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February Family Notices

Posted on 1 February 2023 by

Nurses and Doctors shown in early 1919 during the Spanish Influenza Outbreak in Sydney

Nurses and Doctors shown in early 1919 during the Spanish Influenza outbreak in Sydney

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: 31 January 2022

Animated happy birthday baloons Happy Birthday

We celebrate the following February birthdays of family and close friends.

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January Family Notices

Posted on 1 January 2023 by

The First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 24 January 1788 and is shown entering Port Jackson two days later,

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: December 2022

Animated happy birthday baloons        Happy Birthday

We celebrate the following January birthdays of family and close friends.

Neil-Williamson-Icon

11th Jan: Neil,

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December Family Notices

Posted on 1 December 2022 by

North Pole Express and Christmas Day

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: November 2022

Animated happy birthday baloons Happy Birthday

We celebrate the following December birthdays of family and close friends.

Icon sized photo of Catherine Morris

1st Dec – Catherine, best wishes and happiness to you on your birthday.

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Our Ancestors

Posted on 2 February 2020 by

Collage image showing some of our ancestors

Our Direct Ancestors

At least seven generations of ancestors from the Morris, Williamson, Cleary, Johnston, Randall, Irving, Fulbrook, Johnson, O’Neill and Clingan families are known. The Ancestral Fan Chart shown below excludes three generations who are still living,  but lists four generations from the early 1880’s to the late 1990’s.

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Posted in Ancestor comments

Is my connection safe to use?

Posted on 9 October 2019 by

Check if a site’s connection is secure

To see whether your connection to a website is safe to visit, you can check for security info about the site. Most browsers will alert you if you can’t visit the site safely or privately.

  • Open a page in your preferred browser.

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Posted in General Information

James William Clingan 1894-1954

Posted on 27 April 2019 by

Awarded Military Medal in September 1918

When James William Clingan was born on 17th June 1894 in Nyngan, New South Wales, his father, James, was 24 and his mother, Amelia, was 17. He was married twice, first to Ruby May Ellick in 1915 in Sydney and then Ettie Amy Searle in 1935 in New South Wales.

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Posted in ANZAC, Births, Deaths

Desperate Times & Erikson

Posted on 14 November 2017 by

Children's Court, Albion Street, Sydney

You Have requested more information about the incidence of personal conflict and the desperate times experienced in human relationships. It is hoped that this post may answer your queries. Initially, this post identifies the problems and causes of domestic violence and desertion. Erik Erikson provides a theory about the ways we can avoid the incidence of conflict in personal relationships.

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Nesbitt Black

Posted on 23 July 2016 by

Nesbitt Black died 23 July 1916

When Nesbitt was born in October 1894 in Alstonville, New South Wales, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Sarah, was 24. He had six brothers and three sisters. He died on 23 July 1916, in Pozières, Picardie, France, at the age of 21.

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Alick Clingan

Posted on 19 July 2016 by

Alick Clingan died 19 July 1916

When Alick Clingan was born on the 28th November, 1893, in Waterloo, New South Wales, his father, William, was 42 and his mother, Ruth, was 39. He had three brothers and two sisters. He died on the 19th July 1916, in Fromelles,

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Link to They Came, Stayed and Prospered

Posted on 19 June 2016 by

A quick link to your pioneering ancestor

By clicking a link on morris.id.au you have sought further information about an ancestor of the Johnston or related families. Your ancestor may have married and/or remarried into the Crawford and Staines family lines in Kiama and then Lismore/Ballina areas of New South Wales. A separate website ‘They Came,

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