Tapestry series no. 38 Contributed by Marie Edstein My mother, Hilda Finnerty, the fifth child of John and Ida Doosey, was born in the Gresford district on 17th November 1901. The family lived on a dairy farm at Trevallyn and the children walked some distance to a...
Tapestry series no. 37 Contributed by Mary L Porter Youngest of three children of William and Maria Parsons of Bristol, England. William, skilled artisan, was born to Hester and William Parsons, 1804 on a farm in the lonely hills of west Somerset and Maria, child of...
Tapestry series no. 35 Contributed by Jeanie Ross Fraser In an acknowledgement of my mother Margaret Pearl Chaffey, married name Fraser, the first trained nurse from the Glen Innes Hospital. Margaret was born on 4th June 1887 in Armidale. She was the third daughter of...
Tapestry series no. 34 Contributed by Elizabeth Sutter I was only five years old when my father died and mother and I returned from Western Australia to live with my Granny — my second Mother — whom I class as a pioneer woman. Elizabeth’s Scottish parents with two...
Tapestry series no. 13 Contributed by Bess Hayward The year was 1903. Daisy Peaters was fourteen and lived on Fig Tree farm near Gundagai with her family and Elsley, the left boy, whose parents never returned for him. Her father’s brother Bill now worked the small...
24.05.1892 TO 04.01.1987 Tapestry series no. 10 Contributed by Betty Butcher Parents Henry and Grace Leggo. Born in Daylesford Victoria. Youngest of 10 Children, three of whom died in childhood. Daylesford today is a tourist/spa centre. During Ida’s childhood it...
