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Welcome Aboard the Australian!

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Yes, that’s the name of the boat in the photo -  Australian . Are you connected to any of the people onboard? This is a treasured family snapshot, and right there on the left is our patriarch,  William Webb Wagg  (6 Feb 1826 ro 8 Jan 1905). Known affectionately as  Bill Webb ,  Old Billy Webb  or simply  Grandpa Webb , he was 76 years old when this photo was taken. On the boat… …are his four sons who survived to adulthood — from left to right: Charles “Charlie” Albert Hayden “Hayden” William John “Bill” Christopher Henry “Chris” Also on the boat is one of Grandpa Webb’s grandsons,  William  (son of William John). On the pier… Left to right are three more of Grandpa Webb’s grandchildren: Hayden Albert  (son of Albert Hayden) Claude William  (son of Charles) Mabel Zoe Glencora “May”  (daughter of Christopher Henry) Joining them is  Halway  Harry Anderson , better known as  Harry . He married  Eva Theresa Clan...
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Reuniting the families of James Judkins Gillett (1848 to 1925)

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James Judkins Gillett (JJG) married my great-grandaunt, Sarah Jane Webb Wagg, on 29 October 1883 at St Thomas Church of England, North Sydney.  Here's a record of their marriage- You can read the earlier blog on JJG and Sarah  HERE.   That was in July 2017 when my interest in family history was growing and I recorded- "James Judkins was born in about January 1848 in Islington, England.  He was the second child and older son of the six children of James Elvin Gillett and Frances Jane Judkins." James Judkins and his brother, Charles Elvin Gillett (abt 1857 to 11 June 1937), came to NSW in the early 1880s.  It's probable that Charles Elvin arrived in early 1883 as an assisted immigrant but it's not clear if James Judkins travelled with him.  It seems that the rest of the family remained in England.  In 1886, Charles Elvin married Alice Louisa Bowling (1859 to 1929) in Glebe and settled in Auburn." I mainly research my direct family...
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21 September 2018 - The centenary of the death of Sarah Webb Wagg (nee Turner)

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Today marks 100 years since our many times great-grandmother and great-aunt, Sarah, died at the home of her son, William - 247 West Street Cammeray. Sarah was born on 21 October 1832 in Sydney - the daughter of George Turner (a carpenter from York, England) and Mary Hand (a convict from Atholone, Ireland).  George and May had another daughter, Jane, but it's possible that there were more children - the search continues! You can read last year's post about Sarah here. Sarah married William Wagg (a seaman and convict from Norfolk, England) on 18 August 1853 at St James Church of England in Sydney.  They settled on the lower North Shore of Sydney and raised their large family. Here's the last photo that we have of Sarah with her extended family.  She's clearly visible as are some of her sons and their wives.  I doubt we'll ever identify everyone or know the reason for the gathering. Listening to my great-grandmother, Josephine Webb-Wagg (nee Clancy)...
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