Ada Cambridge and the Wangaratta Story – Part 4
After doctors, bankers came next in social importance in Wangaratta according to Ada Cambridge’s memoir Thirty Years in Australia. She described them as “the backbone of country society”, remarking how important it was that “they should be...An Exemplary Wife and a Fond Mother
Trying to tease out the lives of women is often difficult. In generations past married women were seen as an extension of their husbands. Single women were seen as extensions of their father, or recognised only if their charitable work was extensive, or worse still...Gordy and Minnie
One set of my great grandparents were Wangaratta based James Edgar Gordon MOORE, almost always known as ‘Gordy’, and Caroline Anne (nee RITCHIE). When Caroline died tragically in August 1933 after she caught influenza and succumbed to the ensuing...George Oliver Jackel
Some intrepid bloggers are participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 2018 “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” blogging prompt. Fellow Australian blogger Lilian Magill realised that this might just over commit her so she came up with “12 Ancestors in 12...George Clark and his unfortunate end
I have written previously about the inquest into George Clark’s death in June 1854 and how it allowed me to put together information to come up with the location and name of the Grape Inn which was owned by George’s brother William Henry Clark (WHC)....
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