Helen Silver

Helen Silver who married Alexander Duncan. Helen Silver (1852 – 1915) married Alexander Duncan and moved to England where they are found on a farm at Byfleet in Surrey in 1891. Given they had children born in different counties, they moved several times between...

Alexander Silver (1809-1882)

Alexander Silver and Isobel Falconer Silver family members: At left is Isobel Falconer who married Alexander Silver with her three sons Alex (standing), James (left, who went to Australia) and John (who also left Scotland and may have ended up in New Zealand). The...

Nev Deakin on Arthur and Ellen Nunn

Nev Deakin on his Nunn grandparents, his mother’s siblings and fishing on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River.   Nev Deakin Nev Deakin, the second son of Fred Deakin and Arthur and Helen Nunn’s eldest daughter, Annie, remembers clearly when his grandfather took ill and...

Arnold Nunn on grandparents Arthur and Ellen Nunn

By Warren Nunn Arnold’s memories of grandfather Arthur Nunn Arnold Nunn (1923-2021). Arnold Nunn has fond memories of his grandfather, Arthur, who was born at Dinmore, Ipswich, Queensland. The Nunn family property was situated on the Bremer River not far from...

Emily Myrtle Nunn

Emily Myrtle Nunn (1905-1996) married Albert Newsome and they had one child. They moved to Townsville where they lived at 54 Sheriff St. Their son Rex has written extensively about growing up in North Queensland and about their rail trips to Rockhampton. Rex was an...