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Profiles

  • Anne Walmsley (1733 - d.)
    ANN SHORROCK / SHARROCK England Births and Christenings 1538 - 1975, Source : familysearch.org ..... GS and FHL Film 990027Name : ANN SHORROCK , Gender : Female , Christening Day : 1 April 1733 , ( Jul...
  • Archibald Albert Walmsley, Free Settler "Susan" 1839 (1834 - 1887)
    Archibald was a Free Settler and arrived in Sydney on the "Susan" in 1839 with his parents and family.
  • Charlotte Walmsley (1812 - 1898)
    Walmsley. - On June 8th, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs Scott, Hikutaia, Charlotte Walmsley, aged 85 years and 9 months, and relict of John Walmsley, Remuera. Source: Thames Star, 8 June 1898, P...
  • Edward William P Walmsley, [Free Settler "Susan" 1839] (c.1782 - 1885)
    BIOGRAPHY=Edward William Phillips WALMSLEY was born 11/7/1782 Drumcahy, Northern Ireland (son of James WALMSLEY and Elinore Jane SHARPE)Edward married Margaret ELLIOTT on 14/9/1811 in Fermanagh, Irelan...

About the Walmsley surname

origin

The name is believed to have originated in what is now Greater Manchester. The word traces its etymology from the old English for forest. The name is still prevalent in Lancashire, Merseyside and the Isle of Man.

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