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Australia / Re: Robert Pate & Mary Elizabeth Brown, Hobart 1850s
« on: Friday 26 November 21 20:11 GMT (UK) »
Thanks again Matthew.
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Australia / Re: Robert Pate & Mary Elizabeth Brown, Hobart 1850s
« on: Friday 26 November 21 18:08 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for all that too Matthew. Most intersting. I've now got the Charles Barrie book on order thats mentioned in wiki.
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Australia / Re: Robert Pate & Mary Elizabeth Brown, Hobart 1850s
« on: Friday 26 November 21 17:14 GMT (UK) »
Wow Christine, thank you so much - lots of new bits there for me - I had never found her parents or anything much about her.
So many leads to follow now - much appreciated.
So many leads to follow now - much appreciated.
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Australia / Robert Pate & Mary Elizabeth Brown, Hobart 1850s
« on: Friday 26 November 21 15:04 GMT (UK) »
Robert Pate was a distant relative of my husband.
He was sent to Tasmania in 1850 after attacking Queen Victoria.
He then seems to have married Mary Elizabeth Brown in 1857 - I've found online that she was classed as a wealthy 'heiress' but cannot find any more on her. Was she from a well known local family i wonder?
Also I would be intereseted to know more of Robert's time there - he seems to have spent time at the Cascades - he was sentenced to 7 years deportation and later returned to LOndon in the 1860s.
He was sent to Tasmania in 1850 after attacking Queen Victoria.
He then seems to have married Mary Elizabeth Brown in 1857 - I've found online that she was classed as a wealthy 'heiress' but cannot find any more on her. Was she from a well known local family i wonder?
Also I would be intereseted to know more of Robert's time there - he seems to have spent time at the Cascades - he was sentenced to 7 years deportation and later returned to LOndon in the 1860s.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: How satisfied are you with your DNA test experience?
« on: Tuesday 09 April 19 11:45 BST (UK) »
Yes thanks am on the beta version.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: How satisfied are you with your DNA test experience?
« on: Tuesday 09 April 19 10:25 BST (UK) »
Thanks Pheno - yes have checked unlinked trees etc and have followed up a few other DNA links but its just odd I thought for people to take the test and then have no tree there for you to compare. With so many links showing up but no way of knowing which ones are connected where its often like a needle in a haystack - whereas if they have trees at least you can dig around to find out possible local links.
With all my matches I have almost 33k and its so annoying to have people showing but no trees to find out where. If you know which line it might be then its much easier to pick which oens to pursue.
Do people just take the test and then do nothing with it I wonder?
With all my matches I have almost 33k and its so annoying to have people showing but no trees to find out where. If you know which line it might be then its much easier to pick which oens to pursue.
Do people just take the test and then do nothing with it I wonder?
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: How satisfied are you with your DNA test experience?
« on: Tuesday 09 April 19 09:41 BST (UK) »
Not read all the replies here but I do agree with the original poster. Took my test in Jan and have had no amazing revelations - as said most people I link with have no tree or its private - so how can we ever find a link? I've not pursued many of the 'tips' with DNA - think I did contact one or two with no responses - have connected vaguely with one person but think we'd have done that anyway.
Some people have had such a good response with their DNA I was wondering if I was going about it all the wrong way - I have an open tree with 12k people in so plenty there for connections to show.
I've got 250 4th cousins or closer apparently.
Some people have had such a good response with their DNA I was wondering if I was going about it all the wrong way - I have an open tree with 12k people in so plenty there for connections to show.
I've got 250 4th cousins or closer apparently.
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Monmouthshire / Re: Chepstow Military Hospital 1920s
« on: Saturday 23 February 19 11:34 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Richard - nice to hear the patients were treated with respect like that.
The St Lawrence hospital was from 1942.
The St Lawrence hospital was from 1942.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Ancestry DNA testing for two
« on: Sunday 17 February 19 20:38 GMT (UK) »
Thanks Margaret.