I like living in Australia because you can be from any country and there are caring people everywhere.

I am from the Cresp and Lugton family. My Mum was in the Lugton family before she married my Dad and my Dad is from the Cresp family.

The first Cresp came from Antibes France. His name was Joshephin Cresp and his parent’s names were Catherine Tassanari and Joseph Louis Cresp.

Joshephin Cresp went to school at the Sea of Life he grew up to be a sailor, soldier, log builder and a builder.

He went on a ship at the age of nine to work as a sailor with his Uncle. He left France at the age of thirteen and he went to fight for the Union in the Civil World War from January 1864 to 1866 He finished the war at the age of sixteen.

When he came back to France at the age of eighteen he was a builder.

When he turned twenty one he left a ship going to Australia as a sailor when the ship arrived at Australia instead of staying on the ship and going back to France he decided to stay at Australia and build a house so he did.

He then married an Irish woman her name was Catherine O Connor they then had seven children their names are Mary Kathleen, George Daniel, Margret Patricia, James Thomas, Joan Ellen, Michael John, Lawrence Francis.

On my Mum’s side they came from Scotland to Australia this was just before the First World War. They moved to set up an engineering company called Lugton and Co they set it up in Lonsdale Street.

The Lugtons came out from Scotland in the 1850s they settled in Melbourne. They were known as J.A. Lugton & Sons Engineering and had their works in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. The printing can still be seen today. The Lugtons were all involved in engineering and construction.

In World War I, there were two Lugton brothers my great uncles were both footballers for Melbourne and also played cricket for Victoria. They were both killed in France during World War I, there is a street in Fairfield, Victoria named after them Lugton Street.

My Great Great Uncle’s name was Frank Lugton. He went to the World War l, but sadly he died in the war and in Fairfield Melbourne they named a street after him it is called Lugton Street.

Submitted by Madeleine