Which Australian notable are you most closely connected to?

Question

We're looking at some notable Aussies in the Connection Finder this week in conjunction with our most recent WikiTree 7X7 Challenge, in cooperation with the Society of Australian Genealogists.

Here are some Australian notables to check your connection to:

• James Bourn, convict
• Hosea Easton, musician
• Errol Flynn, actor
• Oliver Heggie, actor
• Jessie Hill, researcher
• Adelaide Ironside, artist
• Andrew "Banjo" Paterson, author
• Herbert Rumsey, genealogist
• Ruby Hunter, musician
• Quong Tart, tea merchant and philanthropist
• Dora May Wicks

Which one is most closely connected to you? If you're one of the 28.4 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

In addition to the above and our many Featured Connections, you can check your connections to any category on WikiTree, such as Australian Notables and Australian authors. Click the green MyConnections button in the upper right hand corner of the category page.

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Answer 1

I am most closely connected to Errol Flynn at 22 degrees of separation:

• 22 degrees from Errol Flynn
• 23 degrees from Hosea Easton
• 23 degrees from Oliver Heggie
• 24 degrees from Banjo Paterson
• 24 degrees from Moi Quong Tart
• 25 degrees from Adelaide Ironside
• 25 degrees from Dora Wicks
• 26 degrees from James Bourn
• 27 degrees from Herbert Rumsey
• 28 degrees from Jess Hill
• 33 degrees from Ruby Hunter

Answer 2

19 degrees from Hosea Easton
19 degrees from Oliver Heggie
20 degrees from Banjo Paterson (13th cousins, 5x removed)
20 degrees from Errol Flynn (19th cousins)
21 degrees from Dora Wicks
21 degrees from Adelaide Ironside
22 degrees from Jess Hill
24 degrees from Herbert Rumsey
24 degrees from Moi Quong Tart
25 degrees from James Bourn
30 degrees from Ruby Hunter

Answer 3

Errol Flynn 17th cousin

Answer 4

19 degrees from Adelaide Ironside.

20 degrees from Oliver Heggie.

21 degrees from James Bourn.

21 degrees from Errol Flynn. 15th cousin 1  time removed. MRCA Ann (Huddleston) Curwen (1453 - abt 1502).

21 degrees from Banjo Paterson. 13th cousin 4 times removed. MRCA Margaret (Beauchamp) Welles (abt 1410 - bef 1482).

21 degrees from Moi Quong Tart.

22 degrees from Hosea Easton.

22 degrees from Dora Wicks.

25 degrees from Herbert Rumsey.

27 degrees from Jess Hill.

28 degrees from Ruby Hunter.

Answer 5

20 degrees from these four individuals:  Errol Flynn (17th cousin), Oliver Heggie, Hosea Easton, and Adelaide Ironside (the last three are not related to me).

Another cousin:

Andrew "Banjo" Paterson -- 15th cousin, 3 times removed

Comments

I have an awful memory, but did I mention we're 17C? :)

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Hello, Cousin!

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Hello yourself :)

Answer 6

21 degrees from all of these: Andrew "Banjo" Paterson (15th cousin, 5 times removed), Errol Flynn (18th cousin, twice removed), and Quong Tart (no relation).

Answer 7

I am most closely connected to Errol Flynn and Herbert Rumsey at 21 degrees.

Answer 8

I am related to one Notable from 'Down Under':

Errol Flynn: 22 degrees; 20th cousins/1xr MRCA Joane (Holand) Radcliffe

Other non-related Notable Australians by degree:

20 degrees: Oliver Heggie and Banjo Paterson; 21 degrees: Hosea Easton; 22 degrees: Dora Wicks; 23 degrees: Jessie Hill, Herbert Rumsey and Adeliade Ironside; 24 degrees: James Bourn and Moi Quong Tart; 34 degrees: Ruby Hunter

G'day, mates!

Answer 9

•  25 degrees from James Bourn
•  17 degrees from Hosea Easton
•  22 degrees from Errol Flynn 18th cousin
•  18 degrees from Oliver Heggie
• 27 degrees from Jess Hill
•  31 degrees from Ruby Hunter
•  22 degrees from Adelaide Ironside
•  22 degrees from Banjo Paterson 13th C 3xr
•  26 degrees from Herbert Rumsey
•  23 degrees from Moi Quong Tart
• 24 degrees from Dora Wicks 

Comments

Hey Judy, me too (Flynn and Paterson)...so just checking, and it turns out we're 15C1R via Isabel (Willoughby) Bessingby :)

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Hey Elizabeth, that's awesome!  Thanks for the information!

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Actually, if you check the people on here, you'll find that a lot are "cousins" lol :) ...we're just one huge family here :)

Answer 10

Via connections, I am mostly connected to both Hosea Easton and Oliver Heggie at 20 degrees, no blood relation.

