Bonnitcha

[stephenbonn]

Hi
My gg grandfather came from Liverpool to Australia in 1856 on the ship "Sir W F Williams" so he says, there is no record of him as a passenger, he was a mariner so he could have been a crew member, no record of that either. He said that he came from Trieste, Italy on his ship manifests when he worked in Tasmania on boats going from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia to Melbourne or Sydney, Australia. He was born 25/12/1832 and his name was Nicholas Bonachi or with a t Bonachit or it could be Bonniccia when pronounced sounds like my name now which is Bonnitcha with a silent t (Bonni cha). He also said on his nationalised papers that he came from Ragusa, Austria and that his parents were Marcello and Catarina no last name on either of them, it also says that Marcello was a seaman.
Any information on Nicholas or his parents would be greatly appreciated as I have also asked other people, but they seem to come up with what I already have. I know there could be some variations in the name but I don't know where he actually came from. I have had some relations who thought he came from Croatia and went to Croatia but they came up with nothing, so I am thinking he is Italian as lot of my Italian friends have said, but as they live in Australia they can't help me with anything.

Hope you can help me.

Thank You
Stephen

[Lisajj]

There's a marriage record for him on Find My Past

[Lisajj]

Nicholas Bonnatchi, living in Tasmania. Date 23 Jan 1892. M. Florence Isabel Warford
Place : Hobart, Tasmania

[garstonite]

Do you know Graeme Diprose ?
www.geneanet.org
register
surname Bonnitcha
place - leave blank
1 result ......CLICK on the green tree right hand side
3 Bonnitcha family in Australia..................Graeme Diprose is the familytree owner and he has a contact e mail address  on that site
good luck

[stephenbonn]

Thank you Lisajj and garstonite, I will check it out.
Thanks again
Stephen