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Meet Mary Milne, my Great– Great– Great– Grandmother

By Nick Hodge | October 3, 2007

Mary Milne

Why blog your fam­ily his­tory? Because it helps oth­ers out, and you find out more. Oth­ers doing searches for com­mon ancest­ors will stumble on your site, and send emails.

The above photo is of one Mary Milne. She mar­ried a Melville Hodge in 1853 whilst on her way to South Aus­tralia. Her first son was my great– great– grandfather.

In other words, she is my great– great– great– grand­mother. A small part of her is in my genes. This photo was taken in March 1904, 103 years ago.

And speak­ing of genes, if you look at her eyes and mouth: they are not aligned. It’s not “an error” in pos­ing. It’s prob­ably Bell’s Palsy.

Thanks to Darryl, also a decend­ent of Mary Milne for send­ing the photo and a detailed history.

Topics: family, history | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Meet Mary Milne, my Great– Great– Great– Grandmother”

  1. Meet David Melville Hodge. My Great-Great-Grandfather | www.nickhodge.com Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    […] a con­nec­tion to my Great-Great-Great Grand­mother, Mary Milne was made in October […]

  2. Hodge Family History | www.nickhodge.com Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    […] Meet Mary Milne, my Great– Great– Great– Grandmother […]

  3. Hodge Family History Update | www.nickhodge.com Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    […] First Australian-born Hodge. Born 1860, Angaston, South Aus­tralia More details from 12th June 2008 His mother, Mary Milne […]

  4. Joan Says:
    February 22nd, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    My research shows that Mary Milne, her younger sis­ter Jane and her older brother David all arrived at Port Adelaide on the “Joseph Rowan” on 16 June 1854. Mary’s brother James Milne arrived earlier in 1848. The Milne fam­ily ini­tially settled at Coghills Creek near Sad­dle­worth in South Aus­tralia. Accord­ing to SA Mar­riage Records, Mary mar­ried Melville Hodge on 28 March 1857 at Melville’s res­id­ence in North Rhine. Mary and Melville’s first child Ellen, was born on 26 Feb­ru­ary 1858, not in 1853. I’m not a des­cend­ant but I’ve done some research on the Milne fam­ily for my brother-in-law who is connected.

  5. Nick Hodge Says:
    February 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Joan

    Thanks for the info. Born in 1853 would be before Melville and Mary mar­ried! A skel­eton in the closet, for sure.

    Who did Ellen Hodge marry?

    Nick

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