A story connecting branches of the Griffiths and Evans families from Wales and the immigration of one of the merged branches to Australia. Starting with David Griffiths in Aberystwyth in Cardiganshire and John Evans in Merionethshire, this story traces the known lineage of their children and the eventual union between Edward Griffiths and Elizabeth Evans in 1892 at the Holy Trinity Church in Oswestry in the English county of Shropshire. Reeling from a succession of tragedies, the surviving members of that union made the voyage to find a new life in Australia but a dark fate would continue to stalk the family for many years.