Wondering about my user pic?

[fenstanton]

Wondering about my user pic? It's my farthest flung/earliest born ancestor I have a photo of. Actually I don't have it - it's in the State Library of NSW. It took a bit to prove it, and HE - Thomas Trevithick - is an interesting man. not famous. in fact, not buried in a marked grave. he lies somewhere in the cemetery at Hill End - he was born in

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Ah, the lemon candies

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Also, that's a fair amount of effort and writing devoted specifically to the death of a woman that seemed to have drank herself to death (though I admit I could be reading that part incorrectly).

Re: Ah, the lemon candies

[fenstanton]

True it is! In my experience, Sydney papers in the 1800's reported details of the death of many of its poorest/downtrodden denizens. Our first paper, the Sydney Gazette, records some amazing tales, and is all available on line at: ndpbeta.nla.gov.au

You will see me paste articles from the Gazette here from time to time (see earlier entries). I find them intriguing, and amazingly written.