Yesterday I accompanied my father to the burial site of our famous ancestor Daniel Stanford.
Daniel Stanford came out to New South Wales on the first fleet after a fledgling career as a marine.
I was surprised to find that his first child (also Daniel Stanford) was born one year before his marriage but that is what happened. Daniel Junior was born in 1790 and Daniel Senior married his mother Alice in 1791.
Daniel Senior became a successful farmer in what was then known as Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania).
He had four other children - William, Sarah, Mary and Thomas.
He died in 1826 aged 60.
I plan to learn more about his life as history has always fascinated me.
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