June Family Notices

Early photogaph of Circular Quay

June Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: 24 May 2019

Animated happy birthday baloons Happy Birthday

We celebrate the June birthdays of Ron, Kevin and Dot.

Icon placeholder showing Ron Morris Placeholder Icon showing Kevin Morris Placeholder Icon showing Dorothy McFarlane

2nd June – Ron, best wishes and happiness to you on your birthday.

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May Family Notices

Photo by H Mellor of the ford, River Lett, Gap Road, LithgowThe Ford, River Lett, Gap Road, Lithgow – Photo by H Mellor

May Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: 25 April 2019

Happy Birthday

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

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28th May: Colleen,

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James William Clingan

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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April Family Notices

St Johns Church Parramatta c1853St Johns Church Parramatta c1853

April Births, Deaths and Marriages

Reviewed and updated: 31 March 2019

Happy Birthday

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

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13th Apr: Jayden,

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March Family Notices

Panoramic view of the Kent Brewery in Sydney

March Births, Deaths and Marriages
Reviewed and updated: 1 March 2019
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We celebrate the following March birthdays of family and close friends.

Born in Castle Hill on 1st Mar: 

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Desperate Times & Erikson

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

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

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

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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Ronald Grant Fitzpatrick

Ronald Grant Fitzpatrick 1923–1996

Ron’s step-father

When Ronald Grant Fitzpatrick was born on 10th December 1923, in Balmain, New South Wales, his father, Gerald, was 21 and his mother, Eva, was 21. He married Dorothy Amelia Morris on 15th August 1946, in Randwick, New South Wales. They had one child during their marriage.

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