Lilian's Tree

 My April research has been on my husband's Paternal side, focusing on Edith Pearl Amelia Millar's line. It goes like this; Hubby, Patrick MAGILL, Edith Pearl Amelia MILLAR, (her maternal line goes back to John NICHOLS, Scarborough,   First Fleet), Ralph MILLAR,   and his parents James MILLAR   and Marion BROWN.    Ralph and his wife, Amelia Jane HUGHES  had six children; Marion b 1880, Henry b 1882,  Florence b 1884, Edith b 1885, Ruby b 1889 and Constance b 1892. I have search for and found marriages and on some lines children for all of the six children.  While researching Ralph I made and interesting discovery about his parents, James and Marion. (It pays to re-read documents.) Their marriage has James listed as Free and Marion as Bond. Using their death certificates I worked out the possible years of arrival and looking a several data bases found that they were both convicts. James arrived in 1828 on the Speke. Marion and...

After over thirty years researching family history, I think that I have finally cracked how we have Hunter in the Magill names. I’m currently in Salt Lake City, home to the BIGGEST FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY in the world and have looked into Samuel’s birth. We know that he was born in County Antrim between 1844-1849. This has been gleaned from family lore and his death certificate. Well before I arrived here I found a birth of one Samuel Magill, son of a James Magill and Mary.   I then looked for their marriage and found this. James Magill m Mary Ann Hunter, 1850.    This sent tingles down my spine. Could this really be the answer? Well… I headed to B2 and the Irish records.   Microfilm number 101313 holds the key.   The record had some words I couldn’t decipher but the important bits were there.     Name                     ...

Tuesday 7 February 2017 @ 11.45am. After  Sunday it was time to get down to the serious side of being here, Research in the Library! I didn't take note of the opening hours, so rocked up at 8.30, only to find the opened at 8.00. Still they don't close until 6.00pm. Plenty of time! I was going to concentrate on my German Ancestry but even with the guides I have, it is very difficult. Seriously considering asking a researcher to do it for me, one who speaks and reads German. This was on Level B1, so for my English, Scottish and Irish Ancestors, it was down to Level 2. Plenty of familiar faces, down here! Frustrating!!!! I know that the FamilySearch record says he is on this microfilm but it says To Be Continued!   Re-shelved it and went to Level 3 for Mondays with Myrt. Pat and I during my session. It was great to catch-up.   After this I went for a walk, then back to my room and rechecked my research, yes I had it correct. Back into the l...

This came from Jill Ball.  The answers are mine. Remember to Accentuate the Positive   1.  An elusive ancestor I found was;  none this year but added details to most branches and enjoyed finding out the information. 2.  A precious family photo I found was; none but I did scan several, late last year, 2015, at a family get together and talked to the Aunts about them. 3.  An ancestor's grave I found was; Henry and Charlotte Vaughan's, at Camperdown Cemetery. The stone is no longer standing but I found them! 4.  An important vital record I found was; probate for my husband's maternal Grandmother. Made very interesting reading. 5.  A newly found family member shared; a draft of their family history. Looks good but no sources cited. :( 6.  A geneasurprise I received was; winning a 2017 pass to RootsTech! 7.   My 2016 blog post that I was particularly proud of was; can I say all? I enjoyed sharing two branches of the fam...

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), Tuesday 26 July 1927, page 10     Patrick Maher, is one of those peripheral relations. He was married to Florence Vivian Corinda Millar, in 1908 and they had two children, Catherine, born 1911 and Patrick, born and died 1914.   (Florence is the sister of Edith Magill, nee Millar, my husband's grandmother.)   I don't know what caused Patrick to take is own life. The coroner ruled that he was 'temporally insane', when he died. He is buried in the Moonbie Cemetery. Florence joined him in 1950.       This is my last Trove Tuesday post, for awhile as I want to start something different. Please continue to tune-in, on a Tuesday to see what is going on.   Thank you for following these posts. Bye, Lilian  

More of my collection of family tombstones. My husband's Great-grandparents. Frederick  Christopher Sigrist, born 18 September 1858 in Germany, died 29 June 1919. Mary Ann (nee Hudson) Sigrist, born circa 1857 in England, died 14 April 1934. They are buried at Rookwood, NSW. Ralph Millar, born circa 1842, (possibly England), died 18 August 1911 and is buried in the Tamworth Presbyterian Cemetery. Ralph was a beekeeper and the father of Edith Magill.  My Great-grandfather, Thomas Abberton, born circa 1830, in Galway, Ireland, died 22 July 1901. He is buried in the Kenmore Cemetery, Goulburn. Note the large empty space at the bottom of the stone. His wife, Mary (nee Torpy) is said to be buried with him. She was also born in Galway, Ireland in 1834 and died in Sydney, NSW in 1914. Bye for now, Lilian.

Elsie Minnie Ironside married Frederick Charles Sigrist on 5 April 1919 Looking at the photo, from left to right. Alf Tobin, Violet Sigrist, Frederick Sigrist, Elsie Ironside, Lilly Sigrist, Norm Ironside. Edna May Sigrist married Patrick James Magill on 16 April 1949. My in-laws. Edna made her dress. Eveline Maude Jasper married Arthur Alfred Galbraith on 30 December 1908. My mum told me that this photo was taken 3 days after the wedding and that the bouquet wasn't the one she used, as the photo was taken in the photographers studio.  Lilian Evelyn Galbraith married Matthew Henry Abberton on 19 February 1954. A second marriage for both. Just a few of the wedding photos I have in my collection, look for more next week. Bye for now, Lilian

Faces, what do they tell us? Can we find any trace of our ancestors in our faces? We see a new baby and we say, he has so-n-so's nose, chin, ears as we look for a link to the past. Today I'm looking at my mum and her parents and then my husbands great grandfather. Arthur Alfred Victor Galbraith Born 1884 Died 1965 Evelyn Maude Jasper Born 1885 Died 1932 Mum Born 1911 Died 2006 Samuel Hunter Magill Born c1844 Died 1928 Looking at these photos I think, what colour were their eyes?  Why and where  were these photos taken? Mum's eyes were blue, Grandad's I can't remember. Grandma's photo was taken at Katoomba. Mum's was on her first birthday. Some answers, still some questions.

Success of a kind. No haven't found a death. I've ordered the marriage transcript. I then decided to do a search of the NSW  State Archives site. Picked a Keyname Search, entered Bryant, Magill and had it search. I brought up a long list of records but I selected the divorce records and BINGO! There it was a divorce between Bryant, Samuel and Bryant, Margaret. A couple of clicks more an I had ordered those records. Very interesting. Bye Lilian

I'm new to this but want to share family information and meet other family members.  Looking for the names of Abberton, Magill, Sigrist.  These are just some of the names I'm researching. Will post more once I'm settled in.