Hi again, His name was William Owen McGrath m. Mcliss Miller Higgins 5 jul 1941 Grafton NSW Ken Farlow --- Christene Hartley <chartley@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hi > Im searching for descendents of 6 McGraths families > most settled in Braidwood before heading up to > Grafton. > Only 1 family stayed in Sydney. > Michael and Mary arrived on the Susan in 1839 > with 7 children Francis (the oldest was 19 )John > ,Thomas > Andrew, Rose ,Michael and Bernard > Michael sr is recorded as being a farmer > Anyone else researching this name? > Christene > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ===== Ken Farlow Phone: +61 2 43927025 Mobile: 0401 193 248 Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

Hi Christine, I have some McGaths (11) in the Grafton area, descendants of M'liss Miller Higgins b. 10 Mar 1921 Grafton. She married a McGrath, I don't know who. What form do you want the data? I can send Word docs, gedcom etc. Also I would be interested in looking at what you happen to get. Ken Farlow b. Maclean NSW 1955 --- Christene Hartley <chartley@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hi > Im searching for descendents of 6 McGraths families > most settled in Braidwood before heading up to > Grafton. > Only 1 family stayed in Sydney. > Michael and Mary arrived on the Susan in 1839 > with 7 children Francis (the oldest was 19 )John > ,Thomas > Andrew, Rose ,Michael and Bernard > Michael sr is recorded as being a farmer > Anyone else researching this name? > Christene > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ===== Ken Farlow Phone: +61 2 43927025 Mobile: 0401 193 248 Alt Email: k_farlow@bigpond.net.au These are the reasons I believe as I do> http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/rtb/ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

Hi Listers My main line of research is the MCGRATh families who arrived 1839 40 41 (all related) I have recently recieved a transcript of death for a Thomas McGrath ..unfortunately the information isnt conclusive....I still dont know if he is mine. he died 17 10 1868 in Penrith hospital after suffering enteritis for 4 days.it also reads that he was from Ireland and aged 35 and buried in the Regentville Cemetery and was seen by a Catholic minister All details fit my Thomas ...but no preents mentioned nor brothers or sisters of which at this time he had 6 The deatails were submitted by hospital staff and no other detatils were given Given these circumstances I suspect that a headstone will not be existent and not informative but if anyone is near or visits hte cemetery ...Id be interested in knowing if it does exist and its transcription Christene able to do lookups for assisted immigrants NSW 1828 42 and Rookwood cemetery

Hi Im searching for descendents of 6 McGraths families most settled in Braidwood before heading up to Grafton. Only 1 family stayed in Sydney. Michael and Mary arrived on the Susan in 1839 with 7 children Francis (the oldest was 19 )John ,Thomas Andrew, Rose ,Michael and Bernard Michael sr is recorded as being a farmer Anyone else researching this name? Christene

Hi Terry, You might want to have a look at the AUS-SAGEN list. It's for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the state of South Australia. You can find details on how to subscribe at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-SAGEN.html Regards, Danielle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry King" <tmking@hurworth99.freeserve.co.uk> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 5:32 AM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] ADELAIDE S/A > Hi, > Can someone provide me with the List name for the above area in > Australia ?. Terry

Hi, Can someone provide me with the List name for the above area in Australia ?. Terry

