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Click on the photograph to the left to view a larger photograph of John BLAIR (1856-1919) & Emily NEAL (1856-1917). (my great great grandparents) |
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Click on the photograph to the left to view a larger photograph of John BLAIR (1856-1919) & Emily NEAL (1856-1917). (my great great grandparents) |
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Click on the photograph to the left to view a larger photograph of John Neal BLAIR (1912-1984). (my grandfather) |
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CHAPMAN, Mary (?-?) Born
?. Married Thomas STEFFENE/STUFFINS. Died ?
Queensland, Australia? CHRISTENSDATTER, Inger Marie (?-?) Born?. Married 1825 to Niels Andreas DINESEN, Parish of Gellerup, Denmark. Died ?. Inger & Niels were the parents of Peter Norgaard NIELSEN (1843-1932). COLES, Thomas (1850/51 - 1939) Born Launton, Oxfordshire, England. Married 1873 to Ruth STEFFENE/STUFFINS. Died 1939 Gin Gin, Queensland, Australia. The parents of Thomas were James COLES & Mary Ann JAMES. Her parents were Thomas JAMES and Hannah BLENKOW. The parents of James COLES were James COLES (b. 1779) & Elizabeth HORSMAN. James COLES father was Thomas COLES (b.1736). His father was William COLES (b. 1690).
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Click on the photograph to the left to view a larger photograph of Agnes Maud COLES (1887-1968) (my great grandmother) |
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CONNOR, Mary (? - ?) Born ?. Married ? Reverend Bartholomew Thomas at ?. Died ?. Their son was the Reverend William Bartholomew THOMAS (1751 - 1826). WB THOMAS married Anna Jocelyn DAVIDSON. He died at Carlow, Queens County, Ireland 31 December 1826. DAVIDSON,
Anna Jocelyn (? - ?) Born?. Married Reverend William Bartholomew
THOMAS at ?. Died ?. DAVIDSON, Robert (1835/36? - 1909) Born County Cavan, Ireland. Married 1868 to Barbara McCOY/McKAY at Carmeau, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Died 1909 Cargo, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of Samuel DAVIDSON (1871 - 1940).
EVANS, Mary Ann (? - 1842) Born ?. Married 1820 to George H MEREDITH at ?. . Mary Ann & George H were the parents of John MEREDITH (1822 - 1909). Mary had "lustrous dark brown eyes". GATHERADE/GATHERCOLE, Susan (1829/30 - 1913?) Born Eriswell, Suffolk, England. Married 1855 to William NEAL at Paddington, London, England. Died 1913 at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia?. Her parents were Matthew GATHERCOLE & Mary BILLIMAN, of Eriswell, Suffolk, England. GRANT, James, born 2 October 1786 at Nairn, Scotland, married Caroline Rose NEVE 12 September 1818 at Tenterden, Kent, England. Died 5 December 1870 at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. James GRANT (1786-1870) was the son of the Reverend James GRANT (?-?), a Presbyterian minister, who was born at "Tullochgorum" Boat O'Garten, Invernesshire, Scotland. Reverend James GRANT & his wife, Margaret, had two sons (James & John), & two daughters (Ann & Janet). Please click on the following page numbers to read the pages of: "The Lives and Letters of the Grants of Tullochgorum, Tasmania" compiled by Franklin Leslie Meredith GRANT (my grandfather) and JCM JOHNSON: (click the bottom right of each page twice to enlarge) Page 1 (James GRANT mentioned in Burke's Colonial Gentry c. 1880, brother John preceded James to Tasmania, Tullochgorum comprised 14,000 acres) Page 2 (arms and crest; James and John GRANT were merchants) Page 3 (53 Old Broad Street, London; John GRANT partner in Grant and Bethune; early 1820s; heavy gold fob seal; Grant crest and motto) Page 4 ("Lusitania"; Sandy; hunting on the South Downs