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The Common Room / Re: Meaning of "Public Business"
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 04:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks majm your reply is very helpful.

I had two ancestors, a father and son, both named Thomas Parnell and your answer gives an indication as to which one the advertisement refers to.  Thomas Parnell snr was an Assistant Surgeon at Richmond/Windsor. His son Thomas Parnell junior was a publican at North Richmond as well as a farmer/squatter.  Your answer suggests that the advertisement most likely refers to Thomas jnr ceasing to run the pub as opposed to Thomas snr retiring from his work as a surgeon. The confusing aspect of this was that Thomas snr did leave the Richmond area but I have not found out when this happened. Thomas jnr didn't leave Richmond until about 1854.

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The Common Room / Meaning of "Public Business"
« on: Thursday 21 November 19 01:30 GMT (UK)  »
The following advertisement was placed in the Sydney Gazette on 4 February 1837.:

"Mr Thomas Parnell of Richmond, having declined the Public Business, and intending to leave this part of the Country, requests all Parties to whom he may be under pecuniary obligation, will be so good as to forward their demands to him on or before 31st March next."

I would be interested to know if anyone can tell me what "having declined the Public Business" might specifically refer to.

Many thanks
Sharon

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The Common Room / Re: Cobb & Co Station "Colane", Nyngan, NSW area
« on: Sunday 08 September 19 08:45 BST (UK)  »
So sorry for my very late reply to "gazania" and "majm":

"gazania"
Thanks for the information re: Cobb & Co routes etc. I found the information that Lees had very interesting.  I'm visiting the National Library in the next couple of weeks so will see if there is a book for NSW routes, like the Tranter book.

"majm"
Thanks for all your help, as usual very thorough. :) The maps will be very helpful for this and other queries I have, in the Nyngan area.

Thank you also for the 2 death notices - I had the one in the SMH but not the Sydney Mail.  What I also found interesting is that both notices (in 1880) only mention his father who had died in 1856, but no mention of his wife and children who were still alive!  Perhaps that was the way in the late 1800s?

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The Common Room / Re: Cobb & Co Station "Colane", Nyngan, NSW area
« on: Saturday 07 September 19 05:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kaybron

Thank you so much for all the information you've given me.  I was just reading your first reply when your other message about maps came through - my husband is going to look at your links.

With regard to the death, there was only a death notice in the SMH from the family, and no report of his death/accident from any newspaper.  I think he may be buried in the Canonba Cemetery.  I've seen a photo of the cemetery, and there are only 3 headstones left now.  I'll have to try to find if he is buried here.

The gentleman in question was my great-great grandfather William Parnell.  Colane Station in 1880 was a large producer of wool and I think he may have been visiting there, as his occupation was a Wool Broker, from Sydney.

I originally found mention of Colane Station north of Nyngan, and when I looked at an article today about the Cobb & Co stops, there was a hand-drawn map with Colane south of Nyngan!! It also talked about it being run by a couple, from memory.  Colane Station, the one you spoke of, is still a very active farm - new owners purchased it in 2003, after being in the one family for many years.

Once again, thanks so much for all your help, I do appreciate it.

Warm regards
Sharon


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The Common Room / Cobb & Co Station "Colane", Nyngan, NSW area
« on: Saturday 07 September 19 03:57 BST (UK)  »
I have an ancestor who fell from a Cobb & Co Coach on 28 Feb 1880, and died.  The family death notice in the SMH of 4 March 1880 advised that he'd died on “February 28, at Colane Station, from internal injuries.”

I’ve found maps that show Colane Station being north of Nyngan, and also a Cobb & Co map that shows Colane being south of Nyngan.  (Colane Station north of Nyngan is a very large property and the Cobb & Co Colane south of Nyngan, was a changing station.)

I'd appreciate any help/advice on the correct location that he died.

Regards
Sharon

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The Common Room / Re: Tattooes on soldier convicted of desertion 1833
« on: Saturday 12 January 19 11:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi whiteout7,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, and the information you've given me - it is much appreciated. I thought it most likely that the D tattoo most likely signified that he was a deserter but had not heard anything about such tattooing of prisoners before. I haven't looked for any records relating to his conviction as I had no idea if such records existed, or where to look for them.

By way of background, his name was Owen Brennan, born c.1803 at Enniskillen, Fermanagh. For reasons unknown he used the alias John McCaffrey when he enlisted. He enlisted in the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons in 1823 and later joined the 47th Regiment. On 14 February 1833 he was convicted at the Dublin Court Martial held at the Royal Barracks in Dublin, of desertion and sentenced to 7 years transportation. After spending 8 months on the hulk Essex in Kingstown harbour, Dublin, John was transferred, as a military convict, to the convict ship Royal Sovereign, which sailed from Dublin on 6 September 1833 and arrived in Sydney, NSW on 19 January 1834. 

I live in Australia - would you happen to know if there is a website I can access court martial documents from here?

Once again, thanks for your reply and help.

Regards
Sharon

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The Common Room / Tattooes on soldier convicted of desertion 1833
« on: Saturday 12 January 19 04:10 GMT (UK)  »
I have an ancestor who was a soldier in Ireland. He was convicted of desertion in 1833, and transported to Australia for 7 years.

He has two tattoos, as follows:

1.  "OBVID 1829" (on the inside of his lower right arm)

2. "D" (on the inside of his upper left arm).  With regard to this tattoo, could this mean deserter?

I would appreciate any help than anyone can offer.

Regards
Sharon


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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Moore family - Leicester
« on: Monday 04 December 17 00:05 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jomot

Thanks for your reply.  As we live in Australia we don't have access to either the TNA or F M P, unfortunately. :(

Once again, thanks for your help.

Warm regards
Sharon

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Leicestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Moore family - Leicester
« on: Saturday 02 December 17 09:23 GMT (UK)  »
Jomot

UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books for the hulk Cumberland:
I have a copy of the above record from Ancestry.com.  There is no mention in this record that the parents of John Moore were at 'Whittick near Loughborough, near the Queen's Head Public House'. Can you tell me where you were able to access this?

The death certificate for John Moore in 1859 in Camden, NSW states that his parents were John Moore and Mary Shaw.   It is not clear how this might relate to the family which appears in the 1841 census for North Main Street, Whitwick that you included. The father was John, which is the same as the death certificate, but the mother was Ann, on his death certificate it was Mary. Also, the Mary mentioned was only 28 in 1841 - so she couldn't be his mother. Mind you, John's wife supplied the information for John's death certificate and for their youngest child, who was born after John's death, and that information could be wrong.

Once again, thanks for all your help.

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