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Have not seen a copper like that since I was a little lad living in the bush. When the water was boiling mum would drop in the clothes, poke a bit more wood in, have a cuppa, and then remove the...

HI NGAIREDITH, THANKS FOR THE INFO ON EDGAR SOMERVILLLE HENSON AND CLAUDE JAMES HENSON. LOOKS AS THOUGH TWO BROTHERS MARRIED TWO SISTERS! I DON'T THINK THEY ARE MY HENSONS BUT THANKS AGAIN....

If it's Henry James Emmett, he was born in Westminster, Middlesex, England in 1782 and died in Newtown, Tasmania on the 28 December 1848. He married Mary Elizabeth Thompson Townsend at Westminster...

please can you tell me the name of the ship

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Ain't slang words a hoot Tonkin? I have a mule grin from ear to ear. I won't lark you, I swear by my overall straps. We are egging each other on. When playing pigskin, Are coach demanded...

See,your brother and son suffered then and now suffering from the after effects. But, You know what Jan? "I bet they really loved it!!" Jan, I really enjoy contact sports. I enjoyed watching...

Thank you Rozzie. Gina is the name recorded in the death records and is the name given by the informant at the time of death. Gina is just a shorter version for Georgina. Given names ofter vary...

Similar attributes with subtle skillset, Rugby League is more aggressive, Rugby Union is more structured, Aussie Rules is skillful with speed, endurance & agility. Both use a oval ball similar...

I am related to George Hull. There is a lot of information on the Hull family at that time, when they first came to Australia. I am directly descended from Georgina Rose Hull and Phillip Emmett....

My word said the bird. If you ever lob down under for a captain cook at the footy you know not to beat about the bush asking for a pie and sauce because you may end up with a dead barker in...

Arthur Hitchcock arrived Aus per Storm King he married 1 Mary Ann Hines 2 Mary Ann Gordon.

I am a descendent of this family too. I am 99% sure my gggg grandmother was called Georgina Rose Hull.Not Gina. I have a photo of her. Roz ( Roslyn Hancock grand daughter of Sophie Emmett - a...

Oh, Nothing to apologize for mate. We have many southern slang words. I have a paper on Southern slang words. Will try to find it. I could talk to you in two full senctenes with southern slang...

ARF!! I loved playing American football in school. Even (I think) our sadistic coach stood us up and told us not to move while another player came at us, and many times left his feet to throw a...

Sorry bobbylee - just a bit of Aussie slang mate. A dog's eye is a meat pie, and dead horse is tomato sauce. And a Harry is what we call a big bottle of beer. There are twelve Harrys to a...

Scott, I suppose the drama was missing for a punchline. God can lead people into our lives when we least expect it. After 70 years, in a church in Clovis, New Mexico. He heard for the first time...

I'm a Carolina boy Tonkin. What is dog's eye, dead horse, and a box of Harrys to keep you company? I have never heard these terms. Bob. Now I have heard the term dead horse as it was used...

Gwyn Ap Rhytherch ( - 1030) is your 26th great grandfather Gollwyn Ap Gwyn (1000 - 1069) Son of Gwyn Cydifor Fawr Ap Gollwyn (1055 - 1091) Son of Gollwyn Latimer Cydifor Bledri (1057 - 1117)...

It's not Football ... without a dog's eye and dead horse, and a box of Harrys to keep you company.