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Australia / Re: Adoptions
« on: Thursday 28 September 17 08:26 BST (UK) »
Hi Bron63,
I have just discovered the RootsChat resource and have now registered. The 2014 chat thread re Adoptions has caught my interest.
Frances Firth (1830 - 1864) who lived in Cassilis, NSW in at least the early 1860's, is my G-G Grandmother on my Dad's side. Before he passed 10 years ago, my Dad told me a piece of verbal family history about a boundary-rider in the Cassilis district of NSW who was killed in a horse accident. That boundary-rider is said to have been Frances Firth's partner and father of her two daughters (Agnes May and Mary Ann Firth). It is thought that he may have been Indigenous (a Wiradjuri man?).
I have for a number of years been using the Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker resources to piece together a Family Tree, with the help of my sister and a few cousins, but the boundary rider remains elusive! I have scrolled through a number of pages of the Adoptions thread but couldn't find any details that may help me to verify my family history. Do you recall seeing anything at that time that may help me to identify the boundary rider? I would be very appreciative of any assistance you could give. I have also sent this message to Majm. Thanks.
I have just discovered the RootsChat resource and have now registered. The 2014 chat thread re Adoptions has caught my interest.
Frances Firth (1830 - 1864) who lived in Cassilis, NSW in at least the early 1860's, is my G-G Grandmother on my Dad's side. Before he passed 10 years ago, my Dad told me a piece of verbal family history about a boundary-rider in the Cassilis district of NSW who was killed in a horse accident. That boundary-rider is said to have been Frances Firth's partner and father of her two daughters (Agnes May and Mary Ann Firth). It is thought that he may have been Indigenous (a Wiradjuri man?).
I have for a number of years been using the Ancestry.com and Family Tree Maker resources to piece together a Family Tree, with the help of my sister and a few cousins, but the boundary rider remains elusive! I have scrolled through a number of pages of the Adoptions thread but couldn't find any details that may help me to verify my family history. Do you recall seeing anything at that time that may help me to identify the boundary rider? I would be very appreciative of any assistance you could give. I have also sent this message to Majm. Thanks.