On Thursday afternoon, 8 April 2021, the Tyrrell family from Pokolbin were proud to present the Pokolbin Rural Fire Brigade with a donation of $5,000.
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Death of an Honorary Life Member – Ron Mathieson by Judith Fitz-Henry1 It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of our
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Originally published in HAFS Newsletter 11 February 1996, pp5-8: see One Week in Salisbury, by Judith Fitz-Henry [E.8.3a.5b.1c]. There’s nothing quite like an interest in
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This article was extensively researched and written by Peter Sherlock [E.4.1a.6b.5c.1d.2e], and initially published in HAFS Journal Vol 15 No 4, November 2020. One of
Origins of the Irish Hungerfords: New Evidence Read More »
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Roy Hungerford Wilshire [E.6.13a.1b] was born on 12Â July 1895 at Mooriwarra, Mosman, NSW. He served with the AIF in World War I, initially as a driver with the 8th Field Ambulance, Sec A. Roy was later attached to the Australian Army Pay Corps and made an Hon 2nd Corporal.
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is a quote that is well known to all of us and was originally penned by Margaret Wolfe Argles Hungerford [H.2a=] (born 27 April 1859) in her book Molly Bawn, the story of a flirtatious and petulant Irish girl, who arouses her lover’s jealousy and naively ignores social conventions. Initially publishing under the nom de plume “The Duchess”, the life and times of Margaret Wolfe Argles Hungerford is celebrated annually on the “Duchess Who Wasn’t Day”.
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Have you renewed your HAFS membership? Subscriptions run until 30 September each year. You can use this Membership Renewal form which will also be sent out
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In 2015, HAFS published In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918 which was put together for the Anzac Day 2015 Centenary.
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AncestryDNA is making several during August 2020 to improve accuracy and validity of matches. From late August (no specific date) they will remove matches which
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Robert, 2nd Lord Hungerford was buried at Salisbury Cathedral, and his memorial clearly shows an “SS collar” on his effigy.
“Collars” have long been used as insignia to symbolise a rank, a relationship, an award or honour or some other form membership (eg member of a lodge). They have taken many forms over the centuries and some still exist today, for example mayoral chains and gorgets.
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Following the story that John Knight appeared to be the son of Emanuel Hungerford, John’s great-grandson Alan Knight did an AncestryDNA® test and a Y-DNA
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Margaret Hungerford was born at unknown date, probably in Co Cork, to Thomas Hungerford and Mary May. She was born after her parents’ marriage in 1640 and, as she was married in 1680, probably no later than the early 1660s.
Margaret Hungerford and Thomas Knolles were married in 1680 (Cork Marriage Licence Bonds). They had three daughters.
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Thomas Knolles was born on 6 December 1660 probably at Co Cork, the only son of Thomas Knolles and Dorothy Busteed (Burke, Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1850 v 3 p 361).
Thomas inherited the estates of Killeighy and Knockahowlea, Cork, and at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, from his father in 1677.
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Mary Hewytt was born on an unknown date probably in Co Cork, the daughter of Thomas Hewytt of Clancoole and an unknown woman. As she was married in 1681 and had children in 1682 and 1684, she was probably born in the 1650s or early 1660s and may have been the sister of the Thomas Hewytt who married Jane Hungerford in 1686 in Cork.
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George Synge was born about 1649, Co Cork, the youngest son of George Synge, Bishop of Cloyne, and his second wife Elizabeth Stevens.
He was tutored by Mr Scroggs and entered Trinity College Dublin as a pensioner on 27 February (1665) 1666 aged 16 years (Alumni Dublinenses 1924 p 798). He received the MA about 1673 and the LLD about 1683.
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George Daunt was born about 1631, possibly in Cork. He was the fourth and youngest son of Thomas Daunt and Katherine Clayton. In 1682 his brother Achilles stated that George was aged 50 and living at Gortigrenane, Cork (Visitation of Gloucestershire 1682-3 p 55).
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Martha Turner was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Turner and Dorothy Boyle. She was probably the younger sister of Elizabeth Turner who married Henry Becher, and perhaps born shortly before her father’s death in 1653.
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