ONE MORE REUNION SHOT OF 1980

Back row: Ian McC, Dr Donald McC, Ewan McC, Cam McC, Arch McC, Jim McC.

Middle Row: Murray McC, Margaret Hinwood, Judith Banks, Mary Johnston.

Front: Robyn Leitchfield, Florence Kelman and Norman McClymont.

More Family at the Reunion

DESENDANTS OF 'OLD MAC', ALEXANDER McCLYMONT OF MANUKA.

Here sits Aunt Jessie surrounded by some of her close relations who she valued so much. She had never married but took strong interest in, and helped out, many of the children of her siblings. Some even boarded with her from time to time in Brisbane. Standing are Frank and Roslyn Hart (nee McC) Mary and Jim McClymont, ( son of Alexander of the 14 Manuka siblings) Jessie's brother, and Judy McC. In front are little Francis and Georgina who surrond Aunt Jessie with Barbara Philp on the right.
ROBERT McCLYMONT'S DESCENDANTS.

Here are some of the decendents of Robert (Bert the 10th bornManuka sibiling) Graham and Carol McC, Cam McC, Tony McC partly obscured,?, Jenny McC and Ian McC.

In front are Shirley McC, Elizabeth McC, Judith Banks and Nola McC with Claire McC in front.

FAMILY GROUPS AT 1980 REUNION

In front are Florence and Norman McClymont (daughter and son of Thomas the first born Manuka son. At the rear are Greg McC,

Margie Hosier, Lachlan McC, Julie McC, David and Neil McClymont. All decendants of Thomas.
The lady at centre is Nancy McClymont with Tom McC sitting beside her. They are surrounded by their families that include Murray McC. and his wife Liz on the left - plus others that are not identified by name in the records.

1980McClymont Reunion.

AUSTRALIA DAY REUNION AT JESSIE McCLYMONT'S HOME IN BRISBANE.1980.

Much has been said about the legacy that Aunt Jessie left us in the form of a family tree. She also had a gathering of the clan at her home. Here are some pictures of family who attended on the day.

Here is Jessie on the right talking with Sue and David McClymont.( He is a descendant of the first born Thomas.)

The second group are all siblings whose father was Robert McClymont, the tenth born Manuka son who actually managed Manuka for his mother after his father, Alexander, died. Archibald, Judith, Ian and Cameron.

Seated on the chair is Doctor Donald McClymont and his wife Burnie of Rockhampton. He was the son of the eleventh born Hugh. Dr. McClymont and his wife have only died in the last couple of years after living their life in Rockhampton.

THE SlIDE SHOW AND FAMILY TREE

Well, it has been a long time since I added anything to this. However I have finally sent out copies of the family tree and the slide show of old family photos too. As there were so many people requesting these I decided to send them to one member of each branch of the family and asked them to assist me by forwarding on copies to their relatives who had wanted them also.

The hold up was mainly because when the photos were copied the names did not always come across. If you have unnamed pictures do ask me by email and I can tell you who is who.

Some of us have now had contact with McClymont descendants from such places as New Zealand. They have been looking at our blog with all the reunion shots!

I still plan to do an online book of all the history we recorded on these blogs. So... do check it occassionaly and I will post a blog when it is done. Could be a couple of months away.

Should anyone else who wants copies or does not recieve them from other family -then just send me an email on the mcclymontmanuka at (substitute @ for 'at' here) gmail.com I will happily oblige.

RELICS FROM THE PAST.

A recent email from Mac McClymont who was in attendance at the reunion, contained some interesting pictures for us to share. He is a descendant of 'Old Mac' as he calls Alexander who was the nineth born of the fourteen. One of the items was a table that had been hand carved. Perhaps it was another of Isabella's (Isa) works. There is also a picture of the writing box that had belonged to 'Old Mac'.

However , one of the most fascinating items was a seal stamp to emboss paper with "Manuka Inverell". As Mac says, "I have included a sheet of paper with the embossing on it. I had darkened the embossing with pencil so it would show up in the photo."

HOW IT WORKS. This form of embossing has been used for years in the Queensland Courts for putting seals on Grants of Probate. There are two plates in the machine. The one on the bottom has the print raised and the one on the top has the print recessed so that when sheets of paper are inserted between the plates and the pressure is applied then an image of the words are embossed on all of the pages. The top page usually has a red seal on it onto which the embossing is aligned, which made it a readable seal. It was used as a security device to prevent new pages being inserted into the document.