Ancestors and Cousins:

22 degrees - Errol Flynn (16th cousins) - MRCA - Henry Boynton
24 degrees - Banjo Paterson (14th cousins, 3x) - MRCA - John (Scrope) le Scrope

Connections:

20 degrees - Hosea Easton
20 degrees - Oliver Heggie
21 degrees - Adriana Hazelton
21 degrees - Quong Tart
22 degrees - Adelaide Ironside
23 degrees - Herbert Rumsey
23 degrees - Dora May Wicks
26 degrees - James Bourn
27 degrees - Jessie Hill
34 degrees - Ruby Hunter

Answer 11

• 20 degrees - Dora Wicks
• 21 degrees - Oliver Heggie
• 21 degrees - Adelaide Ironside
• 21 degrees - Banjo Paterson - 18C5R - MRCA Elizabeth (Samlesbury) de Holand (abt. 1253 - aft. 1311)
• 23 degrees - Hosea Easton
• 23 degrees - Errol Flynn
• 24 degrees - James Bourn
• 24 degrees - Jess Hill
• 24 degrees - Herbert Rumsey
• 26 degrees - Moi Quong Tart
• 35 degrees - Ruby Hunter

Answer 12

I am closest at 19 degrees from each of Hosea Fletcher and Banjo Patterson, but no close relationship to either.

Answer 13

Quite a few close-ish connections on this one:

15 degrees from Adelaide Ironside
15 degrees from Dora Wicks 
17 degrees from Banjo Paterson 13 cousins 3x removed
17 degrees from Herbert Rumsey
17 degrees from James Bourn
18 degrees from Moi Quong Tart
19 degrees from Jess Hill
20 degrees from Errol Flynn 14 cousins 4x removed
20 degrees from Oliver Heggie
26 degrees from Hosea Easton
29 degrees from Ruby Hunter

Answer 14

I am 25 Degrees from Errol Flynn

25 Degrees from Banjo Paterson

25 Degrees from Adelaide  Ironside

26 Degrees from Herbert Ramsey

26 Degrees from Moi Quong Tart

27 Degrees from Hosea Easton

27 Degrees from Oliver Heggie

27 Degrees from Dora Wicks

28 Degrees from Jess Hill

29 Degrees from Adriana Hazelton

30 Degrees from James Button

37 Degrees from Ruby Hunter

Answer 15

I am related to Banjo Patterson and Errol Flynn.

Banjo Patterson is my 13th cousin 4 times removed, both descendants of Elizabeth (Scrope) le Scrope.

Errol Flynn is my 18th cousin, both descendants of Ela (Ufford) Stapleton

James Bourn I'm 15 degrees of separation

Hosea Easton I'm 27 degrees of separation

Oliver Heggie I'm 22 degrees of separation

Jess Hill I'm 17 degrees of separation

Adelaide Ironside I'm 17 degrees of separation

Herbert Rumsey I'm 17 degrees of separation

Ruby Hunter I'm 29 degrees of separation

Moi Quong Tart I'm 17 degrees of separation

Dora Wicks I'm 15 degrees of separation

Answer 16

18 degrees from Hosea Easton

20 degrees from Oliver Heggie

21 degrees from Dora May Wicks

21 degrees from Quong Tart

21 degrees from Errol Flynn, Flynn-1577, 18th cousin MRCA(s) Margaret (Stafford) Neville, Stafford-75, Ralph Neville KG, Neville-53

22 degrees Adelaide Ironside

23 degrees from Major Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson CBE, Paterson-1121, 13th cousin three times removed MRCA(s) Elizabeth (Scrope) le Scrope, Scrope-27, Henry (Scrope) le Scrope, Scrope-28

25 degrees from Herbert Rumsey

25 degrees from Jess Hill

25 degrees from James Bourn

33 degrees from Ruby Hunter

Answer 17

17 degrees from James Bourn 

Answer 18

12 degrees to James Bourn

Answer 19

Who is Dorothy May Wicks? I'm 15 degrees from her. There's nothing on her profile to say why she's notable; I can't find a wikipedia entry, nor can I find anything (apart from the wikitree page) by googling. Just curious.

Comments

Apparently Dora May Wicks was one of the people suggested by the Society of Australian Genealogists as being important to the Society in some way, and she has German and Indigenous Australian ancestry. https://generationsgenealogyaus.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/wikitree-challenge/

Answer 20

13 degrees from Dora Wicks

14 degrees from Banjo Paterson

 15 degrees from James Bourn,

 15 degrees from Adelaide Ironside, 

16 degrees from Herbert Rumsey, 

16 degrees from Moi Quong Tart,