Immigrants

Eliza Kirk - Workhouse Inmate to Lighthouse Keeper

From Drayton Parslow, Buckinghamshire, England to Hope Island, Ontario, Canada

Apr 29 •

Immigrant Ancestors

They came on ships - Some by choice and some at the Crown's insistence

Apr 15 •

George White and Elizabeth Allen's Children - Unravelling the Evidence to Fill the Gaps

George and Elizabeth appear to have had thirteen children altogether. Six of them died young. It has proven difficult to find birth and death…

Jan 27 •

George White and Elizabeth Allen: Together, Apart & Together Again

George White & Elizabeth Allen - From 1845 - Tasmania - Melbourne - New Zealand.

Jan 20 •

Elizabeth Allen - Transported for Ten Years - The Price of a Shawl

Elizabeth Allen was transported to Van Diemen’s Land aboard the Margaret in 1843

Jan 13 •

George White - Transported for Life - All for Twelve Dozen Buttons

George White was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1835 aboard the ill-fated George the Third which foundered on a rock at the south-eastern entrance…

Jan 6 •

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