family history and genealogy
Although, for an Australian the date is wrong for Fathers Day, this week is a good time to reflect on fathers and my father in particular. Edward Waller LOADES known as Neddy was born on the 23rd March 1928. He was the second son of Edward Waller LOADES and Jessie May HALL. Neddy was one... Continue Reading →
Arnold Leland SIVIOUR the grandson of Mary Ann Harriet LOADES was killed in action on the 14th June, 1918 in Palestine. His grave is the second on the right in the featured image. Arnold was the second child of Thomas Moses SIVIOUR and Adelaide Lavinia MASTERS, born on 30th December 1897 at Redhill in South... Continue Reading →
In my inbox this morning up popped a notification for a new DNA Circle along with links to two additional trees to further support the search With one of the members i share 13.8 centimorgans across 2 segments. With the other the match is higher 33 centimorgans across 3 segments. The common ancestors we have... Continue Reading →
This week we are getting up close and personal with the BELL Family. The BELL Family are a maternal line of the LOADES family, but not one that has been studied much. The BELL line merged with the LOADES line in 1819 in Great Yarmouth. Harriot BELL married Edward Waller LOADES on January 3rd, 1819... Continue Reading →
This two storey stone Victorian Gothic building features a central gable, topped with a cupola. There is decorative brickwork around its doors and windows, and a small balcony over its front door. A large ground floor verandah has carved wooden detail including an archway. Funds were raised for this building by William Townsend, M.P., the founder of South Australian Institution for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb. Building commenced in 1876 and was completed in 1878 at the cost of £4,289. [On back of photograph] 'Blind, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Brighton / 1878-86'. This image has no known copyright restrictions. Please refer to the State Library's Conditions of use
Edward Waller Loades 683A enlisted at Keswick Barracks on July 14 1915[i]. He was single, 26 years and 8 months old, 5 feet five and a quarter inches tall, a labourer with brown hair and grey eyes[ii]. Edward commonly called Ted was born 16th September 1889, the youngest of six children to Edward Waller Loades... Continue Reading →
As ANZAC Day approaches we take the time to reflect on those who fought, who returned and those who died fighting for king and country. The National Archives of Australia http://www.naa.gov.au are the repository for service records, allowing the family historian the opportunity to access the service records of personnel from the Australian Defence Forces. ... Continue Reading →
Edward Waller LOADS was made a Freeman of the Borough of Great Yarmouth on the 8th day of June 1826. Having been a carpenter's apprentice one would expect to find him in the lists on the tax of Apprenticeship Indenture 1710 - 1811. So far no record has been found. The stamp duty on apprenticeship... Continue Reading →
Misfortune seems to have dodged John REED for much of his life. John was born in Monkwearmouth, County Durham in July 1823 (Durham records on line). The 1841 and 1851 Census tell us that he was a brick layer and this is substantiated by his immigration records. Late in life her was either known as... Continue Reading →
When we look through the family tree to see who was lucky, nothing immediately jumps out. Yet, all branches of the family tree had arrived in the colony of South Australia by the mid 1860's. All came seeking a better life. Did they achieve this? One can only assume so, as the family still exists... Continue Reading →
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