Australian Royalty

August 3, 2026

australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccord.ged/individual/I64790/Israel-Rayner Israel Rayner ‹ Rayner surname Israel Rayner’s Geni Profile Related Projects Israel Rayner (1762 – 1845) Also Known As: “Israel Rayner”, “Free Settler “Nile” 1801″ Birthdate: 1762 Birthplace: UK Death: 1845 (82-83)Parramatta, NSW, Australia Immediate Family: Son of James Rayner and Mary RaynerHusband of Elizabeth Rayner – Hawkless – Baldwin and Martha Capon – … More Australian Royalty

Pioneer Family in the Richmond River District

June 27, 2026

Great grandfather, Samuel Russell and his wife, Sarah, were Pioneers selectors of the Eureka and Coopers Creek area, a tributary of the Richmond River. My Grandfather was born at the family farm along with about nine other sisters and brothers. Samuel Russell, my Great Grandfather, died prematurely, of heart disease, and one could imagine the … More Pioneer Family in the Richmond River District

Clasonsborg Skarrildhus and the Pedersen Schubert Family

January 15, 2026

Clasonsborg (now Skarrildhus) is a forestry estate (in 1995 it covered 300 hectares) and teachers training centre by Karstoft Å in Skarrild Parish (formerly Hammerum Herred) about 20 kilometres south of Herning. The current building is often mistakenly referred to as a manor house, but has never been a manor house with the associated privileges. … More Clasonsborg Skarrildhus and the Pedersen Schubert Family

The Churching of Women in Danish History

February 1, 2025

A practice that seems foreign to modern women yet practiced in some cultures even today. My Danish grandmothers would have followed this tradition. All the children were baptised at home and then later in the parish Church. This information comes from mydanishroots.dk/danish-ancestry The ”churching of women” ritual is a custom that has ties to the … More The Churching of Women in Danish History

The Big Scrub Pioneers,

January 16, 2025

‘The Big Scrub’, Northern New South Wales, Australia The Big Scrub is located in Northern New South Wales, Australia. This vast area of subtropical rainforest was cleared by European settlers from the 1840s, firstly for its valuable cabinet timber species, in particular red cedar, and later for agricultural selection, primarily dairying and agriculture. This region … More The Big Scrub Pioneers,

The Sale of Wives

July 23, 2022

Now-a-days wives in this country are occasionally treated with barbarity. When they are, however the husbands are severely dealt with by law. But at one time wives were considered as a mercenary commodity, and the disposal of them for a certain price was a not uncommon occurrence, being recorded in newspapers as ” items of … More The Sale of Wives