Queensland Family History Society Inc
QFHS Calendar Event
Members Lounge - Presenting … The misfortunes of four migrant sisters
Starts: 16 Jul 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ends: 16 Jul 2025 at 3:00 PM
Notes:
This event will be held online and in-person at the QFHS Family History Research Centre i.e. a HYBRID meeting.
Guest Speaker: Alan Tonks.
Allan Tonks will talk about the collective experience of four English sisters who each migrated to New Zealand at different times; these were Ann VALLENDER (arriving in New Zealand in 1867), Esther (in 1874), Elizabeth (in 1876), and Jeanetta (in 1910). The presentation will consider how stories of women tend to be overshadowed by the stories of our male pioneers. It will also consider the uncomfortable subject of illegitimate pregnancies and the dire consequences these often had for women in our families. Members of the Vallender family eventually emigrated from Gloucestershire to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and even to France.