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Hi,

I am looking for any information on the sisters Clara & Mary Louisa Kearns/Cairns.

Clara was born abt 1841 and according to her Australian Death Certificate was born in Armagh. Her sister Mary Louisa was born abt 1848.  Father is listed as Marmaduke Montague Kearns and mother is Mary Nugent. Death certificates state the Marmaduke was in the military. Mary and Clara where catholics.

Clara came to Australia on the "Beejapore" in 1863 but I cannot find any record of Mary's immigration to Australia.

Just to make it more interesting, Clara's Australian marriage certificate shows her parents as Patrick Kearns and mother Cath Syne.

All three certificates have Kearns spelt either Kearns or Cairns.

Debra

Thanks for the info and thanks JM for the offer of assistance.

Deb

Hi,

Was wondering if someone could tell me what this record means. Is it saying that the ages of the convicts are only 1,2 and 4 etc? Are these children of convicts. The one I am interested in is William Burchell, 9th from the bottom. Is he "1" when the Asia arrived in 1820, and can someone read what the employment is?

Debra

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Back in May I paid for research at the Archives office in Kew for my GGG Grandfathers RIC Service records. I have contacted them several times and they advised that they were sent in June. They were obviously lost in the post. Now they wont even respond to my correspondence. My only option now is to pay again.

Before I do that I was wondering if anyone has access to these records of if they were themselves going to do research at Kew themselves and if they could perhaps look this up for me. I have his service number. I would be prepared to pay for any  out of pocket expenses. As I live in Australia I cannot get there myself.

Thanks
Debra

Thanks Chas for your help. I will have a look at that.

I have contacted the Somerset Forum but no help I'm afraid.

Deb