Dear Yvonne, Noticed that you were looking for mentions of an Ezekiel Jackson. We guess that you have done a Google search in Australia for the specific name and may have noticed that an Ezekiel Jackson gets a mention in one of our newspaper indexes. But in case you haven't here are the details (we of course don't know if he is the same Ezekiel Jackson you are researching).... Manning River News newspaper index 1865-1873 Jackson Ezekiel Legal Port Macquarie Quarter Sessions 11 Oct 1873 2.3 (page 2 column 3) The text reads of the article in the newspaper reads... Port Macquarie Quarter Sessions Tuesday September, 30, 1873. Ezekiel Jackson Charged with stealing a £5 note from a man named Sweeney, at Kempsey. Verdict, guilty, sentenced to eight months' imprisonment in Port Macquarie gaol. Prisoner was defended by Mr. Dease. Hope the above is of some assistance, Best wishes, Rod & Wendy Gow On 5 Jan 2006, at 12:40 PM, Yvonne wrote: > G'day Everyone, > > > > This is my first time on this list and I was hoping someone could help > me > find whatever happened to my ancestor Michael Murray and his daughter > Ellen > Jackson (nee Murray). > > > > Michael Murray b.Kilcork, Ireland in 1816 - m: Catherine McGovern in > England > 1836. The family, 2 adults & 4 children, arrived in Sydney on the > 'Elizabeth' as assisted immigrants in 1844. His daughter Catherine > and his > wife, Catherine both drowned near Summer Island on the Macleay River in > 1865. His youngest daughter, Ellen m: my g.grandfather, Ezekiel > Jackson in > 1866, Macleay River, but we have no further records of him after that. > > > > We have checked almost every Michael Murray on the NSWBDM without > success > (just a lot of copies of transcriptions), checked as many cemeteries as > possible for a headstone or record without any luck. The only other > explanation is that maybe he returned to England after the loss of his > wife > and daughter, Catherine. > > > > His other daughter, my g.grandmother, Ellen Jackson was last heard of > when > she gave birth to triplets at Skillion Flat, Macleay River, in 1875. > There > was a mention of a Coroners' report in the Maitland Mercury in June > 1875, on > two of the infants, but no actual report was found as the records > somehow > have not survived. Ellen also disappeared from records from that > year, and > again, she has not been found on the NSWBMD, nor was her third child. > Just > as a footnote, her husband, Ezekiel disappeared as well, but ended up > back > in Maine, USA, where he remarried in 1895 stating he was a widow. > > > > At this rate I should be able to build myself a fort with the amount of > brick walls I keep running into. > > > > If anyone has a suggestion to where I can go from here, I would very > much > appreciate it. > > > > Regards, > > > > Yvonne > > PMcQ > > > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > The quick way to access and search any rootsweb > mailing list is to start at: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > Visit our web site for list of Newspaper Indexes and books.... <http://www.ceinternet.com.au/~rgow/> If you would like to be placed on our "People to Advise" list when we release a new index etc., just reply to this e-mail with the words "PLEASE ADVISE" and we will keep you up to date.