Probably not at all connected but there is a heavy concentration of Walsh families in Kilkenny, Ireland. Marrying at St. Marys and with Bridget as a name very likely to be Irish. On 18 November 2013 23:43, <rockrat@eircom.net> wrote: > Daniel married Bridget Walsh not Welsh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 8:19 AM > To: Laraine Dillon ; aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PJ] researcher > > Before trying for a professional researcher you should go through the > archives of the Rootsweb lists for the various places you can prove your > ancestor lived. There are lists for the Bristol area and there is sure to > be a Fowler one name society. You may have to try not only Rootsweb but > also Yahoo, Facebook and anywhere else you can think of that may have a > genealogy list. > Members of genealogy lists are usually very helpful and can direct you to > where the information you need is located, or if you are lucky one of the > members will find it for you and pass it on, or perhaps a family member > belongs to the list and will share research with you provided you also > share. > There is a lot of information online that was not available a year ago. > However, you do have a lot of clues to enable to you find the information > you seek without hiring a professional researcher > Why don't you contact the Goulburn Library in NSW about his time as a > reporter for the newspaper? The Goulburn Family History Society and the > Library have a comprehensive Index to items listed in the local newspapers. > It is many years since I contacted the GFHS, snail mail, and they are now > probably online, they provided me with a lot of information, for a very > small outlay, on my ancestors in the area. > There are a lot of descendants with the Parnell surname in the Sydney area, > some in my family line. No trace of a Mary Parnell marrying a Fowler > unfortunately. > Good luck. > Patricia > > > > Hello and thank you to everyone who has replied to my email re an > investigative researcher. I am open to all suggestions. > Here is my problem Daniel Fowler on the Isabella 4 1832.... > I have all the information on his trial and crime we know he worked for > Garling the artist as a boatman, in Sydney, > we know he married Bridget Welsh in Sydney they were married at St Mary’s > by > banns. > One of the Children of the union was George Fowler born 1846. He was my > Great Grandfather,the family story went that George was a Dean of a > University but fell on hard time due to the evil brew. > George became a journalist and wrote for papers like the Goulburn times. > At > one stage he turns up in Cooktown as the editor of a paper and it appear he > co wrote the Emu and Kangaroo almost an anthem. > George stated on his marriage cert that his mother was Mary Parnell, this > is > incorrect, but the Parnell's were connected in the Welsh line It could be > that they educated George who was obviously better educated than the > average > man of the times. > I wish to know more about the early years of George Fowler before he > married > Esther Wood . > Then there is Daniel his father I have paid three researchers to find out > who Daniels Fowlers parents were as he was well educated and came from > Bristol but at the time of his arrest he claimed to live in Staffordshire > no > place can we find the name of his parents. I would like some one to trace > this family backwards from N.S.W some one who can really sink their teeth > into it please. > Laraine in QLD > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Jennifer