After summarizing the migration twitterchat, I thought it would be interesting to find out where each of my direct ancestors was born and to work out how Australian I really am. So I am going to use just my direct line and include flag to show where they were born. As I write their biography, I will link that to their name.
(T) Tasmania
(L) London (S) Surrey (M) Middlesex (D) Devon (W) Worcestershire (SU) Sussex (C) Cambridgeshire (Y) Yorkshire (B) Bedfordshire (CO) Cornwall
(SC) Scotland (NI) Northern Ireland
- Me (T)
- Dad (T)
- Mum (T)
- Irene Smith (T) – Grandparent
- Henry England (T) – Grandparent
- Hannah Davey (T) – Grandparent
- Alexander Dawson (T) – Great grandparent
- Irene Somers (T) – Great grandparent
- Henry England (T) – Great grandparent
- Julia Chandler (T) – Great grandparent
- George Davey (T) – Great grandparent
- Martha Colgrave (T) – Great grandparent
- Alexander Dawson (T) – 2x great grandparent
- Hannah Sutton (T) – 2x great grandparent
- Anne Dixon (T) – 2x great grandparent
- Francis Colgrave (T) – 2x great grandparent
- Susan Boyd (T) – 2x great grandparent
- William Allen jnr(L) – Grandparent
- William Allen snr(L) – Great grandparent
- Florence Evans (L) – Great grandparent
- George Allen (S) – 2x great grandparent
- Mary Spry (D) – 2x great grandparent
- George Evans (W) – 2xgreat grandparent
- Mary Ann Lee (C) – 2x great grandparent
- John England (Y) – 2x great grandparent – convict
- William Chandler (M) – 2x great grandparent
- Caroline Bryant (M) – 2x great grandparent
- John Davey (D) – 2x great grandparent
- John Allen (M) – 3x great grandparent
- Amelia Elwes (M) – 3x great grandparent
- William Spry (D) – 3x great grandparent
- Mary Babb (D) – 3x great grandparent
- William Dawson (SC) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Catherine McKay (SC) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Matthew Sutton (L) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Mary McCrewney (NI) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- William England (Y) – 3x great grandparent
- Margaret Rylands (Y) – 3x great grandparent
- Henry Bryant (M) – 3x great grandparent
- Charlotte Bryant (SU) – 3x great grandparent
- John Davey (D) – 3x great grandparent
- MaryAnn Jennings (D) – 3x great grandparent
- David Dixon (Y) – 3x great grandparent
- Mary Pickering (Y) – 3x great grandparent
- Francis Colgrave (B) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Isabella Watkins (Y) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- John Holliday Boyd (CO) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Martha Hearn (M) – 3x great grandparent – convict
- Rebecca Jackson (Donegal) – 2x great grandparent – convict
So going back as far as 3x great grandparents, out of a possible 63 direct line ancestors (including me), I have proven: 17 born in Tasmania, 31 born in the UK (2 of these in Scotland) and 1 born in Ireland. I still have 14 to find out who they are and where they live.
From these statistics: I am 17 out of 49 Tasmanian – this means roughly 34%.
Readers: Up to your 3x great grandparents, how many have you proven where they were born?