Things which cannot adequately be conveyed in words such as the decor, the fashions and the social conditions are evident here as William James (Jim) Hickson, his second wife Ada (nee Brady) and some of his family sit down to Christmas Dinner.
It is 9 weeks today until we meet at Toolleen Community Centre, Toolleen in central Victoria to celebrate the arrival in Australia of Edward George Hickson from Ireland. It will be a special reunion because this year it is the 150th Anniversary of his arrival.
Tomorrow an organizing group will meet in Bendigo at the home of Edward George's grandson Ron Hickson and his wife Alma and they will finalize details of the day such as activities and meal costs etc. That will enable invitations to be on their way out to family members by next weekend.
The photograph above features two generations of Edward George Hickson's descendants who attended the last Hickson reunion at Lockington , Victoria in October 2007. This year we return to Toolleen where Edward George and his wife Lucy Mary Ann ( nee Aylett) lived.
I am Jaylene Davis daughter to Lynette Woodgate, Granddaughter to Elsie May Woodgate (née Hickson). Elsie passed away 22 May 2018.
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