I am seeking contact with other descendants to share information on Henry Francis Hans HARRISON (Born Co. Kildare 1818, died in NSW in July 1863) and his wife, Marrion Grace WOOD (born 1826? in Co. Louth, died 1888 in Manly, Sydney) - they married in Dublin in approx. 1847. Henry was the son of the Rev. John Issac Harrison, of the Parish of Naas, Co. Kildare and his wife Christian NELAN. Marrion's parents were Robert WOOD, a farmer near Dundalk, and his wife Grace FERGUSON. They appear to have come to Australia after 1849, possibly arriving on the "Dublin" in 1851 with a child 1. Henrietta Georgeina HARRISON, born 1849 in Dundalk Co. Louth, who married William Joseph Garnet BURGESS in 1865 in Sydney. (Lost track of Henrietta - her husband remarried in 1875, but no evidence of her death) Later surviving children known to be born in NSW were - 2. Francis James HARRISON, born 1855, died 1930 (married 1878, had 9 children?); 3. Robert J HARRISON, born 1857, died 1909 (married 1882, had 7 children?); 4. Thomas Isaac HARRISON, born 1859, died 1891? (no confirmed marriages or death) 5. Marrion Grace Elizabeth HARRISON, born 1861, died 1944 - married Benjamin JONES in 1881 (12 children); 6. Rebecca Mary Jane HARRISON, born 1861 (twin) (marriage to Charles SHERINGHAM in 1883 not confirmed 1 known child), and 7. Ann Alexandra (Annie) HARRISON born 1863, died 1938, married Francis William HEATON, postmaster at Balgowlah in 1882 (5 children). I have no confirmed shipping information on the individual's or family's arrival in Australia in the 1850s. Henry drowned in the wreck of the "Regent Bird" on a trip from Macleay River (Kempsey) to Sydney in July 1863 (just before Ann's birth). Marrion remarried as a widow in 1866 to John AIRD, a tailor. He died 1882, and Marrion lived with the Heatons in Manly/Balgowlah until her death in 1888. . Any descendants? - I would love to hear from you. Margaret Szalay mszalay@bigpond.net.au