When I received this photo it had names written on the back. About 6 years ago I mistakenly identified the woman on the left hand end of the third row from the front Annie Wigley as being Annie Jane Nee Mulholland however it is actually Elizabeth Ann nee Tyrrell. Her husband, as pictured below, isn’t in this group picture. I was looking at my tree on Ancestry.com.au when I saw my mistake.
Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell and her husband Richard Henry Wigley my 2x great grandparents
Elizabeth Ann Tyrrell
I don’t have any photos of Annie Jane Wigley nee Mulholland to compare with Elizabeth Ann but I’m confident I have it correct now.
I’m running this workshop at Makerspace Adelaide, 100 Franklin St, Adelaide, Saturday 12th March 1pm – 4pm.
Learn family history research basics and make a unique piece of family art in this 3 hour face to face workshop. A personalised, laser cut and etched family tree.
I recently found a listing of state government childrens’ homes in South Australia. Here are all the named homes. Searching Google for any of these names will help you find pictures and info about them. Below the list are links to help with finding records.
Bedford Park Boys Training Centre Boys Reformatory Hulk, Fitzjames Boys Reformatory, Magill Brookway Park Campbell House Farm School, Meningie Central Depot Destitute Asylum
Campbell House Farm School
Edwardstown Industrial School Girls Reformatory, Edwardstown Girls Reformatory, Magill Glandore Industrial School/Children’s Home Grace Darling Hotel Ilfracombe, Boys Reformatory Lochiel Park Boys Training Centre Magill Industrial School McNally Training Centre Redruth Girls Reformatory Seaforth Home South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre South Australian Youth Training Centre Struan Farm School, Naracoorte Vaughan House Windana Remand Home
Allambi Girls Hostel
Allambi Girls Hostel Davenport House Kumanka Boys Hostel Luprina Hostel Nindee Hostel Stuart House Boys Hostel Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) Cottage Homes Clark Cottage, Clarence Park Colton Cottage, Thorngate Dartmouth Family Home, Port Augusta Family Home, Mount Gambier Fullarton Cottage, Myrtle Bank Glandore Family Home Hay Cottage, Lockleys Kandarik Cottage Klemzig Family Home Largs Bay Cottage Home Malvern Cottage Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg Morada Cottage Port Lincoln Family Home Port Pirie Cottage/Family Home Pybus Family Home, Port Augusta Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens Stirling Cottage, St Peters Tintoo Cottage Unit Living, Marion
This document Government Institutions South Australia gives a description, the history and where to find records for each institution listed above. If you had an ancestor who spent time in one of these homes you may be able to find them in the records.
There is more information here at Care Leavers Australasia Network https://clan.org.au/
Find and Connect A resource for Forgotten Australians, Former Child Migrants and anyone interested in the history of child welfare in Australia.
This is a small video I’ve made about one of my brother’s DNA matches. If this Thru Line is correct then it will have broken down a long standing brick wall for me.
My first cousin 3x removed Hermann Paul Leopold Buring, known simply as Leo Buring, is pictured below with Walt Disney. Leo is much better known for his wine making than he is for knowing Walt Disney and gifting him a pair of wallabies in 1934.
This was new information to my Mum, whether my Grandmother knew or not we don’t know, she never mentioned it. She would have been 17 at the time.
This is the passenger list for the S.S. Mariposa, Leo is the last person on the list. He is travelling from Sydney, Australia to the United States.
The Adelaide Advertiser reported on the gift. 1934 ‘OUR COUNTRY SECTION’, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), 19 November, p. 13. , viewed 17 Aug 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35019767
1934 ‘Out among the People’, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954), 20 November, p. 17. , viewed 17 Aug 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35019980
The following year 1935 Walt names Leo in a short cartoon named Mickey’s Kangaroo.
