Family history
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My grandfather's grandmother came from West Bromwich, West Midlands.
She emigrated to South Australia with her family in 1853.
Her son came to Western Australia in the gold rush of the late 1890s.
His son (my grandfather), met and married my grandmother in Perth, Western Australia.
My grandmother's grandfather was born in Handsworth, Staffordshire.
He came to Victoria (another state of Australia) in 1864.
His son came to WA in the gold rush of the late 1890s as well.
His daughter (my grandmother), met and married my grandfather.
I think that's a pretty amazing coincidence, but here's a summary. They:
- were born in different English counties, albeit only one and a half miles away from eachother;
- emigrated to different states of Australia at different times;
- both moved with their families to WA at the same time;
... to be in the same place to meet and marry all the way over the other side of the world, three generations and 80 odd years after their families left England.
Date submitted:Sat, 26 May 2012 12:57:55 +0000Coincidence ID:6400
