The Owen Family James Burne Owen and his wife Isabel Annie nee Powell purchased Fernleigh. James and Annie had married in St Leonards in October of 1882. James was working as a clerk of the Out-door Superintendant’s Joint Staff in … Continue reading
Edward Atkins Jnr was born on the 10th of January 1852 in West Pennant Hills. Edward Atkins Jnr, like his father, also known as Edward Atkins, was a successful Nurseryman. He married Maria Allsop in 1878 and the family made … Continue reading
Fernleigh was a house very close to where I live. I had no idea it existed until I read an obituary notice for Mary Atkins nee Annetts, my three times great grandmother. The funeral notice for Mary Annetts read- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28274767 … Continue reading
On his marriage certificate Edwin Gransden declared his usual residence to be in Cumberland County, Sydney area, in NSW. By the time of Edwins marriage Robert Gransden, Edwins eldest brother was already living in Bathurst (NSW Bathurst GPO, Government Gazettes., … Continue reading
Day of frustration at the archives yesterday. I have proved that one of the convicts that we thought was ours is not. So I now have to figure out who this person is. His name is William Russell, he is … Continue reading
Years ago I went to Land Titles to find out about our house and who had been living in it prior to when we moved in. It was not a success. We had some details but when we put in our … Continue reading
I have learned so much about Genealogy over the last few weeks. With both the start of the Diploma of Family History at UTAS and also the Future Learn Course- Researching your Family Tree there has been so much to … Continue reading
This post was originally made in 2008 on a different blog site. I am not moving the essence, although not quite all the information, from that blog to this one. I went to the Sydney Records office and looked up … Continue reading