What places do your ancestors come from? That was the question I asked when I created Ancestral Places geneameme.
And I know it’s taken me a while, but I finally got around to doing my own response to the geneameme. But as there’s no time limit, that’s not a problem.
The idea is to list places that are relevant to your ancestors. Most of those listed below are birth places, with a few residences, and a few places of death listed as well. And apparently I have no places for X and Z as yet … maybe one day!
Anyway compiling the list has made me realise that I REALLY (and I mean REALLY) must get to entering information from “THE PILE”, as I know I have more precise details for many, but they’re not entered into my genealogy program. So I do need to take (or should I say “make”) some time to work my way through the giant pile of unentered paperwork. But it’s been a great exercise to do, and it’s interesting seeing multiple families from the same place – often from different lines. So it makes you wonder, did they know each other?
I’ve chosen to include a number of Mr Lonetester’s branches here as well as my own, even though I’m not actively researching them … I still felt they should be mentioned, so did so.
A
Antwerp, Belgium (Godschall-Johnson)
B
Babington, Somerset, England (Richardson)
Bere Ferres, Devon, England (Treffry)
Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England (Randell)
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia (Elphick)
C
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia (MacDonald)
Cranford, Northamptonshire, England (Robbins, Holland)
Cudlee Creek, South Australia, Australia (Hannaford, Kelly)
D
Dover, Morris Country, New Jersey, USA (Trewartha)
Durham, England (Todd)
E
Epping Forest, London, England (Daley)
Exeter, Devon, England (Tothill, Treffry)
F
Findon, South Australia, Australia (Robbins, Holland, Winter)
G
Glenelg, South Australia, Australia (Cosgrove)
Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia (Phillips)
Gould Creek, South Australia, Australia (Gould)
Groningen, Netherlands (Beken)
Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia (Randell)
H
Hamburg, Gemany (Beecken)
Hausjärvi, Finland (Backberg)
Heavitree, Devon, England (Tothill)
Helsinki, Finland (Winter)
High Ham, Somerset, England (Gould)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Billing)
I
Isle of Man, United Kingdom (Kelly)
Ireland (Lucas, McGrath)
J
Jamestown, South Australia, Australia (McDonald, Perry)
K
Kadina, South Australia, Australia (Kemp, Phillips)
Kanmantoo, South Australia, Australia (Kuchel)
Kenton, Devon, England (Randell, Tothill)
Kenwyn, Cornwall, England (Trewartha)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England (Robbins)
Kilkenny, Ireland (Butler)
Kokemäki, Finland (Eriksson, Erävuori)
L
Lamorran, Cornwall, England (Kemp)
Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Hayhurst)
Langmeil, Brandenburg, Prussia (Kuchel)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (Kerslake)
Leppävirta, Finland (Peura)
London, England (Cosgrove, Daley)
Longford, Tasmania, Australia (Richardson)
M
Mäntsälä, Finland (Vinblad)
Modbury, South Australia, Australia (Phillips)
Moonta, South Australia, Australia (Cathery, Elphick, Phillips)
Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia (McCullough)
Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia (McDonald)
N
Nailsworth, South Australia, Australia (Ware)
Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia (Hannaford)
O
Oare, Kent, England (Smith)
P
Parham, Sussex, England (Bisshopp)
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia (Warby)
Penryn, Cornwall, England (Treffry)
Petersfield, Hampshire, England (Remnant)
Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Elliott, Kemp)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (Cathery)
Pulborough, Sussex, England (Bisshopp, Piper)
Q
Quernmore, Lancashire, England (Hayhurst)
R
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (Hannaford)
Randalstown, Antrim, Ireland (McCullough)
Rattery, Devon, England (Elliott, Hannaford)
Redruth, Cornwall, England (Banfield, Phillips, Trewartha)
Riverton, South Australia, Australia (Hannaford)
Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, USA (Trewartha)
S
Scharmbeck, Lower Saxony, Germany (Beken/Beecken/Beeken)
Scotland (MacDonald, McDonald) – oh, won’t this be fun … NOT!
Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia (Liddell)
Stockholm, Sweden (Winter)
Sulby Glen, Isle of Man, United Kingdom (Kelly)
Sussex, England (Tester)
T
Tasmania, Australia (Kerslake)
Thebarton, South Australia (Winter)
Totnes, Devon, England (Elliott)
U
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia (Pointon)
Unley, South Australia, Australia (Elliott)
V
Viipuri, Finland (later Viborg, RUS) (Eriksson, Winter)
Villers Bretonneux, France (Kerslake)
W
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia (Phillips)
West Ham, Essex, England (Cathery)
Western Australia, Australia (Elphick)
Westbourne, Sussex, England (Cathery)
Westbury, Tasmania, Australia (Richardson)
X
Y
Ypres, Belgium (Winter)
postcard from Otto Winter to his parents-in-law in South Australia, showing where he was at Ypres during WW1
Z
I have Bodger and Heeps ancestors from Kettering, Northamptonshire. They came to Adelaide in 1846 and 1847. Kylie 🙂
I have included your blog in INTERESTING BLOGS in FRIDAY FOSSICKING at
https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2017/08/friday-fossicking-1st-september-2017.html
Thank you, Chris