by William Thomas Duperouzel | 1 Aug, 2023 | Petrosellum
7 August: Remembering my Aunty, Sister Mary Frances – Eileen HEVRON – who passed away in Kalamunda, Western Australia on this day in 1981, aged 82 years. She was the granddaughter of Catherine and Denis Hevron who arrived in Western Australia from Dublin,... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 12 Apr, 2023 | Petrosellum
I would like to take this opportunity to re-dedicate my book to my darling wife, Janet. I am eternally grateful for her immeasurable contribution which enabled me to fulfil my dream. I am in no doubt this book would never have been written without her. I also wish to... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 8 Dec, 2021 | Petrosellum
10th December 2021: Today, we commemorate the 120th anniversary of the death of my GGF Aimable Ciril Dupérouzel, a pioneer of York, Western Australia. Eastern Districts’ Chronicle newspaper, dated Saturday 14 December 1901, published his death notice... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 22 Nov, 2021 | Petrosellum
Throughout my lifetime I have been asked on numerous occasions…you have such an unusual surname, where does it come from and can you spell it please? Having carried out extensive family research with my wife, Janet, since the early 1970’s, we discovered that the... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 6 Apr, 2021 | Petrosellum
3 May 1876: Commemorating the 145th anniversary of the birth of Grand-Aunt Julia Maud Ovens, the daughter of our Irish GGM Julia Neagle and our French GGF Aimable Ciril Dupérouzel. Julia Maud, affectionately known as ‘Maudie’, married William Ovens, ‘Barney’, at... 
by William Thomas Duperouzel | 6 Apr, 2021 | Petrosellum, Somewhere in France, Sunset Over Mount Douraking
I am pleased to inform everyone that my research files for my family history plus material for Janet Millett and the Rev. Edward Millett have been safely lodged in the archives at The York Society, Western Australia, together with a digitised copy of everything. I... 
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