Sarah’s Journey FROM THE SLUMS OF BRISTOL TO A NEW LIFE IN AUSTRALIA Sarah Lester was most likely born in the slums of Bristol, in 1779. She became a young felon on the streets of London; detained and tried twice at the old Bailey. Her life changed dramatically following transportation from London to Port Jackson, aboardContinue reading “Sarah Tomlinson (nee Lester) 4X Great Grandmother”
Author Archives: Susan Dale
My Family Tree as of January 2020
Maryann Leake (nee Bampton)
This photo of my Great Grandmother, Mary Ann Leake (nee Bampton) must have been taken upon her marriage to my Great Grandfather, David Leake because I notice that she is wearing a shiny new wedding ring. I think that she and David must have lived near each other possibly in Shiffnal, Shropshire England, until DavidContinue reading “Maryann Leake (nee Bampton)”
Diaries, Ancestry Research and History
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. It was on Sunday 22 February, 1959 that I wrote in my first diary. My English teacher, Miss Pamela Browne had set us the homework task the previous week to write a diary.
Who I am
Susan Dale Aldridge, daughter of Edna Leake. I was born at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital in Darlinghurst back in 1946, and taken home to Buffalo Road in Ryde. Soon after, my mother and I moved to the place that I remember as home for my first eleven years at ‘Bullecourt’, Correy’s Avenue in Concord,Continue reading “Who I am”
Eliza’s Journey
Great Grandmother, Eliza Jane Griffiths-Aldridge (Nee Burns) Eliza leant against a tree beside the banks of Jack Hall’s Creek near Coonabarabran, the picture of misery and desperation. Although she was only 40 years old, her thin, weary body looked like that of an old woman. “There is nobody I can turn to. Why did Ned steal thoseContinue reading “Eliza’s Journey”
“G’day”, from Susan Dale
This is about MY roots. Looking back into where I came from, who made me, and where they came from, who were they, where did they live, what were their lives like and so on. The map below shows where my DNA threads come from. Although I knew some of the story of my mother,Continue reading ““G’day”, from Susan Dale”
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