LOOKUP REQ - BURNS Tyrone

[GazT]

Rabbit B

Thanks for that, though I can't find matching Burnses in Liverpool in 1861, though Mary Ann and the five children embarked from there in July 1863.

I dug up Mary Ann (junior's) marriage certificate here in Melbourne and it lists her father James as "outfitter", so I think it's a very good chance he is the same person in the directory selling clothes at Bridge End.

cheers and thanks
GazT

[Rabbit B]

Hi GazT,

Well keep going, that is all you can do, but try leaving out the second name!



Rabbit B 

[GazT]

Hi Rabbit B (and Aussie Pom, if you're still reading this thread)

I think I've found Elizabeth and Joseph Burns, the original subjects of AP's request. It looks like they arrived in Melbourne aboard the Morning Light on 26 July 1864 with 18-year-old elder brother (I presume) Hugh Burns. This was a full nine months after their mother and siblings arrived.  Elizabeth would have been eight and Joseph 10 at the time of arrival and I dont know how common it would have been for children to remain in the home country with an older sibling after their parents had emigrated.

Elizabeth married a David John Powell on 1 December 1872, with the consent of her mother, given she was not yet 17. She died in February 1944 after having a dozen children.

No idea what might have happened to Hugh or Joseph and if anyone can help, I'd be grateful

GazT

[Rabbit B]

Hi GazT,

That was a bit of luck.  It just shows that persistence pays off

Rabbit B