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Kent / Forebears of MITCHELL family who emigrated to NSW in 1838
« on: Saturday 14 March 15 05:12 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find the ancestors of Charles & Harriett MITCHELL (nee HUNTLEY) who emigrated to NSW on "Westminster" in 1838.   I recently started a new topic on the Australian forum on the history of this family in NSW, with the last response appearing on 22 Feb.

To the best of my knowledge, Charles was born in Sandhurst, Kent in 1799 and married Harriet HUNTLEY in Mountfield, Sussex in 1821.   His parents were Charles MITCHEL born 1774 in Sandhurst, Kent and Catherine SOANE, who had married in the same place in 1797.   Harriett HUNTLEY was born in Salehurst, Sussex in 1801 to John HUNTLEY (1756-1819) and Mary BENE (1757-1837).   Charles Sen. died in 1855 in Cranbrook, Kent.   His parents were Edward MITCHEL and Anne EVANS, who married in Newenden, Kent in 1772.

Does anyone know more about their family history?

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Australia / The circumstances of the arrival in NSW of George Peter DONOVAN
« on: Saturday 07 March 15 00:29 GMT (UK)  »
I have a copy of the church record of the marriage in Wyrallah, District of Lismore, NSW on 18 April 1882 of George Peter DONOVAN, farmer of Wilson's Ridges, NSW to Lucy BYRNES of Wyrallah.   The record lists George's parents as Peter Donovan & Mary Boylan of Co. Meath, Ireland.   George died in Lismore in 1931 at the age of 86 yrs (BDM NSW 9655/1931).   
Oral family history suggests George emigrated with his sister, Lucy who went to New Zealand, their father having died at a relatively young age.
His obituary & death certificate indicate he arrived in NSW in 1863 or 1864 but I can't find George Peter DONOVAN in the online indexes at www.records.nsw.gov.au 

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Australia / MITCHELLs in NSW, first in the Hunter River Region & then in the Kyogle region
« on: Sunday 22 February 15 07:05 GMT (UK)  »
My interest is in determining the ancestry of Agnes Elizabeth (“Aggie”) MITCHELL (1901-1972) who married Bernard FARRELL (1897-1969), in Casino, NSW in 1922.   I believe Aggie is a descendant of Charles MITCHELL (ca 1800-1869) a farm servant & native of Kent who arrived in NSW as a Bounty Immigrant 1838, 27 June with Harriet  & five children , probably William, Iden , John, Harriet & Matilda, on “Westminster” ex Gravesend.   They had a son Henry MITCHELL (1841-1916) born in Morpeth, NSW who married Elizabeth INNES in 1869.   She had a son, Henry Oscar MITCHELL (1876-1953) born in Maitland, NSW who married Martha Jane HAMILTON (1875-1955) in 1898,   Aggie was one of their children, being born in Morpeth, but in 1909, the family moved to Toonumbar in northeast NSW, where Henry took up a selection & commenced dairy farming.
Can anyone confirm the above ancestral line or have I found the wrong Charles MITCHELL?   If he is the correct one, does anyone know anything about his English origins?



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