Frederick Lymburner

It was with great pleasure that I received an email yesterday, 29 June 2022 with the photos below attached. Earlier this year I emailed my Cripps cousins to ask if they thought if was a good idea to place a plaque on the grave of our grandmother's baby brother. My grandmother is the only daughter...

Home Among the Gum Trees

This Australia Day, I set myself a challenge to write a brief overview of my ancestors who made us who we are today, fair dinkum true-blue Aussies. Some came of their own accord, paying for their passage, while others were sent here courtesy of the British Government and whom we now call Australian Royalty! This...

Charles Harry Norman Lymburner [1864-1938]

Well, who would have thought that I've missed telling the story about one of my very important ancestors? My great grandfather on my paternal side of the family. I need to make amends and fit Charles Harry Norman Lymburner into the prompt for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. I had gotten a little ahead...

Exploring the Causes of Death

Now, this weeks prompt should be enough to make some of our family sit up and take notice and take better care of themselves. There are many and varied reasons as to why someone dies and often it can be from tragic circumstances like an accident or in the case of my great-great-grandfather, John Snook,...

An Unusual Source – Adam Lymburner / Hocken [1848-

In last weeks blog, I alluded to an illegitimate child of Adam Lymburner Lymburner and we read how the name Lymburner had died out in the direct lineage due to their being no sons to carry on the name and I wondered if perhaps that was the reason for Adam snr having an affair, to...

Adam Lymburner Lymburner [1824-1893]

In all my writings over the past few years, it wasn't until I was searching for whose birthday was closest to mine for the next blog prompt, that I realised I've not told the story fully about my 2nd great-grandfather Adam Lymburner Delisser. Other than the story of how he came to change his name...

Matthew Lymburner (1757-1842)

In 2002, Bob and I had the privilege of visiting our Canadian relatives who up until then, I'd only met on the internet! God forbid that they weren't axe murderers!!! My new found relatives were so accommodating and made us feel part of the family, except for the language barrier. They spoke a whole different...

Adam Lymburner (1747-1836)

What does one do with a blog prompt titled "Close Up"? Is this Up Close and Personal, or something that is close to your heart, or is it that you've looked at something close up and it has revealed more than that first glance, or a close up photo!? In week 9, I wrote about "Where...

Quest for Lymburner Ancestry

Family history research can take you on some wonderful journeys as you try to piece together the jigsaw puzzles of one's ancestry. There is one surname in our family that catches me side tracking to, all the time. That is the name of Lymburner, my grandmother's maiden name on my father's side and our connection...