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1.  My g-grandparents came to Australia in 1868.  Their ship, the Landsborough, left from the Downs in 1867.  What/where is that, please?  I gather from the rest of the info that it is in London.

2.  Is there anywhere on the Net that I can find an index that will give me a marriage in Hong Kong, I think in the 1870s, between two British nationals?  He was a sea captain and she went from England to Hong Kong to marry him.

Thanks!

MarieC

Hi Rootschatters

I've been searching industriously in England, and am now wanting to venture into another part of the family in Ireland.  If anyone can advise this Aussie, I'll be very grateful!  I have read that Irish censuses largely don't exist for the 19th century.

I am looking for siblings of my g-grandfather, Edmund Huband Smith (later hyphenated).  He was born 1837, apparently in Co Tyrone, though his father, Joseph Huband Smith, was a Dubliner.  As a young man, Joseph lived at 1 Fitzwilliam St North, Dublin.  He married Catherine Cecilia Jephson in 1835 and then seemed to have lived at 2 Holles St, Dublin - he was a barrister.

There may have been a family connection to the church of St Nicholas Without in Dublin.

We think one sibling may have been called Jephson Huband Smith and possibly another Josephine Huband Smith, but do not know for sure.

I would also like to find out death details for Joseph (who we believe died c. 1882) and his wife Catherine.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find this information, please?  It is hard, from this side of the world!

MarieC

Dear Rootschatters

Someone in England may know the answers to these two questions - would be delighted with any information!

1.  My great-great-grandparents were married by licence at the Parish Church of St Marylebone in 1838.  This was a devout Anglican family and became quite Anglo-Catholic - their son was a Church of England priest.  I am wondering what might be possible reasons for marrying by licence rather than having the banns read?

2.  While visiting England briefly in June (I live in Australia), I tracked down the grave of the priest referred to above, in Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford.  On the grave was a decaying wooden memorial, a wooden cross with a sort of "roof", two pieces of wood going from the top of the cross to the ends of the arms, giving it a shrine-like appearance.  I asked several people in Oxford, including the church office, about this, without success.  Does anyone know what it means?

Thanks a lot,

Marie

Hi,

I am looking for my great-grandparents, Edmund and Caroline Huband-Smith, who arrived in NSW from England in late 1867 or early 1868.  I do not know the ship.  They do not seem to have been assisted immigrants and so far I am unable to find them.  Any help would be very much appreciated!

MarieC