Wilkinsons of Perth Western Australia
Hello Jill and Pam
Thanks very much for your messages and all the information, some of which is new to us and some confirms what we already believed to be true - all very helpful thanks. It is clear you both have a passion and talent for genealogy.
It is fabulous to learn more about the Wilkinsons including that Kathleen came to Australia with her mother and some siblings on the SS Australind - thanks Pam - we did wonder if she came alone or with family.
I've never heard of Jean Hyslop I'm afraid, but interestingly, one of my uncles and his wife (Keith and Ann Dempsey) farmed at Koorda for many years from the mid 1970s, so another example of "small world"! Although Jean would have been there a long time before my uncle. He is in his mid eighties now and his memory is still good so I will ask him if he recalls that name at all. Was Jean in Koorda with the surname Hyslop, or was she there under a married name?
I will hold off donating Kathleen's family photographs and other documents to the WA Library or WA Royal Historical Society until I hear if you know anyone who may have a connection with the Price or Wilkinson family. I'm not expecting you to have to delve into this in a big way, but if you are currently aware of anyone who may have an interest in what we have, then we'd love to try to contact them.
Look forward to hearing from you again when you have a chance.
Regards
Jen
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gilian rowland
JEN
Very many thanks for taking the time to send a message. I note your email and will get back to you shortly.
For now I need to refresh my memory as it's a couple of years since I worked on these families. All my research is on my Ancestry tree Watson Hughes Clarke families.
I did an immense amount of work at the time and in fact had quite some help from those in Australia! I saw some photos posted online and took a gamble and contacted someone who is connected to the Standring families. Also someone else saw my plea for help - and I put her in contact with the first person I had found - not bad considering I'm in the UK! Many thanks - very appreciative I need to go through your info
FYI I was trying to see a possible connection between a Jean Hyslop and the Wilkinsons. Jean married one of my maternal gm's brothers here in the UK, both went to Perth, farmed in Koorda and ended up back in Perth. To cut a long story short I went to Perth end 2012 and was taken to Koorda by someone who knew Jean and to this day still in shock as I traced someone also from Koorda who knew Jean and then met her - small world!
Best wishes Jill
PAM Very many thanks for your findings - have yet to study and absorb but many thanks!
Best wishes Jill