----- Original Message ----- From: "janelle bailey" <strop2000@start.com.au> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 26 January 2002 20:55 Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] parsons to oz Dear Janelle > > Im having trouble finding the arrival of a PARSONS,james to oz. > > I'm not sure which port he left from or even where he arrived. As a rough guess possibly Plymouth and arr Sydney > He was born in ottery st mary devon in 1837. > The next we have on him is that he married in NSW to a NEWETON EDITH > in 1865. there is no death record of him in NSW. he just seems to have > vanished Since youre interested in him where did they have any children ? Doesnt look like this Edith NEWTON was b in NSW > I have checked ALL the online databases that I can to tryand get ANY > info on him that i can but he seem to have swum to oz (very clever > ). Could well be he paid his own fare ??.... Unassisted arrivals to Sydney only indexed 1842 - 55. There are quite alot of checkable resources that arent on the Net . Have you checked the Immigration Deposit journals indexes ?? > > James parents were PARSONS JOHN and BERRY MARY(I THINK) > on the marriage cert it has MARY TIPPET as mother.On the igi it has > that his mother was BERRY. Of a choice between info given on a marriage cert to what is in the IG I would go for the first one every time The IGI is only an index and marriage cert is primary source doc > > On the kids birth rego it has that James was born in > DEVONSHIRE,CORNWALL.Also on his marriage cert it has that he was born > in TAVISTOCK. How can one man be born in 4 different places? Who ever recorded this just didnt know the geography of this area > > if sks in England could lookup the marriage of JOHN &MARY it mat help > me with the parents names for them. > > the marriage took place in OTTERY ST MARY DEVON in 1831. Anyone can hire film of parish records via any LDS family history centre. You dont need to be in England > > if anyone has another ideas on how to get any info it would be appreciated. Have you thought of the 1851 3 counties census CD ? bye Marg Morters Member of Central Coast Family History Society GOSFORD NSW Australia