11. Deeper Ancestry

  Deeper Ancestry

I ventured along a path that lead me to my burning thought.
I know so much on my Maternal, I now have the tools and empowerment to finally tackle the Paternal side.

I knew a little of my Paternal side, but not enough. It has "got my goat", to actually find out and venture a little deeper into finding out what historical ties we can find.

I chose to do a DNA Ancestral test, to see where the Fitzgerald side would take me. Not only that, but my Mother's side was still quite blank in some parts.

The whole basis on why I chose to do the DNA test was for heritage/historical reasons.

I just want to know how I became to being an "Australian", with such Irish ties. I want the story of my Heritage known to me, whether it has drama or not, good with the bad, etc etc.

Unfortunately I stopped posting to my blog, due to the fact that I needed to research the DNA a bit better to understand my blood lines.

Now once I found out how much Fitzgerald Ancestry was in Ireland before the 1840/1850's period, it begged the question : "Did the Fitzgerald's ever meet up my Mother's side - Newenham/Persse's?"
Both sides had Parliamentarian's / governing type people.

A person that had help and assisted with this process, had links to the Persse's.
She suggested to get tested and see how much "Persse Blood" we had sharing between us.
Little did I know at that time, but found out a bit later, that my 4th Great Grandfather's Wedding was witnessed by her 2nd & 3rd Great Grandfather's.

Whoa....Crazy - What??
There's more to this story than meets the eye.
It was by chance that I submitted a photo of a wedding certificate and it showed her side being witnesses...Small world huh!

So anyway, I submitted my DNA Test way back in Feb/March 2014.
It is only now, about 5 months later after many hours of hard research, that I can mention what I found.

Tune in soon for the next update.

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10. Edgar Claude Hasler - Part 7 Final

Edgar Claude Hasler    -   1874 -1946

Continuing from Part 6 (Final):

All the hard work, all the thoughts and processes of his life, his family life, came crashing down on 23 of August 1946.

The day, Edgar Claude Hasler - Kelwylyn R Moure, passed away in an aged care facility in Sydney.
He left a legacy, of a man who stuck to his guns on his dreams through the turmoil, even if he had "made his bed and to lie in it"
Life wasn't easy for him in his teens, he lost his mother to Cancer, when he was about 16 years old and had to struggle through with his Father and younger siblings, some who were under the age of 5.
Uprooting his life in Melbourne, venturing his life to Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney (among other visits to other smaller cities).

Out of his will that got spread around the family and friends, my Grandmother received some books and an ancient Glass Cutter passed down by Edgar's Father/Grandfather (believe this Glass Cutter holds a story on it's own, into the family's history into Photography between Galway, Ireland and Australia)

I don't know what it is about Edgar, but his 'double' life has really touched me, because he just wanted to be like his Great Grandfather. It is the only reasoning I can come up with, why he got into the Coal/Gas/Oil industry, whether he was trained up or not, it was his life. Just the gift of the gab and his knowledge of the industry was his advantage.

Edgar left one parting gift, his Death Certificate. I'm going to share it, because it shows what I am talking about.
His life was so "in debt", to his Ancestors (Sir Edward Newenham and his eldest son Edward Worth Newenham) - both 2nd Great Grandfather and Great Grandfather's respectively, that he made sure their lives lived on through him.

The Death Certificate shows where he told people where he was born, even though it is proven that he was born in Melbourne.
The place was in reference to where George Washington lived - Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Edgar's Great Grandmother and wife of Edward Worth, was Elizabeth Persse.
Elizabeth's father was Col. William Persse of Roxborough, who also had a property called Mount Vernon in Ireland. It was made in honour of George Washington.
So you can see, Edgar was completely surrounded by history. His Death information was his final parting gift of what he was and what he belonged to.

 

My Grandmother (young girl on the right) with Edgar and family

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