Tracing Family Branches

Happy dancing as I have had a great night.  Three of our four grandchildren are sleeping over and we have had a lovely time with them as usual. They are all sound asleep now so I was doing some genealogy and knocked down one of my brick walls.  My 4th Great Grandmother Ellen didn’t die in Ireland as I had thought, she died in 1881 in Gundagai and Trove has the story.  DNA has already confirmed that My 3rd Great Grandfather John Pierse was the brother of Winifred Pierse who married William Carrigg, proving some researchers wrong!  My Great Great Grandmother Ellen Battye née Pierse actually got married at her Aunts house according to her marriage certificate so I knew some researchers were wrong when they claimed no relationship between Winifred and John! Ancestry ThruLines sent me to another tree that had Ellen marrying a Daniel Shoughron/Shoughran and dying in Gundagai in 1881 but had no sources or details.  I couldn’t find a death registration for her but a Tro...

Today's post involves my Great Great Grandparents Edward Joseph Battey/Battye and his wife Ellen Mary nee Pierse. Source: Family Notices (1885, May 1). The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123470446 Transcript: MARRIAGE. On the 27th April at the residence of the bride's aunt, Gundagai, Edward Joseph, eldest son of Mr. Edward Battey, of Yass, to Ellen Mary, second daughter of Mr. John Pierse, of Darbalara. 5079/1885 BATTEY EDWARD PIERSE ELLEN GUNDAGAI Source: NSW Marriage Registration Index No. 5079/1885.  Retrieved from https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au