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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 [...]
I’ve uploaded family tree information to this section of my site. The default tree is Gorey. To get the Wassenberg tree, hover your mouse over Welcome or follow this link .
I’m using PhpGedView . It was very easy to install and upload the gedcom files. I’ll experiment with design tweaks and other features [...]
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 [...]
I’m reorganising the content of the former family history section to make it appear as part of this WordPress site. That’s why there will be a fair sprinkling of historical material over the next few weeks.
The direct link will be to the History category. Discussion can occur either on the individual posts or in the [...]
Picture: Angustown Primary School, some time in the 1890s
After moving frequently about the Corop and Echuca districts early in their marriage, Edward and Sophia Gorey settled at Angustown near Whroo in 1889.
A list provided to the Education Department about 1890 shows that four children of Edward Gorey were attending the recently opened Angustown State School. [...]
This is a photograph of my uncle Michael Gorey, taken I think in 1938. He was born in 1919 at Waubra and died on January 13, 1939 at Tanjil Bren.
I was prompted to think of him by an unexpected web reference on the ABC. Mick was killed in the 1939 bushfires, one of [...]
This is a remarkable genealogical story. What I write here is based on facts as far I can establish them.
If these facts are proven I can claim descent from Robert the Bruce, other Scottish kings, Henry II of England and even Fergus of Ireland and Scotland.
I registered at www.ancestry.com.au this morning. I hit the usual [...]
