Hi Gayle, If you have a look at the NSW State Records website under Assisted Immigrants you will find these listed under Duggan: Bridget 5 & family Catherine 2 & family infant Maria 7 & family Mary 28 & family Stephen 25 William 24 Patrick 35 & family Rose 1 & family They all arrived on the Neptune 1852 as assisted immigrants. The reel references appear as 2136, 2463 so if you go into the website you can order them on-line for a small fee. Lyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle Clarke-Wood" <gclarkew@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:36 AM Subject: [PJ] Help - Duggan William > Hi > I need help as I keep coming up against brick walls. > > My GGGGgrandfather William Duggan is a mystery and everyone in the family > have put him in the "too hard basket". > > One theory put forward by a cousin is the following: > > Born: 1828 in Clare County,Ireland Travelled: on the Neptune-Arrived 6 > Feb 1852 in Sydney (is he a convict?) > Occupation: Grooms/Labourer > Occupation: 1856 Sawyer Resided: 1856 in Wattle Flat,via > Bathurst,NSW,Australia > Died: ? > Father: James DUGGAN #23039 > Mother: Margaret (Mrs. James DUGGAN) #23038 > Wife: Mary Jane FINSAKER #22030 Birth name Jane FONSECA Married: 25 Nov > 1856 in Sofala-Church of Christ Anglican Church,NSW,Australia Born: 8 > Jan 1839 in Parramatta,Sydney,NSW,Australia > Father: Moses FONSECA #23041 Mother: Esther AIKEN #23040 > > BUT.............. > on the birth certificate of one of their children it states he was born in > Liverpool, NSW and at the time of their sons Samuel's birth (1865) he was > 29 and she was 27. so this discounts the first theory. > > I sent away for what I thought was his death certificate and it was the > wrong one. I am totally confused. If any lister could help I would be > greatly appreciative. > > cheers > > Gayle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >