Aimable Ciril Duperouzel and his show horse at the York Agricultural Show, Western Australia
GGF Aimable Ciril Duperouzel, a pioneer of York, Western Australia loved to exhibit his horses at the York Agricultural Show. These horses were bred on his family farm at Qualen, near York. This photo is believed to have been taken in the late 1880s / early 1890s and...Maudie Ovens and Family ‘A visit to the York Show’, Western Australia, 2 October 1913
This engaging photograph shows the large family of Julia Maud Ovens, known as Maudie, and her husband William Ovens, known as Bill (Maudie was the daughter of GGF Aimable Duperouzel and GGM Julia Neagle). Those featured include Jim Henry Ovens, Ruby Ashworth, Laudie...
The Reverend Frederick Lynch, the first Rector of the Church of St Peter’s, Gilgering, near Beverley, Western Australia
What is the connection between the Reverend Frederick Lynch, my French GGF Aimable Ciril Duperouzel and the convict ship ‘Lord Raglan’? In early 1858 Revd. Lynch and his family travelled as free settlers from England on the convict ship, ‘Lord Raglan’, arriving in...
Remembering Frédéric Surget
19 June 1861: Remembering Frédéric Surget, a convict of French origin from Isingy-sur-Mer, Calvados, #4841, known as ‘grand Surget’, who was a friend of my French GGF Aimable Ciril Dupérouzel, from Saint Aubin-du-Perron, near Coutances, Manche, convict #4840. Both men...
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