Sammi Damian
Clancy Lochie Abby
Samantha was born in Australia in 1967, grew up in Sydney, on a
farm
in central NSW, and finally back in Sydney to finish her schooling and
education as a primary teacher. In 1989 she went to England to work,
and
find her other family, and found also Damian Ryan whom she married in
1993
in London. They now have three children. Clancy was born in 1995, Lochie in
1998, and little Abby was born in 2001.
Sammi is the eldest of my children, and has had to be the sensible
one. She is the best of mothers, is confident, and obtained her aerobic
teacher diploma last year. Damian would agree with me, that
whilst
she has her moments, she is a very well rounded woman with a dependable
nature and a loving soul, especially during her grandmother's final
illness
Where would we be without her! .
Mark and
Jess
Jodie Jodie
and
Alex
Jessie was born in Sydney in 1972. If one can attribute qualities
to one's children, who are all wonderful, she is the practical one. She
was born after her mother and I had moved to the country and as such
she
had a free childhood, running free on the farm and joining in the day
to
day activities of fencing, shearing sheep, riding motor bikes and
such. Indeed she was very much the "tom boy". As she grew up through
school
and then afterwards, she went through a variety of work placements,
finally
ending up as an information technology and software trainer. She met
her
husband Mark Ramsey in 1998 and after travelling to England to work,
they
married in the New Forest, UK on September 19, 1999. Jessie and Mark
returned
to Sydney in 2000, Jessie to start a nursing course and Mark to a new
job
in IT, and now their first baby Jodie arrived on 28 August, 2001.
Jess is enjoying being a mother whilst and part timing secretarial work,
nursing having been put to one side for now.
12 May 2004: Jessie and Mark have become happy
parents to a second son, Alex
a healthy boy, 2.96Kg birth weight.
Joc-n-Stu
Eloise Josephine Angus
Angus Family
Jocelyn is my baby, though she would probably not thank me for saying so. She was born in Sydney in 1973, and after we realised that she had a milk intolerance, she became a little angel, as she is today--- most of the time. Joc is the bookworm of the family, did well at school, but found that the farm activities came second to her reading. She did well at school and achieved her Arts degree at Sydney University. Like the other girls, she spent some time at various jobs, also in England, and finally married Stuart Angus in April 2000 in Sydney. Her chosen career is as an editor, and with Stuart she is moved to Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Jocelyn and Stuart have their first child in Eloise Josephine, born 24th November 2002.
Michael A Hargrave:
mhargrave@blueyonder.co.uk
First Published: 25 January 2001
Last Updated: 13 May 2005