Mary Cranfield Becher was born 6 December 1716, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (Grove White, Historical Notes, 1905, v 1, p 186) and baptised 3 January 1717 at St Stephen’s, Bristol, daughter of John Becher and Mary Cranfield (Bristol Church of England Parish Registers).
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Ann Daunt was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Daunt and Ann Knolles (Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland 1850, v 2 supplement p 93). Her birth date was after her parents’ marriage in 1706 and (if she was over 16 when she was married) before 1726. Based on the birth dates of her brothers she was probably born about 1720.
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Achilles Daunt was born about 1701 in Co Cork, the younger of twin sons of Thomas Daunt and Elizabeth Synge (Burke’s A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland 1850 v 2 supplement p 93).
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Editor: This article was originally printed in HAFS Journal Vol 6 No 3 (May 2002). It’s contents have some relevance to our recent analysis of
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John Knight The family of John Knight (1812-1912) grew up with the story that he was the illegitimate son of Emanuel Hungerford [E]. Now, two
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ANZAC Day 2020 presents itself as a very different day of commemoration to what we are used to and expect. COVID-19 has seen to that!
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Hard on the heels of drought and bushfire, we have been hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic which has us “social distancing”, taking our temperatures
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This summer I joined the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) and attended four of their lectures and workshops – A Deep Dive into FindMyPast, AncestryDNA,
Professional genealogist Michelle Patient recently took a group of Society of Australian Geneologists (SAG) members for a deep dive into FindMyPast (http://findmypast.co.uk), a service which
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Thank you, Judy and John, for the opportunity to speak today. My name is David Hombsch, also known as Budgie. I am presently the Chief of Staff at Surveillance & Response Group and I have also been posted to No’s 10, 11 and 292SQN, Australia’s Maritime units.
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Bushfire burning at Cadelgo, Berambing, 15 Dec 2019 Over the last few months, we have had record-breaking drought, heat and bush fires – their intensity
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As Christmas approaches, Australia (particularly Eastern Australia), is in the grip of severe drought and, more recently, extensive bushfires. We understand that this will be
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Editor’s Note: These articles were written by Brett Harvey [E.1.1a.15b.1c.1d.1e=] and originally published in HAFS Journal Vol 13 No 1 (May 2015) and HAFS Journal
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Pilcher’s Paddock is mentioned in the article Some Sydney Hungerford Houses. There is an interesting connection between the original owner, Charles Pilcher QC and the
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(near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England) [box type=”info” style=”rounded” border=”full”]This article was written by Ron Prentice [E2.5a.2b.2c] and originally published in HAFS Journal Vol 4 No 2
