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Below you will find some family stories based on research I have done so far. I hope to build up quite a collection. I would appreciate any information about names, particular locations and/or the period you come across while reading.

It is my belief that research into genealogy should serve to recreate personal & family histories as a part of the broader historical context.

Hope you enjoy the family tales. Keep coming back for more.

This page last updated: May 20, 2006

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Henri Jonas Jonas Famil title
... in which Russian Jewish immigrants carve out a place for themselves in Melbourne's commercial and musical worlds


Story 1 : The Fruit Shop at the top end of Collins St

Story 2: Alf (Adolf) Jonas makes a success of the fruitshop

Story 3: A Russian Jewish Family in Fitzroy

Story 4: Henri, Itcha and Dora - three musical prodigies

Story 5: Adolf Jonas, the Rabbi and the position of Jews in Czarist Russia under Alexander II

Story 6: The well-to-do Zlotnikovs of Minsk marry into the Jonas Family

 

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Bell Freeman Freeman title
... in which my ancestors from Suffolk play a part in the early pioneering history of South Australia.


Story 1 : Bell Freeman, pioneer of Adelaide

 

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Mary Young



... in which a poor family from Dunfermline, Scotland, come to South Australia attracted by the discovery of a rich copper mine at Burra.


Story 1 : The Young Family from Dunfermline

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James Howard Howard title
... in which the Howard and Barkley families feature prominently at Eureka and Sebastapol, involving themselves in 'scandal' and crime.


Story 1 : Sex, scandal and crime - James Howard (Snr)

Story 2: David Barkley's will ... Dutch Harry's Hotel

Story 3: Childhood at Sebastapol - James Howard (Jnr)

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Charlotte Bailey Woolrich title
... in which a sailor from Cheshire leaves behind his servant family to search for gold, settle in the port of Williamstown and produce a second generation who find success in horticulture.


Story 1: Thomas Woolrich - A Sudden Call

Story 2: Charlotte Bailey of Dalgarno St. Williamstown

 Story 3: Lord Chomondely's butler?

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... in which a family of Carriage Trimmers, Sadlers and Grocers arrive in Geelong and make good in their professions


Story 1 : The Wilkins Family: Carriage Trimmers, Sadlers and Grocers

 

Emma Wilkins Bentley
... in which the part owner of a shipping company sails to Australia and marries a carriage trimmer's daughter.

 

Story 1: William Bentley comes to Geelong in 1850

 

Maria Krausgrill nee Barkley
... in which my Barkley ancestors head for the Goldfields to do business.

 

Story 1: Dutch Harry's Hotel

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