of Sussex on horseback; Scotchman newspaper (The Scotsman?)) Page 5 (dry ox and cow hides; sperm oil; Cannons' Whale Oil; seal skins; "The Harriet"; "Prince Regent"; Captain Jones) Page 6 (New Zealand Maori chief wants to be King (but it wasn't until 1858 that there was a Maori king); muskets on "The Harriet" for the Maori natives; Kitson the saddler; D Dunbar ale; printed cotton from Townshend; John Masson) Page 7 (Messrs Hayes and Barry of Cork; Captain Ferrier and Captain Browne of the "William Penn"; Australian native aboriginal exhibition in London; "Aooniss"; Port Dalrymple; Madeira) Page 8 (merinos; "Princess Charlotte"; Mr Turner of Sussex; Miss Duguids at Gibraltar; merino sheep; Malager (Malaga?) and Seville; Shand; Berwick; Peary; Fulton; Ketchen; herrings; Nairn) Page 9 (Mr Riley at Brighton; Sandy; 4 December 1822; importing high quality sheep from England and Spain; Merino and Saxon-Merino rams and ewes; "Alfred" 1824; pure Spanish merinos) Page 10 ("Sisters" London 1822; Comingsey or Comingssy or Comingsay Hill; Captain Thomas Munro; the Dingwell family; Geordie Shaw; Moray meeting; Mr Hull; Kitchen; Nairnshire dinner; "the Tavern and Peacock"; Ron Innes; Arthur Geddes) Page 11 (Fulton; war between France and Spain; Spark; grants of land; "Bells Messenger") Page 12 (Captain Logie; Chronicle; Courier; Mr Jones married Miss Mary Patterson (Mary Louisa Peterson?); Mr Riley's lands in New South Wales; "the Saracen"; the "Prince Regent" intended for a convict ship, "the first that's wanted" (but the first convict ship to arrive in Van Diemens Land directly from England was the "Indefatigable" which arrived in Hobart Town in October 1812). ; 53 Old Broad Street; Wilkinson) Page 13 (Mr Jones an expensive shipper; Mr Hull (possibly George Hull?); Mr Lord not yet arrived from the Cape; Sandy; James Grant's deafness) Page 14 (James Grant's hearing; sign language; James and Caroline Grant's son, James Grant, born 23 January 1823; Sandy) Page 15 ("The Sisters", "Elizabeth", "Brutus", "Francis"; Mr Kitson's honey; John NEVE married in Guernsey; Caroline GRANT and Maria NEVE at Brixton, Surrey; "Helieve" an ill managed ship, a whaler since her useless trip to New Shetland; Sandy) Page 16 (Mr Rowcroft's sons devoted to agriculture; war between France and Spain seems unavoidable; Sandy) Page 17 ("next to John and Sandy's farms"; Governor Arthur; Viscount Goderich; Colonial Secretary Montague (Colonial Secretary Montagu was also Governor Arthur's nephew, and his private secretary); Earl Bathurst; James granted 1,500 acres after John Grant's death) Page 18 (Letter from Nairn: Kitchen has succeeded Logie as manager of the newsroom at Nairn; Mr Kitson's small shipment of harness; letters from Mr Reid and Mr Knight; the Warlocks last book: Peveril of the Peak, four volumes; Sandy) Page 19 (garden seeds shipped; "you could divide them with Sandy"; "your Spring is in May and June"?!; "If neither you or Sandy have yet a bit of ground..."; aromatic herb seed prevents mouldiness; Bagster; "Woodlark"; Tanners in Sussex) Page 20 (Mr Lord's advisor "not over competent to mend his business habits, re "Caroline"; Mr Ewen; consignment of herring from Kitchen; McKenzie Warrand; Peary) Page 21 (Warrand's return from St Vincents; the Literary Gazette..."for Sandy's perusal especially"; "Sir Godfrey Webster"; Captain Rennoldson; "Marshal Wellington"; letter from Sandy) Page 22 (Messrs Farmer and son; the affair of Sindry; the "Asia"; Captain Lindsay in the Downs; Deal; Mr Bishop) Page 23 (Duncan's 100 sheep on the "Aquilar" not prime merino; Bow; "Princess Charlotte"; "...merinos well kept up will be a mine of wealth to a family - aye for generations yet unborn..."; Mr Hammond; Mr Gellibrand as Attorney General; "Prince