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Saturday, October 14, 2006
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Hulin Family Reunion
The Reunion of the family of William & Mary Hulin 2006 at Singleton, New South Wales
Well it's been some time since I lasted added to my Blog page. Last weekend I attended a family reunion near Singleton, N.S.W, for the family of my cousins William and Mary Hulin. William & Mary Hulin came to Australia in about 1833 as convicts; William from St Briavels in Gloucestershire and his then wife to be, Mary Donahue from Ireland.
On Sunday the 1 October 2006 my sister and me attended the second day activities of the Hulin family reunion with a visit to Vere where William and Mary Hulin had lived. The actual location is now incorporated into land controlled by the Australian Army, so it was with special permission that we were allowed to visit the two homestead locations for William & Mary Hulin and that of their daughter and son-in-law, Sarah & George William Bates.
Later that same day a larger number of family members gathered at Catherine Vale Winery at Milbrodale for lunch and the exchange of family history information. In excess of 50 people gathered for lunch. Of course this number represents just a fraction of the descendents of William & Mary Hulin's family.
I have included some photographs of the day for anyone interested. Please feel free to download these photographs as copyright is given for personal or non-commercial use.
This image, and the one above, is of the Catherine Vale Winery.
It was a great opportunity for me to meet some of my distant cousins, as my connexion to William Hulin goes back to the 1790s through William's great, great, grandparents George Hulin and his wife Martha King of St Briavels in Gloucestershire.
My cousin Wal Mills was the main person responsible for organising a full weekend of Hulin family related activities. Thanks to Wal and his team the weekend was a great success. I hope there will be similar events in the future, as there was not enough time to met and talk at length with all my cousins who attended. As I could not find out all the names of the people in the above photograph, I would be delighted if you could let me know any names by e-mailing me at sluggan@gmail.com. Then I can repost this image with all the names attached, so other family members will then know as well.
I have quite a few other photographs taken on the 1 October 2006, so if anyone wants to have a copy of these please contact me for a copy.
This photograph is of the oldest member of the Hulin family who attended on the day. I'm not sure of his exact name, but I'm sure someone will help me out here.
The pepper tree in the background is all that remains of the homestead at Vere, N.S.W of Sarah & George William Bates. Considering that this is now in the direct firing line of the army's target range, we are lucky that even this tree is still growing. The tree was at the back door of the farmhouse. Behind the raised ground at the back is a disused railway line, built by the army during the Second World War to tow moving targets. Apparently the farmhouse was still standing at the time of the Vietnam War, but every trace has now been removed. Yes that's me on the far left of the above photograph. Take a good look as you'll see very little of me in photographs in these blog pages.
Here we are being instructed by Firing Range Officer, Andy Thompson not to pick up any strange objects lying about. He was very helpful in telling the story of the army's control of this area and of the Bates' farm. He was a most gracious host and had a good sense of humour; well- done Andy!
On the right-hand side of the road is the farm land of William & Mary Hulin. This road, for as far as one can see, is now part of the Singleton Army Base.
Here in the Broke Cemetery are the unmarked graves of William & Mary Hulin, together with that of their daughter Sarah Bates. We all had an interesting time here as many of those buried in the Broke Cemetery are related to the Hulin and Bates families. The memorial shown here commemorates those people in unmarked graves.
Here is the headstone of George William and Sarah Bates at Broke Cemetery
Buried next to her parents is Kezia MacDonald, daughter of George William & Sarah Bates.
Below is a general shot of the very picturesque Broke Cemetery at Broke, New South Wales.
Below is a shot of the next generation, enjoying themselves at the family reunion.
Well it's been some time since I lasted added to my Blog page. Last weekend I attended a family reunion near Singleton, N.S.W, for the family of my cousins William and Mary Hulin. William & Mary Hulin came to Australia in about 1833 as convicts; William from St Briavels in Gloucestershire and his then wife to be, Mary Donahue from Ireland.
On Sunday the 1 October 2006 my sister and me attended the second day activities of the Hulin family reunion with a visit to Vere where William and Mary Hulin had lived. The actual location is now incorporated into land controlled by the Australian Army, so it was with special permission that we were allowed to visit the two homestead locations for William & Mary Hulin and that of their daughter and son-in-law, Sarah & George William Bates.
Later that same day a larger number of family members gathered at Catherine Vale Winery at Milbrodale for lunch and the exchange of family history information. In excess of 50 people gathered for lunch. Of course this number represents just a fraction of the descendents of William & Mary Hulin's family.
I have included some photographs of the day for anyone interested. Please feel free to download these photographs as copyright is given for personal or non-commercial use.
This image, and the one above, is of the Catherine Vale Winery.
It was a great opportunity for me to meet some of my distant cousins, as my connexion to William Hulin goes back to the 1790s through William's great, great, grandparents George Hulin and his wife Martha King of St Briavels in Gloucestershire.
My cousin Wal Mills was the main person responsible for organising a full weekend of Hulin family related activities. Thanks to Wal and his team the weekend was a great success. I hope there will be similar events in the future, as there was not enough time to met and talk at length with all my cousins who attended. As I could not find out all the names of the people in the above photograph, I would be delighted if you could let me know any names by e-mailing me at sluggan@gmail.com. Then I can repost this image with all the names attached, so other family members will then know as well.
I have quite a few other photographs taken on the 1 October 2006, so if anyone wants to have a copy of these please contact me for a copy.
This photograph is of the oldest member of the Hulin family who attended on the day. I'm not sure of his exact name, but I'm sure someone will help me out here.
The pepper tree in the background is all that remains of the homestead at Vere, N.S.W of Sarah & George William Bates. Considering that this is now in the direct firing line of the army's target range, we are lucky that even this tree is still growing. The tree was at the back door of the farmhouse. Behind the raised ground at the back is a disused railway line, built by the army during the Second World War to tow moving targets. Apparently the farmhouse was still standing at the time of the Vietnam War, but every trace has now been removed. Yes that's me on the far left of the above photograph. Take a good look as you'll see very little of me in photographs in these blog pages.
Here we are being instructed by Firing Range Officer, Andy Thompson not to pick up any strange objects lying about. He was very helpful in telling the story of the army's control of this area and of the Bates' farm. He was a most gracious host and had a good sense of humour; well- done Andy!
On the right-hand side of the road is the farm land of William & Mary Hulin. This road, for as far as one can see, is now part of the Singleton Army Base.
Here in the Broke Cemetery are the unmarked graves of William & Mary Hulin, together with that of their daughter Sarah Bates. We all had an interesting time here as many of those buried in the Broke Cemetery are related to the Hulin and Bates families. The memorial shown here commemorates those people in unmarked graves.
Here is the headstone of George William and Sarah Bates at Broke Cemetery
Buried next to her parents is Kezia MacDonald, daughter of George William & Sarah Bates.
Below is a general shot of the very picturesque Broke Cemetery at Broke, New South Wales.
Below is a shot of the next generation, enjoying themselves at the family reunion.
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