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Yes, I thought so too. The person who has the original photo album said the name beside the photo looked like Thomas Williams but he thought the photo was of Robert (senior). We do have a Robert Williams (junior) born 1840 and he had a younger brother, Thomas Albert Williams born 1856 but he died aged 27 yrs of Thyphus in 1884. I think it is more likely Thomas in the photo. Would this fit the date/style of the photo better? He certainly was a spiffy dresser. I will check the family records to see if there was any weddings etc around this time that he may have been attending. Thanks again for all your insights and suggestions.

Hi, is it possible to get an approx. dating of this photo? I was sent this scan by a distant relative who told me it was Robert Williams born 1810 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. I was wondering if his clothing etc could give an indication of when the photo was taken and whether it fits in with how old Robert would have been at the time? If it is possible it would be lovely if it could be cleaned up a little to remove the age spots. Thank you. 

Hi David,

I haven't really made any headway to find concrete evidence of the Clark connection . I would like to find a marriage record for Hannah Hoopers second marriage to William Clark but so far no luck.

George Uley Hoopers second son, William Uley Hooper, married Emily Mary Walton who was connected to my family.

cheers Janine

Thank you so much, the horrible crease is gone.  

Sorry about the poor quality scan but it was sent to me from my sister so I don't have the original photo.

cheers Janine

Sadly my latin is non-existent. Sounds like it's going to be quite a slog.
I have just found that another family of Hartnetts also immigrated to Tasmania two years later. They were sponsored by Patrick Hartnett , presumably more relatives:
Hartnett, John -   age 50 yrs  (Ships Doctor comments he looks more like 70, very sickly, decrepit)
Hartnett, Ellen -   age 48 yrs  (appears to be about 65 yrs, tall, white hair, mouth turned down)
Hartnett, James- age 26 yrs (very tall and strongly built)
Hartnett, John -   age 20 yrs  (well looking, dark eyes, dark hair and complexion)
Hartnett,  Mary-   age 24 yrs (very plain, flaxen hair, freckles, stout figure)
Hartnett, Dennis -age 17 yrs (fine looking lad, straight, tall, protruding mouth)
Hartnett, Betsy -  age 15 yrs (fair complexion, dark eyes, broad nose)

Getting hard to  tell all these Hartnetts apart.

cheers Tigerquoll