Adding Twigs and Leaves, Part 9
Susan was born on 16/08/1854 to George Donald and Jane Galbraith, being baptised on 18/09/1854. She was their last child. Like her brothers and sisters I don't know anything about her childhood. She was just 16 when her father died in 1870. In 1875 Susan married George Henry Melrose in Yass. They would have seven children Henry Irwin (Irvine), Birth record #21847/1874, father is listed as George Henry Irwin Melrose, place Yass, died 1962 William Arthur Aubrey, birth index # 7320/1877, Armidale, died 1967 Herbert Lesley, birth index # 24793/1880, Tamworth, died 1970 Mina May Evelyn, (Nina), birth index # 28044/1882, Tamworth, died 1939 Albert George Birth index # 32845/1886, Queanbeyan, died 1942 Percy Harold, birth index # 34676/1888, Bungendore, died 1954 Stanley, birth index # 14477/1891, Goulburn, died 1973. Both George and Susan died in 1936 at Canterbury, Sydney. On Susan's death certificate her name is given as Susan Alston Melrose. This name doesn't come up on any ot...