Wilkinson Family of Hyde Park, South Australia
The Wilkinsons in Ireland.
Family legend has it that great-great-grandfather, John Wilkinson (? - 1878) of Co. Tyrone, NI, immigrated to Ireland from York, Yorkshire sometime before 1852 and possibly before 1845. But this is yet to be verified. I have a complete descendants register of him and am seeking information on John's antecedents, siblings (if any), spouse's family (which may also have lived in Yorkshire) and emmigration from England.
From Ireland to Australia
My parents, Tom & Millie Wilkinson, with their young family - Gordon and Rosemary - 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.
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)
On leaving home, I (Gordon) moved to Sydney (1963), married Nereda (1965) and in 1967 moved to Tasmania. In late 1969 (with our son Andrew) we arrived in Adelaide where we now reside.
Sister Rosemary moved to Sydney in 1968, where she now resides and in 1987 married Harvey.
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.
