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From: "Ross Thomas" <>
Subject: [AUS-WA-KALGOORLIE-REGION] HALL and COWIN Families, Trafalgar,Brown Hill, Kalgoorlie from mid-1890s
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:50:51 +1100

Hi



I have just joined the Goldfields Family History Society and this mailing
list and hope that I can find out a bit more of my HALL and COWIN families.
Although now living in Canberra, I have spent much of my life around Wagin,
Williams, Tarwonga, Perth and the East Kimberley and have strong links to
WA.



My HALL family originated in Staffordshire/Cheshire and, after migrating to
South Australia, Daniel Hall married Bridget McGrath, an orphan of the Great
Famine of Ireland who was sent to Australia at age 14 years. After operating
bullock teams and farming in the Flinders Ranges, the family came to the
Eastern Goldfields of WA around 1896. Some later moved to Tarwonga and
Pingelly to farm, others remained in the Goldfields. Some of the families
into which the Halls married are:



Cowin, Preston, McLoughlin, Armstrong, Doig, Major, Nicholls, Richards,
Golding, Jenkins, Basley, Northey, Elkington, Graham, Rose, House, Bath,
Medlen, Piesse, Williams and Worthington.



My COWIN family originated on the Isle of Man and, after arriving in South
Australia, Thomas Cowin married Martha Blackwell who came from Cornwall with
her family. After farming at Laura and the Flinders Ranges, Thomas Arthur
Cowin arrived at the Eastern Goldfields around 1896 where he later married
Maud Hall. His brother, Charlie Cowin, also came to WA where he married
Bessie Hall, first cousin to Maud Hall. Some of the families into which the
Cowins married are:



Hall, Richards, Groth, Noske, Phillis, Parsons, Piesse, Thomas, Ford, Berry,
Nicholls and Jackson.



I already have much information on these people and would be happy to share
it with interested family researchers. Despite this, I have many gaps and am
looking for more information on the Halls and Cowins. I hope someone can
help.



Ross Thomas

Canberra

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