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CRIDDLE / CRITAL /
CRITTLE, STAPLES,
ADLAM, THOMPSON, WEBB, WALLACE/WALLIS, LEACH or LEACH LOFTUS and BUFTON
First family lines in
Australia
Our
ancestors and their contribution to the growth of a new
colony – Western Australia
Register your expression of interest in receiving
progress reports and a summary of the long-awaited family history book - a
35-year process that will be completed in late-2016.
Newsletter giving order details will arrive in August.
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subscription form
now
The book will be professionally proofread, set up by a
designer and professionally printed with a
cover produced by a graphic designer. Most importantly
of all, it will be fully referenced.
Take
this opportunity to
email me and ask for a printout of your family
details to ensure they are accurate.
The
aim of this book
The
aim of this book is to bring our ancestors’ stories to
life, within the context of the social and economic
conditions of the 19th century. Only then can we
appreciate their fortitude in moving forward and
overcoming severe hardship.
Only
one of the lines can be called a true pioneer in the
common use of the word. In the broader sense: A pioneer
is a person who goes to a new, often uninhabited or
uncivilised part of a country to live and work there.
Many of our ancestors were pioneers of the outback - now
regional areas of WA.
Why is
our history important?
The
Swan River Colony would not have flourished if it were
not for our ancestors who include an indentured labourer,
several convicts,
a pensioner
guard, and a sponsored immigrant who came out within the
first decades of settlement. Many went to remote and new
areas to settle. They became pastoralists and graziers,
and participated in the early pearling and timber
industries. Some became gold prospectors, and can lay
claim to finding the first gold in the Mt. Magnet area.
Others contributed to the building of the Swan River
Colony's infrastructure and built private housing and
places of worship for the growing population –
generally, our ancestors provided the much needed skills
and labour that enabled the new colony to grow.
When
our ancestors arrived in the colony they had no wealth
and many were illiterate, but their contribution to the
growth of the colony cannot be denied. Above all, they
produced a new generation of Western Australians and
fulfilled the early settlers’ criteria for a balanced
and more settled colony. Therefore, the female lines
made an essential contribution.
You
ancestors have clearly provided a heritage you can be proud of.
Note: This book will not be lodged in a library or put
online: Please use the form below to be added to the
mailing list in order to register an "expression of
interest" in the book, which I hope will be completed by
mid-2015. The hold-up has been due to illness and lack
of finances. Moreover, new records, which have provided further
information on William Bufton and other lines, have been
indexed in the State Records Office. Substantial
donations by family members have now enabled
professional proofing, allowing me forge ahead with
writing.
When
will it be ready and how will I know it is relevant to
me?
You
will receive the summary of the book when it is
completed. The price has not yet been fixed, and will
depend on the numbers of orders I receive.
It is therefore
important to stay on my subscriber list.
There is no obligation to purchase. However, the
subscription list is the sole means of communication. it will be
not be
advertised. Moreover, there will be only one print run.
Don't miss out, add yourself to the mailing list now,
while you remember. If you change your details before
you hear from me, just fill in a new form.
There
will never be a more comprehensive, original publication
of this magnitude examining all of these families.
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or hired, and you will not receive any spam as a result
of filling in this form. You may only receive an update
further to the completion of the book.
I
am still looking for photos, so anything you have, even
if it is a photo that is not of a person or related to
history, will be well received.
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FAMILY NAMES.
Edward Bufton, William Criddle, William Adlam, George Staples, Matthew Wallace / Wallis, Robert Thompson, George Leach Loftus,
George Webb.
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