I received the transcript of John Punjah's death, 6th December 1887. A bit sad really, "injuries to the throat self inflicted - verdict of a coroner's jury." Nothing known about him other than place of birth England, everything else unknown. Buried in Rookwood cemetary. He was an inmate of the Macquarie Street Asylum, known before 1884 as The Erysipelas Hospital, and "gradually merged into an Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute". Google turns up a fair bit of information about the place. I haven't found any records of admissions/inmates etc for the Asylum, I suspect they are somewhere. Does anybody have any clues. This doesn't prove that it is the death of John Punyer but I suspect it is. My last record for John Punyer was his incarceration at Bathurst in 1879 for one years hard labour. I can't find a record for the entry of a John PUNJAH into Australia. The names would have sounded identical if the 'j' was sounded in the germanic manner. I'd appreciate any help to put this sad story behind me. John was sentenced to jail three times in the Hunter region of NSW and was found not guilty twice more. John came from an agricultural background in Kent England and left a wife and child behind when he was transported for poultry theft in 1835. Ted

Ted State Records NSW would probably have the records for the asylum............have you checked there? Kaye www.teapotgenealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ted & Magi ' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message