Wendy | October 15, 2007
Mildred Gertrude Courbarron was born at Waverley NSW in 1889 to Irish girl Mary Morrissey and Augustus James Hamilton-Courbarron (known as James). Her exact day of birth is unknown at this stage as her parents failed to officially register her birth. One reason for this may have been because Mildred, and her brother James born 2 years later, [...]
Wendy | October 15, 2007
My grandfather Allan Hopkins married Dorothy Flyght in Willoughby 1929, he was a postal worker and she was a pastry cook. In June 1929 my mother June was born followed by:
Lois – November 1930
Doreen – September 1933
Robyn – September 1947 – died August 2002
They lived in High Street Willoughby until Allan’s death in 1972. Dorothy [...]
Wendy | October 14, 2007
My interest in my family history began about 20 years back after many family gatherings where my Mum and her sisters would talk
about their parents and events from their childhood. Mum, and her three sisters, were born and raised in Willoughby NSW, the daughters of Dorothy Flyght and Allan Hamilton Augustus Hopkins. Their paternal [...]