The J.G & R.A. Pollard Family Home Page

We are from Australia, our ancestors came from the UK some as convicts and some as free settlers. Some of the names that we will be researching are

POLLARD: John Pollard came to Australia as free settlers in the 19th century from the UK

KELSALL: Charles Kelsall came to Australia in 1913 he was the son of Thomas Kelsall and Hannah Walker from Hanley in Staffordshire.

DAVIES: Kathleen Davies married Joseph George Pollard in 1941 in the UK and came to Australia as a war bride in 1946 with their daughter Maureen. Her mothere's maiden name was BELL. Kathleen was born in Wales but the family moved to Leeds when she was a young child.

KEEGAN: William Keegan was transported to Australia for the theft of a cow in 1817 in Ireland. He arrived in Sydney on the "MARY" in May 1819. In 1838 he married Matilda Dawkins but had a son James to a fellow convict Bridget Donnolly in 1844.

COLLEY: Benjamin Colley was a free settler he married Janet
DUNNE in the late 1800's in the Lithgow area of NSW.

WHITTAKER Alice Whittaker was the daughter of Benjamin Charles Whittaker and Mary Ann SIMPSON of Accrington Lancashire UK. She married Charles Kelsall in 1909 and followed him to Australia in 1917.

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