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Mentioned in the convict record of his sister Margaret McDonnell, who was tried at Drodhega, Ireland and was transported on the "Arabian" in 1847 to Van Diemen's land. I am presuming that he was there also, since VDL records know about him in 1847.

https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON41-1-12$init=CON41-1-12p98 Margaret McDonnell

I am having trouble finding anything on Patrick McDonnell in Tasmania.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Rodney53

I am hoping for some help in piecing together the details of the life of Captain Robert Gudgeon Johnston. An ancestor of mine married into the Johnston family and my cousins have found the trail has gone cold. We've had no joy trying to find the details of his parents.

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Captain Robert Gudgeon Johnston, born 1794. His marriage certificate lists his birth in Wexford, Ireland, around the time of the New Ross rebellion. The town listed is New Towns, Wexford, Ireland. We have no firm idea of who his parents were. There is a record of a Martha Gudgeon,  baptized 1771 in Suffolk, father Robert and mother Elizabeth. These names repeat across the generations, suggesting, maybe, that Martha was Captain Johnston’s mother, however no link has yet been found.

Married Anna Maria Hartley in 1822 in the British Embassy, Paris.

3 children:

John Cockburn Johnston 1823-1856

Eliza Martha Johnston 1834-1924 (baptised in Plymouth)

Rawson Parke Johnston 1837-1899 (baptised in Plymouth)

(All three children died in N.S.W./Victoria)

Was living in Plymouth in 1838. (Baptism records of children). 

Was in the British Army.

Arrived in the colonies in 1852.   

Was in 1854 appointed magistrate for Port Macquarie NSW.

He died on the way back to England and was buried at sea near the Falkland Islands in 1859.  His will was lodged in NSW,  witness and executor was Edward Denny Day, the famous Police magistrate who locked up lots of bush rangers.
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The search back gets blocked at Capt. Johnston's parents with no names.

Any assistance/additional information/suggestions will be much appreciated.

Rodney53

Btw, I wasn't sure whether to list this inquiry in Australia or the U.K. or Ireland. Is it possible for it to appear in more than one region?

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The 1871 Census record for my great grandmother Mary Ann Oliver (born in Plymouth in 1860) has her living with her parents Francis and Thomasina Oliver at 35 Millbay Road Plymouth  as a 9 y.o. "scholar". I am seeking information about what local schools would have been nearby and where records for those schools might be found/accessible.
The family left Plymouth for Victoria (Australia) in 1876 on the "Lincolnshire". They settled in Bendigo.
Her father Francis Oliver was born in Polperro c. 1825, as was his father William Oliver in or around 1798. Some records point to my Oliver ancestors from Polperro being related to the renowned (infamous?) smuggling family, but we have not been able to confirm this, so any assistance on this would be also welcomed.

Born 1871, Amherst, Victoria. The subject of the attached 1904 South Australia Police gazette report, under the heading of "Apprehensions of The Week". Mentioned in the 1920 death notice of his mother as deceased. Brother of my great-grandmother.
I am trying to find when and where Albert J. Derrick may have died, and where he might be buried. The 1904 report is our last clue.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Rodney53

The death record attached tells that the informant of Jeremiah Quinlan's death in 1869 Tasmania was the undertaker Thomas J. Doolan. The Quinlan family look to have lived in Campbell Town, Jeremiah being the son of William Quinlan and Margaret McDonald.
I am trying to locate the grave of Jeremiah Quinlan in the hope that it will be a family plot with records detailing other family members buried there.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Rodney53