by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Methods & Sources
There is a saying ‘know thy family, know thyself’ and I think we would all agree that we are influenced in some way by the folk who have gone before us, but how many of us have explored our DNA? I have had my Y-DNA taken and the 25 marker result...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
Her Colourful and Globetrotting Life I have old gran Treacy to thank for becoming a member of the Port Phillip Pioneers Group in November 1985. It was while talking to a cousin about the family, that I discovered to my delight that old gran Treacy had arrived in the...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
From Lasswade, Scotland Thomas was born on 11 April 1791 at Lasswade, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland and christened on 24 April 1791 at Lasswade. He was one of ten children, four girls and six boys born to Robert Millar ( a farmer ) and Christian Rye who were married...
by pppg | Jun 21, 2022 | Pioneers
John Batt gave an interesting insight into the life and personality of James Bonwick, a man with a passion for hard work. A man who became a teacher, a school inspector, an historian, a gold prospector, an author, an archivist and a journalist. James Bonwick was the...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
Agnes Buntine (nee Davidson) was eighteen when she arrived in Port Phillip with her family, on the “Glenhuntly in April 1840. Agnes married widower Hugh Buntine in October 1840 and on hearing of Angus McMillan’s discoveries of suitable land in Gippsland...
by pppg | Jun 20, 2022 | Pioneers
I started researching my family history in the mid-1960s and quickly discovered that my 2nd great grandfather, John McNaughton, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1814. But I was never able to find out anything about his parents. I corresponded with some hard-working,...
