Lilian's Tree

 Before house were given numbers, they often  had names and this makes me ask, "Did your house have a name?" My husband, Paul,  grew up in the same house that his mother, Edna Sigrist,  did and it had the name "Bodalla."   The reason behind this name was that Christopher Fredrick SIGRIST (1858-1919)   had worked in the small country town, on the far south coast of New South Wales, to pay of his bankruptcy. Christopher was Edna's grandfather and Paul's great-grandfather. Fairmount Street, Lakemba. I grew-up in Arncliffe, in a very tiny street, with only six houses, four on the odd side and two on the even side. In researching on Trove I have found that the house was named "Aberdeen," but I don't remember seeing any mention of it. The veranda tiles at Arncliffe. In 2014 Paul and I started renovations on our home, with the view that they would be finished before Paul retired in 2015. They were and it was then that we thought of giving the house a ...

I've been busy, with the house finished being painted and a driveway laid. That was 'fun'. My car has been homeless for three weeks, living at a friends place. While the driveway hardened we went away to Melbourne to visit our family. Lots of lovey granddaughters/grandparents time as mum and dad were away. PJ movie night, netball, pizza night and granddad bedtime stories. It was really good to spend time with them. On the family tree side I haven't really been motivated to do much. I really should set myself goals and (try) stick to them. I have looked at my great-grandmothers death and ordered a couple of certificates and they should be here soon. They will either answer my questions or give me more questions to answer. Still going with my socks and did start the new scarf, both are progressing well and I will post photos, when they are done. We did do something exciting! We named our house, after nearly 40 years with thought it was time and the sign arrived toda...