Subject: Gurnhills
Posted by:Philip Gurnhill <png20@hotmail.com> on Sat, 28 Jul 2001, in response to gurnhill family, posted by melissa varner on Tue, 05 Jun 2001
Hi Melissa,I can help with a few generations if its not too boring.
All of our family come from North Lincolnshire. My Grandad was called Herbert Henry Gurnhill (great name!!!) He had two sons Neville and Dennis. Neville being my father. Denis has one son Andrew (39) and two daughters Helen (35) and Clare (30). Neville (my dad) has 3 sons Philip (Me) (38)Robert (35)and David (32) I now have twin sons Thomas and Joseph aged three. There are other Gurnhills in Lincoln that descend from Grandads brother but we are not a very close family and I have never met any of them. There are also some Gurnhills in Australia, we probably had a sheep thief somewhere in history, and some in Canada.
Hope this is of interest sorry if it is long winded but I work in the middle of India and there is little else to do here in the evenings apart from pass the time on the internet.
regards
Phil
- Subject: Australian Gurnhills - not sheep thiefs!
Posted by:Anna Gurnhill <agurnhil@postoffice.utas.edu.au> on Thu, 02 Aug 2001, in response to Gurnhills, posted by Philip Gurnhill on Sat, 28 Jul 2001
Hi Philip,
I'm an Australian Gurnhill and I'm not a sheep thief!
My father and grandparents emigrated from England in the 1950s or early 60s. We have no Gurnhill convict ancestors if this is what you are referring to in your posting. As far as we know, we're one of the only Gurnhill families in Australia, and so are the sole representatives to whom you are referring. There are five of us Gurnhills in Tasmania -my dad, mum, brother, sister-in-law, and me. Could you explain what you meant by Australian sheep-stealing Gurnhills?
Anna Gurnhill - A proud Australian, and not a sheep stealer!
- Subject: Bread thieves
Posted by:Philip Gurnhill on Thu, 02 Aug 2001, in response to Australian Gurnhills - not sheep thiefs!, posted by Anna Gurnhill on Thu, 02 Aug 2001
Whoa Anna,Whatever hapenned to the legendary Australian sense of humour, or is it only funny when its directed against the poms. As you well know many English names in Australia originate from the time it was used as a penal colony. It is an amusing fact rather than a critical appraisal of current generation morals.
I would be interested in where your Grandparents came from as it appears that we all hail from one family but it is difficult to identify the strands and where they meet.
Lighten up
Phil
- Subject: family tree
Posted by:Cheryl Gurnhill <gurnhill@southcom.com.au> on Fri, 03 Aug 2001, in response to Bread thieves, posted by Philip Gurnhill on Thu, 02 Aug 2001
Phil,
I understand Anna is going to get back to you re my husbands forebears. If we are related I would be interestd in meeting you next month as we will be vising UK for two months. Tony has never shown a lot of interest in family trees, but it seems both our children are interested. I am a little put out that they are not interested in my side of the family, but got the response "Davey is so common, Gurnhill is rare!". Looking forward to hearing from you.
Cheryl