A blog devoted to the ancestors and descendants of James Wainwright and Ann Maria Hughes
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Visiting Australia
In April my sister and I visited Australia and met our long lost cousins for the first time. We were met at the airport in Perth by 11 relatives in two groups--two groups who did not know each other; so my sister and I had the pleasure of not only meeting our new found relations for the first time, but also of introducing some of our Australian relatives to each other, also for the first time. It was a thrill for both of us to see such a positive tangible result from the fruits of our research.
While I was only able to be in Australia for 2 and a half weeks, my sister, who was joined by her daughter just before I left, was able to stay in for an additional week and a half longer. Still, in 2 and a half weeks, we met 69 relatives! Of the 6 Wainwright siblings who emigrated to Australia, only 3 had children in Australia (Richard Wainwright's daughter remained in England when he emigrated). So the 69 descendants that we met were all descended from either Thomas or Samuel Wainwright, or from their sister, Elizabeth Stubbs (nee Wainwright).
So the connection has been reestablished and new friendships made and it will be up to all of us to keep it going for the next generation. It is a unique thing for distant kin in two counties so far apart as Canada and Australia to have found each other and hopefully we can all profit from it.
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