Families of my ancestors
BALE - Norfolk > London > Brisbane QLD
This is my mother's family. They came from Norfolk to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia after spending some years London. They arrived on the Chaseley on 1 May 1849.
My great grandfather BALE's birth brief
See also a tree summaerising my knowledge of the Norfolk BALEs.
BARLOW - Cheshire
Sir Daniel BELLINGHAM Bt the first Lord Mayor of Dublin (see BELLINGHAM below) married Jane BARLOW a daughter of Richard BARLOW of Little Toghill, Cheshire.
Birth brief of Sir Daniel BELLINGHAM
BARRETT - Galway
Ellen BARRETT one of my great grand mothers was born at Ballinduff, in Ardrahan parish, Co Galway, Ireland and came to Maryborough, Queensland, Australia arriving on 30 May 1878. She came out with one of her mother's family Anne LEONARD (who was born c1864 and married c1880 John O'DOHERTY).
One of my maternal side great great great grandfathers was Thomas Swan CROKER. I believe that his mother was the daughter of William SWAN of Kilrisk and Dublin by his second wife Jane LEE. William SWAN was the eldest son of Edward SWAN and Jane BELLINGHAM. Jane was a daughter of Sir Daniel BELLINGHAM Bt the first Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1666.
Birth brief of Sir Daniel BELLINGHAM
See also a tree summaerising my knowledge of the BELLINGHAM family from Ireland.
Family folklaw has Rebecca LOW's grandmother as Isabella CAMERON.
CASSIE - ABD & KCD Scotland
Isabella CASSIE was the mother of my great grandmother Rebecca LOW.
COLLAH - Yorkshire
This is a variant of MC COLLAH see below.
CONNELL - CLA Ireland
My main paternal line great grandfather's birth brief
COURT - Yorkshire
My great great grandfather James Court Walker was the son of George WALKER and Elizabeth COURT.
Birth brief of Charlotte Ellen WALKER
CROKER - Ireland
My mother's mother was Mary Ellen CROKER. Her grandfather, William Swan CROKER, was the first of my ancestors to arrive in Australia. He came to Sydney from Ireland on the Champion arriving 5 October 1840. He left a memorandum that gave details of some of his relatives and the names of his father and grandfather.
This memorandum started my genealogical research and I have been able to prove many of the claims made in it. My research on the CROKER families of Ireland has been wide ranging tracing many of the descendants of the original settlers in Ireland from 1600.
My great grandfather CROKER's birth brief
DAWSON - Lancashire
My maternal grandmother was Catherine DAWSON. She was a daughter of John Graham DAWSON and Charlotte Ellen WALKER.
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
My great grandmother WALKER's birth brief
DELICATE - Yorkshire
The mother of my great grandmother Charlotte Ellen WALKER was Jane DELICATE.
My great grandmother WALKER's birth brief
FORBES - Perthshire Scotland
My great great grandmother Catherine GRAHAM was the daughter of William FORBES and Catherine MC ANSH
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
GRAHAM - Perthshire Scotland
My great grandfather John Graham DAWSON was the son of William DAWSON and Catherine GRAHAM.
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
HAWTHORN - Lancashire
Miriam HAWTHORN was the mother of my great great grandfather William DAWSON.
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
KNOWLES - Lancashire
One of the ancestors of my great grandfather John Graham DAWSON was Mary KNOWLES.
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
My great great great great grandfather Joseph HAWTHORN's birth brief
LEE - Ireland
One of my maternal side great great great grandfathers was Thomas Swan CROKER. I believe that his mother was the daughter of William SWAN of Kilrisk and Dublin by his second wife Jane LEE.
See also A tree summaerising my knowledge of the Irish LEEs.
YUILE - Perthshire Scotland
Christina YUILE is a forebear of my great great grandmother Catherine GRAHAM.
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
LINNANE (LEONARD) - Galway Ireland
LLOYD - London
My great great grandfather John BALE married Hannah LLOYD the daughter of George LLOYD and Hannah SIMMONS on 14 July 1833 at St James, Westminster
My great grandfather BALE's birth brief
LOW - ABD & KCD Scotland
One of my great grandmothers was Rebecca LOW. She was born is Scotland and came to Australia as a child with her family on the Mangerton arriving on 7 August 1861.
