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1800s Alice Hickson Australia bramstedt Brethren bristol byrne family caesar caroline fischer charles holdorf church of ireland County Kerry dr middendorf egypt england families fischers France Fromelles George Byrne george lilley George Needham george simmonds germany gertrude byrne Gledfield gottfried fischer hamburg heston hickson highland clearances Historical events holtorf ireland jack simmonds james urquhart ross Johann holtorf John Hickson john holdorf Kerry Killarney Killorglin mabel butler maps Mary Needham migration names Needham Notes on Travel NSW osterley revival revivals Richard Hickson ross-shire Ross and Cromarty Ross family sailing Sarah Ruddle schleswig-holstein scotland ships Sneem Strathcarron surrey Sydney Templenoe Thomas Needham victorian england viktoria scherer william byrne William Hickson william ross winifred ross ww1
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John and Caroline Holdorf and their children. Of Goulburn, NSW
John and Caroline Holdorf and their children.
Of Goulburn, NSW

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