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Fife / Re: Christina Belfrage born about 1823
« on: Sunday 20 February 11 09:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Christine,
I need to spend more time analysing all this information above. It's great that there's so much interest and informed input when I've come into the discussion at this advanced stage. I'm preparing an enormously complex local history talk for this Thursday, so will get back to you after it's over.
All the best,
Robyn

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Fife / Re: Christina Belfrage born about 1823
« on: Wednesday 16 February 11 01:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Christine,
And I'll just have to wait until the green flag shows up. Until then, I'm really looking forward to finding out more from you. I'm so curious about what happened to these people when they were in Melbourne. I'd like to know about their life in Liverpool too. I was noseying around Bridgewater street on Streetview - where John and Ann lived, and according to the 1871 census, with a very large number of boarders, nieces and nephews. Most of the buildings, right by the wharves, are now demolished. I'm still looking for information on what the demolished buildings were. Curiously, there was a 1 year old living with them (another Ann Orange), described as their daughter, when by then they were a wee bit too old for producing more children, unless she was a grandchild. . . .
Before too long I may have to go and walk on the very soil of my ancestors in Fifeshire.
Robyn

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Fife / Re: Christina Belfrage born about 1823
« on: Monday 14 February 11 10:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Hirdy,
The great granddaughter of Matilda! I'm very much looking forward to this information you can share with me about our ancestral past that I've only started to learn about. And thank you for that clue about the child, Annie who died. I'd wondered about the possibility of earlier children. Do you think James had a middle name?
I'll speak to my father soon about anything he might remember being told. He's old, but was brought up around all that side of the family, the many of them. As I grew up 300 miles away, I'd see them very occasionally, so was only acquainted with those who didn't live in my grandmother's neighbourhood.
all the best,
Robyn

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Fife / Re: Christina Belfrage born about 1823
« on: Sunday 13 February 11 12:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Hirdy,
I've just come into this discussion about Christina Belfrage born 1823 (or 1821) and working my way through the replies since your first post. I'm also looking into the Fife ancestry, but I'd started with my great grandmother Christina Belfridge Yeaman who was one of the 2 daughters who arrived in Melbourne in 1876 with parents Alexander Yeaman and Ann Orange Blues. I found that my gg had married a Jas McKenzie in Victoria in 1889 when she was either 18 or 21 (??). I was hoping to get a copy of the marriage certificate but no reply yet from Victoria bmd. What I knew about this Christina is that she came to New Zealand not long after this marriage and had her first child there with James Cameron Shirreffs from Aberdeen. I haven't yet found a record of their marriage, but his brother's and sister's are recorded. In New Zealand, they had 9, maybe 10 children, starting from 1893 (so not long after the first marriage). They were the parents of my grandmother, Florence.
And yes, I would be very interested indeed, if you could fill me in on what you know about Alexander Yeaman and family and their time in Melbourne.
Best wishes,
Robyn

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