by Karen | Nov 24, 2023 | Australian Colonial History, Biographies, Family History, Mariners, Social History
Part 1 – Dickens’ London Francis Foote – The Convict Francis Foote, aged about 17, arrived in the Colony of New South Wales on the convict ship ‘Bengal Merchant’ 23 July 1838, one of 270 male prisoners. All the prisoners’ physical descriptions were...
by Karen | Oct 5, 2023 | Biographies, Family History, Mariners, Social History
The following article has been compiled from my research into Albert Edward Tambling aka Thompson. Do You Know Him? “Albert Edward Tambling, an ex-service man and a native of Bath, Somerset, England, who was last heard of as residing in or about Sydney in 1924. His...
by Karen | Feb 24, 2020 | Biographies, Mariners
I came across several photos of a Captain Foote in the online catalogue of the Nelson Provincial Museum of New Zealand. After some initial research it was clear Captain Foote was Alexander Bedward Foote, whose family I had recently been researching in various...
