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Martha Hannah Hales (1878-1957)
John Gough Roberts (1878-1957)
Hannah Barnes (1883-1972)
William Charles Tappin (1882-1971)
Keturah Sandell (1851-1930)
Thomas Bearman (1846-1921)
Sarah Fidler (1862-1952)
Alfred Robert Webb (1861-1948)

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1900 census:
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age letter by Donald Bearman
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Christening
record of Elizabeth Tappin in 1881
James and
Eleanor Noyes in Ryde, NSW 1943
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Benjamin Fuller
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The 60 most recently modified parents/partners:

Sarah Rimmington (b.1846) 11/05/2026 Constance Talbot (b.1935) 30/07/2025 John Gough Roberts (b.1878) 31/12/2023
Henry Higgins (b.1818) 16/12/2025 Wallace J Gray (b.1895) 28/07/2025 Edward Charles Sandell (b.1767) 30/12/2023
Eliza Higgins (b.1840) 16/12/2025 Harriet Emma Elborn (b.1872) 26/07/2025 James Henry Higgins (b.1854) 07/12/2023
Mary Taylor (b.1821) 16/12/2025 George Seguin Portch (b.1869) 26/07/2025 Esther Davis (b.1827) 07/12/2023
Dorothy Leah Haines (b.1899) 01/12/2025 Florence Alice Seguin Portch (b.1894) 26/07/2025 William Higgins (b.1822) 07/12/2023
John A Russell (b.1901) 27/11/2025 Harriett Maud Seguin Portch (b.1895) 26/07/2025 Emma Elizabeth Hikman (b.1834) 10/09/2023
Rose Edith Haines (b.1893) 27/11/2025 David Seguin Oliver (b.1928) 26/07/2025 John Henry Sterne (b.1830) 10/09/2023
Charlotte Ellen Forster (b.1862) 27/11/2025 Laurence Seguin Oliver (b.1924) 26/07/2025 Maria Alemena Sterne (b.1864) 09/09/2023
William Frederick Haines (b.1863) 27/11/2025 Joseph Pagett Sandell (b.1812) 15/04/2025 Charles Guy Peters (b.1904) 09/09/2023
Joseph K Higgins (b.1893) 27/11/2025 Eithne M Sterrett (b.1945) 09/04/2025 Martha Hannah Hales (b.1878) 29/07/2023
Roger M Langmaid (b.1944) 27/11/2025 Elizabeth Sandell (b.1847) 12/11/2024 Dorothy Edith Roberts (b.1915) 29/07/2023
Arthur William Langmaid (b.1914) 27/11/2025 Peter Guillebaud (b.1773) 04/06/2024 Ellen Louisa (Nellie) Roberts (b.1908) 29/07/2023
Irene M Haines (b.1919) 27/11/2025 Marie Anne Guillebaud (b.1771) 04/06/2024 Albert George Roberts (b.1902) 29/07/2023
Mary P Russell (b.1895) 27/11/2025 Marie Anne l’Heureux (b.1740) 04/06/2024 Evelyn Harris / Morris (b.1865) 14/07/2023
Walter John Haines (b.1897) 27/11/2025 Ann Vertue (b.1742) 04/06/2024 Thomas Bearman (b.1846) 13/07/2023
Hannah Barnes (b.1883) 06/08/2025 Peter Guillebaud (b.1739) 03/06/2024 Rhoda Sandell (b.1855) 13/07/2023
Winifred Ethel Tappin (b.1912) 06/08/2025 Irene Beryl Bungard (b.1913) 20/05/2024 Donald Boyd Bearman (b.1890) 13/07/2023
Elsie Ivy Tappin (b.1908) 06/08/2025 Stanley John Vertue (b.1911) 20/05/2024 Keturah Sandell (b.1851) 13/07/2023
William Charles Tappin (b.1882) 06/08/2025 John James Vertue (b.1880) 20/05/2024 Linda Jordan (b.1945) 23/04/2023
Charles Henry George Oliver (b.1895) 01/08/2025 Ellen Rosabelle Ann Ellard (b.1880) 20/05/2024 Florence R Barnes (b.1912) 23/04/2023