Lilian's Tree

 Well for someone, who had been in lockdown since 25 June, I have been busy. July saw me do a click 'n' collect on our new car. It's lovely to drive but we can't go anywhere. I've taken up the jigsaw craze, and have done 13, so far.  I finished the rug, I was making and it's snuggly. I'm knitting myself a jumper, should be done by next winter. Cooking has been fun with my first attempt at making sourdough bread. It takes ages, as bread making does and Paul and I enjoyed it. I made two dozen cupcakes and two dozen scones and did a neighbourhood scone run. Sourdough Miss 5 was having a birthday, so I made and iced (pink) cupcakes and we had a Zoom party, with her. Other things I cooked were a weetbix slice, fruit cake, chocolate mousse and a meat pie. Counting this post, I've done 12. I took part in the Family History Month, Genalife in Lockdown Challenge, were we were challenged to write about some part of out family. I worked on the Galbraith side of the...

 Back at the start of August, when I started searching for George Galbraith, I didn't know the journey it would take me on and what I would find. Since Family History Month is over, I've continued my research and now can tie things up neatly. Firstly:  Andrew Galbraith, Samuel and Margaret's fifth son. You can read about him here;  Andrew Galbraith    Now what I have found is that Andrew did go to Australia, arriving in Adelaide on 20 September 1878 on board the Largo Bay, with 363 other Scottish Immigrants. From newspaper articles in the Kapunda Herald, South Australia Register and the South Australian Advertiser, they were 'eagerly-expected' and they all found work, very quickly. I haven't found much more on Andrew, so I don't know what he did BUT on Monday 14 August 1893, page 4 of the Evening Journal had a notice asking if anyone knew where  Andrew was as a solicitor in Ayr, Scotland was looking for him. It also mentioned that he was employed by the Mou...