How often can any of us ever say we were ‘the first’ to do something? My 3x great grandparents were one of three families who were the first to ever live in the Australian town of Yarramalong. What an amazing ‘first’. In 1852 Alexander and Elizabeth Hill of Antrim Ireland, paid £8 to board the…
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From Dunfermline house servant to Braidwood property tycoon
Introducing Janet Meldrum, my 3x great grandmother in a direct female line. And what a great grandmother she was, perched up there atop a line of very great women! Janet Meldrum was a house servant from the town of Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland. I remember being quite excited to find a Scot in my family line….
KINdling
Kin, n, relatives, collectively. Kindle, v.t., to set alight, to arouse strong feelings.
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