Was it like where he came from??? Cheers. Annie. from Cairns, Aus. > John Caling <jcaling@bigpond.com> wrote: > > All written down for them Lesley. Why on earth would anyone wonder why a > person would move from Canberra to the Sunshine Coast? I thought the > answer > would be rather obvious. > > Getting back to Henry Copas, he and his 2 brothers were all bricklayers. > John Copas alias Coops (per Marquis of Huntley). John Copas was a > bricklayer > in Wollongong until 1849 when he became a cab proprietor. I am guessing > that > Henry went to Wollongong to work with/for his brother John but I have no > idea why he went to New England to work as a shepherd for Richard > Hargrave > on Hillgrove and Hernani Stations. > > The other brother, George Copas ( also per Marquis of Huntley) was a cab > proprietor in Sydney and ended up owning a hotel in Riley St., > Woolloomooloo. George also owned property in Oxford St. Paddington when > he > died and left a substantial legacy to his family, friends and charities. > I > am guessing that Henry had a falling out with his brothers and moved > onto > "greener pastures" but why on earth Hernani. Even today it is very cold > in > winter being high in the New England Ranges and has quite steep and > hostile > terrain but in those days must have also been very isolated. Even > Armidale > was just a very small town in the late 1840's. > > Cheers, > > John Caling > Currimundi, Qld. > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Lesley > Uebel > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 2:19 PM > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PJ] Time travel > > > So John, > > Do you think your gggg grandchild will ask "I wonder why John Caling > moved > to Queensland in 2007" ?? > > or do you have it all written down for them? > > regards > > Lesley Uebel > mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > CLAIM A CONVICT > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html > > <SNIP> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus.