----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Birtles" <joanbirtles@bigpond.com> To: <aus-nsw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:13 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW] Sarah Smith b Parramatta 1840 Hi Joan > > I have come to dead end again in searching for the > marriage or possible > death of Sarah SMITH b 1840 at Prospect to John & Ann > Smith nee Kent who > were both convicts who settled at "Woodlands" in Prospect. > Does help alot with convicts if you include the name of the transport they came on as this was part of their identity and you need a bit of that with the number of John SMITHs that there were ! Have you checked recently in Claim a Convict ? Both have been claimed by pisces26@iinet.net.au > Sarah's siblings Mary Ann, Caroline & John all eventually > married & settled > in the Mudgee area but I cannot find Sarah although there > is a Sarah Smith > who married George Walker in 1856 at Windsor, had their > first child at > Bombala in 1856 I'd tread carefully with this as even in 2009 Bombala isnt exactly next door to Windsor >but their next 4 children were registered at Mudgee. And thats is a quite different direction ?? . There are alot of errors in rego area names so dont treat as gospel > > A Sarah Walker died in 1871 registered at Bombala with > mother Ann, no father > shown. > Seems to be a problem with www.monaropioneers.com/contact-us.htm tonight > Sarah's brother George Smith b 1833 at Woodlands, Prospect > has also been a > problem to find. > Is this Prospect near Blacktown ? What was Woodlands ? Hazel MAGANN has done alot of research into early families connect in particular to that lovely church St Bartholomew's, Prospect, just off the Gt Western Highway Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW

Hi Marg >> >> I have come to dead end again in searching for the >> marriage or possible >> death of Sarah SMITH b 1840 at Prospect to John & Ann >> Smith nee Kent who >> were both convicts who settled at "Woodlands" in Prospect. >> > > Does help alot with convicts if you include the name of the > transport they came on as this was part of their identity > and you need a bit of that with the number of John SMITHs > that there were ! > > Sorry Marg, forgot to include the ship that John Smith came on was the > Elizabeth 111 in which arrived in 1820 with 2 John Smiths aboard, however > the one I am researching got 14 years whereas the other got 7 years...I > have proven the 14 year one to be ours. Ann Kent, the wife of John > Smith was transported for 7 years on the Grenada 111 and arrived in 1825 > and was in the Female Factory when she & John married. >> Have you checked recently in Claim a Convict ? Both have > been claimed by pisces26@iinet.net.au Haven't checked on Claim a convict for some time but am in touch with the member you have mentioned with the above email address. > >> Sarah's siblings Mary Ann, Caroline & John all eventually >> married & settled >> in the Mudgee area but I cannot find Sarah although there >> is a Sarah Smith >> who married George Walker in 1856 at Windsor, had their >> first child at >> Bombala in 1856 > > I'd tread carefully with this as even in 2009 Bombala isnt > exactly next door to Windsor > > >but their next 4 children were registered at Mudgee. > > And thats is a quite different direction ?? . > > There are alot of errors in rego area names so dont treat as > gospel > >> >> A Sarah Walker died in 1871 registered at Bombala with >> mother Ann, no father >> shown. I realise Bombala is way down south and a long way from Windsor & Mudgee but was hoping for some ideas as to whether the Sarah Smith who died in Bombala may have been the same one who had their first child in Bombala then the following 4 in Mudgee.... >> > > > Seems to be a problem with > www.monaropioneers.com/contact-us.htm tonight Thanks for the site Marg, working now and found that I'm barking up the wrong tree anyway. > >> Sarah's brother George Smith b 1833 at Woodlands, Prospect >> has also been a >> problem to find. >> > > Is this Prospect near Blacktown ? What was Woodlands ? Yes, it is the Prospect nr Blacktown and "Woodlands" was the home of Joseph Kenyon, the place which was shown on the baptisms of John & Ann Smith nee Kent's children. > > Hazel MAGANN has done alot of research into early families > connect in particular to that lovely church St > Bartholomew's, Prospect, just off the Gt Western Highway I have been in touch with Hazel and know her well and we have tried to find more info of Woodlands without success. I live not far from St Bartholomew's at Prospect and as you said is a lovely church and Hazel does a great job with her ghost tours of this church. > Bye > > MargM > Beautiful Wyong Shire > NSW -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 566 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message