Preserving Family History, Sharing Personal Interests
Family History is the sum of many individuals and events. When we know about the lives of our forebears we can better understand where we came from and who we are today. These are stories of two families which came together through the marriage of Daniel Maurice and Margaret Robinson in 1974.
As well Daniel and Margaret would like to share their interests in photography and art.
Michael Conway (born in Limerick, Ireland about 1834) is Margaret Robinson’s great-great grandfather. Based on contemporary newspaper reports of his deeds Michael was no angel. Indeed it seems he was a scoundrel and one of the most "colourful" characters in Margaret's family tree.
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Margaret Robinson's grandfather was Arthur. But there is an intriguing journey which took Arthur from his birth-name of “Conway” in 1883 to “Robinson”, the name recorded on his death certificate and gravestone 70 years later.
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Wyalong gold mining, 1895
Vera Conway (1864-1924) is Margaret Robinson's connection to the glory days of the central western NSW town of Wyalong in the late 19th century when it was (briefly) the centre of a major gold field. But there is also mystery surrounding if and how Vera might be related to the other Conway branch in Margaret's family tree.
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