52 Ancestors #8 Maria Louisa Doyle

Maria Louisa Doyle was born 17 January 1847, and christened 8 February 1847 at Birmingham St Phillip, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England She came to Australia with her parents on the “Great Britain”, arriving in Victoria in August 1862.  On the 17 April 1865, she married Thomas Henry Russell in Buninyong.  They had 10 children. I found…

Trove Tuesday – Thomas Doyle

This week I am featuring articles for my 3x great grandfather, Thomas Doyle. The first article is about the sale of his house and land at Buninyong, when he was leaving the district. I had found that the Doyle family had come to Australia in 1862 on the “Great Britain”. This advertisement indicates that Thomas…

Surname Saturday – Doyle

The first ancestor with this surname is my 2x great grandmother Maria Louisa Doyle. My line is 1 Lois Whimpey 2 Ivon Walter Whimpey (1923-2009) 3 Edith Jean Marr (1922-1990) 4 John Ernest Whimpey (1884-1960) 5 Ivy May Harley (1890-1959) 10 Alexander Alexander Harley (1866-1939) 11 Henrietta Louisa Russell (1865-1949) 22 Thomas Henry Russell (1844-1892)…

52 Ancestors #27 Sarah Ann Doyle

Amy Johnson Crow introduced the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge on her No Story Too Small blog in 2014.  This year she continued the challenge, but also added a weekly theme. This week’s theme was “Independent: This is the week for Independence Day! Which one fought for (or against) America’s independence? Or which of your ancestors was…

52 Ancestors (2014) #33 Maria Louisa Doyle

Over the last few weeks, my posts have been about the Russell/Doyle branch of the family.  I’ve decided to continue with this branch in my post this week, and my ancestor is Maria Louisa Doyle.  Maria was the daughter of Thomas Doyle (my ancestor for week 2 (2015 series)) and Catherine Mills (my ancestor for…

52 Ancestors (2014) #32 Catherine Mills

Over the last few weeks, I have been researching the Russell-Doyle branch of my family, and there was one ancestor that I had one piece of information I was missing – the record of her death.  Today, when trying to decide which ancestor to use, I decided to see if I could finally find her…

52 Ancestors (2015) #2 Thomas Doyle

This week’s theme for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge is King.  I have therefore chosen an ancestor who possibly has a link to a King family. My ancestor, Thomas Doyle, married Catherine Mills in 1844 in Egbaston, Warwickshire.  They were on the 1851 England census at Aston, Warwickshire.  Thomas was the head of…

52 Ancestors (2015) #1 William Samuel Doyle

Last year, in June, I came across the challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the "No Story Too Small" blog.  At the end of December, I had only completed 28 posts, so I will be continuing that series, as well as setting up posts for this year’s challenge. This year, the challenge comes with…