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ALBERT HALEWOOD BREW (1913-1976) In 1929 Albert finished his schooling for he had passed the age of 15 when school attendance was no...

Did you know that the Grim Reaper was never far away 100 years ago. Death was an all too common feature of life in the Menzies family....

Did you know that the eldest daughter of George and Jeanetta Menzies, Annie Isabella Menzies, married Ernest Woodley Warner in 1885 and...

Did you know that the 7 children of George and Jeanetta Menzies who survived to adulthood saw 24 members of the family join the...

THE STORY OF ALEXANDER BARRON CARSON (1917 – 1992) Alexander Barron Carson, known as Barron, was born in Newcastle on 10 January 1917. ...

Did you know that “Woodley Cottage” in Maitland Street, Stockton, the celebrated home where our (great, great-great) grandparents were...

Maggie Grace Brew nee Menzies, was born on 18 April 1883, the youngest of 9 children born to George Menzies and Jeanette Sadler Menzies...

Jane Smith, Jeanetta's mother and George Menzies mother-in-law, is an enigma, a puzzle, in the Menzies family story. She is spoken of in...

Jeanetta Sadler Smith was born in Bathurst NSW on 9 August 1843. She was the daughter of Jane Smith and Charles Smith and was baptized...

George Menzies was born in Garmouth in the Highlands on the 10th March 1833. Garmouth is a small seaport in Urquhart Parish, Elginshire,...