This one is an interesting story due to the conflicting records. According to official marriage records, Charlotte Moorse, aged 22 who was the daughter of Samuel Moorse and Amelia Moorse, married William Taylor at the ‘Temporary Church of St. Stephen’ in Portland on December 24, 1855. We believe that Charlotte actually married Samuel Trew but […]
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The Immigrants
By Gary in Harper, Trew No Comments Tags: bown, harper, ryan, trew
There are four families in our Harper tree that made the trip to the new Victorian colony. It is worth noting that Melbourne was founded in 1835 and Victoria didn’t become a separate ‘colony’ until July 1 1851 when writs were issued proclaiming the new colony of Victoria. The first settlement was at Corinella in […]
Harpers On The Internet
By Gary in Blog 8 Comments Tags: harper
The HarperFamilyTree.com website has been really effective for getting in contact with other Harpers and their descendants around Australia who we wouldn’t have otherwise known or perhaps even known about. The first significant contact was from Maurie Harper. He had been researching for many years but there were questions around what had become of his […]
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Hello there! My name is Gary Smith and I’m the owner and editor of this website. I was born in Ceduna, South Australia in 1963 and my mother, Lorraine Smith (nee Harper), was born in Ballarat in 1937. Her father was Robert John Harper and her Mother was Annie Catherine Trew. Harper The first Harpers […]
Bown Transcripts
This page contains transcripts, in no particular order, from the various Bown family birth, death and marriage certificates that I have accumulated. Where there are other people listed on the same record (and their names are legible), I will list their names in case it is someone you are researching. MARRIAGE: Samuel Bown (b 1833) […]