book, family history, research

I am writing a book & a call for help

I thought this would be a good time to update you all on the fact that I am pulling together a family history book. The book will be about my maternal grandmother and her ancestors. It is coming along slowly but nicely, and is full of photos, and stories about the different generations. The current… Continue reading I am writing a book & a call for help

family history, field trip, research

Stenhouse Bay: Arnold Frederick Paynter

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

cemetery, family history, field trip, research

Field Trip: St George’s Anglican Church, Magill

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