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have been given Thomas Mott's direct line back to 1650 although have not proven it myself & probably it's impossible - at least by me.  I imagine you already have all that.

Am really quite interested in the social history of our Mott/Little family (1780+ to 1860).  I'd like to be able to describe what sort of lives they lived and what it looked like in that period - tend to look for pictures & anecdotes etc to illustrate my stories.

Did any of your lot come to Oz?

One of James' brothers, John came to Oz with the honeymooners but haven't found him yet.  James & Ellen went to the goldmining settlement of Creswick just out of Ballarat.  He became a miner - not very sucessful.  The early days would've been miserable as it was winter & it snows there...great in a tent or lean-to!  They had 11 kids - four survived to adulthood & I have had fun chasing them down.
James also had an elder half-sister by his Mother Sarah Mott.  Have just discovered she married a John Mott (not found to be related as yet) and came to Oz abt 1851/2 & went farming in South Australia.  James' daughter ended up marrying her 1st cousin by James's half-sister.  The Motts had moved to Ballarat, Victoria by then, most likely also following the gold trail.  It was nothing for people to walk hundreds of kilometres, and across states.  There are related Motts & Littles all over Victoria & descendants in most other states.  Motts were very prevalent in South Australia as well.
On which line are your Littles & Motts?

My Wrights are difficult.  Some of the kids may have come out but have not concentrated on them yet - however, Victoria had lots of English Wrights as well in those days.  Want to find their English roots first.

Gt Gt Grandparents were
James Little (1801-1847) b. Essex  and Sarah Mott (1802-1861) b. Rettendon - married 1825 in Rawreth, Essex.  Sarah's parents were Thomas Mott (1759-1821) and Jane Swan (1778).
and
John Wright (b.abt 1801 Hadleigh, Suffolk) and Tamer (?) b. abt 1811 in Gt Wakering, Essex.  Sarah died Southchurch 1852 - (no maiden name on Death Cert.)

Both families lived in Southchurch for 1841 and 1851 Censi - next door neighbours.  Their children James Little b.1832 & Ellen Wright b. 1835, both in Southchurch - married, also in Southchurch in Nov 1858.....for their honeymoon they left for Australia!

Wondering if anyone has any connection to either family and particularly interested in the Wrights as have hit a brick wall there.  Have 10 children for this family from 1832 to 1850 but can't trace either John or Tamer's parents

My father Denis Fitzsimmons Dunbar (1903-1966) born in Calcutta, India in 1903 sent to Boarding school in Cambridge - c.1911-1920.  WW2 Australian Attestment papers say he was in the R.O.T.C. (? school cadets) in Cambridge in 1915-1918.  Want info re which school and about R.O.T.C.,  & when returned to India.  (Went to Adelaide South Australia in 1927):  ???became a teacher first in India then Australia from 1928.