This has been an evolving project that began as an attempt to update a landmark family history of the Henderson and Ward families. In its current iteration, this has become the story of how my family came to be in Australia and what happened after they arrived. The story covers only my father's family, although I would one day like to do the same for my mother's side.
I am posting the draft chapters on this website as they are completed. It is my intention to make this a readable story rather than tedious listing of everything that I have found. For this reason, I am taking the time to provide as much background information as I can on this site. In addition to the actual chapter (a PDF document), each chapter page also provides access the the resources that I have used and my rough research notes. The notes contain many small details not included in the final story as well as my reasoning for accepting or rejecting evidence.
Preliminaries [draft]
Chapter 1. Ancestral families from 1770 to immigration [draft]
Chapter 2. Thomas and Margaret Henderson [final draft]
Chapter 3. Patrick and Elizabeth Geary [final draft]
Chapter 4. James Lewis and Susannah Shaddoick [final draft]
Chapter 5. William Ward and Catherine Mitchell [final draft]
Chapter 6. Thomas Watkins and Sarah Lewis [final draft]
Chapter 7. Griffith Parry I and Mary Ann Mustare [final draft]
Chapter 8. Job Miller II and Susan Rumble [final draft]
Chapter 9. Luke Wallbridge and Sarah Shepherd [final draft]
Chapter 10. Robert Henderson and Catherine Geary [final draft]
Chapter 11. Robert Geary Henderson and Hannah Wallbridge [final draft]
Chapter 12. Griffith Parry II and Sarah Jane Watkins [final draft]
Chapter 13. Manasseh Ward and Madeline Geary Henderson [final draft]
Chapter 14. Bill Parry and Alice Miller [final draft]
Chapter 15. Eric Ward and Lena Parry [draft]
Appendicies [draft]