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This is my great grandfather. He was supposedly born in California around 1851. He was a seaman. Family moved to Massachusetts in the 1880s or 90s. His daughter, Gertrude, married Joseph Callahan in Massachusetts. His parents names according to...
Surnames:
CALLAHAN, KELLY, WILLIAMS
I never knew my paternal grandfather, and until late in life I never had the time or inclination to research family history. As the family scattered (from England) throughout the world we all lost touch. I ended up in S.Africa. I am therefore not abl...
Surnames:
GLOVER, KERANS<, PINDER, RICHARDSON, SMITH
and 3 more
It is with regret I announce that Murray Patrick Lynn (1950-2013), the creator, author and administrator of KiwiCelts, passed away 14 Nov 2013
His family has announced that "KiwiCelts will remain online in it's present form. Decisions about it's f...
See my journal THE DUNDONALD ESTATE NEAR BROADMEADOWS TOWNSHIP whose farms will not be discussed here. My aim in this journal is to specify the location of each farm (Melway and crown allotment details) and to present a chronology of each using adver...
Surnames:
BLACK, HOCTOR, JEFFERIES, MACHELL, MACONOCHIE
and 1 more
Information Journal
Groom: Charles Templer FISHER.
Age: 27 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Charles Templer FISHER.
Bride: Margaret ANESBURY.
Age: 26 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Andrew ANESBURY.
Date married: 16 March 1887.
Place: Re...
Surnames:
ANESBURY, ANSBURY, ANSESBURY, BENNETT, BONE
and 5 more
Broadmeadows Township,bounded by Hackett St,Kenny St,Lyons St and the Moonee Ponds Creek/Forman St at Melway 6 A7 started to lose its name in 1872 when the failed Essendon private railway was extended through Campbellfield toward Sydney as the North ...
Surnames:
ATTWOOD, BARROW, CAMERON, CAMPBELL, CHAPMAN
and 15 more
Information Journal.
Groom: Thomas BROOKS.
Age: Not recorded.
Status: Single.
Father: Thomas BROOKS.
Bride: Ann Letitia ANESBURY.
Age: Not recorded.
Status: Single.
Father: Andrew ANESBURY.
Date married: 08 July 1875.
Place: Residence...
Surnames:
ANESBURY, ANSBUARY, ANSBURY, BENNETTS, BROOKS
and 10 more
It seems that the majority of Elsegoods are not in the UK but in Australia and Argentina. I have been told that in about 1860 a ship left the UK for Argentina which could have had an Elsegood on.
Surnames:
ARGENTINA, ELSEGOOD
Information Journal.
Groom: George ANESBURY.
Age: 30 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Andrew ANESBURY.
Bride: Ada Alice GREEN.
Age: 19 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Samuel GREEN.
Date married: 18 October 1894.
Place: Residence of Samue...
Surnames:
ANESBURY, BENNETT, BURT, DYSTER, FINLAY
and 10 more
Wife was nancy(pascoe) married around 1868, can't find him in 1861 cencus or where he came from Thankyou
Surnames:
HARRISPASCOE
i would like to find some information please on a couple that married in derbyshire in the county of glossop i believe but unsure ,
the couple are a phillip brown and i Mary Ashby
i believe they were married at the turn of the century
i would ...
Hi Everyone,
My Great Grandfather was Alfred James Ettinger B-1889, and in 1919, he married Barbara Downie White (who immigrated to Canada from Scotland when she was 11 years old with her older sister Agnes, age 17).
Agnes and Barbara departed ...
Surnames:
CARR, CARRIER, EDINGER, ETTINGER, WEIR
and 1 more
Information Journal.
Groom: John James ANESBURY.
Age: 28 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Andrew ANESBURY.
Bride: Martha Eliza FISHER.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Charles FISHER.
Date married: 16 March 1887.
Place: Residence ...
Surnames:
ANESBURY, ANSTREV, BENNETT, BURT, FISHER
and 6 more
I have limited information on my great-grandfather, Johnson Rule. He moved to South Dakota via New Jersey and Quebec, Canada. He was married to Elizabeth Cox.
It is with regret I announce that Murray Patrick Lynn (1950-2013), the creator, author and administrator of KiwiCelts, passed away 14 Nov 2013
His family has announced that "KiwiCelts will remain online in it's present form. Decisions about it's f...
Looking for information on parents of Patrick McConaughy,1774(17787)-1836, married Mary Hanson. McConaughy family belived to have come to America from Ireland in 1733( not sure about this info).any help with any relations in this family after the yea...
Surnames:
MCCONAUGHY
Information Journal.
Groom: Charles Edwin ANESBURY.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Andrew ANESBURY.
Bride: Daisy Emma BOYD.
Age: 17 years.
Status: Single.
Father: David W BOYD, Cradock, South Australia.
Date married: 06 Februar...
Surnames:
ANESBURY, ANSBURY, BENNETT, BODDINGTON, BOYD
and 6 more
I am researching Jeremiah Ryan and Catherine Frewin. Jeremiah married Catherine at St. Marys Parish, Limerick, Ireland on 9 January 1827. Unfortunately, Roots Ireland only list their fathers' surnames, no first names.
So far, I have found 4 chil...
Surnames:
FREWIN, MCMAHON, RYAN
The Orient steamship John Elder, A. J. Cooper commander, arrived at Semaphore, South Australia and anchored at half past 4. on Wednesday, March 12, 1879.
SHE had a capital passage but no special incidents occurred. One birth took place, and the chi...
Surnames:
ALLESANDRI, ATKINS, BACON, BEAVIS, BENNETT
and 31 more