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We are currently looking for descendants and relatives of Caroline Goodger (1839-1931) and John Edward Geale (1833-1916).  The couple were married in Yass, NSW, Australia on 27th February 1859. 

(If you are descended from one of the people listed below, please contact me via the private message section of these forums - thanks, Amanda)

Caroline and John Edward had 9 children:
Edward Joseph Geale
Emily Mary Geale (married surname McCann)
Edwin Wadman Geale
John Goodger Geale
Henry (Harry) Geale
William Thompson Geale
Robert Charles Geale
Alfred George Geale
Caroline Agnes Geale (married surname Gaffey)

Next Generation:

1. Edward Joseph Geale married Elizabeth Owen in 1886 in Yass, NSW, Australia. 
The couple had 12 children:

1. Ernest Joseph Geale 1886-1928
    (he married Alice Kendall in 1910 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)
2. John E Geale  1887-1927
    (he married Myrtle Rose Stevens in 1908 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)
3. Margaret C Geale b1889
4. Caroline M Geale 1890-1890
5. Charles Henry Geale 1892-1961
    (he married Margaret E Smithurst in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)
6. Roy Owen Geale 1894-1966
7. Ellise N Geale b1896
8. Alice V Geale 1896-1896
9. Mary S Irene Geale 1897-1963
    (she married James D Martin in 1920 in Glebe, NSW, Australia)
10. Lillian F Geale 1899-1958
      (she married Charles M Hynes in 1926 in Annandale, NSW, Australia)
11. Una Rita Geale 1903-1967
      (she married Robert A Armitage in 1930 in Sydney, NSW, Australia)


2. Emily Mary Geale married James John McCann in 1884 in Yass, NSW, Australia.
The couple had 6 children:

1. Henry McCann b1885
2. Arthur Patrick McCann 1887-1969
3. Alice M McCann b1889
    (she married George Furphy in 1912 in Goulburn, NSW, Australia)
4. James F McCann b1890
5. Gladys M McCann 1894-1959
    (she married Stanley Bradbury in 1917 in Orange, NSW, Australia)
6. Catherine E M McCann 1897-1898


3. Edwin (Peter) Wadman Geale 1863-1930 married Annie Edwards in 1887 in Yass, NSW, Australia.  The couple had 5 children:

1. Edwin (Ted) Vincent Geale b1887
   (he married Henrietta Haggerty in 1903 in Dungog, NSW, Australia)
2. Mary Maud (Maud) Geale b1890
    (she married Michael Flaherty in 1907 in Dungog, NSW, Australia.  She married Harry Reid in 1925 in Sydney, NSW,   
      Australia.  Michael Flaherty possibly died in 1910 - more to research))
3. Thomas Harold (Harold) Geale b1891
    (he married Florence A Chiswick in 1918 in Redfer, NSW, Australia)
4. Arthur Geale b1893
5. Sylvia Geale
    (she married Jack Smith)

Hello,

I need a date for this photo, not a restoration.  Sorry about the copy but its on a board and too thick to go through my scanner, I don't have the flat bed variety so I've taken a digital photo of the picture.  If its my great great grandparents like I think it might be they were born in 1837 and 1828 - do these ages fit the photo?

Regards,
Amanda

I am thinking of organising a fairly large scale family reunion and looking for suggestions, tips and hoping to hear about other people's family reunion experiences.

Amanda 

I'm looking for descendants of John Gabb and his wife Hester Walkley (the first Gabbs to settle in NSW) who came to Australia in 1838 on board the ship the Layton from Stonehouse, Gloucestershire in England.  In particular I'm looking for photos of the early Gabbs.  John and Hester's three (surviving to adulthood) children were William (my great great grandfather) 8/4/1828-28/8/1906 (married 1. Elizabeth Bentley, 2. Ann Green), Charles 3/12/1831-1923 (married Ann Cotrell) and Ann 1840-1888 (married James Jordan).

Please note, I'm not looking for records of the Gabb family, NSW BDM has what I need, I'm looking for living relatives who might have some information to help paint the story.

Please feel free to send me a PM.

Amanda