Torr, County Antrim – image © copyright Kenneth Allen. Extract from Maurie Harper’s ‘Notes on The Harpers In Australia’ Andrew Harper was born around 1810 in Templepatrick Antrim Ireland and was christened on 14 Jun 1810. On 23 Dec 1834 he married Maria Gleghorn. (ref Ancestry.com 7 Nov 2006). On 11 Aug 1841 Andrew along […]
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Harpers, Bowns & Trews In The News
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Like most families, our ancestors appeared in the news from time to time. Here is a selection of articles I’ve found on the TROVE website. I’ll add to this post as I find more newspaper articles. (Updated Oct 20 2014) THE BOWN CASES – reported in the Horsham Times on Tuesday 12 Jan 1886 [su_quote]The […]
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 […]
Our Willie
By Gary in Harper 3 Comments Tags: harper, wilfred harper, william ernest harper, william james harper
Information contributed by Maurie Harper William James /Ernest Harper and Annie Maria Harper nee Smith, Fraser My grandfather William James Harper married a widow Annie Maria Smith nee Fraser. Annie Maria had 2 girls and a son who later died in a drowning accident at Riddells Creek. Annie Maria was born to Charles Fraser and […]
About
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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 […]