2021 it is also time for the Australian Census that is undertaken every 5 years. Following on from Alexandra Daws post My Life in Twelve Censuses, I decided to have a look and see where I was and what I was doing for each census year, with a little... Continue Reading →
Trinity Church Adelaide where Thomas married his second wife Mary IRWIN in 1855 Throughout 2021 I have been reviewing the history of the GIBBS family in South Australia. During the lockdown of 2020 I joined the Pioneers Association of South Australia. Thomas GIBBS and his first wife Elizabeth HUGHES arrived in South Australia in 1840... Continue Reading →
I am undertaking the blogging challenge for National Family History Month called Genealife in Lockdown. Technically we are not in lockdown in South Australia. We are locked in as we can’t move across many of our state borders and have a few restrictions. Essentially it is life a the new normal. A hard lockdown for... Continue Reading →
An old newspaper heading from 1919 when borders were closed to the Spanish Flu pandemic In March of 2020 I wrote a post about the closure of state borders https://wordpress.com/post/loadesofbranches.com/969. This was a first for me and something we never expected to happen. Today it is common place. Interested in all the announcements from state... Continue Reading →
Long has the story been told that great grandfather Gibbs was a remittance man. Is this just an urban myth or is there a kernel of truth in the story. Thomas GIBBS or great grandfather GIBBS emigrated to South Australia in 1840 from Vernham's Dean in Hampshire. Family lore states that he was a remittance... Continue Reading →
Vale Marion Grace CRAKER nee COOPER On Thursday we traveled to Renmark to farewell our Aunt Marion Grace CRAKER nee COOPER. Marion was the youngest of 5 children born to Henry George (Harry) and Phyllis Moira COOPER. She is survived by her four boys and her eldest sister Moira. Marion was born in Naracoorte in... Continue Reading →
Today the unimaginable happened. The state government of South Australia has closed their borders effective from 24th March 2020. In the previous week Tasmania and the Northern Territory had already undertaken this step to slow the spread of COVID 19. No government is saying that we can prevent COVID 19, they are all working to... Continue Reading →
#52 Ancestors 52 Weeks Week 10 Robe in the South East was the place where our Strong Woman was born. Rose Elania Tilbrook COOPER was the last child born to Charles COOPER and Ann WHALAN (WHALEN) on 2nd May 1880 [2]. The COOPER family lived around the Robe and Kingston area of South Australia. Like... Continue Reading →
Week 7 #52 Ancestors 52 Weeks Having just read an article entitled "What Kind of F-ing One-Name Are You" By Roger Goacher [1], i would say that I am a "Flesher". I like to flesh out the lives of our ancestors and seek additional information from a range of sources. So I do I have... Continue Reading →
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