Thank you very much for the information John. At this stage any information is a great help & I appreciate it very much. Lyn

Thank you Chris for your information on the Presland / Goodworth connection. Lyn

>Dear Lyn, Have a look at my web-page on the Cory Family and their work-force at www.thomasl.com/cory in which I list persons who have been identified as residents, leaseholders or working on the following properties in the Hunter Valley. BICKHAM CORY VALE GOSTWYCK TACKBEARE VACY Various members of the Presland family are listed. Cheers, Jocelyn >I have given up on my Griffiths family for awhile - to many brick walls. >I am now starting my partners Presland family. They were free >settlers arriving in Australia about 1844. They were living around >Cory Vale, Vacy areas. >Anyone researching this family I would love to hear from you. >Lyn

Hi Helen, thank you for your reply. No, I haven't checked any land records yet. I know Alfred & Jane (nee Wells) were leaseholders on Cory Vale. Not sure exactly when but their daughter Ellen was born there in 1872. Lyn

I have already received the information I was after. Again - many thanks to Karen Maria & Mick Thomas LAKE MUNMORAH, NSW

Hi John, Thank you for yor reply. I haven't all my info together yet but Alfred & Minnie Rose was my partners great grandparents. His grandparents were Alfred John Presland & Dorothy Bowd & his father is Alfred Maxwell Presland. There must have been an Alfred in every family. Lyn

Hi everyone I would like to ask a huge favour of anyone who has access to Sandgate Cemetery records :-))) I have Ann AMBLER buried in the Methodist section. * I would love to know if there are any other AMBLER's in the cemetery, ** and if so, are there transcripts etc of the tombstone's (if they still or ever existed). Many thanks in advance Maria & Mick Thomas LAKE MUNMORAH, NSW

Hi to all, I have given up on my Griffiths family for awhile - to many brick walls. I am now starting my partners Presland family. They were free settlers arriving in Australia about 1844. They were living around Cory Vale, Vacy areas. Anyone researching this family I would love to hear from you. Lyn

We (Bob and Joan Baxter) are new to this list and are posting our interests. We are researching Joan's LONG and TUCKER ancestors, and associated families. John TUCKER Senior was Joan's 3xGreat Grandfather and John TUCKER Junior her G-G Grandfather. Her Great Grandfather was Frederick John TUCKER, 5th child of John Junior. Frederick John TUCKER married Ann LONG on 25 January 1849, at Anambah. Her Grandfather, Frederick and Ann's son, Frederick Walter TUCKER was born at Paterson River on 4 December 1857 (family Bible record - no birth record located, but details confirmed by his marriage certificate and death certificate). Her father, Percival Frederick TUCKER, was born at Cullen Bullen on 8 October 1881. On the LONG family side, Joan's Great Grandmother, Ann Long, was born in Ireland about 1826-28 and died in Sydney on 15 November 1924. Ann and her parents, Benjamin and Catherine LONG arrived in Australia about 1833-35. Catherine's maiden name was HICKEY. We have some information on the Tucker line from the Paterson Historical Society's book, "The Settlers of Paterson's Plains", and from some family records, plus a number of BDM certificates, but rather less information on the Longs. We found the grave of Benjamin and Catherine, and a son John, in the Campbell Hill Cemetery, Maitland. We would be pleased to exchange information with other list members. Particularly keen to find out more about the origins of the Long, Hickey and Tucker families, and to start looking into the origins of the wives of the two John Tuckers. Bob and Joan Baxter

HI Everyone I am looking for information about Robert Mackenzie (or McKenzie) who married Ann Irena White at Raymond Terrace in 1886. Ann was the daughter of Mary Ann Russell and David Philip White who were married in 1851 (registered at Matiland). Jean Pritchard

Hi Everyone, My Hunter Valley families are: McDermott (Dorney, Corrigan, O'Brien, McNamara, Coyne) Guy (Hadfield, Davis, Jenkins, Taylor) Hadfield (Guy, Magin, Williams, Quetcher, Sample, Crockett, Wilson, Sharpe, Brewick). Also, llooking for a couple of people researching Hadfield family: Daniel Hatton, Rhonda Littlewood and Karen Horne - the email addresses I have for you are bouncing. Please get in touch! Cheers, Sharon McDermott

