Hi...this is my 3rd attempt to add this info to list...keeps bouncing back so I guess better late than never.... LEACH family of Wallsend NSW. John Leach born in Wales arrived in NSW 1860s on his death in 1868 his wife Ann nee MOORE married Thomas SINCLAIR. Leach was a miner at the Wallsend Colliery as were other family members. The family also married into the FREW family. My Grandfather was the last of the family born there in 1910 and the family moved to Sydney in the 1920s. There are some descendants still living in the area. MANNIX family of WOLLOMBI NSW Timothy Mannix (1803-1887) from Cork IRL arrived Sydney 1834. (His father Patrick was a convict who arrived earlier, his mother & sisters also migrated)He m. Bridget Tunney, dau of Patrick Tunney & Sarah Pendergast, 1841 Maitland. SMITH family of PENNANT HILLS & WOLLOMBI Sarah Mannix (1842-1906) dau of above, m. 1863 to Thomas Andrew SMITH, son of Charles Smith & Jane Pierce. (Charles b. 1818 Pennant Hills, son of William Smith convict "Indian" 1810 & Isabella Brown nee Hope) Jane b. 1819 dau of Aaron & Ellen Pearce/Pierce. Both Thomas & Sarah were "born, bred, wed & dead" in Wollombi, they had property at Narone Creek. Helena Bridget Smith (1876-1943) m. 1916 to Charles Robert Jennings, son of Robert Jennings and Lucy Jessie Havens. They lived in Wyong up until the 1920s, then moved to Richmond then Riverstone. (Charles first wife was Mabyn Bridge) Michelle Nichols _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com