by Warren Nunn
By Warren Nunn (first published Nov 2024) To say that Albert Card was an eccentric individual is an understatement. The course of his life and the events along the way are a study in the vagaries both of his character and the situations in which he involved himself....
by Warren Nunn
By Coker descendant Warren Nunn Arthur Coker was plagued by painful skin cancer. Despite medical attention, his condition worsened. It almost drove him to suicide. In desperation he applied an arsenic-based potion to the “rodent ulcer” on his nose. Within...
by Warren Nunn
By Coker descendant Warren Nunn When James Thomas Coker died in 1920, he did not leave a will. He was also insolvent. His son Arthur acted on behalf of the family in dealing with the estate through the Public Curators’ Office. After the property in Glenmore...
by Warren Nunn
By Warren Nunn A sizeable headstone in a Scottish cemetery bears a loving tribute to a faithful housekeeper. Erected by one John Ferguson, it lauds Sarah Nunn who died at Peebles but who was originally from Chevington, Suffolk. Sarah had been John Ferguson’s...
by Warren Nunn
The above composite image is of what has been identified as the Duaringa Roman Catholic Church building from the early 1900s. While they are designed the same, they are not the same building. What follows will explain that. When Queensland’s population was...
