The Tree of Me

This is the second post highlighting photographs of the headstones of direct ancestors on my husband's mother's line.  Grandparents Albert Gustav Scheef & Julia Waters Armidale Great grandparents Jakob Scheef & Christina Glock Armidale Robert Waters & Ann Dawson Armidale Great great grandparents Georg Ludwig Glock & Barbara Rosina Wägerle Uralla No known headstone Andrew Silas Waters & Margaret Doherty  Armidale, NSW Elis Hare Dawson & Mary Richardson (may not be buried here)  Armidale, New South Wales Great, great great grandparents Thomas Dawson & Betsy Hare Armidale district (Unmarked grave)

Previously I have written two posts about where my ancestors are buried. This post gives details of my husband's paternal ancestors. Grandparents      Patrick Brennan and Stella Kerr Armidale, New South Wales Great grandparents                                                                                    William Brennan and Annie Ryan Armidale, NSW Alexander Kerr Glen Innes, NSW  Photo AusCemIndex Harriet Kerr - not an ancestor       Edith Kerr (Squires) Armidale, NSW No photo Great Great  Grandparents                                               ...

My Seabrook family, Henry William his wife Sarah and their daughter Sarah Caroline arrived in Hobart Town aboard the Thomas Laurie  on 12th November 1832. I've seen a lot of early maps and have visited Hobart and Franklin Wharf where Henry had a timber yard but always wondered what it may have looked like. Today I discovered the Virtual Hobart Town app which shows what life was like in Hobart Town in the late 1820's. The video below is a teaser to the app. It's certainly worthwhile downloading the app.

I've always referred to my great, great, great grandfather by using both his christian names William and Lee. This was probably to distinguish between father and son, William Henry Dawson.  Dr William Lee Dawson 1819-1871 William Lee was named after his maternal grandparents. His grandfather was William Giles and his grandmother, Catherine Lee. The Lee branch of this family has been well documented.  William Lee's maternal grandmother Catherine Lee was the daughter of the Rev Michael Lee, the son of Richard Lee, the son of William Lee who was the son of Emanuell Lee.  The Lee family are mentioned in Rev George Hill's book  The Plantation in Ulster . Others are referenced in Evelyn P Shirley's book  The History of the County of Monaghan . The Rev Michael Lee graduated in 1726 with a BA from Trinity College, Dublin. 1 Now I'm wondering if my great, great, great grandfather went by the name of Lee, not William. The only evidence I have for this is the death notice ...