MACNAMARA - CLA Ireland
My great great grandfather John REDDAN was married to Mary MACNAMARA.
My great grandfather's birth brief
MC ANSH - Perthshire Scotland
My great great grandmother Catherine GRAHAM was the daughter of William FORBES and Catherine MC ANSH
My great grandfather DAWSON's birth brief
MC COLLAH - Yorkshire
Dorothy MC COLLAH was the grandmother of my great grandmother Charlotte Ellen WALKER. - Yorkshire > Maryborough QLD
My great grandmother WALKER's birth brief
MUNGOMERY - Passage West COR IRL > Sydney NSW > Maryborough QLD
Elizabeth MUNGOMERY is one of my great grandmothers. MUNGOMERY is a variant of MONTGOMERY. Her father Joseph MUNGOMERY was born in Passage West, County Cork, Ireland. He was a mate on the Talavera when he came to Australia in 1854. On the voyage he met Charlotte PRIDDETH whom he married in Sydney.
Birth brief of Elizabeth MUNGOMERY
PAUL - Perthshire Scotland
My great grandmother Rebecca LOW's birth brief
PRIDDETH - Bristol England
Elizabeth MUNGOMERY is one of my great grandmothers. Her father Joseph MUNGOMERY was a mate on the Talavera when he came to Australia in 1854. On the voyage he met Charlotte PRIDDETH whom he married in Sydney.
Birth brief of Elizabeth MUNGOMERY
REDDAN - CLA Ireland > Penrith NSW > Bundaberg QLD
This is my own family. My great great grandfather John REDDAN came to Australia from Tulla in County Clare, Ireland. He, his wife and two eldest children arrived on the Orestes in May 1841.
My great grandfather's birth brief
SIMMONS - London
My great great grandfather John BALE married Hannah LLOYD the daughter of George LLOYD and Hannah SIMMONS on 14 July 1833 at St James, Westminster
My great grandfather BALE's birth brief
One of my maternal side great great great grandfathers was Thomas Swan CROKER. I believe that his mother was the daughter of William SWAN of Kilrisk and Dublin by his second wife Jane LEE.
Birth brief of William Swan CROKER
See also a tree summaerising my knowledge of the SWAN families of Ireland.
WALKER - Yorkshire
Charlotte Ellen WALKER was one of my great grandmothers.
Birth brief of Charlotte Ellen WALKER
WARMEN - Bristol England
The maternal grandmother of my great grandmother Elizabeth MUNGOMERY was Elizabeth WARMEN.
Birth brief of Elizabeth MUNGOMERY
WILSON - Dublin & County Louth Ireland
My great great grandfather William Swan CROKER and his father Thomas Swan CROKER married respectively Eliza and Mary WILSON.
My great grandfather CROKER's birth brief
Other families that interest me
CHAMBERLAIN - Ireland
Jane LEE (see LEE and SWAN above) maried firstly to Walter CHAMBERLAIN by a Kilaloe marriage licence dated 1749. There is a later marriage on 22 November 1830 of Anne CROKER daughter of General Robert CROKER and Charles CHAMBERLAIN. This Robert CROKER is claimed to be a brother of Edward Abraham CROKER my great great great great grandfather.
My great grandfather CROKER's birth brief
COOTE - Ireland
My great great great great grandfather Edward Abraham CROKER married his second wife Deborah COOTE on 10 June 1784 at Kilmallock, County Limerick, Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas COOTE of Kilfinane and Elenor WHITE.
My great grandfather CROKER's birth brief
DREW - Ireland
At one stage I believed that I had a DREW ancestor. I have since found that this is not the case. I have, however, a deal of data on this family much of which has been compiled by Keith Johnson and Carol Baxter.
GREATRAKES - Ireland
I have collected some information of the GREATRAKES family throught their connections with both the CROKERs and DREWs. They all had property in the Lismore Estate of Richard BOYLE later the Earl of Cork.
WOLFE - Ireland
My great great great grandfather Thomas Swan CROKER married in June 1826 as his second wife Anne Jane WOLFE who was the daughter of Philpot Rogerson WOLFE. There were no surviving children from this marriage.
My great grandfather CROKER's birth brief
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