Tracing Family Branches

My great great uncle Edward Donnelly was born in 1868 the son of James Donnelly and his wife Mary nee Gallagher.  He was destined to follow his father into farming until he suffered a life altering bout of rheumatic fever when he was sixteen.  With hard manual labour ruled out for him, a change in career direction was needed so he returned to school and eventually passed the examinations to become a teacher. In 1885 he was appointed as a House To House teacher at Bourbah and Merri Merri. Source: Government Gazette Appointments and Employment (1885, September 4). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 5774. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219876834 In 1886 he was instructed to act as teacher at Bundemar Provisional.  According to his teachers records in 1887 he was severally reprimanded for ill-treatment of a female pupil and was to be removed to another school without delay.  Then on the 23rd February 1887 he w...

Today's post is about my great grandmother Bridget Anastasia Lambert, who was a school teacher in New South Wales in the 1890's. \ Source: Government Gazette Appointments and Employment (1898, August 26). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), , p. 6832. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220994308 Transcript: Department of Public Instruction,  Sydney, 23rd August, 1898. The Public Service Board has approved of the transfer of the following teachers to the schools specified in connection with their respective names :- Miss B. Lambert, from Eulomogo to Illaro Provisional, as Teacher. Source:  Government Gazette Appointments and Employment (1898, November 18). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), , p. 9067. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220971225 Transcript: Department of Public Instruction,  Sydney, 17th November, 1898. The Public Se...