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Stand Off Bar Dangerous
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...


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


The Grim Reaper
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....


How did Grandma Jeanetta keep track of their birthdays?
Did you know that the eldest daughter of George and Jeanetta Menzies, Annie Isabella Menzies, married Ernest Woodley Warner in 1885 and...


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


George Menzies "borrowed" Woodley Cottage from his son-in-law
Did you know that “Woodley Cottage” in Maitland Street, Stockton, the celebrated home where our (great, great-great) grandparents were...


Geoffrey Brian Warner (1921 – 1977)
Geoffrey Brian Warner was the only son of Arthur Aubrey Warner and Majorie Lothian Colley who married in 1919. Geoffrey was born on 7...


Annie Isabella Warner nee Menzies (1864-1926)
Annie Isabella Warner was the eldest child of George and Jeanetta Menzies. She was born on 20 November 1864 while her parents were in...


Jeanette (‘Netta') Anne Warner (1887 – 1973)
The first child of a total of 10 children born to Ernest and Annie Warner was Jeanette (‘Netta) Anne Warner. She was born in Stockton...
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