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Hello,

The 1891 Scotland Census (Citation: Parish: Edinburgh St. Cuthberts; ED:62; Page:19; Line:10; Roll: CSSCT1891_342)………this entry for the above creates two difficulties:

(1):   There are four children mentioned Henry (born 1880), Elizabeth (1881), Jesse (1885)
         and Donald (1887).   I can find no evidence of their individual births nor their
         mother's name and her marriage to Henry DORWOOD (assuming there was one!!).   
         He was discharged from the Army in April 1886 after 22 years service, of which I
         have no information.

(2):   There are no further references to Henry DORWOOD after the 1891 Census other
         than possibly the 1901 Scotland Census (Glasgow) in the name of Henry DARWOOD.

Hopefully somebody may be able to kindly help me solve the problems

BAC3

It seems reasonable to suppose that John was Walter PENKETH's younger brother, from the age, birth place and so on......thank you for the research.  Of course, there is the older brother, Alfred, who accompanied Walter's return to Melbourne from England in 1863.   He seems to have conveniently gone missing too.

Incidentally, I have managed to confirm that Walter left Albany, WA, aboard the schooner Coila and disembarked in Melbourne on 05/12/1853.   He had been awarded a Conditional Pardon the previous September.

Everyone's help is appreciated

BAC3

Hello,

I wonder if anyone can confirm or otherwise that the above Walter PENKETH has any connection to the person below

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 464, 5 January 1869, Page 2
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18690105.2.8

'A young man named Walter Penketh, better known as Wat. the Baker, died here on Monday morning, after only a week's illness...

Thank you for your help.

BAC3

Good Evening,

Possibly if I could "top and tail" the potential army career, I should say he was released from Parkhurst Prison on 15/11/1860 and was married in July 1871.   This would allow adequately for the 10 years and 3 days military service.

It is a pity the FindMyPast entry did not contain any personal details

BAC3

I'd love to see the American definition of "near"