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Hi Steve62

Have you found out any more info on Nicholas Bonnitcha/Boniccia/Bonachit, I am just hitting brick walls, he said that he was on the same ship "Sir W F Williams" as Euphemia Fraser and her two sisters Ann & Janet, no info on him as a passenger or a crew member which left Liverpool and arrived in Australia in 1856.
On his Naturalisation papers he said that his parents were Marcello/Marco and Catarina, no last name. His first child was a girl and named Catherine Ann (Catarina), his second child was a boy named Mark (Marcello/Marco), then came Donald, Matthew John, Nicholas, Euphemia, Joseph and then Jessie Madeline. It is funny how only some of the children have two names where others only have one, I wonder if the middle names could be any significance to his relatives or his children names, Catherine, Mark, Nicholas and Euphemia, we know where they came from but what about Donald, Matthew John, Joseph and Jessie Madeline. Could one of these be his brothers, sisters and grandparents names, interesting...
Cheers
Stephen

Hi Stephen,
E-mailed Ragusa again and got no answer.  Telephoned them the other day (thanks for the reminder) and seems no go there either.

Any other info that might pin point something.  The records are somewhere or is it someone is not looking properly here.

Steve

Hi Steve

All I know is that Nicholas at 24 years came to Tasmania in 1856 from Liverpool, England, we don't know if he was a passenger or a crewman, he wasn't mentioned on either lists, he said that he arrived on the same ship "Sir W F Williams" as did his future wife Euphemia Fraser with her two sisters. He always worked on the ships in Tasmania going from Hobart to Melbourne or Sydney, on the ship manifests it was written that he came from Trieste, Italy, he worked on the ships for about 40 years. His parents were Marcello and Catarina with no last names.
On the ship manifests they spelt his name as Bonachit or Bonachi, which eventually turned into of what it is today Bonnitcha which is pronounced Bonni cha with a silent (t). When his children were born the name had different variations like Buoneitach, Bonacich, Bonicha, Bonachi, so his accent must be strong and they had a wild guess and spelt the name how it sounds.
On his naturalization papers in 1909 he said that he came from Ragusa, Austria, so a bit of confusion there. Nicholas died in 25th September 1913 in Hobart, Tasmania and was born 25th December 1833 ?, if this was his true birth date.

This is all I know,

Cheers Stephen

Hi
Can someone tell me if this is an Italian name "Bonaccia" and where it came from Please?
Steve

Thanks Steve, I will wait for your reply, don't apologise, I know that you been busy.

Cheers Stephen

Thank you Debra for all your help and info much appreciated.....Steve