Cleghorn's store Rocky River c1860

[PrueM]

That Mary Ann really got around, didn't she!     
And thanks to Michelle, my friend James and I now know that my Haynes and his Faulkner families intermarried (not our direct lines though) so we're very distantly related to each other.      That had us both in stitches for a while 

Thanks Mem, for posting such a great photo 

Prue

[pocketrocket]

Hi,

Where did you find that great photo.  I live in Armidale and am helping out a friend who is also a decendent of Isaac then William Faukner.  Would love to know the friend's details also Prue.  William married a Charlotte Williams from Victoria/SA.  Cheers.

[kirksta]

Hi

I am a descendant of Mary Ann Shaw/ Charles Grant.

I am interested in the photo of Cleghorns store in Rocky River.

When was it taken and what Cleghorn owned/operated it?

Alexander Gwyder Cleghorn married Margaret Grant in 1897 Uralla.

Many Thanks


P.S. It is a Great photo and I would be interested in how it was artifically coloured.

[pocketrocket]

Also Prue, do you know the connection to the Aboriginal Faulkner's in Uralla?  I know and Aboriginal man who can help me out but was wondering if you knew anything.  My friend is particularly interested in the Aboriginal ancestry she believes may be in her line. 

[PrueM]

Sorry, not au fait with the Aboriginal families in that area but I do work at AIATSIS and there is a Family History Unit here that helps to research Aboriginal ancestry:
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/fhu/about.html
There is a name search resource available through that page.

They have a very long waiting list just now, so another resource that would be worth trying is LinkUp (http://www.linkupnsw.org.au/).

It may also be worth contacting the Armidale and Region Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Keeping Place, to see if they have any ideas for finding out more info:
http://www.acckp.com.au/

Cheers
Prue

[pocketrocket]

Hi Prue,

I have been to AIATSIS when I was researching the Armidale Assimilation group who helped with lobbying for housing for the Indigenous people who were living on the old town dump in 1956.   It is a great facility.  Thanks for the other ideas.  Link up has helped another lady i have helped find records for.  Ended up finding her gggrandmother's marriage record just in the parish registers.  Stated mother as Aboriginal which was pretty exciting. 

I have only just started looking at this family though and will drop into our regional archives as a starting point.  Oh, and visit my Faukner contact.  The story of the first man to find gold rings some bells for some reason...  I wonder if he has told me that before.

Regards,  C

[Bob F]

Hi my name is Bob Faulkner and the first Faulkners to arrive in Australia was Isaac Faulkner, his wife Mary Ann (Shaw) and son Thomas. They arrived aboard the vessel Tory 4th April 1849 from Plymouth.
Isaac died after falling down a mine shaft in Uralla.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18689199

More on Granny Austin also.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/107566679?searchTerm=%22isaac%20faulkner%22%20uralla&searchLimits=

It's believed Isaac was the first to discover gold at the Rocky River gold fields but he was never acknowledged because of the amount of gold he found. Others later found more and were mentioned in government announcements.

Granny Austin married Isaac in Lutterworth England 7th November, 1847 and after his death she married Charles Walter Grant, James W McGregor and John Austin.
She is buried in Uralla on top of he first husband Isaac Faulkner.

Hope that helps some.