Hello Danielle I wonder if you can help. On the varios documents eg, BDM certificates, Musters, Census etc. for the Robert Bolton and his family there are many place names. Could you kindly confirm that they would be in the same area, and refer to the same land holdings. DC Maria Bolton born 1805 PENRITH Isaac Bolton born 1807 PROSPECT Register of Pardons 1810 Robert Bolton - Residing District of TOONGABBIE DC of Jane Bolton b 1811 TOONGABBIE DC of Ann Bolton, born 1814 AGNES BANKS Muster 1814 (Bolton Family) WINDSOR DISTRICT Muster DC of Sarah Bolton, born 1816 AGNES BANKS What I am trying to find out was from about 1805 to 1816 would the family have been in the one spot. Can you throw any light on the matter. Thanking you. Kind regards 'Joanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danielle" <robndani@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:52 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Penrith City History Conference The Penrith City Council & Library will be holding their third annual history conference on Saturday 27th March 2004. The conference, titled The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement, will cover such topics as Samuel Marsden and his involvement with the area; the Great Western Road and its impact on Penrith, St Marys and outlying areas; and the growth of Castlereagh as a result of the land grants issued in 1803 and 1804. Other presenters will discuss The Nepean Times and its social influences upon the local community. The cost of the conference is $30 per person which includes your conference pack, coffee and tea on arrival, lunch and morning and afternoon tea. It will be held in the Nepean Room, which is located in the Penrith Civic Centre, 601 High Street Penrith. Registration will be from 8.30am, with the conference starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm. For further information and to register for the conference contact: Alison Spencer Research Officer Penrith City Library Phone: 02 4732 7687 Email: alisons@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au In conjunction with The Makings of a City: Foundations of a Settlement conference, The Nepean Family History Society will be holding a mini fair on Sunday 28th March 2004. it will be held at The Nepean Family History Society's Library, Great Western Highway Emu Plains from 10am till 4pm. Activities will include: · Local and Family History Displays · Library Tours · Book Stalls · Speakers · Sausage Sizzle · Drinks · Devonshire Teas Further enquiries: Phone: Sue Breeze 02 4735 1818 or Judy McLeod 02 4733 1631 Email: jmcleod@austarmetro.com.au ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi, just had a dumb moment in which i deleted instead of moved an email with the subject barrett family. Could the sender please resend it? Thanks a bunch and sorry to bug. Sarah *~ Sarah C ~* <ozrockchick@yahoo.com.au> wrote: I was just wondering if the person (contributer 70) who wrote this in the Pioneer History I found in Penrith Library was able to contact me, or anyone in the Barrett family. "THe youngest child of Patrick Barrett was my Grandmother, she passed away when I was7. As my father was an onlt child I have very little information about this side of the family. I would like to correspond with anyone who is part of the BARRET family or who knew them." Patrick barret is my great, great grandfather and my grandmother is the Barrett link in my family. THanks a lot, hope this is how it is done, Sarah Cook --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

I was just wondering if the person (contributer 70) who wrote this in the Pioneer History I found in Penrith Library was able to contact me, or anyone in the Barrett family. "THe youngest child of Patrick Barrett was my Grandmother, she passed away when I was7. As my father was an onlt child I have very little information about this side of the family. I would like to correspond with anyone who is part of the BARRET family or who knew them." Patrick barret is my great, great grandfather and my grandmother is the Barrett link in my family. THanks a lot, hope this is how it is done, Sarah Cook --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.

Just a reminder that a reunion will be held for the descendants of James and Mary Melville. Meet: Sunday 2nd May 2004 - 12 Noon. Where: McQuade Park, Windsor, NSW (Moses Street side, opposite St. Matthew's, Windsor) James and Mary (nee Gavin) Melville arrived in October 1838, on the " Mandarin", from Ireland. Children: 1. Robert married Kerzia Elizabeth Worboys - 7 children. 2. James married Anne Maria Holland - 9 children 3. Eliza married a) Frederick Charles Turner - 6 children b) William Allen 4. Mary married George Charles Johnson - 6 children 5. Jane married Samuel Davidson - 7 children 6. Margaret Spiers married Benjamin Wilberforce West - 11 children 7. John married Susan Hodges - 4 children 8. William married Jane Elliott - 8 children 9. Janet married William Charles Gambrill - 6 children 10. Mary Anne married Benjamin Ezzy Sullivan - 4 children For any information, on the reunion, please contact me, David Beddie on the following email address: dbeddie@ozemail.com.au Please advise, in advance, if you are attending, so that we can have an indication of numbers. Regards David Beddie, Raby, NSW

The Missing Family and Friends index has been updated: http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/missing2.htm convict absconders can be found at : http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm best wishes Jenny Fawcett

Hi all, Has anyone any knowledge of, or connection with, the Dawson family at Erskine Park c. 1853 or 54 onwards. Father Henry Hockney DAWSON and wife Wilhemina. Befoe that they were at Baily Park, together with Joseph Longmore & family. Regards Joan Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/

Hi Dorothy I have a lovely old photo of my grandparents house in Budgeree Rd Toongabbie. My grandparents lived their most of their married life. My hub and I were down in Sydney in Sept last year and went via the house again and it is nothing like it used to be. Last time I walked down that road nearly thirty yrs ago it was dirt and now it is bitumen, oh!! how things change. When I locate it I will scan it for you We have just moved house on the weekend so in a bit of disorder here still. Regards Susan Stubbs Brisbane Australia stubbinsky@optusnet.com.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Warwick" <thewarwicks@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:56 AM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Prospect & Sherwood/Holroyd Looking for photos or stories of people/families/places of the Prospect & Sherwood (now Holroyd since 1872) area of western Sydney or maybe photos of old family homes, shops or businesses from days gone by. This area covers the suburbs of Merrylands, Guildford, Westmead, Wentworthville, Greystanes, Mays Hill, Prospect Hill, Girraween, Toongabbie, Pendle Hill, Smithfield & Yennora. We are interested in the history of our area and would like to compile a social history of the area with photos and stories of everyday life in Holroyd with a view to displaying and possibly putting into book form. All donations of photos or stories gratefully accepted and will be acknowledged. Please contact by email, phone/fax 9788 1274 or mail to Holroyd Local History Research P.O. Box 361 Merrylands NSW 2160 Holroyd Local History Research thewarwicks@optusnet.com.au ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.639 / Virus Database: 408 - Release Date: 22/03/2004

I have decided to re post my interests. Joseph and Eliza STAPLEY (nee FROST) arrived in 1838 and went to work for Jamieson at Regentville. In 1840 a son Thomas was born to them. Circa 1841/42 another son William and circa 1844/45 a daughter Mary Ann. No baptisms have been found for William or Mary Ann, so i hav eno idea of their actual date of birth. Thomas was born on 12th October 1840 and baptised on 8th November 1840 in the church of St Stephen the Matyr in Penrith. He married Lucy Clarke in 1870 and their son William Richard Thomas (Bill) STAPLEY settled in the Penrith area in the 1900's. Bill Stapley was my Uncle and he married (1) Annie Maude McLeod and (2) Bertha Crowl. Their descendants still live in the area. Uncle Bill and his family lived in Smith Street. I would like to hear from descendants. I would also like to hear from descendants of Thomas Weller who settled in the area in 1839. He was the base born son of James STAPLEY and Lucy WELLER. from Sussex England, Marie gumtrees2@iprimus.com.au

I have just come across your request for photos and/or information My grandparents William John and Phoebe Ruth Newing moved to Merrylands Road (then opposite the tile factory) now opposite ?Central Gardens, sometime soon after 1912. Like many others in the area they had a small poultry farm. They regularly attended St Matthew's Church, then in Arcadia Street. Other relatives were the Charnock family that lived in Arcadia Street and the Kitcheners in Merrylands Road. My mother attended Greystanes School before attending Parramatta High School. I am about to rush off so can't spend any more time writing to you at the moment but I do have a few photos relating to the time and place. (Maybe 5 or 6) I attended Merrylands school for six months during the war while my father was away fighting. If I can ffer any assistance or if you are interested in the photos - please let me know Hoping to hear from you Pam On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 08:56 AM, Dorothy Warwick wrote: > Looking for photos or stories of people/families/places of the > Prospect & > Sherwood (now Holroyd since 1872) area of western Sydney or maybe > photos of > old family homes, shops or businesses from days gone by. > > This area covers the suburbs of Merrylands, Guildford, Westmead, > Wentworthville, Greystanes, Mays Hill, Prospect Hill, Girraween, > Toongabbie, > Pendle Hill, Smithfield & Yennora. > > > > Holroyd Local History Research > thewarwicks@optusnet.com.au > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Looking for photos or stories of people/families/places of the Prospect & Sherwood (now Holroyd since 1872) area of western Sydney or maybe photos of old family homes, shops or businesses from days gone by. This area covers the suburbs of Merrylands, Guildford, Westmead, Wentworthville, Greystanes, Mays Hill, Prospect Hill, Girraween, Toongabbie, Pendle Hill, Smithfield & Yennora. We are interested in the history of our area and would like to compile a social history of the area with photos and stories of everyday life in Holroyd with a view to displaying and possibly putting into book form. All donations of photos or stories gratefully accepted and will be acknowledged. Please contact by email, phone/fax 9788 1274 or mail to Holroyd Local History Research P.O. Box 361 Merrylands NSW 2160 Holroyd Local History Research thewarwicks@optusnet.com.au

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Fellow listers, Has anyone any knowledge of, or connection with, Henry Hockney DAWSON and family at Erskine Park c.1850s? Henry is buried in the C of E, St Marys. Joan Scanned by PeNiCillin http://safe-t-net.pnc.com.au/

Dear All, A meeting will be held in remembrance of ANN REFFIN - At the old church hall (former Wesleyan schoolhouse), alongside the Castlereagh Chapel, Upper Castlereagh, on 20 June 2004. This is another reminder (i.e. I've sent similar earlier on) about the 200th year mark going to be reached in mid 2004 for the arrival in Sydney of the convict girl Ann Reffin. I myself am NOT a "family historian" per se, and sometimes even have trouble comprehending the structure of geneological chartings (fortunately my wife Ann understands relationships better than I do, so if I get too lost I just ask her). Although not a geneologist worth a crumpet, I do however have a strong sense of, and appreciation of, all history. As a geologist my own "history" interests go back millions of years of course. I am also one of those who firmly believes we should take lessons from history and try not to commit the same old mistakes which already should have taught humankind a thing or two. Hence I am keen to help preserve history, be it family history or local history. Ann Reffin was born in February 1783 in the small village of Walton-on-the-Wolds (http://www.geocities.com/doctorjohn72/walton.gif). Her parents were John and Ann (and commemoration of her arrival here is being organised coincidentally by another "John and Ann" pair way downstream on the tree or stream of time). Ann was put on trial at Nottingham Assizes on 11 March 1802 for burglary. She was sentenced to death, which sentence was two weeks later commuted to relocation to Sydney on a sentence of 7 years transportation. The transportation period turned into permanent settlement for her, as indeed it did for most transported convicts. Very few of them ever returned .. although one exception to that was Molly Morgan who'd managed to get herself back to the motherland but was re-arrested there and sent back to the penal colony of Sydney on the same ship that Ann travelled on. That vessel was the Experiment, a ship of 568 tons. It left England on 4 December 1803 - bound for Port Jackson with 136 female and 2 male convicts on board. Ann's shipmate Molly Morgan (http://www.geocities.com/doctorjohn72/mollymorgan.htm) was also a very interesting woman, and became an example of a successful convict business woman. She founded Molly's farm which is now the central business district of Maitland .. and the non-cash economy of the Local Exchange Trading System there calls it's 'currency' units Mollys. After arriving in Sydney, Ann married here an Irishman (David) who had been shipped out to Sydney in the wake of the 1798 great Irish rebellion for freedom and independence ~ which was the root cause, as most of us know, of the recently re-enacted event (battle of Vinegar Hill) on the road to Windsor. Ann had six children here to David: James, Ann, John, Esther, Catherine Sophia, Samuel. Parents, and most children and their spouses, all moved to Castlereagh. Ann died there on 26 July 1839, her death certificate recording that she was 56 years old and known as Ann Ralphin or Ann Boyonnes. Ann's grave is in the Byrnes-Jackson plot. This is in the northeastern corner of Christ Church general cemetery at Castlereagh, adjacent to the vault containing the Reverend Henry Fulton who was the well known local Anglican chaplain who buried her (and who was another 1798 Irish political transportee, pardonned soon after his arrival). Ann's grave is currently unmarked and friends/descendants are invited to contribute small sums to the eventual placement of a small memorial stone there. This will state that her remains lie "hereabouts" (as the exact spot can be determined with accuracy of only plus or minus a metre or so). Because all the families of early Castlereagh are quite extensively intertwined, back and forth (braided much like the early bed of the Nepean itself was, prior to weir construction), Ann's descendents may be found under numerous surnames - some of which may or may not still have local representation in Western Sydney region, or may even belong to AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L? It is believed that probably in common with other early convict women, many of the thousands of descendants which must now exist would be unaware of their connection with Ann. The purpose of the get-together (which is anticipated to have small attendance, as the degree of publicity is but small) will be to increase that awareness and hopefully to bring representative of various family and historical group interests together who may have a common link in the personage of Ann. The meeting will be day-long and will be held in the small "hall" (formerly the old Wesleyan Schoolhouse of Castlereagh) at the Castlereagh Chapel, Castlereagh Road, Upper Castlereagh. The agenda will include talks followed by visitation to where Ann lies buried. Talks might cover such things as the Leicesterhire Wolds where Ann came from, the history of Castlereagh, and branch family histories. Could anybody wishing to present a talk please contact me at john.mail@ozemail.com.au so that the agenda can be got in order. It would be appreciated if people could pass the information in this email, about the planned meeting, along to anybody who they think might be a descendant of Ann Reffin. Similar information about the meeting and about Ann may be had at http://www.geocities.com/doctorjohn72/reffin.htm Or see http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/Lib/LocalSuburbs/Castlereagh.htm for information on Castlereagh and how to find the Upper Castlereagh Methodist/Wesleyan church and cemetery. The meeting will be held in the building shown in the centre of the image http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/Lib/LocalSuburbs/Images/castlereaghMethodi st.jpg A descendant chart up to as far as Ann's children and grandchildren is available at http://www.geocities.com/doctorjohn72/david_ann.htm Beyond those few first generations, Ann's descendants via intermarriages or continuing along the same lines are not fully charted, or at least this information is not readily available via the internet (family historians would have sizeable chunks of it however). Her descendants will occur within many surname designations ... and early Castlereagh families are well-known to be intertwined back and forth over the passage of time. Families directly linked to David and Ann�s children are: Nicholson, Jackson, Harland, Ablett, Wilkinson, Harris, Lewis (and hence Fredericks), Gorman (and hence Lees), and Nicholas. Some of the families which will contain descendants of Ann Reffin would be those linked with David and Ann�s grand-children (Yeomans, Smith, Becroft, Wilkinson, Johnson, Cunningham, Ford, Dunbar, McCooey, Hamilton, Dyson, Quinn, Price, Harland, Fraser, Irwin, Wright, Dowling, Sheens, Lovell, Pullman, Hollier, Innes, Cummins, Haynes, Kirkness, and Stokes); and those linked to great-grand-children (and of those some who are descendants of their youngest son Samuel Byrnes will be in families Vaughan, Boulton, Flanagan, Parish, Richardson, McLenehan, Ness, Alfred, Hall, Mann, Dunstan, Handley, Nixon, Willett, Stanton, Collins, Ahleman, Anderson, Millen, Lenthall, Matthews, Downey, Gates, Forrester, Witcom, Lack, Hindmarsh, Viant and Miller. Also: Curry, Walker, Payne, Taylor, rightwell, Grant, Taylor, Bunyan, Winchester, Kendall, Upton, Weir, Cassidy, Kay, Clarke, Seach, Edgar, Gilbert, Rapley, East, Mason, Graham, Pond, Guthrie, Leschke, Woodleigh, Beecroft, Lines, Stonehouse, Seymour, Smith, Wilson, Tuckwell, Ahleman, Andrews, Bayliss, Grimmond, Kingsmill, Rose, Boots, Harvey, Webb, Piper, Allan, Curry, Andrews, Mosse-Robinson and Hair). Kind Regards, John Byrnes (geologist) Earth and Social Science Consultants PO Box 264 SUMMER HILL, NSW 2130

