Nixon, William
William Mark Nixon was born in Sydney on 31 May 1859, the son of William Nixon and Jane (née Graham), who came from Lynwood, Hawick,
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William Mark Nixon was born in Sydney on 31 May 1859, the son of William Nixon and Jane (née Graham), who came from Lynwood, Hawick,
Andrew Murray was born in Galashiels, Scotland, in 1853, son of Andrew and Euphemia Murray. In 1878, when he was living in Ladhope, he married
Albert Edward Moore (1872-1942) came to Beecroft in 1906 with his wife Lillian (née Williams) and their two young children. Albert was the son of
A fountain is forever Bessie Mitchell, MBE, foundation headmistress of Cheltenham Girls’High School, 1958-1972. A fountain that adorns Cheltenham Girls’ High School likewise commemorates a
Charles McKern, son of Irish-born parents, was born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1859 and grew up in that suburb. In 1882 he married Emily White,
Eliza and Frederick Mason with their six adult sons and daughters left Wolverhampton, England, in the 1880s and made their home on the newly subdivided
Ernest Martin was the son of William Arthur Martin (born 1854), who was the grandson of Mary Martin who had lived on the Field of
Edward Maher, son of Irish-born James Maher, a convict who arrived in the colony in 1816 on a seven-year term. James Maher became a sawyer
John Lutherborough was born in 1843, a member of an old Wesleyan Methodist family of Pennant Hills where his father, William worked as a sawyer. John
Harry Octavius Holcombe (born 1856) left the United Kingdom when aged 24 carrying a letter of introduction to Robert Tooth of the brewing company. Tooth
James & Jemima Hull James Prior Hull, born in London in 1818, and his wife Jemima (née Forster) born in 1825, emigrated to Australia about
and Meadmore family Jesse Jewhurst Hilder(1881-1916) [1] was born in Toowoomba Queensland on 23 July 1881. After completing schooling he was employed by the Bank of
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