The only question is did he remarried again to a Ann in Tassie and maybe have a further family, leaving his first wife in England ?
Regarding "Geelong" see attachment.
A death of a grandson's wife in 1992 is a pretty remote event from a death in 1922 or 1907
Also a previous email requested ages of Walters sons on his death from DC, they were Robert 34 and Thomas 32, there was no relative informant on DC...
I think you meant reply/post not email.
You previously wrote
Children Robert Biddulph aged 24 and Thomas Hedley aged 32.
I questioned Robert's name as it was the same as his birth name but different to his name in the Divorce file - Robert
Theophilus COLLINS.
See Reply#44.It is often the small details that break down brick walls or assist in further research. I cannot find anything about a Robert Biddulph
COLLINS however there was a Theophilus
COLLINS in NSW.
Freya you don't appear to be reading the attachments. I attached Robert's second marriage certificate. Click on the link. I don't post certificates for display on the thread as it breaches copyright. If you convert your information to pdf only the link shows.
Speculative research. I think Ann
McAVOY/McEVOY was a convict from Ireland and noted at married at the time of her transportation. She had an
illegitimate child in 1851. Was it Patrick I wonder as he was noted 'little boy' in a news article in 1858.
I had found much more including Ann's Will however chose not to post the information to allow you to 'draw breathe' and consider the possibility that this Robert was Walter's father.
Many convicts married again as I understand that their TOL did not permit them to return 'home'. If this was Walter's father then how do we know that his mother Jane did not marry again or was deceased by 1858?
I found many items in the Tasmanian newspapers including Robert's insolvency and items about his establishments. I'll leave you to research them. If you could obtain a copy of the
ORIGINAL marriage certificate from GRO [not a transcribed one], then signatures could be compared. I think Robert
COLLINS, clerk, convict was Walter's father.
Cando