by Kathy Punter | Nov 25, 2023 | A Gympie Story, Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie Family, Gympie Mining, Gympie Region
How Family History Research was done in 1988 and the Story of James and Martha WISE The following was published in the Dec 1988 issue of the ‘The Researcher’ which was the Society’s Newsletter for a number of years, and the story, whilst interesting...
by Kathy Punter | Nov 11, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, WWI
Gympie’s Great War Stories 1914 – 1918 This blog post contains a collection of stories from publications put together by Society Members to mark the Centenary of the Great War. There are six books in the collection and they are available either...
by Kathy Punter | Nov 1, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gold Rush Time Stories, Gympie, Gympie Pioneer Families, Gympie Region
The Gympie Chinese – Wung Choo Chinese people have played an important role in Gympie’s history from the earliest days and a book was completed by the Gympie Family History Society in 2015 to celebrate their contributions. The story below is an extract...
by Kathy Punter | Sep 20, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, WWI
Gympie’s Great War Stories 1914-1918 This blog post contains a collection of stories from publications put together by Society Members to mark the Centenary of the Great War. There are six books in the collection and they are available either individually or as...
by Kathy Punter | Aug 2, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie District Families, Gympie Region, Gympie Women, Mary Valley
Florence Elizabeth Lowry 1896 – 1994 Florence Elizabeth Lowry was born in the Lady Musgrave Hospital, Maryborough, Qld on 12 October, 1896, the daughter of Patrick Joseph Lowry and Catherine Elizabeth O’Leary. Catherine Elizabeth O’Leary was the daughter of...
by Kathy Punter | Jul 8, 2023 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie District Families, Gympie Family
A Remarkable Feat – 1893, Australia East to West Thomas Richard (Dick) WHITMORE, was born on the 15 January 1835, at Oadby, Leicester, England, and died on the 16th May 1916, in Gympie, QLD Thomas Whitmore, a Leicestershire-born Englishman, married Jane Daykin...
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