So please bare with me as I find the information to add to my family tree.
I will leave you with my favorite Tree Poem.
Grandma and the Family Tree
There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late,
She's always reading history or jotting down some date.
She's tracking back the family, we'll all have a pedigress.
Oh Grandma's got a hobby, she's climbing Family Tree's.
Poor Grandpa does the cooking and now, or so he states,
Thats worse of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates.
Grandma can't be bothered, she's busy as a bee,
Compiling genealogy-for the Family Tree.
She has no time to baby-sit, the curtains are a fright,
No buttons left on Grandpa's shirt, the flower beds a sight.
She's given up her club work, the serials on TV,
The only thing she does nowadays is climb the Family Tree.
She goes down to the courthouse and studies ancient lore,
We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before.
The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze,
A minor irritation when you're climbing Family Tree's.
Now some folk came from Scotland and some from Galway Bay,
Some were French as pastry, some German,all the way.
Some went on west to stake their claim, some stayed near by the sea.
Grandma hopes to find them all as she climbs the Family Tree.
She wanders through the graveyards in search of date or name,
The rich, the poor,the in-between,all sleeping there the same.
She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze,
That blows above the Fathers of all our Family Trees.
There were pioneers and patriots mixed in our kin,
Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin.
But none more staunch than Grandma, whose eyes light up with glee,
Each time she finds a missing branch for the Family Tree.
Their skills were wide and varied, from carpenter to cook,
And one (Alas!) the record shows was hopelessly a crook.
Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge, some tutored for a fee,
Long last in time, now all recorded on the Family Tree.
To some its just a hobby, to Grandma its much more,
She knows the joy and hear aches of those who went before.
They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept, and now for you, and me,
They live again in spirit, around the Family Tree.
At least she's nearly finished and we are each exposed.
Life will be the same again, this we supposed!
Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea.
We'll all be fat, just as before that wretched Family Tree.
Sad to relate, the Preacher called and visited for a spell,
We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well,
The heathen folk, the poor and then- twas fate, it had to be,
Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the Family Tree.
We tried to change the subject, we talked of everything.
But then Grandma's voice we heard that old familiar ring.
She told him all about the past and soon was plain to see,
The Preacher, too was nearly snared by Grandma and the Family Tree.
He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was...Clark?
He and Grandma talked, outside it grew dark.
We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease,
Grandma's become an addict-she's hooked on Family Trees.
Our souls were filled with sorrow, our hearts sank with dismay,
Our ears could scare believe the words we heard our Grandma say,
It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me,
I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your Family Tree.
Author Unknown
Sydneys womans hospital Sydney, Australia
Spouse-Kenneth Maxwell Baker
Married on the 7.1.1995
At Salamader Bay
I have 4 children
Still living
My Father
Born-Leslie John Wood 23.11.1946
Blacktown, N.S.W,Australia
Spouse-Diane Royal
Married on 10.10.1964
At Parramatta, N.S.W
Now divorced
Still living
My Mother
Born-Diane Royal 23.4.1948
Blacktown, N.S.W,Australia
Re-Married to Harry Keeley (Now divorced)
Has 4 children
Still living
My Mothers, Father
Born Stanly Paul Royal 13.3 1907
In Newcastle, N.S.W, Australia
Spouse-Ivy Merle Hazel Bulling
Married on 25.3.1938 In Victoria, Australia
Died on 28.6.1982
Cremated at Beresfield, N.S.W
Australia
My Mothers, Mother
Born Ivy Merle Hasel Bulling 21.8.1921
In Mooney Ponds,Victoria, Australia
Spouse-Stanley Paul Royal
Married on 25.3.1938 In Victoria, Australia
Has 6 children and now is a widow
Still living
My Fathers, Father
Born Leslie James Wood 8.10.1913
In
Spouse Ella Josephine Forrester
Married on 18.2.1946
Died 15.5.1990
My Fathers, Mother
Born Ella Josephine Forrester 19.10.1928
In Lakemba, Australia
Spouse Leslie James Wood
Married on 18.2.1946
Had 13 children
Died 19.12.1998 in Bilpin,
N.S.W Australia
My Mothers,Mothers, Father
Born-Oswel Charles Claud Bulling 20.6.
In
Spouse
Married on
Died on 1.6.78
My Fathers, Mothers, Mother
Born- Mary Cinderella (Ella) Briar on 7.3.1906
In
Spouse George John Forrester
Married on 29.11/1924
Had 6 children
Died on 24.10.1952
My Fathers, Mothers, Father
Born- George John Forrester on 9.11.1893
In Not Known
Spouse Mary Cinderella (Ella) Briar
Married on 29.11/1924
Died on 27.12.1978
My Fathers, Mothers, Mothers Parents
Born- Gussie Davis Spencer Briar on 1878
In Not Known
Spouse Elizabeth Lillian (Lilly) DOB not Known
Married 1903 in Yass
Died 1912
