October – December 1918 (and the burning question of whether or not he shot his horse) ~ by Helen Dennis, 13 September 2026 ~ The nearest approximation I have to first-hand accounts of my grandfather’s experience during World War I are stories my aunt Penelope told me. However, she was in her 90s by theContinue reading “Richard Jenkins’ World War I Homecoming”
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Unravelling the Mystery of Mary Ann Ryan
~by Helen Dennis, July 2026~ My new favourite ancestor is my Irish 2x-great grandmother, Mary Ann Ryan. Not because she did anything spectacular, but rather because it took me so long to figure out who she was. Until recently, the only information I had about Mary Ann had come from two sources: her marriage certificate,Continue reading “Unravelling the Mystery of Mary Ann Ryan”
The Double Life of Edwin Tyrrell Sayers
by Helen Dennis, July 2024 ~ I have numerous documents confirming key events in the seemingly ordinary life of my great-great-grandfather Edwin Tyrrell Sayers. He was born in 1843 in Melbourne. His mother, Anna Tyrrell, died at the tender age of 28, just a few months after Edwin was born. In 1861, at the ageContinue reading “The Double Life of Edwin Tyrrell Sayers”
