Hi there,
Back on this wireless thingy ...
Thanks Wiggy for your thanks...
Solved a minor mystery for you re Thomas Ransom mention (one first thread) re two bricks, one man, and a librarian who said no record of Boat Builder...
He built the schooner "Hunter" when on Norfolk Island. He received half yearly payments from VDL Govt office for his position as Superintendent of Boat Builder, .... its in the newspapers ... ten to twelve pounds regular around 1819, 1820 ... and he was the Superintendent when VDL purchased the "Prince Leopold" for use in Hobart Town 1819 ... they paid twelve hundred pounds and thirteen shillings ...
See Friday 20 October 1826 Colonial Times etc for the cutting re the vessel he built on Norfolk Island...
See Hobart TG Saturday 19 June 1819 for example of Superintendent of Boat Builder, and for purchase of the Prince Leopold, and for delivery of fresh meat by Thomas for Govt Stores...
Re Fresh Meat deliveries .... also noticing a Catherine KEARNEY (say this name in full, aloud ... could be Catharine McNally
) delivering fresh meat from as early as January 1818 ...
Wiggy, would you please consider if the suggestion for a check list etc would help.... sharing the load... and also please consider listing the certificates/documents you already have on either Catharine Christiana McNally, her son Thomas, or daughter Ann, or on Thomas Ransom (Snr).
Otherwise, I can see this thread developing into another long thread, which must seem to any RChatter to be daunting task to even consider to join your efforts to find your Catharine,
Cheers, JM