Ursula ‘Phyllis’ WINTER was my Auntie, my mother’s sister. She died in 1955 at the age of 47. I didn’t know her as she died the year before I was born, but I heard about her as I was growing up. She was always spoken of with great affection and regard by Mum and her READ MORE
Month: October 2022
George MILLETT, our convict
Background… On the question of whether there were any convicts in our family, there was nothing definite, only this snippet: ‘Someone stole a hankie,’ my mum told me. ‘Who? Where? When?’ I asked. She didn’t know and neither did any of my immediate relatives. A detail on the death certificate of my great great grandfather, READ MORE