NEW!!! APRIL 2005

Opening Chapters - A Short History of the Adams, Southernwood, Stevenson, Howard, Dober, Rowe, Beaton & Nagel Families United in Australia (2004)

This 212 page book is based on the family histories opposite. It is - as a rule - only available to selected family members. Interested parties should contact me at the email address below. Click the Chapter contents for a summary of each part of the book which in many cases may provide new leads for those researching the various family lines mentioned.

Contents (edited in some instances for privacy reasons):

Chpt 1. William Adams & The Tingewick Labourers : Reflections on an Ancestral Crime & Conviction

Chpt 2. In Consideration of His Regard and Affection: The Story of Elizabeth Southernwood and her Parents

Chpt 3. The Mystery of John Thomas Pond Howard & The Flight of Mabel Ruth Adams

Chpt 4. Feverish Beginnings: Two Families of Scottish Origin Establish Themselves in the Colony

Chpt 5. A Tale of Three Families : The Story of James Norman Beaton and Rose Emmeline Dober with Notes on the Nagel Family Line

Chpt 6. Mining the Best Mettle : The Rowes of St Agnes

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The Beaton Family Photo Conundrum (8/10/02) in which the hope of identifying unknown Beaton family members is fulfilled via the posting of a photo on this website.

James Norman Beaton - A Man of Many Talents (8/10/02) a tribute to the adventurous spirit of JN Beaton which uncovers the mystery surrounding his marriages & leads to descendants from both sides of the family getting to know one another. Photos of JN Beaton, Rose Emmeline Beaton nee Dober, Violet Gladys Beaton, Margaret Stevenson, Mary Ann Beaton nee Taylor, Emily Beaton nee Devereaux and her boys.

Origins of the Beaton Family (30/9/02) in which I seek to locate the Beaton family in Pictou County, Nova Scotia and speculate about their possible migration to Canada from Badenoch, Scotland on the Dove of 1801. UPDATED 1/10/02 : New census information supplied by North American Beaton researcher.

The Beaton Family: from Newfoundland to Port Phillip in 1852 (9/9/02) detailing the journey of my ancestors on the Sybil, the only ship to sail from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Australia in the colonial period. UPDATED 4/10/02 : Photos of William Beaton from his death notice, Beaton Graves in Ballarat Cemetary, information about James and Mary Ann's marriage in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1833.

The Dober Brothers - Convict Guards from the 96th Regiment of Foot (2/9/2002) a tale in which two brothers enlist for duty in Australia and marry into the Rowe family. UPDATED 30/9/02 : Photo of Richard and Joanna Dober's only child, Rose Emmeline (my great, great grandmother).

Mabel Ruth Adams and Her Convict Forebears (3/8/2002)
including updated information about convict ancestors, William Adams, Francis Southernwood, Elizabeth Adams nee Southernwood and the mysterious, Catherine Mack.

The Mystery of John Thomas Pond Howard (24/3/2002) in which the mysterious origins of my great grandfather are largely laid to rest. UPDATED 24/10/02: New information suggesting Thomas Howard and Mary Pond married in 1855 - the same year as JT Pond Howard's birth.

Mining the Best Mettle: The Rowes of St. Agnes (11/3/2002) the story of a family migrating from Cornwall on the Samual Boddington in 1849. Includes information about two famous Rowe brothers, William and Francis. UPDATED 17/9/02: New information about the youngest Rowe daughter, Nanny, and her husband Thomas McGrath.

St. Agnes Goonvrea District - Home of the Rowes Until 1849 (2/9/2002)
Photos of significant ancestoral landscape taken by William Wallis.

The Stevensons - Brave Bounty Immigrants (16/3/2001) Survivors from the fever ship the Manlius which arrived in Williamstown in 1842.