I’ve not done any posts for the last 12 months, as I temporarily stopped research on the family history.  I’m now finally able to get back into it.

At the time I stopped posting, I was researching three  issues:

(1)  Joseph Raynor – looking for clues on what Joseph might have been living and doing prior to getting his job on the SS Bobby Towns.  So I’ve been looking at the history of the SS Bobby Towns, the Seaman Union.

(2)  Joseph Raynor’s brother – there is a photo of Joseph Raynor and his brother – who was the brother?  Where was the photo taken?  It appears to be a professional photo, taken in a studio?  If so, it might be stored in Archives somewhere, and perhaps show the name of the brother?  So I’ve been looking on the internet on any information relating to Townsville photograph studios that operated in the early 1900s.

(3) Christopher Wilson – father of Abraham Wilson – when and where exactly did he die in Ireland?  It is known he died in a shipyard accident somewhere around Belfast.  If I can find the date of death, I might be able to get a copy of his death certificate.  Then we might have some information on Christopher’s birth, parents and further family ancestors.

I don’t have any answers on the above yet.