Hi trish thanks for this, on the list I said thanks to Trev by mistake. I looked at the email addres and not your signature, sorry. She married Henry Greenwood in Parramatta in 1847. I Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trev Symonds" <psym8950@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Alice McBRIDE > Hi Ted, > On the NSW State Archives, Alley McBRIDE arr 1840 "Margaret", remarks say > she is the wife of Henry GREENWOOD per "Surry" 1833. > The Mr PORTUS you referred to is probably Mr J. PORTUS of the Morpeth > Flour > Mill, there are many mentions of him in the newspapers on the NLA > Newspaper > website in the Maitland Mercury. > Cheers > Trish > Nowra NSW > >> I'm trying to add more information into the story of John Punyer. >> In November 1845 John Punyer in the company of Alice McBride were sold >> drinks on the sabbath by Mr John Mayo of the Hunter River Hotel at East >> Maitland. >> Both John and Alice were at the time convicts and they were passing >> themselves off as travellers and man and wife. The constables discovered >> them and they were taken to the lock-up. Mayo ws found not guilty due to >> conflicting evidence. >> John was at this time assigned to the police magistrate of East >> Maitland - >> where can I find out his name and details ? >> Alice McBride was assigned to a Mr Portus. (Does anybody have any >> information on Mr Portus)I haven't been able to find Alice through the >> convict indents. >> No Alice McBride appears in the births index although there is a marriage >> for Alice Mcbride to Henry Greenwood 1847, I don't know wether this is >> the >> same Alice. The marriage took place in St Johns Parramatta >> >> regards >> Ted > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4055 (20090506) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > >