Hello list members 150 years ago today my great grandmother Dorothea Prinz (Betsy) was born on board the Triton from Hamburg. Three weeks later the family Valentin & Helena Prinz and their three children, baby Betsy and two older children Friedrieke aged 9 (later known as Rachel and m. John Horne) and Carl (Charles Prince) aged 4, landed at Sydney Cove. Three more daughters were born at Maitland, Margaret (Maggie m. James Fletcher), Mary (Mary Ann m. Peter Hindmarsh), and Mary Ann (Annie m. Thomas Fletcher). When Betsy was 8 her father died and is buried at Glen Quinn, Narrabri. Later the family moved to Wee Waa. At 17 years she married William Thomas MITCHELL an Irishman from Kingstown near Dublin Ireland. By this time she was known as Elizabeth Prince. The couple had 10 children. William James B. 1871 Tamworth Elizabeth B.1873 Margaret Mary B.1874 John B.1876 Charles E B.1878 James B.1881 Thomas B.1882 Annie Helena B.1887 Joseph B.1892 Frances M B.1894 Elizabeth was widowed in 1910 aged 57. She died 1941 aged 87 and is buried in the Wee Waa cemetery. Valentin and Helena had six children and 50 grandchildren. I would like to make contact with as many of their descendants as possible and share what we know of their story. Moya Morris