Regent"; Mr Ives; new Governor, Colonel Arthur; Judge Peddlr (Chief Justice Pedder?); leading members of government) Page 24 ("shall do my best to carry out a ploughman and a carpenter...I also hope to take a shepherd..."; the "Aquilar"; Derwent River frontage at Hobart requested; Cairns; India Teak) Page 25 (Caroline and son James at Tenterden, Kent; "the new Act for governing the Colony"; desire to make Van Diemens Land an independent colony; Nairn; Mr Knight; McLean; young Reid) Page 26 (received December 1923 and January 1924; James Grant embarked October 1823; Scotland was referred to as "North Britain" or "the North") Page 27 (in 1824 James Grant bought "Cottage Green" in Hobart Town from "the picturesque Rev Bobby Knopwood" (click that link to discover the great deal he managed!); "Shand" 15 October 1823; "Alfred", a new purchase by Mr Jones; the Fishery; "Venerable"; "Heroine"; gilt buttons; honey; starch; administration of the Colonies) Page 28 (Walter Angus BETHUNE or Read and Bethune; 4 pure merino rams and 5 ewes by the "Alfred"; gilt buttons, honey and starch per the "Heroine") Page 29 (Six months aboard the "Heroine"!; James confiscated drinking water for his young apple and pear trees!; "Heroine" arrives 15th April 1824; Rachel Ann HAMMOND born 17th February 1824 on board the "Heroine") Page 30 (Caroline GRANT, on her first morning after arrival, sees "the bodies of four poor wretches hanging from the gibbets on a long sloping rise nearby") Page 31 (list of goods shipped on board the "Heroine") Page 32 (James and John GRANT were allocated land on the "Break-O-Day Plains" fronting the South Esk River, and adjoining each other - James' was bounded on one side by the foot of Vinegar Hill; James bought Cottage Green No 2 from Reverend Bobby Knopwood, at Battery Point, Hobart; business letter from William Wilkinson) Page 33 (22nd September 1825 business letter from William Wilkinson to John Grant; account with Mr Pearch; Broughton; Messrs Attwood and Smith; Mr Peniday; Mr Spark) Page 34 (22nd September 1825 business letter from William Wilkinson to John Grant - continued; Mr Tinthorne) Page 35 (letter from James Grant to John Grant in George Street, Sydney, dated 24th September 1825, about John's trip to Sydney for his health; the "Andromeda"; Gelby's affair) Page 36 (Kemp vexatiously annoyed the Governor; "young Sorrell"; "(Dr S.?)Hood and all the family are well"; "our united kindest regards to honest Saunders" (seems to have been with John on his trip? - was this the "Sandy" referred to throughout the pages?); John's fast failing health; 5th October 1825 letter from doctor friend (S.Hood) in Hobart to John GRANT in Sydney begins) Page 37 (letter from John Grant's "sincere friend" and doctor, "S.Hood", continues; "row amongst the lawyers", Gilby, Court enquiry, Davies; Westbrook) Page 38 (20th October 1825 letter from James Grant in Hobart to John Grant in Sydney; Secombe hoax; whole of military in the bush looking for bushrangers Matthew Brady, MacColie, etc) Page 39 (letter continues; Mr Humphrey; Colonel Arthur; Austin's Ferry; Mr Stansfield near Cave Point; Clotherow (Clitherow?); Walkinshaws; Jerusalem Plains; "Old Meredith" completely stripped at Oyster Bay (that's George MEREDITH of "Cambria", Swansea, my great great great grandfather); (Captain of the "Andromeda"?) Muddle) Page 40 (letter continues; bushrangers took all the bridles from Stansfield at Cave Point; also Clitherow's guns; "Spark"? was with John; George MEREDITH was the first white settler (of Oyster Bay?) and was once known as "the King of the East coast of Van Diemens Land"!) Page 41 (sad news in a 21st December 1825 letter from A.B. Spark (Alexander Brodie Spark?) in Sydney saying that John Grant died on the 11th