Graves of the grand parents
Well this page will be a work in progress. I have been trying to translate the grave stones for my[…]
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A day at Menglembu
Well this was what the trip was all about. Meeting he family and going to the places where my Father[…]
Read moreYap Temple
I was wandering around Georgetown with our little group. We were heading to a temple. While looking for it we[…]
Read moreBeyond the Sea
Well, I never knew about this in 2004 Grant Olding arranged for a musical about Hannah Stanley and her friend,[…]
Read morefinding my great grand mother
Annie Marjoram has been a great mystery in the family. My grandmother did not even know she had been nicked[…]
Read moreWho do you think you are?
Last night on SBS was a TV show about AFL announcer Dennis Cometti. He and I share a great great[…]
Read moreAlfred Ernest Cramp
Ernest Alfred Cramp is my second cousin, twice removed. The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 24 April 1954 Page 19 of[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh arrives in Derby
The ship, MV Gorgon, on which Yap Yit Poh was travelling, was a coastal trader belonging to the Blue Funnel Line. It[…]
Read moreYap Yit Poh Departs Singapore
Yap Yit Poh, departed Singapore for Australia to study Medicine at Sydney University under the Colombo Plan. The Singapore Free[…]
Read moreDouble Suicide and attempted Murder
This is one of the few stories in my family history that brought me to tears. It certainly shocked the[…]
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