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Family History Beginners Board / Teasdale family
« on: Sunday 12 July 15 14:41 BST (UK)  »
I am excited about contact with Millsie with respect to the Teasdale family. Among my old records are the funeral notices for Agnes Sprout Teasdale who died on 11/01/1940. There is also a newspaper article referring to her as "a kindly Scotswoman ... celebrates her 94th birthday today after 75 years in Australia." She came out from Ayr in 1862 as a 19 year old.

I would love to get into direct contact with Millsie; we plan to travel to the east coast again next year.

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Family History Beginners Board / Ruddick/Teasdale of Crosby Ravensworth
« on: Tuesday 14 April 15 11:41 BST (UK)  »
A cousin and I were just talking of our ancestors and googled our great grandmother, Agnes Sprout Wilson. We were excited to see entries by millsie and others placed here in 2007, which showed lots of information. Has anyone yet discovered why the name change from Ruddick to Teasdale happened? One story was that Anthony, an ironmonger, fell in love with Agnes, but did not think that he was good enough for her, so changed his name to Teasdale, the surname of his boss, the owner of the foundry, to try to impress Agnes. It was interesting to note that the name change seemed to have happened after their marriage. I agree that the family were buried as Teasdale, but the only remaining headstone at Karrakatta cemetery in Peth is that of Mary Nicholson Teasdale - it is a military headstone as she was a nurse during the war.

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