by Warren Nunn
A woman to whom we owe a great deal Elizabeth Aldridge (1871-1952) married Charles Dobbs and they had the one child, Elizabeth Helen, known as Nellie. They also adopted Elizabeth’s nephew, John Alexis Dobbs Coker, son of Henry Coker and Emma Aldridge. It was...
by Warren Nunn
Isobel Menzies Silver (1860-1934) lived with her brothers at Harvieston Farm before getting married later in life (aged 46) to a widower named John Duncan, who was the brother of Alex Duncan who’d married her eldest sister Helen and moved to England. There is a...
by Warren Nunn
Alexander (Sandy) Silver (1858-1907) with his wife Helen Jane Watt and the three children who survived to adulthood. Top right is Alexander (Sandy) junior, and below is John. Both these brothers died in World War 1 and only James was not called up. He moved to...
by Warren Nunn
James Silver came to Australia in 1892 where he was later joined by his fiancee Janet Todd. They married in Brisbane, Queensland, before moving more than 200km west to Kooroongarra where they raised their family. They later returned to Brisbane where James continued...
by Warren Nunn
By Aberdeenshire Silver descendant Warren Nunn John Silver is a bit of mystery man. An older, unmarried brother of my great grandfather James Silver, he is an interesting character to investigate but his final resting place is uncertain. John and his brother Alexander...
