Week 3 #nfhm2017 Blogging Challenge - All the Rivers Run

Having possibly bored everybody (including myself) to death with the last post, you will be pleased to know I'm going to keep this one short and sweet.

I've decided to list all the rivers that might have a connection to my ancestors (oh and me too - why not?)

And here is a suitable literary quote...

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” 

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Here they are in alphabetical order with pictures wherever possible and the surname/s of the family/ies I am researching afterwards:

Afon Seiont, North Caernarvon, Wales- JONES (Afon  means river in Welsh)

Welsh Countryside by Nelo Hotsuma from Flickr - some rights reserved

Aray River, Inverary, Scotland - SINCLAIR

Inverary Castle and River Aray by David Jones on Flickr - some rights reserved

Brisbane River, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - DAW, CONNER

Grey Street Bridge and Mt Cooth-ha , Brisbane from pellethepoet on Flickr - some rights reserved

Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall, England - ADNAMS

Image from page 78 of "The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts" (1897) Falmouth Harbour into which the River Fal empties through Carrick Roads - no known copyright restrictions from Flickr

Cook's River, Sydney, Australia - CONNER, CARRETT, STORES, PARKES

My father's beloved older brother Ted with one of the boats he used to make on Cooks River.  The Conners lived at Riverview Road Undercliffe.

Ebble River, Bishopstone, Wiltshire - CASE, MUSSEL, PERCY

Clapper bridge, Bishopstone

 cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Maigheach-gheal - geograph.org.uk/p/2856347

Forth River, Stirling, Scotland - FORFAR

Image taken from page 45 of 'British Battles on Land and Sea' by James Grant of the 62nd Regiment 1873 - The British Library - no know copyright restrictions 

Halfway River, Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, Canada - FORFAR

From the Prince George Citizen 25 January 1940 about my great-great-uncle Ernest Albert Forfar: 

Forfar came to the Fort St James district from the Peace River Block where he was one of the first settlers to pre-empt land on Halfway River.  He later joined the B.C. police force and was stationed at Hudson's Hope for several years.  He was transferred to Fort Fraser and acted as policeman and game warden there previous to embarking in the hotel and big game guide business at Fort St James in 1927. 

Peace River Storm - This is at the mouth of the Halfway River as it runs into the Peace River halfway between Taylor and Hudson's Hope by Gerry on Flickr - Some Rights Reserved

Hawkesbury River, Windsor, NSW, Australia - HOBBS/NOBBS

Sunset over the Hawkesbury River near Windsor from Sacha Fernandez on Flickr - some rights reserved

Irwell River, Manchester, England - SOUTHERN

The river Irwell at the Adelphi, 1924 - Lowry  - some rights reserved

Liffey River, Dublin, Ireland - HESLIN

SS Adolphine - National Library of Ireland date c. 1880 - no known copyright restrictions

Murrumbidgee River, near Yass, NSW -  TAYLOR

Burrinjuck at the Taemas Bridge from Brian Yap on Flickr - some rights reserved

Thames River, London, England - CONNER, FOYNE

River Thames, London by Dimitri Anikin on Flickr - some rights reserved

Yass River, Gundaroo, NSW - CASE

On the Yass River, NSW c. 1880 - John Henry Harvey - out of copyright, courtesy of State Library Victoria

How are you going with your blogging?  I've learned so much doing this post.  Geography was never really my thing so I've learned about which ancestors lived near rivers and which didn't.  And now I know the names of lots more rivers than I did before.  How about you? Have you been to any of these rivers?  Do your ancestors share the same rivers as mine?