History in Three Centuries
On this day – September 25th 1902 Gertrude Ellen Wilson was born.
The Life and Times of Martha Wiggins
Originally I was confused about who “my Martha Wiggins” was because there were two girls of that name in Tasmania in the right time frame. At first it seemed that Martha born in 1825 to Thomas Wiggins & Susanna Welch must be the correct one as she would have been about 20 years old when the 22 year old George Tilley married in 1845.
However, further evidence on certificates, and newspaper reports of George’s death in a whaling accident confirmed that his father-in-law was James Wiggins. James’s daughter was the other Martha Wiggins born 1829 in England, so she was only 16 when she married George.
After George Tilley’s death I lost track of Martha as there was no record of the death of a Martha Tilley in Tasmanian records.
When I finally found out what happened to her I uncovered the story of someone I would really like to have met.
The Place of Pride and Shame in Genealogy
Comments in social media recently have prompted me to think about the place of Pride & Shame in genealogy.
Pieces of History
On December 10th 1852, David Wilson married Euphemia Hay in Dundee Scotland, 18 months later on the 4th May 1854 they left Liverpool, bound for Australia on board the “Miles Barton”, with their 6 month old son David. In July, their only daughter Catherine was born on board the ship […]