Tracing Family Branches

Today's post involves my Great Great Grandmothers second husband Henry Inifer.  I believe that Henry was born the son of Isaac Inifer and his wife Margaret nee Sherdon in Essex, England about 1837. 1841 England Census Name Henry Mifer  (transcription error should be Inifer) Age 4 Estimated Birth Year abt 1837 Gender Male Where born Essex, England Civil parish Braintree Hundred Hinckford County/Island Essex Country England Registration district Braintree Sub-registration district Braintree Piece 331 Book 12 Folio 40 Page number 9 Household Members Name Age Isaac Mifer 52 Margaret Mifer 40 William Mifer 17 Isaac Mifer 14 John Mifer 12 Sarah Mifer 10 Benjamin Mifer 8 Mary Mifer 6 Henry Mifer 4 Maria Mifer 2 Source: 1841 England Census. Retrieved from  https://www.ancestry.com.au 1851 England Census Name Henry Inifer Age 15 Estimated Birth Year abt 1836 Relation Son Father...

Today’s photograph is another of the priceless treasures that Barbara Cooper was wonderful enough to send to us after reading my blog and getting in touch with me.  This is the only photograph I have seen of my husbands paternal Grandmother Violet Helen Marguerite Martin nee Murray together with her sons William Allardyce James Martin (1929-1934), Ronald Kingsley George Martin (my husbands father) and Alan Edward Raymond Martin.  Violet was the Granddaughter of Baron Raimund Von Stillfried Rathenitz and his Japanese partner Nishiyama Haru through their daughter Helen (see more posts on this here , here  and  here ). We are extremely grateful to Barbara and her Mother before her for keeping this photograph and the others safe and in such wonderful condition since the 1930’s, especially as everyone in the photograph is now deceased.  With William dying not long after this (see here ) and Alan being raised by Violets sister Molly and her partner, the photograph is ...

Today’s post involves my 5th Great Grandmother Mary Rhall nee Cassidy’s second husband Michael Reynolds.  Michael Reynolds was a convict who was transported to Australia with a life sentence and arrived on board the ship Lord Sidmouth in 1821. More information on him can be found here .  He is also mentioned in previous posts here  and here . TICKET OF LEAVE PASSPORT No. 44/586       28th August 1844. Name:  Michael Reynolds Ship:  Lord Sidmouth (2) Year of Arrival: 1821 Where Tried: Leitrim When Tried:  July 1820 Sentence: Life Ticket of Leave No. 42/1825 Allowed to . . . travel to Manero for the purpose of collecting stock for 12 months    On the recommendation of the Berrima Bench, dated 22 Aug 44 44/9038 Source: New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for Michael Reynolds.  Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au

Today's post involves my Great Grandfather Leo Battye. Source: EMPLOYMENT FOR 200 MEN (1935, September 19). The Gundagai Independent (NSW : 1928 - 1939), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225003068 Transcript: Near the old 'Bushman's Daughter,' Leo Battye and Sam Blake are prospecting.

Today's photograph is of my husbands Uncle William Allardyce James Martin, who was known as Jimmy and it has quite a story attached to it! Jimmy was the oldest son of William Allardyce Martin and his wife Violet Helen Marguerite nee Murray.  As I have written about previously (see here ) I spent nearly twenty years researching the wrong William A. Martin and his family due to being given an incorrect primary source document.  This year thanks to Barbara Cooper discovering my blog post and getting in touch with me I am finally researching the right family and working on some fascinating new leads!  More than this however Barbara has sent me three absolutely priceless, precious photographs of my husbands family that will be treasured by our family for generations to come.  This photograph of Jimmy is one of the three and has been in Barbara and her family's, especially her late Mother's, safe keeping since the 1930's in England.  Thanks to Barbara, it has now tra...

Today's post involves my Grandmother Cluna Irene Donnelly nee O'Connor. I have put a list together of all of the addresses for her that I can verify through Electoral Rolls.   Previous posts mentioning her can be found here , here , here , here , here , here , here  and here . 1933 Griffith Street, Stockton, NSW - Home Duties 1943 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1949 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1958 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1963 6 Russell Street, Cardiff, NSW - Home Duties 1968 23 May Street, Cardiff, NSW, 2285 - Home Duties 1972 23 May Street, Cardiff, NSW, 2285 -Home Duties 1977 18/1 Cohen Street, Speers Point, NSW, 2284 - Home Duties 1980 18/1 Cohen Street, Speers Point, NSW, 2284 - Home Duties Source: Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Retrieved from  https://search.an...

Today's post involves my 1st cousin three times removed Ada Edna Polsen and her marriage to Charles Smith at Gundagai in 1929.  A post about Ada’s parents wedding can be found here . Source: WEDDING BELLS (1929, April 8). The Gundagai Independent (NSW : 1928 - 1939), p. 3. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224971872 Transcript: WEDDING BELLS SMITH-POLSEN A pretty wedding was celebrated in St. John's Church, Gundagai, on Wednesday last, when Mr. Charles Smith, of Moss Vale, and Miss Ada Edna Polsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Polsen, of Hospital Hill, Gundagai were married.  Miss Flo McCarthy played the Wedding March, as the bride (who looked sweetly pretty) entered the Church, on the arm of her father.  The Rev. S.G. Davis tied the nuptial knot. The bride was gowned in a pretty frock of crepe de chene, and a beautiful long embroidered veil was arranged mob cap fashion over a wreath of orange blossoms.  She carried a beautiful b...