Local History / Genealogy > 2019
- WRIGHT BY NAME AND WRIGHT BY NATURE - (25 KB - MS Word)
Alexander Deans obtained a lease for a croft (the date of this lease has not yet been ascertained, but he acted as witness to several baptisms, one in 1822) extending to around 3 acres at Parkhill...
- WILLIAM WRIGHT, SPECULATOR - (25 KB - MS Word)
As we saw last month, in 1881, William Wright junior was staying at Dowanhill Cottage and designated as a carpenter employing 1 man. Staying with him were...
- ISAAC WRIGHT, BAKER, AND FAMILY - (27 KB - MS Word)
In 1901 Isaac Wright and his family were still staying in Station Road and sons Robert and William were also bakers alongside their father while sister Marjory worked in the shop....
- A WORLD AWAY - (13 KB - MS Word)
Another visitor to the area last year was Christine Greig-Adams from Australia. She was virtually retracing a journey her grandmother, Nell Greig (maiden surname, Gilmore), made in 1993...
- MEN AT WORK AT MORUYA - (13 KB - MS Word)
There were around 200 people employed at Moruya quarry during the period of the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Among the more important of these were the blacksmiths...
- LEGS – ELEVEN - (26 KB - MS Word)
Bingo has been enjoyed as a pastime by many people for a long time and we applaud Kemnay Bingo who recently celebrated their twentieth birthday...
