Episode notes
Photograph: Ray Strong 'Glenbrae' Jaspers Brush by Therese Sweeney.
Introduction: Glenbrae home to 6 generations of Strongs who lived on Strongs Rd.
Ray Strong is the grandson of William & Eliza Jane Strong (nee:Boyd).
Rays grandfather William arrived on the Ocean Empress in 1864 with his cousin Alexander-both were 15. They had grown up together in a densely packed house on Loughros Point, County Donegal Northern Ireland. They then steamed down the South Coast to Broughton Creek Wharf. 40 members, from 6 related irish families had arrived on the Ocean Empress.
William & Eliza had 5 sons and 3 daughters - 2 children dying in infancy. They built a home named Glenview, now known as Strongs Rd.Jaspers Brush. Their youngest born William John Strong b 1888 is Ray's father.
William married Margaret ...
Keywords
Berry NSW, Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, Jaspers Brush NSW, Dairying, 20th century farming, David Berry