Lilian's Tree

                                                   Thomas Joseph Abberton. (Thomas is the elder born of twins. I will do his twin, Frances Maria, next week.) Thomas and Frances arrived in the world 30 March 1865*, being the eighth and ninth children of Thomas and Mary. Thomas Joseph was also the second son, Frances was the seventh daughter. The information I have on Thomas is scant, with bits and pieces being found in TROVE and Archives NSW. Thomas married Louisa Mary Ann Nicolls 1 January 1890*, in the Roman Catholic Church, Mummel. Louisa was a school teacher and five years older than Thomas. Louisa also continued to teach, up until the birth of her second child.   (I can assume that they met at Mummel, as this was wh...

This is today's prompt from GeneaBloggers , so here goes. Now a sewing centre, it was once the Salutation Hotel, where my grandfather, Thomas Abberton was the licensee. Situated in Goulburn, in Auburn Street it still has the beautiful wrought iron lacework. I went inside and it felt strange to be walking on the same floor that he had done. This is a photo of a photo of the Mummel (Mummell) School that my grandmother, Louisa Nicolls, taught in from 1885 until she married in 1890. It is in much better condition, today and it lovely inside. You can still see the outline of where the desks were. What is your Those places Thursday? Bye, Lilian