My sister married Cryril Backhouse son of Alfred and Una Backhouse. He is in Christchurch New Zealand any relation? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Thomas" <pmthomas@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:37 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Backhouse surname > One of the founders of the Society of Friends (a.k.a. Quakers) in > Hobart in the 1830s, their first Meeting in Australia, was James > BACKHOUSE (1794-1869), of York. JB was then a widower, and left his > children in England. I believe that JB returned to England and lived > out his days there. His fellow missionary, G. W. WALKER, returned to > Hobart, married, became prominent, had a family which prospers to this > day. > > I have often wondered if the Australian BACKHOUSEs were connected to > this JB. There are several biographies of him (see ADB vol 1, p45; and > OATS, Wm N.: "Backhouse & Walker" 1981), and he published several works > himself, including "A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies" > (1843; reprinted 1967). > > I mention this in case you come across any connections to York &/or > Quakers. > > > Peter THOMAS > Darwin, AUSTRALIA > <pmthomas@bigpond.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Sellers [mailto:tsellers@siag.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 9:36 AM > To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: a'Beckett surname > For our forthcoming newsletter, the Brighton Cemetorians Inc. are > researching the name Weigall, one of the many branches of the a'Beckett > family in Victoria. ... > > I am interested in hearing from anyone who may be researching any of the > following surnames, all linked to the two (Victorian) a'Beckett > brothers. ... > > Surnames are: ... Backhouse ... > > Travis M. Sellers > Brighton Cemetorians Inc. (CEMEtery hisTORIANS) > > PO Box 8054 > North Road LPO > EAST BRIGHTON VIC 3187 > AUSTRALIA > mailto:info@brightoncemetorians.org > visit our website: http://www.brightoncemetorians.org > > -- > Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content > filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg > > ______________________________ > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 417 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!