Mary O’Brien Kunkel – Family history across the seas

Sepia Saturday 178: Faces with Drama

25 May, 2013

This week’s Sepia Saturday image is a dramatic image of a young woman against a dark background. My thoughts flew immediately to the cover of my Kunkel Family History book, designed by local graphic artist Vanessa Schulze from photographs of my Kunkel great-great grandparents. For years I’d been researching this family and writing up their … More Sepia Saturday 178: Faces with Drama

Sepia Saturday: shops and genealogy mazes

27 January, 2013

Daniel (38) and Winifred O’Brien arrived in Queensland on board the Florentia on 29 April 1853. Accompanying them on the voyage were their children Mary 18, Ellen 16, Denis 13, Sarah 12, Hanora 9 and Daniel 2. The family came from Tipperary and on the immigration lists Daniel stated his parents were Denis and Mary … More Sepia Saturday: shops and genealogy mazes