How DNA Expands Our World of Family History
When I first dipped my toes into genealogy, I expected a lot of time with dusty records, long boring family discussions about people I had no knowledg eof, and maybe some late nights chasing...
Category: Genealogy
Justin Cleary (1885-1961)
Relationship: Maternal Great Grandfather When Justin Cleary was born on January 7, 1885, in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, his father, Charles, was 27 and his mother, Hannah, was 42. He married Mary Ann Bushby on...
Life Story: David Charles McCullough
Connection: me > Uncle (mother’s sibling) The following is the “Life Story of David Charles McCullough” as told in my Ancestry Family. When David Charles McCullough was born on December 4, 1941, in Seymour,...
Life Story: Jeanette Maree McCullough
Connection: me > Aunt (mother’s sibling) The following is the “Life Story of Jeanette Maree” as told in my Ancestry Family. Jeanette Maree goes by Maree in life. When Jeanette Maree McCullough was born...
Request for Posthumous Recognition Denied
Earlier this year, I wrote to the Australian Department of Defence to seek a posthumous recognition of my grandfather’s promotion to Sergeant-Major with the Australian Army. Unfortunately, Australian law (as is currently written) prevents...
Request for Posthumous Award of Promotion
Today, I submitted my request to the Australian Defence Department to recognize and award (posthumously) a promotion for my grandfather, Sgt. David John McCullough that he had been given prior to his death in...
Hello Mother. Three Years On.
Hello Mother. It is I, your number three son. I remember the first FB message I got from you. “Hello James … this is your mother.” I’d been trying to get you to set...
Lost Letter to my Grandmother – 76 years later
Recently, I was contacted through my website by a gentleman whose grandfather (Major Lawrence) was the commanding officer of my grandfather who was killed in WWII. The letter he wrote explained the day that...
Life Story for David John Barlow (McCullough)
When David John Barlow was born on February 25, 1916, in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, his father, Stanley Victor Barlow, was 22 and his mother, Olive Martha Barlow (nee Veale), was 23. His father, Stanley,...
Life Story for Vera May Cleary
When Vera May Cleary was born on January 16, 1919, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, her father, Justin, was 34, and her mother, Mary, was 31. At age 16, Vera gave birth to a...
