Orphan Annie

Ann Green-Clinch- Campbell Yes, that's right! Ann Green (Clinch-Campbell), my 2x great grandmother, was placed into Queen's Orphanage on arrival to Tasmania, with her sister Matilda Green (Year-Gamfield) on the 6th July 1848. Ever since I found out last year that their father Thomas alias John Green was a convict and was sent to Tasmania...

How to Claim a Convict by never giving up!

When I was blogging last year for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, one of the challenge questions was, Who Would you Invite to Dinner? I wrote about my 2 x paternal great grandmother Ann Green. Her family had been giving me the right royal run around. Oh what would I give to have my...

The Gallipoli Fallen – Pte Augustus Campbell

During this Centenary of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) 2014-2018, we remember those who fought and died either in Gallipoli or on the Western Front in France and Belgium. On the 25th April 2015 at Gallipoli, 620 Australians lost their lives on that one bloody day. There was much more bloodshed to come. The...

Heirlooms

Heirlooms are often not necessarily a collection of individual items, but objects that have been used or lovingly made by a member of the family. e.g., Christening gowns, patchwork quilts and scrapbook albums. These are family heirlooms or memorabilia that gets passed down through the generations as a memory of a person or family.  To...

Zeno Campbell (1874-1915)

I wonder about this weeks prompt "Valentine" and how it would fit with my great-grandmother's youngest brother Zeno. Was he a romantic? Did he have a girlfriend at any time? Not a lot is known about him other than what I have gleaned from his Death Certificate, Post Office Directories and Electoral Rolls. The first...

A Favourite name – Keturah Campbell (1869-1942)

A favourite name. I have to say, for a very long time, the names of the Campbell family have always fascinated me, Keturah, Zenobia, Hypatia and Zeno. A couple of my blog followers suggested perhaps they were stage names. Well, the more I have researched these past few days, the more inclined I am to think...

Jessie Hypatia Campbell (1876- )

At first, I didn't think the prompt "In the Census" was going to fit my family story this week. However, on reflection, I realised, just because the census records here in Australia were never kept, well certainly not in the last 100 years, we do have other records that can often place your ancestor in...

Alice Zenobia Campell (1870-1946) – Part 2

Part 2 of the story of Alice Zenobia Campbell. Zenobia married Charles Harry Norman Lymburner, in Adelaide, South Australia on 28th August 1893 at the age of 23. (well that's the age I've calculated from her known birth to marriage date, however, the wedding certificate says she was 21!!) Charles was a 29-year-old bachelor surveyor, living in...

Alice Zenobia Campell (1870-1946) – Part 1

Invite to Dinner is the prompt for this weeks 52 Ancestor challenge. Do I invite the whole family or just one person? I really would like to sit around the dinner table with my great grandparents Charles Norman Lymburner and Alice Zenobia Lymburner nee Campbell parents of my grandmother, Annie Norma Cripps nee Lymburner. You see,...