Hi Thanks for your reply....I have many Williams and Owens in the tree my lot arrived before the famine and they sponsored over 40 other families etc in the late 1850 and 60s I believe that this is Bernard who arrived on the Susan 1839 2422/1869 MCGRATH BERNARD FLYNN BRIDGET GRAFTON I believe that these are births 10422/1872 MCGRATH THERESA MARY BERNARD BRIDGET GRAFTON 11244/1873 MCGRATH THOMAS JAMES BERNARD BRIDGET GRAFTON 13297/1878 MCGRATH MICHAEL J BERNARD BRIDGET GRAFTON I believe thta this is a marriages 4193/1905 MCGRATH JAMES FLANDERS JESSIE M GRAFTON 10245/1919 MCGRATH MICHAEL HOGAN CATHERINE A GRAFTON We are hol;ding a reunion in Braidwood this October Im trying to put together a book containing info on all 6 families Michael and Mary who arrived 1839 had brothers Chaelres who arrived with family in 1841 Bernad who arrived in 1840 with family Cousins Mark with wife and family 1840 Rose with husband and family 1841 Patrick and wife and family 1841 29 children in total if all had 4 children thta becomes rounghlu120 children in 1855.....X 4 280 by 1875 1100 by 1900 by 1925 5500 so really I should have 20 000 folk out there..... Im of the Mark line and have found family in all but Michael and Marys line The McGraths married into te Kennedy clan...of which many are in Lismore Grafton area. Any info would be greatfully recieved ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Farlow" <ken_farlow@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW-PENRITH] MCGRATH > 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 > > > ============================== > 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 >