Hi Lynnette, How are you, Just looked through the Tas Pioneer index and found 6 records John Merchant, Not, much for you to go on but may help somewhere down the track Cheers Liz Norfolk Island Digger - Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899 Query ----- Surname : merchant (56 matches) Given Names : john (31449 matches) Total matching records: 6 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Birth Father/Spouse Surname: JAMES Mother/Spouse Given Names: DUFFY MARGARET Day: 10 Month: 10 Year: 1860 Age: Sex: M Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: Registration Place: PORT CYGNET Registration Number: 1852/1860 Reference: RGD 33 Digger - Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Birth Father/Spouse Surname: JAMES Mother/Spouse Given Names: DUFFEY MARGARET Day: 17 Month: 10 Year: 1881 Age: Sex: M Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: Registration Place: PORT CYGNET Registration Number: 1666/1881 Reference: RGD 33 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Death Father/Spouse Surname: Mother/Spouse Given Names: Day: 10 Month: 11 Year: 1877 Age: 74 Sex: M Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: Registration Place: HOBART Registration Number: 874/1877 Reference: RGD 35 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Death Father/Spouse Surname: Mother/Spouse Given Names: Day: 02 Month: 8 Year: 1861 Age: 0 Sex: M Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: Registration Place: PORT CYGNET Registration Number: 739/1861 Reference: RGD 35 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Marriage Father/Spouse Surname: MCKENZIE Mother/Spouse Given Names: ANN Day: 05 Month: 6 Year: 1854 Age: 35 Sex: M Spouse Age: 26 Spouse Sex: F Registration Place: HOBART Registration Number: 266/1854 Reference: RGD 37 -------------------- Surname: MERCHANT Given Names: JOHN Event: Marriage Father/Spouse Surname: SMITH Mother/Spouse Given Names: ELIZA Day: 24 Month: 1 Year: 1848 Age: 40 Sex: M Spouse Age: 35 Spouse Sex: F Registration Place: HOBART Registration Number: 1603/1848 Reference: RGD 37 -------------------- Subject: [AUS-CON] John MERCHANT Dear List, I am looking for information on John MERCHANT per "St Michael". He was sent to Norfolk Island after being found guilty of 'violating an infant aged eight years'. I have not found anything of him at Norfolk Island site but have just found him listed on the Tasmania archive site. John Merchant, database no. 49155, date of arrival, 18 Nov 1845 per 'Governor Phillip', date of departure from NI, 1 November 1845. Arrived originally to NSW per 'Michael'. He was to 'spend the rest of his life at NI, never to return'. Hoping to find if he married and/or died in VDL. Regards, Lynette

Dear Liz, I have visited John Merchant again. He arrived in NSW on "St Michael" in 1820, was sent to Norfolk Island in 1837 and then on to Tasmania in 1845 on "Governor Phillip". I found this information from Archives Search No: 49155 - I will perhaps send for that Doc. I have gone through the BDMs you sent me and have ignored the 2 births and will look into the 2 marriages and 2 deaths. Is it possible there is a reference to him in Norfolk Island as he was there for 8 years? Thank you, Lynette -----Original Message----- From: Liz McCoy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2008 3:08 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [AUS-CON] John MERCHANT Hi Lynnette, How are you, Just looked through the Tas Pioneer index and found 6 records John Merchant, Not, much for you to go on but may help somewhere down the track Cheers Liz Norfolk Island Digger - Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899 Query ----- Surname : merchant (56 matches) Given Names : john (31449 matches) Total matching records: 6 --------------------