It's amazing the amount of skeletons i have found since tracing my ancestry.
Stories,that have never been handed down in the family,swept under the carpet in most cases, except for the good parts.
When growing up i was told i was a bitser,bits of Irish,English, Scottish and Spanish.
Any way i have found I'm Irish, Scottish, & English and there is a black African about 250 years ago, We had a lord Mayor of Waterloo that was classed as old Sydney Town then, who shot himself accidently duck shooting, we've had 3 convicts, one of whom managed the Government salt works at Rose Bay near old Sydney town while still serving his sentence and at the end of his sentence opened a pub and brewery, God knows where he got the money from.
And one female convict that married a prison warder, and a son of hers that Started up Kinsela's Funeral homes in Sydney and i think still in operation, one soldier that fought in the Napoleonic wars [decorated] and then came out to old Sydney Town as a guard when some of my ancestor convicts were serving out their time, as Sydney was a small place back then, you can bet that there paths crossed, quite ironic.
Then there was a gambler that gave his watch to his son one day and the next day disappeared at the age of 73 never to be seen again,his heart medication still at home and he was never found.
And then in the mid 1800s one ancestor owned about 5 pubs, one being the famous Currency Lass.
So for all of those out there researching their ancestors, beware of the surprises you might find,and i hope you have a good time doing it.
Oz
Stories,that have never been handed down in the family,swept under the carpet in most cases, except for the good parts.
When growing up i was told i was a bitser,bits of Irish,English, Scottish and Spanish.
Any way i have found I'm Irish, Scottish, & English and there is a black African about 250 years ago, We had a lord Mayor of Waterloo that was classed as old Sydney Town then, who shot himself accidently duck shooting, we've had 3 convicts, one of whom managed the Government salt works at Rose Bay near old Sydney town while still serving his sentence and at the end of his sentence opened a pub and brewery, God knows where he got the money from.
And one female convict that married a prison warder, and a son of hers that Started up Kinsela's Funeral homes in Sydney and i think still in operation, one soldier that fought in the Napoleonic wars [decorated] and then came out to old Sydney Town as a guard when some of my ancestor convicts were serving out their time, as Sydney was a small place back then, you can bet that there paths crossed, quite ironic.
Then there was a gambler that gave his watch to his son one day and the next day disappeared at the age of 73 never to be seen again,his heart medication still at home and he was never found.
And then in the mid 1800s one ancestor owned about 5 pubs, one being the famous Currency Lass.
So for all of those out there researching their ancestors, beware of the surprises you might find,and i hope you have a good time doing it.
Oz
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