Recently I have been scanning some photographs that my father had in his possession. Although I know what the following one is, I was wondering if any of my readers would like to take a guess. I'll post the answer in a couple of weeks.
I am currently in England visiting my daughter who is working in London. Naturally I decided I would have to spend some time on genealogical pursuits. The problem was where would I choose for a few day's retreat from London? In the end I decided to go to Northampton to visit the grave of Caroline Chisholm. Caroline is known as the immigrant's friend. She was a well known social reformer of her day. Why is Caroline significant to me and my family? You may recall that Caroline Chisholm was on the original $5 note in Australia. As well as her image there was a picture of a ship. That ship was the Waverley . Caroline agitated at the Home Office to reunite the wives and families of convicts with their husbands and fathers. On 22 June 1847 she wrote that she ‘had just left the Home Office and had obtained a passage per Waverley for forty-nine souls.’ SMH 9 August 1847, extract from letter 30 March 1847. My great great grandmother Matilda Agnew, her older siblings James, Joh
Lots of balloons... looking like a umm... bunch of seaweed?!
ReplyDeleteI've not commented on your blog before, but since I now have I wanted to mention that you have provided an excellent way to undertake research in Australia. I'm new to family history and some of your techniques and recommended resources have proven to be excellent. Keep it up.
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Thanks for your kind words Rod. Best of luck with your research. It certainly is a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteNo the photo is not of a lot of balloons, even though that is what it looks like. Will put up the correct answer one day soon.