Just want to add to this.......while in Wexford John and Eliza had two other sons, SYLVESTER and MICHAEL, neither were on the passenger list, so guess both little boys died, I feel these woman, our Ancestors were brilliant and if ever anyone ever deserved a wonderful Mother's Day they should have, I would go into a panic if any of my four children stubbed their big toe, so how would you feel losing one child after another ? Just wanted to comment on that. Colleen NSW RESEARCHING IN VIC - KEATING, GORDON, ALLEN, CULLEN, MCGRATH, BRODERICK, KENNEDY, O'CONNELL, DWYER and lots of other lovely Irish Folk. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Wells" <colleenhasell@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] William Henry DOYLE > Hi Dorne, > > Many thanks for your assistance. > > I do not have a death cert on John Doyle or Eliza Bridget O'Neill, as I > know nothing of them except their arrival per PROV with children, James, > John, Thomas, Joseph Patrick, Mary Agnes, Francis and William Henry. > > I have a copy of the original hand written passenger list of the AFGHAN > when it departed London Aug 1879 and also one on arrival in Melb and the > one where they are departing for Sydney, the Doyle family and crew seem to > be the only ones listed on the ship's list to Sydney and William Henry > Doyle was missing. > > I can not fnd a thing on any of the family after they arrived in Sydney, > except our grandfather, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW DOYLE, born Wexford 1864, he > settled in the Bourke/Dubbo area and had 8 daughters. > > On his death cert it states he was born in Wexford Ireland to parents John > and Eliza (as above) and who he married etc, just the normal entries. > > I do not think they returned to Vic, they may have just dropped John off > in Bourke then sailed back to Wexford !!!! > > Many thanks > Colleen > NSW > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorne Saunders" <Dornes1@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 3:22 AM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] William Henry DOYLE > > >> Hi Colleen, >> William Henry DOYLE may have been on both the ship's list when it left >> ENGLAND and when it arrived here but he may have died at sea. >> I have done some work for a gentleman in ENGLAND who had a family come to >> AUSTRALIA. >> The father died aboard ship two months into the voyage and was buried at >> sea. >> This gentleman has all of the data relating to the death / sea burial >> etc. and yes his ancestor's >> name is on both the ship's list out of ENGLAND and it also appears on the >> ship's list when it arrived in VICTORIA; in fact his name is listed on >> the >> VIC. PRO Immigration site along with the rest of his family who did >> survive >> the voyage. >> Do John & Eliza Bridget DOYLE nee O'NEIL's death certificates state >> whether William Henry was still alive when they died (or had other >> children born in AUSTRALIA) or is he listed as being dead? >> Regards, >> Dorne. >> >> >> Dorne SAUNDERS >> (AUSTRALIA) >> Dornes1@bigpond.com >> GENEALOGY LOOKUPS >> -Putting families together- >> ANTI VIRUS INSTALLED >> ****************************** >> PLEASE SNIP REPLIES >> ****************************** >> TICK "YES" TO QUESTION 60 >> ON CENSUS NIGHT, 8 AUGUST 2006 >> *********************************************** >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Colleen Wells" <colleenhasell@ozemail.com.au> >> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:10 PM >> Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: Searching for Doyle >> Hi list, >> Looking for a possible death record of WILLIAM HENRY DOYLE aged 1 1879, >> parents JOHN DOYLE and ELIZA BRIDGET O'NEILL, born WEXFORD IRELAND. >> William was on the passenger list when the ship AFGHAN left London and >> was >> on the list when it arrived in Melb, but he was not on the list of >> passengers leaving Melb for Sydney a few days later. I can not find >> anything >> on him in NSW. >> Many thanks >> Colleen >> >> >> ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >> ==================================================== >> Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! >> ==================================================== >> Searchable archives at >> http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >