52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 23 - Namesake - Dorothea Ellen (Atkinson) Fullerton
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 23 (June 3-9): Namesake. I am running late yet again. For week 23's theme, Namesake, I have chosen to write about my 2 x great grandmother Dorothea Ellen (Atkinson) Fullerton. Dorothea was variously recorded on different records as Dorothy Eleanor, Dorothy Ellen and Dorothea Ellen. She was born on 24 March 1857 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of James Atkinson and Catherine Helen (Pickis) Atkinson.1 She married Peter Fullerton on 1 July 1876 at St Kilian's Catholic ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 22 - At the Cemetery - Patrick Colbert
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 22 (May 27- June 2): At the Cemetery. For week 22's theme, At the Cemetery, I have chosen to write about my 4 x great grandfather Patrick Colbert. Patrick, who was born about 1760, died on 31 May 1815 at the age of 55 and was buried at the Bohillane Cemetery, just south of Ladysbridge, County Cork, Ireland. Patrick's wife Bridget (Ahern) Colbert and daughter Bridget Colbert are buried in the same cemetery and commemorated on the same gravestone. A photograph of the gravestone, alon ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 21 - Military - George Brown Fullerton DCM
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 21 (May 20-26): Military. For this week's theme, I have chosen my great grandmother's brother George Brown Fullerton DCM (1890-1917). I have not had time to write a blog post so I will direct readers to George's Wikitree profile.  © 2019. Australian Genealogy Journeys. This post was originally published at  https://ausgenjourneys.blogspot.com/2019/05/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-21.html 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks © Amy Johnson Crow ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 20 - Nature - Stan Ellis
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 20 (May 13-19): Nature. For the Nature theme, I have chosen my granddad Stan Ellis. Once again, I have unfortunately not had time to write on my blog, so I will need to catch up at a later date. © 2019. Australian Genealogy Journeys. This post was originally published at  https://ausgenjourneys.blogspot.com/2019/05/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-week-20-nature.html 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks © Amy Johnson Crow ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 19 - Nurture - Millicent (Chambers) McCarthy
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 19 (May 6-12): Nurture. For week 19's theme, I have chosen my great grandmother Millicent Mary (Chambers) McCarthy whom my Mum knew as 'Other Mum'. I have unfortunately not been able to write a full post this week due to constraints on time. I will edit this post at a later date with further information about Milly and how she was 'Other Mum' for my Mum.Millicent Mary Chambers married Patrick McCarthy, 11 February 1907, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia.A page from Millicent Mary (C ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 18 - Road Trip - Matthew Mulhall
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 18 (April 29-May 5): Road Trip. For this week's theme, I have decided to take an unexpected approach by writing about a virtual road trip, using Google Maps and Google Streetview. I have chosen to write about my 3 x great grandfather Matthew Mulhall. Matthew Mulhall was born about 1811.1 He married Margaret Coghlan, but I have not yet located a record of their marriage. Matthew and Margaret had the following known children: Mary (Mulhall) Joyce (c1844-1923), my 2 x great grandmot ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 17 - At Worship - Michael O'Brien
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This year I am taking part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 14 (April 22-28): At Worship. For this week's theme, I have chosen to write about my 2 x great grandfather Michael O'Brien. Michael O'Brien's name appears as the donor underneath one of the Stations of the Cross in St Joseph's Catholic Church, Rochester, Victoria. Whenever I attend Mass at that Church, I like to sit in the pew nearest to that particular Station and remember Michael O'Brien, his family and his descendants in my prayers. The Eleventh Station - XI - Jesus Is Nailed T ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 16 - Out of Place - Catherine Helen (Pickis) Atkinson
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This year I have decided to take part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 14 (April 15-21): Out of Place. My 3 x great grandmother, Catherine Helen Pickis, was born on 3 February 1824 in London. She was the daughter of Robert Paul Pickis, a carpenter, and Elizabeth (Bond) Pickis. 1 Robert Pickis and Elizabeth Bond were married on 14 January 1822 at All Hallows Barking, London, England. 2 Robert and Elizabeth had the following children: Elizabeth Pickis (1822-?), born 12 June 1822, baptised 26 September 1824, All Hallows the Great, London. Abode ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 15 - DNA - Timothy Hehir
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This year I have decided to take part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 14 (April 8-14): DNA. I have chosen my 3 x great grandfather Timothy Hehir (c1800-?) to write about for this week's theme of DNA. I haven't had much time to write this week. I will expand on this topic at a later date. Timothy Hehir and Ann (McMahon) Hehir were the parents of my great-great-grandmother Susan (Hehir) Ellis (c1835-1921). It is believed that Ann died during the famine, c1845. The family lived in the townland of Killow, in the civil parish of Clareabbey, Cla ..read more
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 14 - Brick Wall - John Smith
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This year I have decided to take part in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks blogging prompts. The theme for Week 14 (April 1-7): Brick Wall. I have chosen my 4 x great grandfather John Smith (c1756-C1846?) as a Brick Wall ancestor to write about for this week's theme. John Smith married Mary Croot on 12 January 1786 in St John the Baptist Church of England, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England. The marriage banns notice referred to John as a "sojourner" in the parish of Bishopsteignton, but the marriage entry said he was "of this parish". 1 Wikipedia defines a sojourner as "a person who ..read more
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