Hello fellow listers, This is my first message to this list - having joined the list just recently, I thought that I might as well put in my penny's worth, and see what may come of it. I am looking for descendants of my g-g-g great uncle James BLAIR, b c1817 in Liverpool, England (son of James BLAIR and Jane MOORHEAD). James married Elizabeth CABLE in 1837 in Bristol, England, and they susbsequently migrated to Australia, arriving in NSW in 1841 per the vessel "Victoria". James and Elizabeth lived in Canterbury, NSW during the 1840's, and later moved to Market Street and Sussex Streets in Sydney, where James was a timber merchant, and later on, the licensee of the Bristol Arms Hotel. James died in 1880 in Sydney, while Elizabeth died in 1887. The children of James and Elizabeth BLAIR were as follows: James Edwin (I) - b 1838 Bristol, d 1855 Sydney Charles - b 1843 Sydney, d 1859 Sydney Francis - b 1845 Canterbury, d 1893 Randwick, NSW (m Mary Ann HOPGOOD 1862 Sydney) Emma - b 1847 Sydney, d ? (m Alexander NICHOLSON 1864 Sydney) Mary Jane - b 1850 Sydney, d ? (m John DONALDSON 1866 Sydney) Sydney Richard - b 1853 Sydney, d 1853 Sydney James Edwin (II) - b 1855 Sydney, d 1887 Sydney (m Kitty M A HORWOOD 1877 Sydney) Sydney John - b 1858 Sydney, d 1860 Sydney In particular I am interested in the fate of Emma and Mary Jane - Emma and her husband Alexander NICHOLSON disappear after their marriage, while Mary Jane and her husband John DONALDSON and their children were living in Sydney in the 1880's but just seem to disappear after that. I have not ruled out the possibility that either of these two ladies and their husbands and families may have moved interstate or to New Zealand. I would most grateful to hear from any descendants, or anybody else researching these families. Thanks, Nick Batley Sydney ###################################################################### This e-mail message has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal http://www.marshalsoftware.com ######################################################################