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That's a good point.

Rosa Lacey, born 1852, is buried with her mother Sarah Collins, in the St Kilda cemetery, but with no headstone.

And perhaps the first-born Thomas, who died pre 1851, was indeed Thomas Lacey. 

Further down the line, Lacey appears several times, as you can by clicking on the Tree tab at

http://www.family-trees.com.au/genealogy/individual.php?pid=I14091&ged=Family%20Tree.ged

You have been of great assistance, thank you!

inept

PS

The 1841 Census has Thomas b abt 1817

Thank you keyboard86, or should I call you lightning!

That looks certain to be the correct family.

Thank you very much.

Now we are on a roll, do you have the means of checking the marriage of Thomas and Sarah?  She was possibly Sarah Lacey.

And it seems Sarah journeyed to Australia without her husband Thomas.  Would you have any way of finding out if she was widowed prior to 1854?

inept

Here is a difficult one.

We believe our Irish Hennessy ancestors boarded 'Maryborough' at Liverpool and arrived in Melbourne (Oz) 11 December 1863.

The Hennessy family in December 1863 consisted of:

Simon age 38 (b abt 1825)
Mary age 35 (b abt 1828)
Catherine age 11 (b abt 1852)
Thomas age 10 (b abt 1853)
Martin age 8 (b abt 1855)
James age 3 (b abt 1860)
Eden (infant)

Has anyone noticed birth records for this family, or a marriage record for Simon and Mary?

Further info on what we believe are their descendants are at

http://www.family-trees.com.au/

Any suggestions will be welcomed!

Thanks in advance

inept

Thank you kindly, Oly

inept