by Warren Nunn
Building a life in Australia James Silver and Janet Todd. When a young Scottish carpenter named James Silver arrived in Queensland in 1892, he was about to begin life in a country that was considerably different to the one in which he grew up. Within months he was...
by Warren Nunn
Silver family members: Top 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 image was taken in 1882. Below her is...
by Warren Nunn
Archibald Lawson Coker (born 22 Nov 1881 Queensland, Aust, died 26 Sep 1953 Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia) married Ivy Maud Rule (born 1889, Marong, Victoria, Australia, d. 20 Oct 1951, Elwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and fathered seven children. ...
by Warren Nunn
Herbert Leslie Coker (born 7 Jul 1880 Queensland, Australia, died 26 Jul 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) married a widow, Margaret McGrath. He and Margaret lived for a time in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, but afterwards moved in Sydney, NSW, where they...
by Warren Nunn
Albert Coker. Albert Napier Coker (born 21 May 1878 Queensland, Australia, died 3 Jun 1940 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) married Anne Featonby (born Oct 1877 Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England, UK, died 14 Mar 1961, Qld, Australia) and fathered three children....