Hello Lesley, Re the Day family, our dads older brother David Hishion married a miss Day from the district you are mention,I will send this message on to our brother as he knows our cousin has the Day history and that may help the families who are researching this family. Kath From: "Lesley Albertson" <albertson@exemail.com.au> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Margaret DAY ... and the return of Marcellas, 1832 > Hi Sue, > > That is very, very interesting :-) > > Margaret and Marcellas has already had one child, William Henry DAY, b > 28 Oct 1826 in Parramatta. > > Could Margaret perhaps have returned to him for a time - or had some > continuing relationship with him, as the father of her eldest son?.Was > there some question about the paternity of her last two children, so > that they were christened simply in her name? > > (The BLINMAN children have the mother's name as Margaret DAY, in the > records - not simply as Margaret). > > All *kinds* of fascinating possibilities ... and, did Charles leave her > out of his Will, because she had returned to her legal husband? > > Marcellas DAY certainly waited until 1851, before marrying Mary TAPPER, > by which stage he was aged 49 ... had he been living with Margaret for > at least part of the intervening years? > > Cheers, > > > Lesley > (In cool, changeable Melbourne) > >> Tried in the Quarter Sessions in LIVERPOOL NSW, 2nd January 1827 for >> Petit >> Larceny Sentenced to 7 Years in Moreton Bay. >> He returned to Sydney 4th July 1832 >> >> <snip> >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >