The Menzies of Maitland St

Did you know that Tom Aubrey was shipwrecked as on his first voyage at age 14. It was on the Glasgow Barque Fifeshire only 19 days out...

There’ s no end to the surprises people find when they rummage through their collection of old photographs. Jane Hutton (nee Gillespie)...

Did you know that bringing ships into and out of the Port of Newcastle was extremely hazardous in the days of sail? As shipping masters...

DID YOU KNOW THAT the 4 Menzies sisters, Annie, Jessie, ‘Netta and Maggie each married men remarkably like ‘the man who married dear old...

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...

Will Aubrey was born in 1891 in Stockton NSW but it’s likely that he grew up at Islington to the west of Newcastle. His was a carefree...