Wilkinson Family of Hyde Park, South Australia
From Ireland to Australia
Tom & Millie Wilkinson with their young family arrived in Melbourne, Australia, from Belfast, NI, on 28 November, 1948. They settled first in Geelong then (1950) moved to Melbourne where they lived for many years. In 1978 they moved to Adelaide.
On leaving home, son Gordon moved to Sydney (1963), married Nereda and in 1967 took a job in Tasmania. In late 1969 arrived in Adelaide where they now reside.
Daughter Rosemary moved to Sydney in 1968, where she now resides and in 1987 married Harvey.
Download (or write for) free copy of Outward Bound - the illustrated diary of the 4-week voyage to Australia, October-November 1948. Written by Thomas Wilkinson (4.9 Mb pdf)
The Wilkinsons in Ireland.
Family legend has it that John Wilkinson (? - 1878) migrated to Ireland from York, Yorkshire sometime before 1855 and possibly before 1845. Have a complete descendants register of John Wilkinson (? - 1878) of Co. Tyrone, NI. Seeking information on John's antecedents, siblings, spouse's family and migration from Yorkshire.
Surnames in the Family
Surnames in the ancestry of granddaughters Sara Ellen and Hailey Marie WILKINSON are listed below:
ABERNETHY, BARRY, BEAMISH, CLARKE, CLEMSON, COX, DAVIS, DENNISTON, FRIEND, GROOMBRIDGE, GROSSER, HANSEL, HOBSON, LAW, McBEATH/McBETH, McCULLAGH/McCULLOCH, McKAY, MILLAR, MILNE, MINIFIE, MORROW, O'HARA, O'LEARY, O'SULLIVAN, PURCELL, RICHARDSON, SCHEIBEL, SMITH, STEPHENS, STRUTHERS, THOMSON, TROUP, WILKINSON, WINCHESTER.
Of particular interest are:
Wilkinson, Abernethy, Morrow, McBeath/McBeth, Millar, O'Hara, Kennedy & Hawthorne.
If you have any ancestral information that you think may relate, then I would appreciate your contacting me: Gordon Wilkinson.
