Photo is courtesy of Janice Fletcher and Margaret Brown. Andrewina was their great-grandmother. Andrewina Morison was the daughter of Andrew Lowe Morison and Helen Simpson Doig Morison. The Morison family migrated to Hobart, Australia around 1855, returning to Scotland about 1868. Andrewina, however, remained in Tasmania as she married Henry Heald, Jr. in Feb. 1867. Per Janice and Margaret: "The family had moved to Launceston by 1878, where Henry Heald and Andrewina Morison were tailors, hatters and general outfitters in Brisbane Street; later known as H. Heald, St John Street. The Tasmanian Exhibition 1891-92 official catalogue states that Mrs Heald and Miss Heald (daughter of Henry and Andrewina) were in the Tasmanian Exhibition Choir, but sadly, Andrewina died prior to the opening of the Exhibition on 7 Sep 1891.
Andrewina Morison Heald of Launceston, Tasmania Australia was born on October 1, 1842, and died at age 48 years old on September 7, 1891 in Launceston, Tasmania,.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Churches and the people who led and attended them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama XIV
Originally a colony of Great Britain and under the rule of King George III, the Founding Fathers of the United Sates were opposed ...
My life-time love of geneology and old photos led to the concept of Ancientfaces back in 1999....through the site I have made contact with previously unknown cousins in Australia, Tasmania, England, Scotland and various states in the US, broadening and enriching my family stories, photos and family relationships.
The names I am researching resided in and/or settled the following areas: South Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Normandy; Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands; Virginia; West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Idaho and Washington state; first wave of settlers in the Hudson River & Mohawk River Vallies; founding fathers of New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, CT, along with Suffolk, Norfolk & Middlesex Counties in MA; first wave of settlers to Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Also, I am a member of the Mayflower Society after tracing my maternal side to John Billington, a Mayflower passenger ( with his family) who settled in Plymouth , and signed, the Mayflower compact.