Hi Graham, NLA Newspapers, marriage notice for William/Julia - http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13114044?searchTerm=coull+paddington The NSW State Archives Records Insolvency Index - COULL, William Joseph, Paddington, Drayman, Sequestration 15/10/1870, File No 10235 NLA Newspapers, insolvency notice - http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13218182?searchTerm=coull+paddington http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13212916?searchTerm=%22coull+paddington%22 http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13249946?searchTerm=%22william+coull%22 Three children were put into care; Index to Randwick Asylum, 16 February 1876, NRS13362, Reel 1867 Item 3 - 2862 COULL Henry Joseph, aged 10 2863 COULL William Ernst, aged 7 2864 COULL Frances Julia, aged 5 http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-in-brief/archives-in-brief-66 http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-to-education-and-child-welfare-records/index-to-the-randwick-asylum-for-destitute http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/112879 http://www.capebanks.org.au/destitute.html NLA newspapers, birth/death notices - Henry J - http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13129975?searchTerm=coull+paddington Lillian Mary - http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13158071?searchTerm=coull+paddington http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13197449?searchTerm=coull+paddington I couldn't find the family in BMD indexes in NSW, Qld, Victoria, Tasmania or New Zealand; and couldn't locate them on the 1881 census in England. Perhaps William has changed his surname if he was in financial difficulties? Nothing showed up using CONNOR as a surname. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > I would like some help please with the following Coull Family which seem > to have vanished off the face of the earth. > William Joseph Coull born 1831 Yarmouth England he married 24/5/1865 at St > Marys Cathedral in Sydney NSW Australia. He died (?) His father was > William Coull and Elizabeth Hammond his Mother. > He Married Julia Ann Connor Born 1843 in Colony NSW Father Michael Connor > and Mother Julia? > Children: Henry J Coull born 1866 Paddington NSW Australia Lillian M Coull born 1867 and Died 1869 Paddington NSW Australia William E COull Born : 1869 Paddington NSW Australia Francis J Coull born: 1871 Paddington NSW Australia Julia Ann Coull born: 17/11/1874 Queensland Australia > Grahame James