Margs Photos

The Photographer

Narrawallee Inlet


Narrawallee Inlet loking out at Buckley's Beach

Narrawallee Inlet, looking out
at Buckley's Beach

A log on Narrawallee Inlet

Fresh morning droplets.

Batemans Bay

Blyth Family Photos: Blyth Family

Blyth Family Photos: Blyth Family

http://margsfamily.blogspot.com

A Blog for Brett

Nan

Zoe Voss.

She is looking forward to her

18th birhday.

Yee Haa!!!!!!!!!

Lachlan Darlene Kyran
Daz & shez

Josh & Kyran
Luke, Dad & Darrin


Some Family Photos taken at Christmas at Aunty Denise's.
Guess Who???????
Brett's Little Sister
Kyran & Adam
Nan's Great Grandsons
Yes, this is the Opera House
And guess where this was taken??

Thomas Family

John THOMAS was born at Cambourne, Cornwall, England 1820. He married Elizabeth ALLEN at Carharrack, Cornwall, England 1845. They had 10 children: John 1846 - 1909, James 1848 - ?, William 1849 - 1896,Joseph Allen 1852 - ?, Mary 1854 - 1872, Amelia 1856 - 1860, Stephen 1858 - 1867, Amelia 1860 -1898, Ellen 1861 - before 1867, Frederick Stephen 1863 - 1932.
John came to Australia some time between 1863 and 1867. Elizabeth arrived in Victoria, Australia onboard "John Temperley" September 1867. She came with her 5 youngest chldren, William, Joseph, Mary, Amelia and Frederick.

William married Ellen LEE at St. Arnaud, Victoria in 1880. He died at St. Arnaud 1896. They had 5 children: William John 1881 - 1848, James Henry 1883 - 1883, Mary Elizabeth 1884 -?, Ellen Florence 1887 -? & George Leslie 1889 -?.

William John THOMAS married Maria Margaret McKINNON at St Arnaud, Victoria 1905. They had 6 children: William Reginald 1906-1973, Muriel 1907 -1907, Elizabeth Flora 1910 -1989, Alexander Leslie 1915 -?, Eillen May 1919-?, Lillian Jean 1926-2002.



William Reginald Percy Clyde McKinnon THOMAS aka "Reg"
married Margaret Jane PARKER.

They are my maternal grandparents.

Photo taken 1940 outside "Mark Foy's" cnr Liverpool & Elizabeth Sts, Sydney.

Parker Family

John PARKER married Ann PARKER January 1850 at Carcoar, NSW.
They had 5 children: John 1850, Jane 1854, Maria 1855, Thomas 1857 & William 1858. All were born at Carcoar. Their father, John, died April 1859. Ann was left with 5 children aged 8years to 5 months. Ann married George SAMPSON in 1861. George & Ann had 9 children between 1862 & 1885.
John married 1). Mary BOURKE (BURKE) 2) Margaret HARRIS.
Jane married John VANE (Bushranger, who ran with Ben HALL).
Maria married Michael MURRAY.


Thomas married 1) Sarah PURCELL. 2) Jane WILLIAMS. (Thomas & Jane are my great grandparents).
William married Clara WILLIAMS.

Thomas & Jane married at Carcoar, NSW 10th April 1889 at Carcoar.
Their children were: William 1890, Bertha 1892, James "Thomas" 1894, Arthur 1896, Victoria "Jean" 1898, Charles 1900, Florence 1901, Margaret 1907 & David 1910. (Margaret is my grandmother).


Margaret PARKER married William "Reginald" Percy THOMAS 2nd August 1926 at Leadville, NSW.
Margaret & Reg had 5 children between 1927 and 1937.
The second child of this union is my Mother.

Margaret was born at Leadville, NSW and died at Botany, NSW 1982.

Apps Family

Welcome to my blog.
This photo of my husband and myself was taken December 2005.
The main focus of this blog is to share my family history research.
I have been tracing my family tree since 1982.

An introduction to some of my research.
My paternal side.
APPS Family
John APPS & wife Ann (nee) HUMPHREYS boarded vessel "Royal George", in London England on 11 November 1838 and arrived to Sydney 10 March 1839, via Cape of Good Hope, with their 6 children.
They were A:Bounty Immigrant.
Sponsored by W.S. Macleay
They worked at Camden Park.
Notes in the Mitchell Library :-"APPS, John 1838 embarked in a party of agricultural labourers for NSW with his wife & 6 children in the"Royal George". Letter from Major E MacArthur to the colonial office 1839 (Despatches) A12 80P 455."

William APPS was the first born (1822) of this union.
He married Mary GUY at Narellan, NSW in 1847. Mary also arrived in Australia on board "Royal George".
William & Mary's second child was David APPS born at Camden in 1849.

David married Mary DAVIS at St Barnaba's Church, Broadway, Sydney in 1871.
David died 14 June 1900. He was a victim of the "Bubonic Plague".
David & Mary's 3rd child was David. He was born 1875 at Waterloo, Sydney, NSW.


David married Louthran aka "Lauretta" BLYTH 1901 at Waterloo, Sydney, NSW.
the 3rd child of this union was David George APPS born 1908 at Alexandria, Sydney, NSW.

David Apps 1918

David George APPS married Gladys Virginia MATTHEWS

on the 19th February 1927.

David G Apps 1975

Of this union my father was born.