I have spent many hours tracing my family connections. If you have any 
information that would help with these families please contact me. Would love 
to have anything you may be able to supply like family stories, photo's etc.
Birth dates may be baptism dates in some cases for the older generations  If 
you find a mistake please notify me so that I can rectify it.
My Parks Family originally came from Somerset,England  on the 'Morning Star' in 
1860. They were Robert and Eliza Parks and they were followed by Eliza's 
mother,sisters and brothers later in 1870. Eliza and Robert went to Lancefield and 
lived there till their deaths in 1906. Robert was a tailor in England, but went on the 
land when he arrived in Australia. Eliza's brother Samuel Hunt was the first of my 
families to arrive in Australia. He was very well known in the Lancefield 
Romsey district (Originally Five Mile Creek) where he owned and ran several Hotels
My Beard Family came out to Australia in 1855 on the 'Indian Queen'. The ship 
sailed from Liverpool England on 5th December 1854 and arrived in Australia 
21st Jan 1855. The Beard Family originated in Bedfordshire England.
Joshua William Beard and his family went to live in Geelong,then Ballarat, 
Rochford and finally Lancefield
With the help of family members we have traced the family back to Wootton in 
Bedfordshire.
Joshua William Beard was a Miller, Baker,and Mealman in Bedfordshire and had 
similar occupations in Australia.
My Hemphill family arrived from County Tyrone in 1850's with Johnston arriving 
1859 on the 'Arabian'. Johnston settled at Rochford and lived there until his
death.Johnston's brothers Robert and James also came out to Australia and 
settled in Rochford,another brother Wallace went to the USA. Rebecca was 
Johnston's wife, she  also came from Ireland on the 
"Shalimar" with her brother Richard Kyle
My G.G.Grandparents, Parks, Beards, and Hemphills are all buried in the 
Lancefield Cemetery. There are still members of all three families still living 
in the Romsey- Lancefield area.


I have help with my families from some of the people listed below
Peter Rudmam,Adrian Webb(UK),Doreen Sampson                  
Philip Sharpe,Robyn Pankiw,Janet Baldock
Janet Boyd, Helen Mitchell, Mavis Parks 
Gordon Beach, Gwlad McLachlan, Greg Parks  Chris Parks (UK)
I am sure there have been many others . My thanks to all these people who have 
kindly added to my knowledge of the past.
I would like to add some history of these families,Why they came to Australia, 
the trip out and what they found when they arrived etc.

I have some proof by way of certificates etc, but a lot has been given to me by 
various family members both here in Australia, and from UK.A lot of birth dates 
for the family in England are probably Baptism dates obtained from the IGI
Any early photo,s letters etc would be most welcome. I have G.Grandmother 
Eliza's photo Album, but do not know who most of these people are, as there 
were no details on many of the photos. 
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