Thankyou very much Joanne, I'll have a look at the sites, Regards Wendy McKenzie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne and Ron Flack" <bell.bird@bigpond.com> To: "ian" <iandwmckenzie@optusnet.com.au>; <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [ANCC] Who was your earliest Central Coast ancestor ? > Hello Wendy > > Found a lot of information on Jennifer Willett's Webpage:

My earliest Central Coast Ancestors were James and Charlotte Coulson who were married in Maitland in 1840. James was born in Lancashire in 1814 and Charlotte in England in 1821 the daughter of Thomas Coulson the Quartermaster of the 3rd Regiment. They moved to Wyong and then Gosford and had 8 children, two buried at Point Frederick. James was a JP and a Magistrate at Gosford and is mentioned many times in Rev Glennies Journals and owned property at East Gosford. He apparently went broke and moved to Stroud where he became a school teacher and Charlotte died in 1869 in Stroud. James was still in Stroud in 1871 but died as a pauper in Maitland in 1886 and is buried in an unmarked grave. I would love to know the full story of his life and death. ..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*.` Jenny McCarthy Brightwaters N.S.W. on beautiful Lake Macquarie