Category Archives: Maternal

The family group is my mother’s lineage. (Peggy J Lucas nee Lewis born Cummins).

ANZAC Honours – Maternal

This page is created with love to honour those in the family that served in the wars. Anzac Honours – Maternal Cummins Ancestors Family Name Given Names Service Number War Posting at Discharge CUMMINS Michael Richard NX52901 POW WWII 2/18 … Continue reading

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Life in Australia’s Convict Female Factories

Gallery exhibitions – National Archives of Australia. An estimated one in five Australians has an ancestor who spent time in a convict female factory, but very little material survives from these women. Their contribution has been largely ignored, yet they … Continue reading

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Mundy’s at Rookwood

Following is a list of Mundy’s buried at Rookwood Cemetery (NSW) discovered through my research.

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Rhonda’s Ponderings: New England’s History: Dainggatti Entry Page

Rhonda’s Ponderings from: New England’s History: Dainggatti Entry Page.

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The George Robert Miller Debate

Is there 1, 2 or 3 of them? I have created this page in the hope that fellow Miller researcher’s will have a read and forward any opinion’s or clues they may have on the subject of “George Robert Miller”, … Continue reading

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Family Connections & Researchers

Helping each other… This page list’s members of the extended family that are currently researching the families found within this website and family member’s who have a web presence.

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Marco Family aka Millers

Our Miller and related families had strong ties to the world of ‘travelling entertainers’ as showman, acrobats, sideshow, circus and even a snakeman. In fact the family is still represented within the business today! Charlie Miller (1894-1949) was apparently known … Continue reading

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George Robert Miller & Mary Ann Jones

MILLER BACKGROUND… How the Millers came to be in Australia we still haven't discovered!!! Maybe they swam??? This is definitely one of my brick walls! From detective work thus far I believe that George & his brother Thomas arrived via … Continue reading

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William Jones & Mary Ann Sullivan

A LITTLE JONES & SULLIVAN HISTORY Both of these lines came to Australia as Convicts. William JONES arrived on the "Marquis of Wellington" on 27th January 1815, aged 26, after being convicted for life at the ‘Old Bailey’ on 12 … Continue reading

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Cummins and Miller Family

This book is dedicated to all those fellow researcher’s in my mother’s birth family – hence the ‘maternal’ category.  If you haven’t been here before or know us, my mother Peggy was adopted. We have no past personal historical history … Continue reading

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