Hi, Tom and Judy! If you look in the street directory for Penrith, at the end of the Crescent you will see a street called Mountainview Crescent (near Lemongrove Road). Well, the entrance to that street now had a gate and a fence across it, and there's no entry. Thornton Hall is straight in there. My own feeling is that the Commonwealth Government hardly needs the enormous tract of land that they own there, and that, since Thornton Hall (as Laura will tell you) is one of the most historically-significant buildings in the Penrith area, it woyuldn't hurt them to forego its use as a storeroom and return it, and the street, to the people of Penrith. As it is now, access to that area is prohibited, and, as Laura says, the old homestead is being allowed to deteriorate, I guess to the point where it will be beyond saving. This is vital for our national security? Alan. Tom & Judy <chetta@optusnet.com.au> wrote: Where exactly is Thornton Hall? Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "laura" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] Thornton Hall & Red Cow > Dear Alan... > Thanks for your reply.... Interesting about the Defence Dept giving you the run around... Which reminds me... I must contact them to suggest they do some maintenance to Thornton Hall... re gutters and drain pipes etc... before winter comes... and more deteriation sets in. > Because the home is now out of sight and locked up behind security fencing... it also becomes out of mind sight as well... and the deteriation is not noted or corrected... > Apparently it will still be some years before any development starts as there are still issues over the future use of the land. But is the meantime... our dear 1870's Thornton Hall is in limbo... > Cheers Laura Player > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies.