of
HILL FAMILY GATHERING
A gathering
of descendants of George and Ellen HILL
was held at
Descendants
travelled from Queensland and Victoria
to renew their
links with the family

Contents
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Bruce
and Chris were married in 1977 and have three adult children and two grandsons,
Jordan and Marshall and granddaughter, Zoe.
We live in the house that Bruce built in the northern suburbs of
Bruce
worked as a Senior Technician at WIN TV in
Chris
is currently working as a temporary admin/clerical/legal secretary through an
employment agency in
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Bruce's father, Lynn Norton Woods, was born in
Bruce's mother was born in
Information on his particular ancestors will be added very soon.
If you are related to Bruce's family or have information to share, we would love to hear from you. The email address is at the bottom of the page.
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Chris's father and mother were both born in
Maternal surnames include SNARE, BARKER, BLACKSTOCK, STEVENS, DOYLE.
Paternal surnames include MCTYE, HILL, ELLIS, JOY, BRENNAN.
More family information will be added soon.
If you are related to Chris's family or have information to share, we would love to hear from you. The email address is at the bottom of the page.
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Female convicts on the "Duchess of Northumberland" in April
1853.
Chris spent many years (on and off) researching
the lives of the female convicts who arrived on the "Duchess of
Northumberland" from
If you think you had an ancestor on the ship, check out the list of names:

If you want any more information on the book, please email me.
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SNARE Family History
A number of years ago Chris wrote a booklet about her Snare family ancestry called "Snare, not a common name". It is currently being updated. If you are a descendant or have information about Robert and Martha (nee Barker) SNARE, I would love to hear from you.
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ELLIS Family History
John Ellis arrived in
Maria Pugh (also known as Mary Pugh) arrived in
John and Maria were married in
If you can help, please contact me.
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HILL Family History
George Hill arrived in
George and Ellen were married at New Norfolk in 1836. They were Chris's great great great grandparents and she is gathering information about them for a proposed family history to be published after the Hill family gathering.
If you can help, please contact me.
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Tasmanian Family History Society
If you have any
comments or alterations about our family history please contact us:
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Last Revised: 4 March 2007