Hi guys, I'm Jlee, f, and 4th generation australian. I'm part Welsh, English, Irish and German... It's the welsh side of the family I'm trying to unravel at the moment.
I've been researching my family history on and off for a couple of years now and although I've dug up some pretty interesting info in some cases, i've been relatively lucky to have found it compared to where I seem to be stuck in time at the moment with my latest case....
The case of John Morgan and Sarah Shaw.
Records I purchased from the New South Wales births deaths and marriages registry regarding the birth of my Grandads father is where I found more questions then answers and where this obsession took it roots, lol.
Henry Thomas Edwin Morgan and his twin brother were born in 1895 to John and Sarah Morgan. Place of residence is Casino, NSW and at the time of birth, Johns age is recorded as 51 and Sarah as 47....
Further searching had me discover John and Sarah were registered as married in the district of Waterloo, NSW in 1876 but this is where my trail starts to go cold as both are quite common a name with little else to go on. The certificate I have lists their other childrens names with ages. It's quite a long list of siblings with conflicting ages, this had me look into colonial re-marriages that took place during the era. A Sarah Shaw had become widowed with children in South Australia. To re-marry under certain circumstances in colonial australia was completely acceptable. Perhaps there is more to John and Sarah then I first anticipated but I really am stuck as to which path to take without ending up on a wild goose chase....Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated:) thanks guys
