Edith McCorkindale – Family history across the seas

Sepia Saturday – Bikes in the bush

26 July, 2020

This will be a short and sweet Sepia Saturday post but how could I resist such a perfect match to the theme? This photo includes my grandmother’s younger sister, Edie and her daughter, Muriel. They are obviously out camping somewhere and having a fine time though they do look rather well dressed for the … More Sepia Saturday – Bikes in the bush

Fearless Females #2: Thoughts from a photograph: Annie Sim McCorkindale

28 March, 2012

The photo which inspired this post is the same as that for the Carnival of Genealogy post on Catherine McCorkindale for Women’s History Month 2012. It shows my great-grandmother, Annie Sim McCorkindale seated with her daughters Catherine, Jean and Edith around her. Her eldest daughter Isabel is not in this photograph. I’ve estimated the date of this photo at c1900 … More Fearless Females #2: Thoughts from a photograph: Annie Sim McCorkindale