by Kathy Punter | Apr 28, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie Family, Gympie Women
The Story of Una Catherine Mulholland (nee Vowles) UNA CATHERINE VOWLES Una was born on the 30th October 1904 in Gympie, Queensland. Her parents were Reginald Vowles, a miner, and Mary Ellen {nee Shanahan}. Una was the eldest of six children and in 1918 a terrible...
by Kathy Punter | Apr 21, 2024 | Citizens of Our Town, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, Gympie Women, WWI
Nurses in World War 1 – Annie and Amy Warner During the First World War, more than 2000 Australian nurses served in the Australian Army Nursing Service. These nurses had to be aged between 25 and 40 and unmarried. They worked in hospitals, on ships and trains...
by Brett Watson | Mar 19, 2024 | A Gympie Story, Citizens of Our Town, Gympie Pioneer Families, Gympie Women
Some of the Irish Influence in the Gympie Region Map of Ireland, 1943 – by F. Nichols. From Sean O’Faolain, The Story of Ireland (London: W. Collins, 1943). https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/society/irish-migration.php —–//—– When...
by Kathy Punter | Mar 17, 2024 | A Gympie Story, Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie Family, Gympie Region, Gympie Women
The Shadow of the Shamrock – Flora Lynagh The following story is one of the many featured in a book called ‘The Shadow of the Shamrock’. The book was written by Marjorie Head and published in 2007 with input from members of the Gympie Irish Club. The...
by Kathy Punter | Oct 25, 2023 | A Gympie Story, Cemetery Crawl, Gympie District Families, Gympie Women
Clara Beatrice Jefferson (nee Potter) 1877 – 1906 The Gympie Family History Society conduct regular ‘Cemetery Crawls’ at the Gympie and District Cemeteries. The Crawls typically feature up to 10 graves and we attempt to tell the stories of the...
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...
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