family history

We don’t get to choose our ancestors

November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 Rachel M8 Comments

Yesterday I was pondering on my blog whether any of my ancestors were suffragettes. My mother-in-law told me that one of her ancestors was a signatory on the women's suffrage petition in New Zealand to grant women the vote. She was Annabella Naumann (nee Macaulay, born in Glasgow) and she's even recognised on the New… Continue reading We don’t get to choose our ancestors

November 28, 2018November 30, 2018 Rachel M10 Comments

For several years now I've been working on a family tree at My Heritage. Recently I discovered another Elizabeth Martin on Ben's side of the family. Our Elizabeth's great-great-great-grandmother was also Elizabeth Martin (nee Frisken). She was born in Scotland and moved to New Zealand while our Elizabeth was born in New Zealand and moved… Continue reading Family history

An Australian family history

August 17, 2014August 18, 2014 Rachel M6 Comments

Inspired by AndThen's recent post about his family history, I thought I'd write a bit about my own. My family history is quite colourful. My great-great-great-great-grandfather was some kind of representative for Germany in a trade dispute in Cape Town, South Africa. His name was Maximilian Thalwitzer and he was born in Germany but later emigrated to Cape Town. The… Continue reading An Australian family history

My Granny

January 25, 2014March 4, 2021 Rachel M27 Comments

I am in Scotland and so I was going to write about some of the things I have seen but I have just learnt that my grandmother died in the early hours of this morning Australian time, and so this post is for her. She had a beautiful name, my Granny, so beautiful, that I… Continue reading My Granny