The Kunkel family in Australia or Bavaria
The topic for Week 25 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Neighbours. Who were your childhood neighbors? Have you kept in touch with any of them? Do you feel the concept of neighbors has changed since then? Of course like most Australians, on reading this week’s topic … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy & history: Week 25: Neighbours
The topic for Week 24 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Clothes. What types of clothes did you wear as a child? What was “in fashion” and did your style compare? When I was a child my mother sewed all my clothes and she was a very … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 24: Clothes..maketh the woman?
The topic for Week 23 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Books. What was your favorite book, or who was your favorite author from your childhood? What do you like to read now? Books or other formats? This is the topic I’ve been waiting for all year…books … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 23: Books ( a lifelong addiction!)
Last week on my rambles through blog-land I read a “new” blog: Adventure before Dementia (a very catchy title for those of a certain age). One of the posts was about a walk through the Brisbane Botanical Gardens in the City and along the river: a part of Brisbane affected by the January floods. For … More Brisbane Botanic Gardens Zoo – any memories?
The topic for Week 19 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is Bedroom: Describe your childhood bedroom. What furniture did it contain? Were there curtains, wallpaper or paint? Was it messy or clean? Did you share a room with your siblings? I realise sometimes how much I took … More 52 weeks of personal genealogy and history: week 19: Bedroom
The topic for Week 17 in Amy Coffin’s and Geneablogger’s 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History series is “Pets”. Did you have any pets as a child? If so, what types and what were their names. Do you have pets now? Describe them as well. Cats have been a constant presence in my life. … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 17: Pets
William Rudolph Kunkel, known to his family as Robert Kunkel, was the son of William Thomas (Bill) Kunkel and his wife, Rosetta (Hilda) Kunkel nee Brechbuhl, and great-grandson of George Mathias and Mary Kunkel, the founding couple of the Australian Kunkel family. Bill and Hilda’s other child was Marguerite Elizabeth (Jill) Kunkel. The family moved … More Lest We Forget: William Rudolph (Robert) Kunkel (1930-1952)
Pick the newly-married couple: how young they look! Dinner at the Tower Mill. Himself enjoying his Mediterranean seafood platter in Aix while my tagine awaits! This week’s topic in the series devised by Amy Coffin and Geneabloggers is: Restaurants. What was your favorite local restaurant as a child? Where was it located, and what was your … More 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy and History: Week 16: Restaurants
Amy Coffin and Geneablogger’s topic for Week 15 in the 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History is Sports. Did you have a favorite sports team as a child? If so, which one and why. Did your parents follow the same teams? Do you still support the same teams. Having been procrastinating on the topic … More 52 weeks of Personal Genealogy and History – Week 15: Sports
The topic posed by Amy Coffin and Geneabloggers for Week #14 is Spring. What was spring like where and when you grew up? Describe not only the climate, but how the season influenced your activities, food choices, etc My first thoughts on Spring are Mr Cassmob’s inevitable quote “Spring has sprung, the grass has riz I … More 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History -Week 14 -Spring
Family history across the seas 