of December; John had finally been induced to make a Will; Dr Bland) Page 42 (31st December 1825 letter to James Grant, Hobart Town, from AB Spark, Sydney; enclosing original Will of John GRANT and inventory of clothes; Bible and penknife kept by "those who esteemed your brother") Page 43 (regular packet services, schooners) Page 44 (Will of John GRANT, Esq.; 50 pounds sterling to each of his parents; the rest to James; provision for two sisters, Ann and Janet; James was Executor; signed before AB Spark, W Bland, and W Elyand) Page 45 (50 pounds each was a comfortable living allowance for John GRANT's parents) |
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Click the picture, left, to see a larger picture of my grandfather, Franklin Leslie Meredith GRANT. |
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Click the picture, left, to see a larger picture of Jessie Rosina MEREDITH & Franklin Stanhope GRANT, my great grandparents. |
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The photos at left is of my great
grandfather, Franklin Stanhope GRANT (1860-1926). At right is his father, James GRANT (1823-1890) Click them to see larger versions. |
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This photograph and portrait are of James GRANT (1786-1870) my great great great grandfather. Click the portrait (right) to see a close up version. |
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HAMMOND,
William (1755 - 1824) ("ironmonger of London"?) Born ?. Married ? to Eliza MITCHELL at ?.
Died 1824 at ? |
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This is an interesting old family tree for the HAMMOND family. (click it to see larger) There seems to be about 100 years' worth of lineage missing? 20/2/07: It appears that the
grandmother of the Thomas SEYMOUR (1563-1619) who married Isabel ONLEY |
Further to the above chart, & the old family notes below, according to: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10766.htm#i107654 :
| Father | Edward Onley1 |
| Last Edited | 3 May 2002 |
| Family | Thomas Seymour b. 1563, d. 20 August 1619 |
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I'm going to have to find a pedigree chart to sort all the above & below out, in my own mind.
"Everyone on Earth has Royal Roots"?!
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notes, regarding the SEYMOUR, HAMMOND, & DEMAIN families
mainly. (click it to see larger)
According to Wikipedia, Edward SEYMOUR, 1st Duke of Somerset (c.1506-1552) divorced his first wife Catherine FILLOL (disowning her and her children) around 1535 and married Anne STANHOPE, who bore him nine children. The STANHOPE name pops up here & there in my family tree (eg my great grandfather was Franklin Stanhope GRANT), but that could be because in Ireland Jocelyn Henry Connor THOMAS (1780-1862) (my great great great grandfather) became agent for the estates of Lord Stanhope and Lady Portarlington? 20/2/07: It appears that the grandmother of the Thomas SEYMOUR who married Isabel ONLEY & fathered Elizabeth SEYMOUR (who married the Reverend Edward HAMMOND, according to my old pedigree chart, above) was Ann STANHOPE 24/11/07: I read Anne STANHOPE SEYMOUR (Duchess of Somerset)'s Will online tonight. She mentions a son, Thomas. The plot thickens.
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HUDSON/SUTTON,
Sarah Ellen (? - 1864) Born ?. Married ? to Peter PEGG at Leicestershire?
England. Died 24 May 1864?. KING, Eliza (? -1831) Born ?. Married ? to James Meers HAMMOND at ?. Died 1831 ?. Eliza & James were the parents of Maria HAMMOND (1827 - 1912). KIRWAN,
Brigid (1856/57? - ?). Born Graiguearush, Waterford, Ireland. Married 1883 to John STEPHENS at Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia.
