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Cornwall Lookup Requests / Re: POLLARD-COCK of Redruth area
« on: Thursday 02 June 22 05:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
thanks for your reply. It's been a while since I have seen anything on this topic, and I have learnt more about these people since doing so.
I'm interested in where you found this information, but we may be talking about different William Cocks. My understanding is that William, the husband of Margaret Penberthy, died in Redruth in December 1822, aged about 40. My last record on Margaret is in the 1851 Census, when she was 68 and is recorded as a widow. I have two records of death for a Margaret Cock, both in Redruth. The first is on January 20 1860, the Royal Cornwall Gazette noted the death at Redruth of Mrs Margaret Cock, aged 76, on January 11. The age equates with Margaret’s birth date, but given her humble circumstances I'm surprised she gets a mention in the Gazette. Her residence is noted in Cornwall Online Parish Clerks' database as The Hill.
Another Margaret Cock is registered as dying in Redruth in the Oct-Dec quarter of 1852. No age given.
Their son William Cock, emigrated to South Australia about 1840 and died there in April 1851.
So I'd be really interested to see your information on William.

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Devon / Re: George FRY, convict, of Axminster
« on: Monday 06 May 13 03:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

There were three George Frys transported as convicts to Tasmania/Van Diemans Land: one arrived in 1844 aboard the Anson; another in 1851 on the Lady Kennaway; and the other in April 1844 on the Marion. The last is my ancestor.
The Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database shows 18 George Frys born between 1820 and 1897, though there may be some duplication. I can't see there a George Fry marrying an Ellen Allen, though one, born about 1832, marries an Ellen Hull in 1882: Given his age it may be a second marriage... and there it is: Ellen Allen born married Edward Hull in 1854.
If your George was a convict, given he was born about 1831, it's most likely he was the one on the Lady Kennaway, I'd guess.

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: THE PORT FAMILY OF HERNE BAY AREA- 1851 lookup request
« on: Tuesday 18 September 12 00:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

We'll get back to you in the next couple of days. Things a bit hectic here at the moment.

Jeni

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: THE PORT FAMILY OF HERNE BAY AREA- 1851 lookup request
« on: Tuesday 21 August 12 10:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi Alex,

we are indeed related. Randall Port (b 1791) was my 3x great grandfather, but my line runs through his first wife, Frances Philpott, and their first son James Port, (1814-1853) who was Albert's father.

You are connected through Randall's second wife, Sophia Beer.

If you want to know more, we can take you back another five or six generations of Ports.

cheers cousin,
Jeni

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Lanarkshire / Re: Daniel FRENCH of Lanark
« on: Tuesday 15 May 12 09:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi Bishfish,

thanks for your reply. My original query was about five years ago and I have filled in many of the holes since then, thanks largely to the Monaro Pioneers Project.

Good luck with your research.

GazT

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: THE PORT FAMILY OF HERNE BAY AREA- 1851 lookup request
« on: Friday 09 March 12 08:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Kathy,

stumbled across this thread on Google while planning a trip to Kent to see the Port's ancestral places, but don't know how long ago you posted it. I can answer a couple of your questions:  Albert Adolphus Morris Port was my great grandfather. He was born on 1 Aug 1851 in Reculver and christened there on 26 October that year.
Sometime in the late 1860s or early 1870s he migrated to Victoria, Australia, probably to seek gold or work on the goldfields. In January 1874, he married Eliza Edwards (1858 - 1918) in Clunes, Victoria. They had nine children.
Albert was a labourer and lived most of his married life in South Melbourne. He passed away on 27 May 1928 in Adelaide, South Australia, of cardiac failure. I believe he had been living with his youngest daughter Amy Florence, married name Keyhoe.
His mother Harriet died in Mar 1889, with the death registered in Blean. She had been living with her daughter Mary Jane (Fanny). I don't know when James Port died.
The Ports can be gtraced back to the early 1600s.

Best wishes
Jeni Port
Melbourne

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Tyrone / Re: LOOKUP REQ - BURNS Tyrone
« on: Wednesday 25 January 12 21:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Rabbit B (and Aussie Pom, if you're still reading this thread)

I think I've found Elizabeth and Joseph Burns, the original subjects of AP's request. It looks like they arrived in Melbourne aboard the Morning Light on 26 July 1864 with 18-year-old elder brother (I presume) Hugh Burns. This was a full nine months after their mother and siblings arrived.  Elizabeth would have been eight and Joseph 10 at the time of arrival and I dont know how common it would have been for children to remain in the home country with an older sibling after their parents had emigrated.

Elizabeth married a David John Powell on 1 December 1872, with the consent of her mother, given she was not yet 17. She died in February 1944 after having a dozen children.

No idea what might have happened to Hugh or Joseph and if anyone can help, I'd be grateful

GazT

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Tyrone / Re: LOOKUP REQ - BURNS Tyrone
« on: Sunday 15 January 12 02:14 GMT (UK)  »
Rabbit B

Thanks for that, though I can't find matching Burnses in Liverpool in 1861, though Mary Ann and the five children embarked from there in July 1863.

I dug up Mary Ann (junior's) marriage certificate here in Melbourne and it lists her father James as "outfitter", so I think it's a very good chance he is the same person in the directory selling clothes at Bridge End.

cheers and thanks
GazT


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Tyrone / Re: LOOKUP REQ - BURNS Tyrone
« on: Saturday 14 January 12 21:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Rabbit B & Elwyn,

Mary Ann Burns, daughter of James & Mary Ann, lists James as a farmer on her marriage certificate but I know that could easily be a mistake as she was 11 or 12 when she arrived in Australia. I saw a listing from, I think 1846 that had James as a clothing dealer at Bridge End.

Rabbit, you talk about census info on, I presume, Mary Ann McLoughlin. What year is that and what does it show?

GazT

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