-----Original Message----- From: Ken & Lorraine Neate <kneate@bigpond.com> To: AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 4:11 PM Subject: Re: CENSUS 1841 WHERE NEXT? > John Ritchie married for the FOURTH time in 1848 to Catherine Murphy. This part of the message interests us, as we have great great grandfather James ALLEN who married Ann DUNSTAR at the Presbyterian Church, Jamberoo on 18 Jan 1850. We obtained a photocopy of the marriage register entry from microfilm, which has the signatures of both John & Catherine RITCHIE of Jamberoo as witnesses to the marriage. We think that James ALLEN (born Kent circa 1818) was a convict. Is it possible that at the time of his marriage, he may have been assigned to John RITCHIE? Would anyone know the name of the property on which he may have worked? We do know that he later worked for Alexander BERRY as a fencer at Cooloongatta. Would appreciate any information. Regards, John & Annette Morton-Allen Gympie, Qld. jmortona@tpgi.com.au