Hi Lina, Did you know about Neich Road in Glenorie and Maroota? Regards ANNE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lina" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: [HHHV] newbie help with NEICH Leach Lowe Clarke > Hi all > > Time to get back into the genie research. Here is a really difficult one for > me. > > A few years ago I did a book and tree on my ancestor Emmanuel Danero from > Genoa who assumed the surname 'Neich' when he came to Australia in 1825. He > became quite wealthy and had two wives - Mary Comer and Mary Parkinson and > one girlfriend during the 1st marriage - Mary Cupitt. 25 children all told > that we know of. He and Mary Cupitt were the g-grandparents of Donald > Bradman, cricketer. > > Emanuel did a lot of traveling around Sydney, made sure his children married > well. He had the Bath Arms at Burwood, plus properties further afield where > he wld have met Mary Cupitt around the Hawkesbury we think. > > at any rate there is another whole line of Neich's still living in, and > originating in, the Windsor / Hawkesbury district and we cannot trace their > origins. They were always told they were from Emanuel. Here is what details > I do have, and I hope someone from this list may be able tohelp unearth the > rest - I live in Molong west of Orange and have a child with a disability so > its difficult for me to get down to Sydney to do lengthy research. From oral > recollections there are definitely 3 brothers, one of whom vanished, but two > definitely named John and Alexander Neich and is substantiated several times > over. Then came my research where I found 3 deaths of 3 men, same parents > listed: > > > John Neich d. 29.8.1948 Pitt Town (confirmed) > the only birth I can find is John Leach 1860 Sofala > > Thomas Leach born 1862 Sofala, died 1919 Bathurst > > Alexander Neich died 10.7.1943 Neich Road Maraylya (confirmed). > found a birth for Alexander Leach 1867 Wattle Flat, Bathurst. he married > Emily Clarke, children all born at Windsor > > all 3 of above have listed as parents John Leach and Fanny (I think is > Frances Lowe). > > there was another child on the BDMs (but this were not known by descendants > at Windsor) so looks like from another father: > > Edward Naughton (to Fanny Lowe) 1869 Sofala died 1938 Bathurst > > I've had no success thru Lithgow or Bathurst family history groups and their > records so thats a dead end, my only chance seems to be doing more around > Windsor. > > So I then wondered whether these Neich/Leach 3 boys werent really Neich's > but had adopted that name for some reason because they'd met Emanuel and saw > he was rich ?? However, a reunion back in 1988, descendants of the Windsor > lot were the spitting image of the Bath Arms lot, so............. > > None of the BDM certs I've bought shed any more light than the info above. > > The tree I have tentatively put together is: > > John LOWE 1811 Aberdeen Scotland, d. 8.4.1899 Wattle Flat > > m. Frances Carney > > 3 children - John, Alexander and Frances LOWE 1836, 1839, 1840 resp. > > Frances LOWE 1840-1892 m. 1859 John Leach (b. 1835 New York?) children = > John Leach 1860, Thomas Leach 1862, Alexander Leach 1867 > > The names of Frances' sons would tie in with her brothers names but how did > they get to NEICH?? > > thanks! > Lina > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >