Monthly Archives: November 2023

Reading time 30 minutes When my great-grandfather, Nicholas Corcoran, was born on January 12, 1842, in Danesfort, Kilkenny, Ireland, his father, Michael, was 32, and his mother, Mary (née Walsh), was 33. He was the first of eight children: Michael … Continue reading →

Reading time 18 minutes Out of all my ancestors who came to Australia from Germany and Ireland or in this instance, England, Robert Bradbury would have been the very first to have arrived. Robert was a convict who had been … Continue reading →