Thank you for this info Diane. I appreciate your taking time to reply. Is Mary Grace (Dobbs) listed in the HVD? Does Death in the Hunter give a number or reference to the inquest of Anthony Dobbs? Can you tell me how to go about finding a copy of the inquest? Thanks again, Marie----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane" <dianep@optushome.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] Anthony Dobbs convict > Hi Marie, > > According to the Hunter Valley Directory : 1841 > there was a John Anthony DOBBS who received a Ticket of Leave for > the Maitland District in August, 1840. He arrived on the 'John 1' (4), 1832. > Also, according to Death in the Hunter, an Inquest was held for an > Anthony DOBBS, aged 33, in February, 1843, at Maitland. > > There are three John Brennans listed in the HVD - only one listed as a > convict at the time - John BRENNAN, Convict, assigned to Andrew LANG, > Paterson (Sept. 1840) who arrived per 'Andromeda 11' (1) in 1830. > Some info about the LANG family and Dunmore House can be found at > http://www.nationaltrust.com.au/dunmore.asp > Their convict Indents, Ticket of Leave Butts and/or Permission to Marry > may provide some further info. > > I think that there are some GRONO descendants on this list, so they may > get in touch; or you could try the AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS mailing > list, if you haven't already; there are some details on the GRONO family at > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/page105.html > and from memory there was a recent reunion and book published. > > So, a few references you could follow up on. > > > Regards, > Diane > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marie Donaldson" <mariedonaldson@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: [H,H,HV] Anthony Dobbs convict > > > > Place name: Dunmore. > > > > Looking for convict Anthony or John Anthony Dobbs who married > > Mary Grace. (also a convict).I've heard that he worked at Dunmore. > > How do I prove this? He arrived in 1832 I think and died in 1843 > > apparently having been struck by lightning. His daughter Susan was > > born the same year. > > Mary then married to a John Brennan, I believe also a convict - perhaps > > in the same area? Susan was now known as Susan Brennan. Later her > > mother is found living with Thomas Grono at Windsor although no > > marriage record has been found, she calls herself Mary Grono and > > her daughter was married as Susan Grono. > > Anyone researching these people? > > Marie in Sydney. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Marie, No listing for Mary, but keep in mind that the HVD only covers the period 1840-42, and her name may not have appeared in the primary sources that were used to compile the directory. As for the Inquest - the number was 2088 - dated 26th Feb. 1843 [from Death in the Hunter, Inquests in the Maitland area, 1834-1942, by Maitland Family History Circle]. There is no reference to a newspaper article, so that probably means the details were taken from the A.O. (State Records) Registers of Coroners' Inquests and Magisterial Inquiries microfilm, and that they did not find a newspaper report - but that's not to say there wasn't one, and you always have a trawl through the on-line Maitland Mercury http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/browselist.html just to double check ! I don't think that inquest papers have survived for that period and you'll probably find that the register itself is the only record - containing a one line listing, with the number, place, date, name and cause of death (such as accidently killed or whatever). Very few details. Regards, Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Donaldson" <mariedonaldson@optusnet.com.au> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] Anthony Dobbs convict > Thank you for this info Diane. I appreciate your taking time to reply. > Is Mary Grace (Dobbs) listed in the HVD? Does Death in the Hunter > give a number or reference to the inquest of Anthony Dobbs? > Can you tell me how to go about finding a copy of the inquest? > Thanks again, > Marie