Virtual Cemetery

Hi everyone! 

We have been out taking photos of headstones so I thought I'd add them on Find A Grave and create a virtual cemetery.  The link is below and once I remember how to add the button, I'll put that on the home page.

Virtual Cemetery

DNA results

 So I gave myself a Christmas present last year and got my DNA tested through Ancestry.com.  I'm still trying to work out everything, but there were no real surprises.

My parents are my parents, so that is good.  I have a friend that found out recently that he was a 0% match to his dad... awkward!

Also turns out I'm descended from the UK - as if we didn't already know.  So no secret Chinese, Indian, German, Russian ancestors... but I did get a few new connections for my tree and that is always good.

Wedding Wednesday

 

Ernest Waldgrave Bunstun to Susan Charlotte Tackaberry

Ernest was born in Moe, in the Gippsland area of Victoria.  He was the son of Henry Bunstun and grandson of William Bunstun.

After spending 1290 days serving in the AIF in France and Egypt, Ernest returned home and married his wartime sweetheart, Tot, at All Saints, East St Kilda on January 24 1920.

The announcement in the Australasian on Saturday February 28 1920 read:  

Bunstun - Tackaberry - On the 24th January 1920, at All Saints', East St Kilda, by the Rev E Thornton, Ernest Waldgrave (late 49th Bty AIF), eldest son of the late Henry Bunstun of Moe and Mrs Aitken, Linga, to Susan Charlotte (Tot), second daughter of the late Nicholas Tackaberry and Mrs Tackaberry, Yarragon.

Ern's brother, Henry, was the best man and Sarah Tackaberry was bridesmaid.

The couple made their home in the Mildura region of Victoria, settling into a house built by Ern's step father Robert Aitken in 1921.  15 years later in 1936 this house would be damaged by a cyclone.

They would go on to raise a family of four, living on the farm their whole lives. Tot passed away in 1951 and Ern died 20 years later in 1971.