Michael Gorey

The Shepparton News published a Remembrance Day tribute this month using material I had researched for the Gorey family history.
Journalist Darren Linton did a great job compiling the information with photographs and putting it all into historical context. (more…)

Australian Electoral Rolls from the early 20th century are no available online at www.ancestry.com. So far they have helped me learn more about my mysterious great uncle Charles Gorey.
Charles was my grandfather Michael’s eldest brother, born in 1878. He served as a sapper (tunneller) in the First World War and suffered multiple injuries.
He never married [...]

This is the story of Mary Gorey, a daughter of my great-great grandparents James and Elizabeth Gorey and sister of my great grandfather Edward Gorey. The story is taken from a book published by Dr John Gorey in 1991.
Mary Gorey was born on March 5th, 1846, and according to family tradition, her life began in [...]

This is the story of my great-great grandparents James and Elizabeth Gorey, taken from a book published by Dr John Gorey in 1991:
Both James and Elizabeth were born in Co. Kilkenny Ireland, but there are no records to hand certifying the exact dates or places of their births.
At the time of James’ death, his parents [...]

Edward Gorey was born in 1849 at Heidelberg where his father James leased a 97 acre farm with frontage to the Yarra River. His parents took Edward into St Francis’ Catholic Church, Lonsdale Street, for his baptism on November 12, 1849.
James bought land at Malmsbury in April 1855, and it seems the family moved [...]

This picture shows the Balaclava Mine at Whroo about 1858-59. The open-cut mine was prosperous for many years and a significant town was established around it.
My great-grandparents Edward and Sophia Gorey settled on a nearby farm at Angustown in the 1880s when the mine was in decline. Edward was later involved with a syndicate [...]

The life of great-aunt Margaret Elizabeth Gorey was sadly cut short in tragic circumstances.
Born at Corop on March 1, 1876, Margaret was the eldest child of Edward and Sophia Gorey. Soon after her birth she was taken to be baptised at the Catholic Church in Heathcote on April 16, 1876.
She was living with her parents [...]

My great-grandmother Sophia Evans was the daughter of James Evans and Sarah Hardwick. James was from South Wales and Sarah from Herefordshire in England. They married in the Church of England at Whitchurch, Hereford, on July 25, 1849.
After arriving in Port Phillip, they moved around Melbourne and the goldfields before settling at Woodend where [...]

My mother was born in the Netherlands province of Limburg with the German surname of Wassenberg. We have a detailed family tree on her father’s side tracing back to the 1600s.
With my current subscription to www.ancestry.com.au I have explored some of the female lines branching out from various generations. Again, I have been able to [...]

This is the story of my great-great grandfather, James Evans, as best I can tell it from researching newspapers and public records. His daughter Sophia Evans married my great-grandfather Edward Gorey.
I would really like to know more about James but have hit so many dead ends. I would also like to know if I [...]