This may be of interest, both in relation to the original message and the personal details below. Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathi Ann Gaffy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: Re: Aussie Red Coats > Hi, > What a great idea!! Here is my contribution - hope it is what you are > after: > > SAVILL, Daniel (b.1800/1801, Chigwell, Essex, ENG d.20.12.1898, Grafton, > NSW) > > *Daniel came to Australia as a young man - his parents apparently, tried to > buy him out, but he wanted to travel. > > * Daniel came to NSW as a 2nd Class Corporal of No. 3 Company of the Royal > Staff Corops on the convict ship 'Chapman'. He arrived on the 3rd-4th > November, 1826. This was the rer party to Cpt. Dumaresq, lt Stoddard and > Cpt Darling on the ship "The Catherine Stewart Forbes', which arrived in > December, 1825. > > * His work consisted of supervising convicts, who were building bridges and > roads at Sydney and Parramatta. > > *The Corps was disbanded and Daniel took his discharge on 24 June 1829. > > * MARRIAGE INFO > Parish Records index of Newcastle and Hunter Valley > Saville - Daniel, Bachelor of Stroud > Wife - Isabella Griffin, Spinster of Stroud > Married 5.2.1838 in Parish Estate of A.A.Co, County Gloucester > Official - Wm. M. Cowper > Witnesses - Wm Threlfo of Stroud > Wm Griffin > (SOURCE: Newcastle Family History Society Inc, 1998) > > *Oct 1830, engaged by AA Co on their estates and resided in Stroud till > 1863. His house is shown on a map of Stroud in "Pure Merinos and All That." > > * OBITUARY > > Death of an old Resident... > On Tuesday evening, Mr D. Saville, a resident of Grafton for 36 years, died, > in the 99th year of his age. The long life of deceased had been in many > respects eventful. He was a native of Essex, England, and came to the > colony in 1825, as private in a regiment that accompanied Goveror Darling to > N. S. Wales. In those early colonial days events occurred that do not > embellish the history of the colony, and Mr. Saville witnessed scenes that > could not be readily forgotten. Nearly 70 years ago he went to the > Hawkesbury, and followed the trade of bricklayer, afterwards removing to > Stroud, and in 1862, to Grafton. At each of the places named he assisted in > erecting many of the earlier buildings. For some time he was wardsman in > the Grafton Hospital. He displayed wonderful energy up to the last, and was > in great hopes of reaching the century. Mr Saville survived his wife 16 > years, and latterly resided with his son-in-law, Mr T. Shore, of Pound > Street. He leaves a family of six, the eldest of whom is over 60 years of > age. > SOURCE: (Unknown paper) > > * Many of Daniel and Isabella's descendants still live in the Northern > Rivers area of NSW. > > If you need more information, just let me know. > > Bye for now, > Kathi G (GGGGrandaughter) > Bundaberg, QLD > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Barrie & Margaret Chapman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 12 January 2001 5:41 AM > Subject: Aussie Red Coats > > > >Hi all > > > >.My better half and myself have started a rather ambitious project. > >We have started a site that will list as many of the soldiers from all the > >British regiments that stayed and settled in the Australia. > >It will contain as much detail on them as we can get. > > Along with then names and E-mails of the present day descendants. > >The reason is that there is nothing on the net specifically for the > Soldiers > >who settled . I would like to ask for any descendent of any soldier from > >any. > >Regiment to contact us so we can add the Soldiers details. > >The site will be FREE for all to use . > >Kindest Regards > > Barrie& Marg Chapman > > > > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > >