Brick Wall

Below are some of the 'brick walls' our members have hit in their research - perhaps you can help?
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Member no. 307	Edward George KELLY, son of Edward & Rhoda (nee JOHNSTON), b c1855 Fivemiletown Co Tyrone Ireland d 1947 Lithgow NSW. Seeking date of birth and place and arrival in Australia
Member no. 286	Sarah CAMERON b c1815 Symington Ayrshire Scotland, marr. Charles LEE 1845 Lochwinnoch Renfrewshire Scotland, d Blantyre Lanarkshire Scotland.
Member no. 310	James Benjamin WINSTANLEY b c1802 Surrey or London area. Seeking exact date & parents' names
Member no. 12	Henry HARRIS arr. O'Connell NSW 1836 to manage his brother's property. Brother a doctor in Sydney. Seeking date of birth & how arrived
Member no. 11	Edmund MARA b Waterford Ireland son of John MARA & Mary MALONEY, arr. 1841 Sydney on "Glenswilly", marr. Martha SHARPE 1845 Bathurst NSW, settled Kirkconnell NSW
Member no. 402	James DIXON came free possibly per "Derwent" marr. 1841 Susannah EMMERSON at Myrtle Creek, died between 1841 & 1854. Seeking information re his birth, death & arrival in Australia
Member no. 402	Thomas James CARR b c1815 Nottingham England marr Hannah Matilda COUGHLAN Byng NSW 1854 d c1888 Cowra NSW. Seeking date & place of arrival in Australia
Helen hmt4917@bigpond.com	Edward Alphonsus BURGESS & his wife Rose Agnes BROWN, marr. in St Joseph's Catholic church Southampton in 1885. Chn: Mary Agnes b 1886 Southampton, Madeline Martha b c1889 Sydney & John Alfred b 1891 Melbourne. In 1901 Madeline was found living in Southampton with her BROWN relatives – where were her parents & siblings? Any information re. this family sought.
Member no. 147	BALDWIN, Agnes possibly born at sea 1831/2. Married John WESTON 1847 Sydney. Parents were Robert BALDWIN and ?. Searching for mothers' maiden name, possibly NELSON.
Member no. 1	COUGHLAN, (and other variations of spelling) Catherine or Caroline arrived on "Panama" 1850 an Irish orphan from Co. Mayo married John EVANS 1855. But was she married before? Searching for a previous marriage, possibly to a CARTER, and any previous issue.

These are some convicts whose details have proved elusive for some of our members

Member no. 307	Susannah EMMERSON, arr. "Diana" 1833 marr. 1841 James DIXON Myrtle Creek / Wingello NSW. Seeking her date & place of birth & details of her first marriage to Joseph EMMERSON
Member no. 45	John BARTON arr. "Dromedary" 1820 marr. 1832 at Evan Elizabeth MURPHY who arr. on "Edward" 1829. Seeking deaths & burials of both.
Member no. 236	Edwin BUCKLEY b 1821 Lancashire, tried Lancaster Quarter Sessions 27 May 1839, arr. Maitland 1840
Member no. 11	James MEAD b Northampton England, arr. 1825 on "Norfolk", marr. Ann Clenore ELCOCK 1834 Bathurst NSW - had 12 children

Some useful sites:

Lithgow Council

National Archives of Australia

National Library of Australia

NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages

NSW State Library

NSW State Records

Vic State Records

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Page updated 20 Oct 2005