The house that Doug built, Mitchelton

Welcome

I am Jennifer Crockett and this site is dedicated to the genealogical research of the ancestors and descendants of my parents Douglas Colston and Myrtle Wenck. While all care has been taken, should you find errors, I would appreciate any corrections with sources.

In order to protect the privacy of all living individuals, their names are shown as Living, and a User Account is required to view their details and will be provided to family members upon request. Once you have a user account you will see a tab at the top of an individual's page "Submit Family". This links to a form where you can submit details about your family.

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I welcome family photos and stories you would like to share with me, as well as documents such as birth, death and marriage certificates and announcements, obituaries, newspaper articles and so on.


Feature Articles

feature 1 Douglas Colston Douglas worked as a carpenter, having been apprenticed to his father at age 14.

feature 2 Myrtle Colston (née Wenck) Myrtle was a primary school teacher, starting out as a pupil teacher.

feature 3 Colston immigration The Colston family from Edinburgh, Scotland arrived in Sydney, Australia on 29 January 1853.

feature 4 Wenck immigration Reimer Wenck with his wife and ten children arrived in Keppel Bay, Queensland, on 26 February 1879.

 
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