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Click the photograph, left, to see a larger photograph of Brigid KIRWAN (1856/57-1892/93?) (my great great grandmother) |
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McCOY/McKAY,
Barbara (1849/50 - 1928/30). Born Reedy Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
Married 1868 to Robert DAVIDSON at Carmeau, Bathurst, New South
Wales, Australia. Died 1928/1930? at Orange, New South Wales, Australia. McEACHERN/McCACHARN/McKECHNIE, Christina/Christiana (?-?). Married Robert McKAY/McCOY. Their daughter, Barbara McCOY/McKAY (1849-1928) was born at Reedy Creek, NSW, Australia. Barbara married Robert DAVIDSON (1835/36-1909) at Carmeau, Bathurst, NSW, Australia 5 October 1868. Apparently this surname (McEACHERN) is pronounced like "mccatchrun", & is the Gaelic form of the surname McKECHNIE. MEREDITH, George H (1778 - 1856) Born Birmingham, UK. Married 1820 to Mary Ann EVANS at ?. Died 1856 Tasmania, Australia? George & Mary were the parents of John MEREDITH (1822 - 1909). (Click here to read a biography of George MEREDITH, which also mentions our Lady Dry's husband.) George MEREDITH was at one time known as "the king of the east coast of Van Diemen's Land"! |
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The Will of John
MEREDITH, my great great great great grandfather, who died 30 April, 1790. Click to read it! |
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Click the picture, left, to see a larger picture, taken on the "Cambria" tennis court, at Swansea, Tasmania, Australia - of the MEREDITH family. At the top is Jessie Rosina MEREDITH (1863-1944), next to her future husband, Franklin Stanhope GRANT. Next level down is Raymond (?) ADAMS, Maria (nee HAMMOND) (1827-1912) & John MEREDITH (1822-1909), & their daughter, Clara (1857-1924), who did not marry. At the bottom are Fanny (1880-1950), Trevor (b.1881), & Molly MACE (1879-1918), children of a daughter of Maria & John MEREDITH. |
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This is Hannah NIELSEN
(1911-1975), my grandmother, on her wedding day. She married John Neal BLAIR. Click this photograph to see it larger. |
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NORGAARD,
Christen (? - ?) Born ? Denmark. Married ? to ? at ?. Died ? ?. PARTRIDGE,
Charlotte (1785/86 - 1873) Born Cromer, Norfolk. Married 1808 to
Jocelyn Henry Connor THOMAS at ?. Died 1873 Port Sorell,
Tasmania, Australia.
To see a portrait of Henry PARTRIDGE (1711-1793) click here. |
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This is the only photograph I have of my great great great grandmother, Mary PEGG (1833-1898), who married John BLAIR (1815-1877) |
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Click the photograph, left, to see a larger photograph of John STEPHENS (185?-1932), my great great grandfather. |
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Click the photograph, left, to see a larger photograph of: Annie, John, Will, Josie, Brigid (nee KIRWAN), & Mary Ellen (Molly) STEPHENS - 1896, north Queensland, Australia. (Annie STEPHENS became my great grandmother.) |
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Click the phtograph, left, to see a larger photograph of my great grandmother, Annie STEPHENS (1884-1960), who married Samuel DAVIDSON (1871-1940). |
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SUTTON/HUDSON, Sarah (? - ?) Born ?. Married ? to Peter PEGG at Leicestershire? England. Died ?. in Ireland Jocelyn Henry Connor THOMAS (1780-1862) (my great great great grandfather) became agent for the estates of Lord Stanhope and Lady Portarlington. |
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I believe this is a portrait of the Reverend William Bartholomew THOMAS, Squire of Everton, my great great great great grandfather. He married Anna Jocelyn DAVIDSON. Their son, Jocelyn Henry Connor THOMAS, was born 1 January 1779 or 1780, at Aul Derrig, Everton, England. |
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Click the photograph, left, to see a larger photograph of my great great grandmother, Charlotte Mary THOMAS (1823-1875). Charlotte married James GRANT (1823-1890). |
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