Regrettably to this point no image of William Hartley Wilson, the first of our Australian pioneer Wilson forebears, has been found; we are more fortunate with William’s spouse Margaret, having two images, which tend to support...
Read MoreOur knowledge of William Hartley’s bride, Margaret Williamson, is fairly limited.(** see footnote). The legend within the ranks of our Tassie cousins is that Margaret may have been a Governess; it goes on that William had a...
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The banns were read at Monikie Kirk (shown here and below) and at Margaret’s family church at...
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The dangers of the five month voyage to the Antipodes were well known to seafarers and emigrants...
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After many years of search we believe we may at last have an image of the Skelton barque on which...
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