Potiuch Roman Cunnington Paynter Family Tree
A South Australian Family Story
Back in 2021 I finally made my way to the Magill Historic Cemetery to visit Charles Paynter, my 2x great grandfather, and Susanah Thornton, my 2x great grandmother. The Magill Cemetery is owned by the City of Burnside, it is 5,639m2 in size and was a little hard to find as it is off main roads.… Continue reading Field Trip: Magill Historic Cemetery
Stenhouse Bay is about 156kms from Adelaide, on the Yorke Penninsula. It was named after Andrew Stenhouse, who operated Permasite Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd which held “leases for the harvesting of gypsum north of Cape Spencer.”1 Permasite later became the Waratah Gypsum Company, and they quarried and exported rock gypsum, supplying most of Australia's needs of… Continue reading Stenhouse Bay: Arnold Frederick Paynter
Mid 2020 on a cool winters day I drove to the St. George's Anglican Church in Magill, South Australia in search of the graves of my 3x great grandfather Nels Lawson, 3x great grandmother Maria Ford, and other family members. St. George's Anglican Church is a sweet little church on St Bernard's Road in Magill.… Continue reading Field Trip: St George’s Anglican Church, Magill
Potiuch Roman Cunnington Paynter Family Tree 