I would love to hear from anyone with the surname Backhouse (or variation, Bacchus) from county of Bedfordshire in England - I have them in both my maternal and maternal trees! Margaret Usmar (England) On 4/27/06, Peter Thomas <pmthomas@bigpond.com> wrote: > > 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 > >