When looking for information on people from the North Coast of NSW, don't forget to search all the on line North Coast Book Indexes and the Archives of the Norco email list. Go to www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli and scroll down to the yellow and white search boxes. Search for your names using each of them. Cheers Paul Hanly Rhodes, Sydney, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Payne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 5:18 AM Subject: Woops!!! GALEY (and MACDONALD) IN Australia > I must apologize to all those people who read every message, but I know that > many are like me - look at the Subject heading and if it doesn't ring a bell > delete it and pass on to the next. All I can say is that I was so busy > getting the details in the original message correct that I didn't check the > spelling in the Subject line. Well as I said before :( > > I am looking for further information about any of the following (or all). > They may be separate families but I suspect, and hope, that they may be > related. > > The first GALEY was a convict who was transported to New South Wales, > Australia - details below: > Name: GALEY, George > Age: 19 > Occupation: Brass founder > Ship: Earl Grey 2 > Year: 1838 > Birth Place: Birmingham, England > > The second GALEY was married to a George GALEY and she died in 1846 > > The third GALEY was Robert GALEY who married Agnes MACDONALD in 1884 in New > South Wales, Australia > > The fourth GALEY (my wife's ancestor) could have been born in Australia > circa 1839 or 1844. > George Bishop GALEY arrived in New Zealand in 1850 - death certificate date > In 1863 he was in New Zealand > He applied for a miners right in Wollongong, NSW, Australia on the 1 January > 1872 > By 1875 he was back in New Zealand where he married Ellen STENT and raised > the usual large family in Takaka, Golden Bay, New Zealand and doesn't appear > to have left New Zealand again. > > (I would also be interested in making contact with any descendants of George > Bishop and Ellen GALEY who may be now in Australia.) > > I would be very grateful to receive any information about any of these > people mentioned above. > > Jim > > Jim & Bev Payne > NEW ZEALAND > [email protected] > > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > Why not put your GEDCOM on line at > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > >