-----Original Message----- From: Ken & Lorraine Neate <kneate@bigpond.com> To: caindc@magna.com.au <caindc@magna.com.au>; AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com.au <AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com.au> Date: Tuesday, 29 December 1998 17:21 Subject: Fw: CENSUS 1841 WHERE NEXT? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ken & Lorraine Neate <kenneate@tig.com.au> >To: David and Carol Cain <caindc@magna.com.au>; AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com ><AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, 29 December 1998 16:05 >Subject: Re: CENSUS 1841 WHERE NEXT? > > >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David and Carol Cain <caindc@magna.com.au> >>To: AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com> >>Date: Friday, 11 December 1998 15:24 >>Subject: CENSUS 1841 WHERE NEXT? >> >> >>>I have a copy of two census records, and looking at the signature on both >>>records, they are the same as the signature on the Marriage Record of my >>>husband's ancestor William Wright. The details are: >>> >>>RETURN NO. 126 - ILLAWARRA - BELAMBI. The name of the person at the head, >>>charge of etc. is WILLIAM WRIGHT and the Proprietor is "THE LATE COL. >>>LEAHY". It is dated at Fairymeadow on 5th March 1841. >>> >>>RETURN NO. 566 - JAMBEROO - "CEDAR GROVE" JAMBEROO. The name of the >person >>>at the head etc. is WILLIAM WRIGHT, no Proprietor given. It is dated at >>>Cedar Grove on 12th March 1841. >>> >>This is my first reply to the site -greetings to all- >>The William Wright in Return No. 566 Jamberoo Cedar Grove never married. >The >>family group on this return ie married woman and children is most likely to >>be the wife and children of his "brother" Thomas Wright. >>After many years of research (20+) it is still unclear the exact >>relationships in the family of John Ritchie of Jamberoo. >>John Ritchie arrived as a convict on the ship Somersetshire in 1814. His >>wife and two boys John and William arrived the following year. Family >>stories say that only John was actually his son. William was the son of >Mary >>his wife at the time who he had married as a widow "with money" in London. >>This would explain his ability to purchase an additional 300 acres to that >>of his grant at Jamberoo (also 300 acres) after serving the period to >obtain >>a TOL and CP. >>William Ritchie (under his name on arrival) also obtained a 60 acre grant >at >>Jamberoo, called Figtree Flat. >>He seemed to start using the name Wright again after the marriage of John >>Ritchie to Mary Anne Enright in 1838, and the births of their three >>children. This change can be confirmed from Title transfers at LTO. >>Neither of the deaths (Mary or Mary Anne) are recorded and John Ritchie >>married for the FOURTH time in 1848 to Catherine Murphy. >>In 1828 John Ritchie asked for a person he desribed as his son, a >>bricklayer, to be allowed to come to NSW. This description fits Thomas >>Wright who seems to have arrived in 1835 with his wife and family. >>Frank McCaffrey says that Thomas came via serving as a convict in >>Tasmania-have been unable to confirm this or otherwise but it seems >>unlikely. >>William Wright died in 1864 aged 60 at Jamberoo. His nephew was the >>informant. >> >>>I was wondering if there is likely to be more information somewhere about >>>William and other occupants of these properties. His Marriage record >>>states he was born in Sydney, however, because my husband's family history >>>suggests that he was adopted, we haven't been able to find his birth in >>>1832 or thereabouts. We have searched many records over the past few >>>years. >>> >>>There is also an interesting connection, in that Cedar Grove was land >>>granted to William Davis convict who is also on my side of the family >>>history and has been researched thoroughly by a relative of mine. >>> >>Re Cedar Grove- William Ritchie posted a notice in the Sydney Press in 1839 >>to warn off trespassers from his propery Cedar Grove. >>I would be interested to see anything on the Davis family at Jamberoo >>(published?) >>as I have been looking at the Jamberoo /Kiama District records for some >>time. >>In September this year the Illawarra Family History Group published an >>index to Kiama Court Records 1852-1863 which I have compiled over a number >>of years. This has records of various members of the Wright and Ritchie >>families at Jamberoo. >> >>I know the locations (Bellambi and Jamberoo) are quite well separated by >>distance but one "unlikely" explanation for the similar signatures could >>revolve around the same collector of the census??? >> >>>Any help will be greatly appreciated as this has been one big headache! >>> >>>Sincere thanks >>>Carol Cain >>>caindc@magna.com.au >>> >>Lorraine Neate kenneate@tig.com.au >> >>>==== AUS-NSW-SE Mailing List ==== >>>History and genealogy in South-East New South Wales, Australia >>> >> >