Laurence Sinclair was the youngest of three Sinclair brothers to come to Western Australia from the Shetland Islands in the mid-19th Century. He was born in Skelberry, Dunrossness, on the 30th of January 1831, to parents George and Margaret Sinclair. It’s not known precisely when…
When John Taylor was running the Albany Hotel he had a brush with the police who accused him of harbouring deserters from the Albany garrison. The soldiers had been celebrating New Year’s Eve in 1894 and a few decided to remain at the hotel rather…
John Charles Playle was from Essex and arrived in Western Australia in 1842, placing him among the pioneers of the Swan River Colony. John was born in the village of Stebbing in 1821, one of the five children of John and Susan Playle (nee Whitehead)….
The featured image is Canal Street, Wolverhampton, taken in the 19th century. One of the houses in this street was the home of the Turner family and the birthplace of Jane Turner, the future Mrs Jane ‘Jenny’ Taylor. Jane’s father was Charles Turner, born in…
John Robert Hallam senior died accidentally at his home in North Melbourne in 1901. Because it was a sudden death an inquest had to be held. It revealed a life of heavy drinking that ultimately led to his death from suffocation in a drunken stupor. At…
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Two boys played under a tree in front of the house. Diana Roser watched them through the window until a shower of rain sent them scurrying home. Diana turned back into the room reluctantly, her eyes adjusting to the darkness, straining to focus on the…
Battye’s History of Western Australia contains this description of the convict system in Western Australia. It is a helpful document for those studying family history in the State. APPENDIX 3. THE CONVICT SYSTEM. Recognising it to be the duty of the historian to record facts…
Mary Sinclair’s brother Henry also came out on the Tartar with the Sinclair family. Henry was 14 years younger than Mary and while she was married with a family, he was still single when they left Shetland. He was later to marry Mary Butler, one of the…
Welcome to the Taylor Family History Blog! This site is a dedicated resource for anyone interested in exploring the Taylor family and all its offshoots. It is focused primarily on the history of the Taylor family in Perth, Western Australia. The blog explores the family’s…