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Bruny Island families

Posted: 30 Dec 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 19 Jul 2001 8:01AM GMT
The Bruny Island Historical Society would like to hear from anyone who has a Bruny Island ancestor, or old photos of Bruny Island or Bruny Island families. If you can help please repond to this site. You neve know, we may even be able to assist you put your family tree together.

BLYTH on Bruny

R A Teirney (View posts)
Posted: 4 Jun 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Blyth
Recently I looked through the BLIGH MUSEUM OF PACIFIC EXPLORATION at Adventure Bay and was rather surprised to see the signature of my great uncle on the first page of the visitor's book there. His name was JOHN BLYTH and he was one of the first to sign, along with his wife, HILDA.

I have on my website a limerick he wrote about BARNES BAY so I wasn't absolutely taken aback, but can anybody in the society tell me if he was there in any official capacity?

Do you have any other mentions of BLYTH family members in any publications about Bruny Island, please?

Blyth Family - Bruny Island

Margaret Wise (View posts)
Posted: 5 Jun 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: BLYTH
Hi R.A.,
I also have some information on the Blyth family on Bruny Island.

Cheers,
Margie Wise.
Posted: 5 Jun 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 19 Jul 2001 8:01AM GMT
Surnames: Blyth
Thank you for your response to my posting 'Bruny Is. families' The Blyths leased a property known as 'Springfield' at Great Bay and later leased Partridge Is. off the coast of Bruny c1910.There were five boys in the family, and one girl, Doris. Olive Gray in his book 'Further recollections of North Bruny' refers to the father [the soon of Dr. Blyth] writing reams of poetry. As I personally live in Barnes Bay I would love to read the limerick and with your permission publish it in our local 'Bruny News' under your name of course. Any information on the family that you are willing to share would be greatly appreciated by the Bruny Island Historical Society. As per my posting, we are trying to put family trees together. Next time you visit Bruny please visit our History Room at Alonnah, open seven days a week for FREE. If you would like to place your family in the History Room it would be a great addition to the life of our pioneers. Your website is great and a credit to those who put it together.
Cheers!

Kathy on behalf of the Bruny Island Historical Society

Re: Bruny Island families

Mike Hurburgh (View posts)
Posted: 22 Sep 2001 4:29PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Young, Hurburgh
My Young ancestors apparently lived on Bruny for a time - William Young and his family. There was some mention that he was a whaler.

Also my gguncle Rev. Walter Hurburgh was probably born there, and lived at Barnes Bay later in his life. He was the son of James Hurburgh, pilot at Pierson's Point from the late 1840's to 1879.

I have more biographical details on the Hurburghs, but nothing except the BDM data on the Youngs.

Re: Bruny Island families

Posted: 23 Sep 2001 9:21AM GMT
Classification: Lookup
Edited: 20 May 2002 5:03AM GMT
Surnames: Young
Mike- Thank you for your response to my Bruny island families query. There has been quite a lot of work done on the Young family as they came to Bruny c1829 and were here until a few years ago. The person to contact is Margaret Wise at margiewise@bigpond.com as she is a descendant of this family and working on it at present. It would be a pity to duplicate all that research. Let her know that I passed you on to her re the Youngs. The Hurburgh connection sounds great. I shall look up what I have and get back to you.

Re: Bruny Island families

Posted: 27 Jan 2008 8:35AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Kathy
I am researching my family tree & would be very grateful for any information re the Harwood family from Bruny Island

Re: Bruny Island families

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 8:14AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: dale, berry, barry
I have a great g-father who according to his birth cert was born on bruny island, elijah dale is his name, born 2aug 1854 his wife is annie catherine berry or barry. any help with my kin would be greatly appreciated, kind regards james challenger

Re: Bruny Island families

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thank you for the contact. This is not a name on any of our records, and I was fascinated that the birth certificate gave his birth place as Bruny Island. I checked our database, and early Church Records and can find no trace of him. You probably have this already but according to the TPI he was baptised on the date you give in Hobart [RGD32 4389/1854] to John Dale & Elizabeth ISLET. John [32]and Elizabeth [23] were married in Hobart 6 April 1841.It would appear they had a daughter Elizabeth who died 11 May 1842 Hobart. Two children [names not recorded] were born 5 July 1846 and 20 May 1847, and Jemima was born 20 May 1848, followed by Mary Anne 23 October 1852 - all in Hobart. Elijah married Catherine Annie/Annie Catherine 1 June 1876 Esperance and all 12 of their children were born Esperance, which is in the Channel area. I would suggest you try the Cygnet Museum cygnetmuseum@yahoo.com.au or the Channel Museum secretar@channelHeritageMuseum.org.au or their website http://www.channelheritagemuseum.org.au

I am sorry I wasn't able to help you further, but hopefully these links maybe able to. I wish you luck. Kathy

Re: Bruny Island families

Posted: 5 Jan 2012 12:03PM GMT
Classification: Query
hi there not sure if u can help, but am searching the rose family, wilfred hernal rose who married gladys lillian george, any help would be great, cheers melinda rose
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