Im helping a friend with his family. George Howe born in Dorset c 1814/17, came to NSW c. 1850's married Amelia Bowler , does any one have information on the Howe family. thanks Henry Anthony West married Sarah Mary Mc Kenny 1874 newcastle, his father was Anthony, but we dont know where Henry was born, William Manning b c 1807 Ireland, married Bessie Atcheson ??, their son Thomas married 1861, Sarah Jane Jackson, Carole NSW

Hi Listers, ALBERT SAUNDERS, b. 1851 in Llanelly, Wales, and wife MARY EVANS, also of Llanelly, together with Albert's brother and sister-in-law, ARTHUR SAUNDERS and ELIZABETH HAYNES, arrived in South Australia in 1876. Several years later they moved to the Merewether area where the men worked in the coal mines. Sometime around 1900 Arthur and Elizabeth relocated to W.A. while Albert and Mary remained in Merewether. After Mary's death in 1923 Albert lived with his youngest son, Albert jnr, at Cessnock, where he passed away the following year. Among the newspaper notices for Albert's funeral is one inviting Mrs and Mrs Sam RICHARDS and Mr and Mrs GATES (no Christian name or initial given) to attend the funeral of their beloved Uncle. Mrs Sam Richards was the oldest daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth, but who were Mr and Mrs Gates? I have a list of descendants for both Albert and Arthur, and the Gates surname doesn't appear. After contacting known descendants of both men I am no closer to breaking down this brick wall. My only thought is that a sibling of either Albert or Mary also migrated to Australia. If any listers can suggest other avenues to follow I'd be very grateful. Also, if anyone has connections to or information on the following Saunders descendants, I'd love to make contact - George m. Grace Emerton, Elizabeth m. Frederick McCarty Edward m. Mary Ellen Plumridge Benjamin m. Janet Shepherd Albert m. Annie McIntyre Mary Beatrice m. Victor Lloyd. Maureen

Hi Tracie, Would these Beers be related to the Beers from Mudgee? I have the famiily of Arthur Ernest BEER who married Mary Jane SMITH in Mudgee in 1895. They had seven sons one of whom married in Quirindi and five moved to Sydney.. Judy. Tracie King wrote: >If anyone has any interests in the above families of Muswellbrook and >surrounding areas that would be interested in sharing information please >contact me. > > > >

Hi Tracey, I have some members of the RUSSELL family from the Hunter Valley: - 1/ Robert WILLIAMS who married Janet Hamilton RUSSELL on the 26th July 1886 in Singleton 2/ Clive RUSSELL who married Ivy Olive SHARPE on the 1st July 1915 3/ Hebrert RUSSELL 4/ Jane RUSSELL married Alexander James TULLOCH 5/ Margaret Ann RUSSELL married Henry Irwin WILLIAMS in 1910. She was born 11th May 1888 in Singleton and died Nov 1962 in Queensland. I don't know if any of these belong to you or not. Happy hunting, Glynis Wheeler Forest Hill, NSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracie King" <shaneking@ozemail.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:36 PM Subject: [HV] BEER / RUSSELL/BENGE

If anyone has any interests in the above families of Muswellbrook and surrounding areas that would be interested in sharing information please contact me. Thanks Tracie King

G'day, from the information supplied, I would expect to find a Coronial file in the State Archives. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: Tracey [mailto:traceyjones@unwired.com.au] Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2006 2:08 PM To: AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Police magistrate enquiry Hi , On a death certificate I have under cause of death it lists injuries caused by a fall from a horse as certified by the police magistrate holding the enquiry .This would have been in Maitland or possibly Wollombi august 1860.place of death is listed as Millfield near Wollombi. Where can I look to find out if there are any available records of this incident . The person who died was Thomas Booth from wollombi . Thanks Tracey _____ ______________________________

Maybe it was written up in the Maitland Mercury, some parts are on line Jenny McCarthy Brightwaters NSW on Lake Macquarie

To everyone who helped with information on honeysuckle Point and Blane Street, thank you. Regards Tracey _____ From: AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: 16 June 2006 05:00 To: AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-D@rootsweb.com Subject: AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-D Digest V06 #135

Hi , On a death certificate I have under cause of death it lists injuries caused by a fall from a horse as certified by the police magistrate holding the enquiry .This would have been in Maitland or possibly Wollombi august 1860.place of death is listed as Millfield near Wollombi. Where can I look to find out if there are any available records of this incident . The person who died was Thomas Booth from wollombi . Thanks Tracey _____