This website mentions a photo of Andrew Blake who rented Govt house in the 1860's www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_forming/resources/wa3_sshist.doc There is an Andrew Blake convict on the Transportation page: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/cgi-bin/naisearch01 The Calcutta arrived in Sydney Aug 1837. Hope this helps Roslyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raphael Darcy" <darcy5@eircom.net> To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:13 AM Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Andrew BLAKE (1819-1877) > I am looking for any information on Andrew BLAKE died in Parramatta 1877 aged 58. (I have located his death cert.) I believe he was a sheep farmer, and also may have had some connection with Government House, but in spite of searches have found nothing. Is there a land registry that I could check? any hints would help. > with thanks. > Nicola Jennings. > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a cemetery search with a shovel > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Roslyn thankyou for the information. It really did help and the government house information especially solved a problem that had been puzzling me for ages. I don't know if he was a convict, but the dates are right, and I''ll pursue that one too. Again, thanks, Nicola. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roslyn A Burke" <burkefam@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-IRISH] Andrew BLAKE (1819-1877) > This website mentions a photo of Andrew Blake who rented Govt house in the > 1860's > www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/a_forming/resources/wa3_sshist.doc > > There is an Andrew Blake convict on the Transportation page: > http://www.nationalarchives.ie/cgi-bin/naisearch01 > The Calcutta arrived in Sydney Aug 1837. > > Hope this helps > Roslyn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raphael Darcy" <darcy5@eircom.net> > To: <AUS-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:13 AM > Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Andrew BLAKE (1819-1877) > > > > I am looking for any information on Andrew BLAKE died in Parramatta 1877 > aged 58. (I have located his death cert.) I believe he was a sheep farmer, > and also may have had some connection with Government House, but in spite of > searches have found nothing. Is there a land registry that I could check? > any hints would help. > > with thanks. > > Nicola Jennings. > > > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > > I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a > cemetery search with a shovel > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== > <Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret qui accepit.> > May he who does a good deed be quiet; may he who receives it tell about it. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >