Recently Kirsi Dahl and Mightier Acorns posted about the names of their 16 great great grandparents. I’ve enjoyed seeing others sharing their 16, so can’t resist giving details here of my sixteen.
Below is a brief outline of the facts of my great great grandparents. I have written about them many times and will import those stories from Tracking Down The Family’s previous platform, so that they can be kept together, here. For now, here are their names.
My 16 Great Great Grandparents
John Taylor was born at Uzmaston, just outside Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in February 1814. He died in1881, at Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia.
his wife,
Martha Annie Lloyd was born at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1813. and died in 1891 at Bundalong, Victoria, Australia.
Joseph Henry Jones was born in 1839 at Green Ponds, Hobartown, Tasmania, and died in 1895 Gaffney’s Creek, Victoria, Australia.
his wife
Ellen Virginia Lowe was born in 1836 at Hobartown, Tasmania, and died in 1872 at Scoresby, Victoria.
William Calnan was born in cir 1828 at Kilkenny, Ireland, and died in 1883 at Violet Town, Victoria.
his wife
Ellen Boyle was born cir 1833 at Inver, Donegal, Ireland, and died at Violet
Town in 1896
Thomas James Jonathan McEwan, also known as McQueen/McQuien, was born cir 1824, at Trelawny, Jamaica, West Indies.
his wife
Janet Young was born cir 1825 at Glasgow, Scotland and died in 1897 at Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. Her married name at the time of death was Janet Taylor
Farquhar Francis Morison was born 07 November 1820, at Glenshiel, Ross-Shire, Scotland, and died in 1896 at Heathcote, Victoria, Australia.
his wife
Ann MacPherson was born in 1847 at Glenelg, Ross-Shire, Scotland and died in 1916 at Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Thomas Albert Love was born at Bradford, Wiltshire, England in cir 1855, and died in 1876 at Heathcote, Victoria, Australia.
his wife
Georgina Maria Annette Cox was born in 1857 at Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, and died in 1943 at Heathcote. At the time of her death her married name was Georgina Tranter.
Thomas Albert Love
Georgina Maria Annette Cox
Thomas Waters was born in 1829 at Dunton, Bedfordshire, England, and died in 1913 at Rochester, Victoria, Australia.
his wife
Elizabeth Ann Cock/Cocks was born cir 1839 at Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, and died in 1908 at Echuca, Victoria, Australia.
Thomas Waters
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Alexander Gilmour was born cir 1857 at Mount Pleasant, Victoria, Australia, and died in 1929 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
his wife
Jean Louden was born in 1856 at Cowies Creek, Victoria, Australia, and died in 1908 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Alexander Gilmour
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My great great grandfather, William Calnan has been a frustrating brick wall, as I haven’t been able to find any information from Kilkenny Ireland, the place of his birth. Frustratingly, I also haven’t been able to find his passenger record.
So there are my sixteen. Do you recognise any of these surnames as being in your family. Did you ancestors emigrate to Australia and settle in any of the areas mentioned. Happy to collaborate with research.
Love seeing your 16! Unfortunately, none of those names in my tree. I love this idea because who knows, it may help with our brick walls.
What a great idea - I need to hop on that bandwagon