November 16, 2009 at 10:00 am (Genealogy, Residence, William Gambrill)
Tags: Genealogy, William Gambrill
My convict ancestor William Gambrill lived in Harris Street Sydney which is mentioned on his death certificate, he is also listed as bring as Macquarie Street, Sydney and this is shown on his first wife’s death certificate. I’m wanting to compile a list of places William Lived in NSW, including house number and a get a photo (current day or old) of the house.
Below is Harris Street – but where in this street did he live?
November 10, 2009 at 2:46 pm (Ann Turner, Baptism, Woodnesborough)
Tags: Ann Turner, Baptism, Woodnesborough
Well i got hold of her baptism. Ann is William Gambrills mum.
She was born in Woodnesborough to Thomas Turner and mother Elizabeth. Top section of the document is where she is mentioned. Following on from her baptism, i cant seem to find her on any census in Woodnesborough, and previously i had her death date in 1864, but the Canterbury Cathedral dont have any info for her then so they sent deaths in 1869 and a few years after that but they seem to be incorrect.
November 3, 2009 at 8:53 am (Ancestry, Preserving, Voice recording)
Tags: Ancestry, Preserving, Voice recording
For sometime i’ve been wanting to catch a bit more of the my current ancestry, whats happening right now. Not really wanting to do a hand written diary thing, nor did i want to just jot down stuff on the computer. So then it dawned on me to record my voice in snippets. I could also do a video dairy, but wasnt keen to go that far, perhaps later on sometime.
So whats the easiest, best way to record in continual short snippets? Well, that i dont know but i have Audacity on my computer which does voice recordings.
Simply create a file name like, ancestry2009, or ancestryNovember2009. All’s you need to do to record something is press the record button, and chat away, best to mention what the date is each time you do this. An example of my first was that i talked about playing hide-n-seek with my boys. The eldest one was looking for us and so my younger boy and i hid in the corner behind the cupboard, he sat close to me with my hand across his upper chest. When the elder one finished counting and came looking for us, i could feel my little boys’ heart thumping hard, racing in anticipation of getting found. This really was a great moment for me.
I think its these little snippets of moments that happen whislt we are alive are worth keeping a record of, and a good way to preserve this is to voice (or video) record them.
October 27, 2009 at 2:22 pm (Ancestry, Genealogy)
Tags: Ancestry, Genealogy
Whilst you are alive you are busy researching all the dead folks in your tree its easy to forget about yourself and the valuable documents etc that you can collect over the years and put away.
Giving the next person whom will take over your ancestry a headstart when your 6 foot under with a few boxes of your very own goodies is more than they could possibly ask for.
Here are a few suggestions for your Ancestry box, some based on my own collection:
1) Speeding fines, and make sure you ask for a copy of the photograph.
2) Airline tickets – and bits and bobs associated with you trip(s)
3) Passports – keep them all.
4) School Stuff – reports, certificates, end of year school mag, etc…
5) Your children – start from newborn, the day they get the armband on in hospital put that away when you take it of the baby’s arm. Keep their hair from the first hair cut, keep their teeth that the tooth fairy is supposed to take away, stuff associated with birthdays, school stuff and so on.
6) Drivers license test, keep your report (particularly if you failed) Any old drivers license or other types of (photo) ID etc..
7) Work references and any newspaper or paper media that you/your business were featured in for one reason or another.
Videos and Photos – throw everything onto disc. May need to re-check on whether computers in 10 or 20 years can read the format but i’m sure somewhere, somehow that will always be possible. At the moment my little one asks us everynight for ‘talking’ (his idea not ours) – this means at bed time one of us sits with him and he really opens up about his day at school, thoughts etc. This is something special and so we have started to video record each night.
9) Dairy/Letters and documents for kids/wife/husbands birth/death/marriage/divorce etc, and also your house/car/boat/plane/rocket journey ticket stubs and wedding menu, guest list etc. Anything that could be of ancestry value when your long gone.
Get one of those preserving boxes i think they are called, label the box and simply put all ancestry goodies into it and over the years you’ll have a fantastic collection of stuff.
Have you started?
October 19, 2009 at 3:13 pm (William Gambrell, William Gambrill)
Tags: Petition
I Enquired about a petition to the Governor that convict William Gambrill (Gambrell) made in 1845. “Per the Governors min.[minute]on a petition by Gambrell Regd[registered] No45/506 dated 15 Jan 1845″
I have been informed by the State Records Authority of New South Wales that the correspondence has not survived, and so they cannot provide with me with a copy of the petition.
Bugger.
October 13, 2009 at 8:40 pm (Gambrill Lane, Theft)
Tags: Gambrill Lane, Thief
And so it was bought to my attention that someone, most likely from Morisset, though it good to have a Gambrill Lane sign as a souviner. Thanks to Colin for the Photo below which shows the signless pole to the left.
I have written about Gambrill Lane before, of which you’ll see a picture of the sign, not just the post.
So who stole it? Some Drunkin nutter? A Gambrill? An Alien? Who knows, but one thing is for sure, your now apart of Gambrill history. I just need your mugshot for the record so feel free to email me.
September 13, 2009 at 1:20 pm (Gambrill)
Tags: George Gambrill
One thing that i have noticed over the last two years of my research is that George Gambrill born 1790 Woodnesborough, Kent (convict Williams father) seems to be missing a death date. No one on the net seems to have his death date or place. Just unaccounted for.
I had thought from time to time that it was just a matter of asking a archiver to find his death certificate and it would be no problem. I am due later this year to get his BMD details (and his wife Ann Turner b.1790 also) and hadnt really given much thought as to why no one else had his death details, so perhaps i would of just wasted my money.
A day or so ago i recieve a few emails regarding Gambrills from Cheryl, in one them she suggested she may of found George’s final resting place. Not in Woodnesborough, not in Kent nor the UK, but in ‘Van Diemans Land’, Tasmania or Tassie as we call it.
I have done further research myself over the last day or 2 regarding what Cheryl suggested, and it seems a strong possiblilty it is him. A few documents later we have his name (spelled many different ways) and birth date, a ship and stolen pig.
Cheryl, well done. Every now and then i tried looking for George but always came up with nothing and then out of the blue your email came in with a possibility. Now just to find that Woodnesborough/family connection. Once i have this, all will be posted on my website, under Georges Page
July 28, 2009 at 12:40 pm (Gambrill)
So i got myself one of these. ‘ The Ancient Arms of Gambrill ‘. The Gambrill name comes from Italy, it has been traced to Bologna (Bononia) in Emilia. It goes onto say ‘Nearly all European surnames have several spelling variations; because only scribes and church officials could read and write at the time , names where usually spoken, not written and therefore had no fixed spelling and were written as they were announced’. ‘ The names Gabrelli, Gabreli, Gabriele, Gabriele, Gabrielli, Gabrielini, Gabriellini, Gabbello, Gabello, Gabriel, Gabriele, Gambrielli, Gambrieli are all variations on the name Gambrill and share the same origin’. I guess there maybe others, including Gambrell, which could of been the way my line is spelled but in the mid 1800’s, the ‘e’ was dropped for a ‘i’.
Perhaps DNA could give some good indication for Italian roots, and whether or not my very own DNA has some Italian pasta or pizza in it. Watch this space.
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