by Admin | Sep 18, 2022 | Blog
Margaret Isobel Finster was my mother. She was known as Meg throughout her life. Meg was the elder daughter of Alwyn Guido and Sybil Lorraine Finster (née Garde). Lorraine Sybil, known as Lorrie, was her sister. Meg was born on 10th October 1918 at 54 Queen Street,...
by Admin | Aug 6, 2022 | Blog
Alwyn Guido Finster was the eldest son of Arthur George Finster and Isabella Finster (née Elliott) and is my grandfather. He was born in Bendigo on 6th December 1886. He was registered as Alwyn Roberts by his grandmother, Sarah Finster. However, he always claimed...
by Admin | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog
Arthur George Finster is my great-grandfather. He is the second child of Arthur Guido Finster, who immigrated to Australia in 1849, and his wife, Margarethe Stamm. Arthur George was born on 13th October 1863 at Ballarat, Victoria. Margarethe died in 1869 when...
by Admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Blog
Arthur Guido Finster was my great-great-grandfather. This story of his life and his family in Australia is a continuation of the Finster family book published by C.H. Arthur Finster in 1921. Throughout this story, we shall refer to Arthur Guido Finster as Guido....
by Author | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog
This publication relating to the Finster family is a translation of original work in German published in 1921 along with the reproduction of a Finster family tree published in 1900. Both original works are in the public domain. The author, Carl Hermann Arthur Finster...
by Author | Apr 5, 2022 | Blog
Gorlitz is a town in the German federal state of Saxony. It is in the region of Lusatia and has a population of approximately 56 000. From 1815 to 1918, Gorlitz belonged to the Province of Silesia in the Kingdom of Prussia. Gorlitz was first mentioned in 1071 in...