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Much has been written about Prosper de Mestre, and this web site does not hope
to cover those aspects of his life which are well covered in history books. The DE MESTRE WEB SITE looks at the de Mestre family in France, and in Australia. I have included some different aspects of the de Mestre
family.
Prosper's mother, Helene Cottrell (spelt a variety of ways) lived a long and
interesting life. I will include some details of her 3 families soon!
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| Ron, Shirley, Nancy and Ian at the back, Elizabeth and Belinda at the front. |
The DE MESTRE RESEARCHERS
During the last few years, a group of de Mestre descendants have met each other other due to a common interest in
family history. With a common bond, we have shared our research and discovered an amazing wealth of information
on Prosper de Mestre and his family. In 2004 we finally all got together in one place (except Alison Brideson, who was
in Singapore). A picnic at St Davids Church at Haberfield saw all of us getting on like old friends. Marg and Ron Thompson
came from Queensland, Nancy Patterson from Wagga Wagga, Shirley O'Donovan from Sydney, Ian Dobbin from the far north coast
of NSW, I came from the Central Coast and Elizabeth Draper travelled with her husband Lewis all the way from France!
On this day, we were also joined by quite a few other de Mestre descendants who have shown an interest in
the family history. It is hoped this will be the forerunner to a full on family reunion one day.
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| Marg, Nancy, Shirley introducing Elizabeth to lamingtons. |
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