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« on: Friday 06 January 12 20:32 GMT (UK) »
Hello Whatz,
This is my second attempt to send this reply. The first I managed to lose when doing the spell check. Hopefully I will be more successful second time around.
If memory serves me correctly the copy of the handwritten letter together with a typed transcription was given to me by a distant cousin who was living in South Australia at the time. She had attended a Whittaker family reunion where she had been welcomed as a direct descendant of Charles Molloy.
It was only quite recently that I dissected the letter into possible location names and families. For the locations once I looked at them phonetically and cross referenced to the handwritten letter the possibility of an incorrect transcription became probable.
Of course this then paved the way for me to locate Charles Molloy and Jain Whittakers' children as mentioned in the letter as well as their subsequent families.
Additional information provided on various websites suggests that the parents of Charles Molloy could be Warren Molloy and Elizabeth Dobbins. I do not have any proof of that, yet I do believe it to be so. A sibling of Charles Molloy was Sarah Molloy who married John Handibo. John Handibo was transported to Australia in 1830 for stealing a sheep. Sarah followed him in 1836 with their surviving children. John Handibo's parents are listed as James Handebo and Ann Dobbins. Interesting!!
John Handibo and Sarah Molloy moved to the Armidale area of NSW, Australia and were residents of that area until their deaths in 1865 and 1862 respectively. Likewise Charles Warren Molloy after he married Elizabeth Ward in 1862. Note the introduction of Warren as a family name as it continues down through the generations. By the time of the birth of their son, Charles Warren Molloy in 1866, they too, were living in the Armidale area. Was it merely a coincidence that they moved to the same area or was it possible that Charles Warren Molloy knew prior to his arrival in Australia where his Aunt and Uncle were living?
Thank you for the information re the parentage for Jain Whittaker and your lineage. Do you have any knowlege of her other siblings and their movements?
Best wishes,
Trappa