Anne GALBREAITH (nee LOWRY) and Esther GRAHAM (nee LOWRY) - are these sisters?

[Greatgran graham]

Hello Robyn, my name is Glennis (Greatgran graham), Glen for short and I live in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.  Thank you for writing, Jim gave me a long list of my rellos yesterday and said that you and I should make contact, I have been sitting at the computer all day trying to find more info on the Grahams.  There is so much in my box now that it will take me weeks if not months to get it all sorted.  My father's grandmother was Fanny Graham and i have a few family stories that came down through the daughters of Fanny, I am her Great Great Grandaughter as you are of Isabella.  I dont know much about the one boy in Fanny's children but his six elder sisters were full of tales and traumas. 
I have a number of photos which include Great Great gran Fanny when she was very old and photos of her funeral.  I havent had them out for many years so you will have to give me a bit of time to find them again and scan them to the computer so they can travel.
I am amazed that Isabella was the one married to 'Hansen' as I collected all the info I could find relating to her a few months ago but put her aside as I found an Isabella Graham of the right age who had died in the year the two girls arrived in Sydney. She came from  Scotland and father was James with mother Elizabeth.  I now know that Isabella lived, married and had children other wise we would'nt be having this conversation .  Maybee the other Isabella from Scotland was related too.
Oh I found yesterday that there was no Will when Isabella and Fanny's father William (1803-1873 died and that Esther (Lowry) Graham was a few months pregnant with William Graham's child (Elizabeth) when she married William Chambers and that young Elizabeth was only 14 when she was sent to USA to live with the sister and her family.  Makes you wonder what was going on in the family in Donegal. The stories from Fannys girls werent too generous to Chambers.
Well, sore neck from being on the computer for too long so Ill have to close down and look forward to talking to you again soon.
Kind regards
Glen
   

[paradise2431]

Well hi there cousin Glennis its great to hear from you, Jim was telling me last night I can not believe all this is happening after only 3 months after I left my name on the Donegal web site. I have been in contact with Rosmary from Riverstone Family History Group and she said that someone has left a lot of information on Henry Williams the Blacksmith is that you other wise someone else is tracing the tree. I have a lot to tell you about the Hansen Family my Great Grand father William (Isabella's son) had a child my grand mother Ellen Rose Conwell there is no father on her birth certificate so you or anybody outside of my family would never know about her you would never trace her let alone me so I need to tell your side everything so this is all recorded. I now what you mean about getting a sore neck when all this happened with Jim and Bernie and Now Jennifer I didn't get off the computer for days and days so I will let you sink what Jim has sent to you and I will tell you my side other wise you will get confused I have heaps. I would love to see the photos I have one sent from Bernie she found a photo of Fanny and the girls that was sent home to Momeen from Australia some time go its not very clear but I wish I had a photo of Isabella that would really top things off I would love to e-mail you with all the things I have but are we allowed to share e-mails on here
Catcha tomorrow Cousin Regards Robyn

[paradise2431]

Hi Glennis here is my Family Isabella Graham B 1859 Momeen Donegal Bap: 27.5.1859 D 25.1.1893 Riverstone in Child birth baby Bethia buried St Mathew's Windsor. she married Karl Frederick (Charles or Carl) Hansen 20.7.1881 Sydney B 1850 Norway parents Hans Hansen & Merte Olsen D 4.6.1927 Marrickville Nursing Home they moved to Riverstone in 1889 Children William Henry B 20.5.1882 Redfern, Frances (girl) B 1883 Syd, Isabella K b 1886 Syd, Charles Bernard b 1887 d 1889 Riverstone, Charles Bernard b 28.8.1889 Riverston D 3.12 1918 Villers Bretonneux France, Mathew B 6.8.1891 no record Windsor Gazette D 8.8.1891 Riverstone, Bethia Francis Woolcott b 1893 Riverstone D?. Bethia was wet nursed by Fanny when Isabella died in 1893 Riverstone Fanny at the same time gave birth to Ivy in 1893 most of the children were a bit older when Isabella died and the boys went to Sydney with Karl. Fanny I think did a marvelous job raring her children and her sisters children, 1902 Henry died leaving Fanny with all the children I don't know much about Fanny's children only what I have found on the trove newspapers looking forward to here from you Robyn

[Sam12345]

Hi there I am also researching the Graham family line and would love any info available as of now I have little to offer myself so many names the same. Confused. William and Esther are my great great grandparents. Thanking you Sam.

[Greatgran graham]

Hello Sam12345
my name is Glennis, I am descendant of Fanny (Frances) Graham who came to Australia as an assisted migrant when the government was trying to balance the Male/female population in the second half of the 1800s.  Fanny and her elder sister Isabell departed Donnegal Ireland after the second marriage of their mother to their (so-called) coach driver soon after the death of their father.  The family was split up with two girls going to USA and two going to Australia.   The boys stayed in Ireland as they would inherit their mother's property after her death. 
if you would like to send me some info on the line your family took after the death of William  and Esther I will see if I can send you some info on them.
Kind regards
Glen

[Sam12345]

Moses(1872) and Mary Graham(Chambers) where my great grandparents Moses(1905-1972) and Catherine Graham(Thompson)(1912-1989) my Grandparents. 

[Audbod]

Hi. I have just joined and was excited to see this. I live in Ireland and am a direct of John and Jane Graham. Jane was a sister of Esters husband William and my maiden name was Graham. I lived in the same area until my marriage 20 yrs ago. I have recently been working on the family tree and found out about fanny and her sister going to Australia.the son Moses inherited the farm and his descendants still live there.would love to swap stories.

[alreadyinuse]

Hi.  You wrote " am a direct of John and Jane Graham. Jane was a sister of Esters husband William..."   

William Graham who married Esther Lowry was the son of Matthew Graham; John Graham who married Jane Graham was also was son of Matthew Graham:  William and John were brothers.  John married his cousin, Jane Graham, who was the daughter of Matthew Graham's brother William.  William, John, and Jane's marriage records name their fathers.

Matthew Graham (b. 1710-20?; died after 1783) was father of William (died probably about 1806).

William was the father of Matthew (b. ca. 1770/75; died about 1851) and William (b. ca. 1770/75; died about 1853)

Matthew (1770s-1851), s/o of William, was the father of William (b. 1802/03; d.1873) m. Esther Lowry and of John (b. 1805/10; d. 1861) who married Jane.
William (1770s-1853), s/o William, uncle of William and John, was the father of Jane who married John.

I can provide a fuller genealogy--but unfortunately not a complete one--with documentation, if you want.

[Audbod]

Thanks, I have most of that already. There are a few things I am trying to verify though and many someone will know the answers. I have a Maria Graham who had at least two children, one of which went to America. I haven't been able to find any verification for her other than family members who can't give me exact details. They think she was the sister of Jane Graham who married John Graham. Has anyone else got her or knows if she fits in somewhere else.
Thanks