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I'm just putting together all the pieces of my family puzzle, and am hoping someone can help me. I need to know if Alexander Moir (b.27/1/1806), son of Francis Moir and Margaret Pirie, is the same Alexander who married Ann Hall in Slains 26 November 1831. and if so, what happened to this family? I can't seem to find anything about them after their son Alexander was baptised in 1832

Charles Plaw Thomas was listed on the 1891 census as a visitor to the household of John and Jane Thomas at age 5 and then on the 1901 census as their son. He used Plaw Thomas his whole life, even on his marriage certificate in 1911 and on the Australian electoral rolls, but if he did know of his origins he never told his children. John Thomas was listed as Charles' father on his marriage and death certificate.

Unfortunately I have nothing on Elizabeth at all, I have searched every record I can think of. Charles was listed as a visitor to the household of John and Jane Thomas in the 1891 census and as their son in the 1901 census. He was known as Charles Plaw Thomas his whole life and always thought of John and Jane as his parents. The only thing I know about John is that his family came from Dodleston and that all of the children of John and Jane were born in Wales. The only record I haven't searched for yet is whether Charles was actually adopted by the Thomas family or was he just taken in and brought up by them. Elizabeth is proving to be a real mystery and the only information I have is where she lived at the time of Charles' birth.

Jenni

My grandmother always maintained her grandfather was a scottish sailor who came from a rich family and in disgrace went to New Zealand, met a maori princess, and married her on the boat on their way to Australia. The truth is he was born in Guernsey, went to New Zealand at 18 with his parents and siblings, married his English-born wife in Christchurch NZ, and came to Australia in 1898 with his family.

Yes, Catherine was born in 1823