Victoria: Matthew (James) HUNTER, born 1832/33, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

[judb]

Hi Tony

So which person are you trying to trace back from? 

Perhaps we can help with that?

Judith

[BAC3]

Judith,

I am trying to create a biography for Matthew (James) HUNTER ex-Joseph Somes.
 
I uncovered a Family Tree that could have fitted the profile and asked RootsChat to confirm or reject that it was the correct person.......you have adopted the latter, which I am quite happy to accept.

For now,

Tony

[BAC3]

Hello Merlin,

You may have retrieved the correct person, died 1919 aged 87, which gives his date of birth 1832.

What happened to him during the intervening 72 years from 1847 Geelong I wonder  

For now,

Tony

[nisz]

Tony

Matthew James Hunter was indeed born 1832 bap 1833.  He was one of the Parkhurst boys sent to Aust on the Joseph Somes.  Contact me on niszlaub(at)bigpond.net.au for the story and family.

nisz

[suzanne.pringle]

Hi I know its sometime since the original post but keen to find out what happened to Matthew James Hunter when he arrived in Australia.  He was a cousin of my great grandfather George Roscrow - His dad died at sea. His mum was Mary (nee Roscrow) and when he started offending she tried to get him into the navy school at Greenwich, unfortunately not successfully.  My interest has been reawakenend by my own son who has recently travelled to Melbourne. Being able to track his flight and speak to him regularly has helped me adjust to this - and I wonder if Matthew's family ever saw him again.  Joseph Pines and Joseph Rhymes were his accomplices in the what seems like the very petty crimes he was prosecuted for and they travelled wth him to Geelong

Would be grateful for any information and happy to share anything about his family in England

Thanks

Suzanne Pringle (nee Roscrow)

[BAC3]

Hello Suzanne,

I hope this message reaches you.

Did I ever reply to your post of 17/05/2023 about Matthew (James) HUNTER?  The possibility is that your post was never directed to me!!

For the moment,

Tony Cocks

[suzanne.pringle]

Hi Tony good to hear from you - not sure if we communciated about Matthew before - hard to keeop up sometime with family history sites! Have got plenty info on him prior to sailing to Australia and would love to compare notes.  My son who was in Australia was far to busy to visit Matthews grave in Melbourne despite just staying a 15 minute bus journey away ----The youth of today!!  Hes back home now

Suzanne

[biggles29]

Suzanne, I'm also looking into the Roscrow family and have George Roscrow as a Great Great Uncle and his mother Mary Jane Roscrow as a Great Great Grandmother. Looking for more info on the Roscrow family.

Alan