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A distant relation, shipwrecked.

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As today and tomorrow are hot and going to get hotter, I'm spending my time 'playing' with the ancestors. The lady mentioned in this article is a distant relation to my husband, Paul. I love the description of how she met her husband, beautiful. Canowindra Star and Eugowra News (NSW : 1903 - 1907; 1910 - 1911; 1914 - 1922), Friday 8 February 1918, page 4 Bye for now, Lilian.

Family Friday; Twins Catherine and Michael Abberton

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                                     Catherine and Michael Abberton. As I wrote, last week, Thomas and Mary had 15 children and to do one a week would stretch this family into 2017! What I am going to do is each set of twins will be dome, together and the singles by themselves. Now for the start of this family! Catherine Mary Abberton. Born on 3 November 1855, died 1932,  I'm not sure if she or Michael was the elder twin. I don't have much on her except her marriage and family details. They are; Married, 1 May 1874, William Joseph Gillett, (b4 May 1851, d 14 February 1932).  They had a large family, with 13 children, no sets of twins. The Gillett children are; Thomas Joseph b 1875, d 1929, m 1900 Ida Mary Power.         ...