04.26.08
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 9:24 am by Catherine
It was time to tackle some Irish records and success was achieved when I found the baptism record of one of my great grandfathers and his parents marriage. This information came at a price in Euro to AUD, too much to mention. I will be savouring this for a little while contemplating how much this hobby has cost over the years.
Moving on, I have been looking into the Sutton and Page families, George Sutton from Burtonwood, Lancashire arrived in Australia as a convict and he married Jane Page from Whitechapel, London in Bathurst NSW. George was the son of Peter Sutton and Mary Dutton. It is interesting that these family names are also place names in Lancashire/Cheshire.
Jane Page was the daughter of James Page and Jane Sears and she immigrated to Australia in 1853. Jane married George almost immediately after her arrival to become a farmers wife at Garra, near Molong. George and Jane had seven sons and three daughters.
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03.22.08
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 8:58 pm by Catherine
Elizabeth Watkins mother has been found in the 1841 Census at Herne, Kent. But no sign of her and husband Gayler Swain. They are shown in the 1851 Census at Herne Bay, Kent. Was Herne Bay a location in 1841 for a Census enumerator to be allocated? The location of Herne Bay appears to be missing in the 1841 Census.
The Farley family are a little more obscure and it appears my only hope with them are with parish records, therefore, onto these to seek more information.
I have also been a little side tracked on another branch these past few months and I may be detailing this family soon.
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01.22.08
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 8:34 pm by Catherine
This blog has just been the best thing I could ever have done to advance this addictive genealogy bug. The certificate I was waiting for turned up at the end of last week. And has given me Mrs Elizabeth Swain’s maiden name, Watkins. I am just getting used to having this information. When just today, I have been contacted via this blog, by a researcher with a direct family link to the Watkins family tree. This is so amazing. I haven’t even had time to update my family tree program with the new information from the certificate yet.Thank you to Family Tree for this site, my tree is growing so fast it is nearly unbelievable.
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12.12.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 8:37 pm by Catherine
This blog has turned out to be a saviour in my search for Gayler Swain with the kind assistance of Terry and his comment regarding the 1851 Census.
Terry realising the difficulty I was having finding Gayler advised me in his generous and helpful way on how to find the poorly transcribed entry. Just goes to show you should try every spelling you can think of. Transcribers are human and are only trying to do their best. I have even done the same thing. I was given an opportunity to view the original registrar data in court house records in Australia and in my rush to get the data down I transcribed the mother’s surname as Curain not Swain, needless to say this was the wrong track and left this line a dead end for a long time.
Therefore, thanks to Terry it is confirmed that Gayler Swain is the father of my Elizabeth Swain married to William Nix Farley. Thank you Terry.
I have ordered another certificate from England, this time, I am hoping to find out the maiden name of Gayler’s wife, Elizabeth’s mother. This will take 3 to 4 weeks to arrive which means I will not know more until after the New Year. I wish all who read this blog a safe and happy festive season.
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12.07.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 8:30 am by Catherine
I think I have been spoilt with Australian death certificates they hold a lot more genealogical information than English death certificates of this era, late 18oo’s. Unfortunately, no spouse details, no list of children of the marriage, no parents stated.
But, all is good, as I am pleased to have this death certificate now as it does confirm the Gayler Swain from Willesborough in 1809 is most likely the same Gayler in the death certificate.
Details you might be interested in, Gayler Swain was aged 68 years at his death on 1st May 1877 at Charles Street, Herne Bay. His details were recorded by his son, William Swain who was present at death. Gayler’s death certificate states he was a Master Baker.
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10.20.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 9:36 am by Catherine
Thanks to Tony and his Web site I am progressing a little further with Gayler Swain. I have sent for a death certificate and I am currently waiting for this to arrive. To date, Gayler is evading all attempts to find him in the 1851 Census. Hopefully the family will turn up eventually.
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08.18.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 10:15 pm by Catherine
A copy of the marriage certificate for 1855 of William Nix Farley and Elizabeth Swain arrived at my home August 2007.
Another step to the past William Farley is shown as living at Underdown Street, Herne Bay, Kent, son of Thomas Farley a Gentleman. And Elizabeth as living at Charles Street, Herne Bay, Kent, daughter of Gayler Swain a Baker by trade. Gayler Swain and Lydia Farley were witnesses to the marriage.
It appears form internet searching that Gayler Swain was baptised in 1809 at Willesborough, Kent, a suburb of Ashford. William Nix Farley and Elizabeth left England for Australia not long after their marriage as their first child was born in 1856 in Sydney, Australia.
I have used the on line directories to find both Thomas Farley and Gayler Swain listed in 1858 Melville & Co.’s Directory & Gazetteer of Kent. This confirms Thomas Farley is a Gentry and Gayler Swain is a Baker at the stated addresses on the marriage certificate in 1855. I am very pleased to have a little more knowledge.
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08.07.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 10:01 am by Catherine
When starting this family branch my ancestor’s name came up as William Nix Farley. Some how I believed his middle name Nix meant zero or nil, in other words he didn’t have a middle name. It was not until I took a chance and purchased a certificate of death for a possible relative. This certificate proved to be for his brother, James Palmer Farley. William Nix Farley was the informant on the death certificate and he stated James’ mother to be Lydia Farley formerly Nix. Therefore what I believed to be no middle name is actually his mother’s maiden name, what a thrill to find this out. One more family line backwards from one certificate. I have sent for William’s marriage certificate which I hope will confirm the family name Nix on his mother’s branch.
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08.05.07
Posted in Genealogy & Ancestry at 4:17 am by Catherine
To explain the name of this blog! My ancestors or rather my family tree branches where ever they may have originated from all lead to me and where I was born. Molong is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. Most of my ancestry is traceable from Australia’s British settlement with some Irish and some German thrown into the mix.
If you find you have an interest in the same connections as I do then please take the opportunity to contact me to share information and hopefully have some fun along the way.
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