Thanks Jeanette. Will try Cairns next week when I am free . Kind regards, Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "B & J Hartley" <barjeanzoe@aanet.com.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > Mary Mizzi, > I belong to the Catholic parish of Mareeba and I can tell you that at the > moment there is > no Catholic priest in Cooktown. It's the story all over Australia, > unfortunately. > Probably a call to the Bishop's House in Cairns could you give you some > leads. > Jeanette Hartley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Mizzi" <mmizzi@dodo.com.au> > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:09 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] RE death and burial of LENA NEILL. > > >> Thanks to Stan, Janelle, Barbara and Sherrie for your replies to my email >> about Lena NEILl. >> >> No results as yet in finding her burial or grave. Family seem to think >> she >> is buried in Cooktown and I am thinking of contacting the Catholic Priest >> in >> Cooktown to see if he has any idea of her death/burial. As suggested, the >> grave might be there but the number covered in dust although, I would be >> rather surprised if there was not a headstone above her grave...after >> all, >> she had Helenvale and Helen Street, Cooktown named after her....a >> wonderful >> lady from what I have read, who was always a great help to all. She never >> married but was always on call to help her family and friends. >> Will see what I can find. >> >> I have most of the history of the Neill Family...thanks Janelle for that >> mention of Johanna Guilfoyle....will open that site and save the >> information >> for the NEILL family tree, which I am researching for the descendants. >> >> Again thanks for all your help...such a lot of kind people and a great >> site >> for getting any help in tracing our ancestors. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Mary >> >> All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be >> a wasted effort >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Could this be birth of Elizabeth Ellen Elizabeth E. NEILL born 1865 Father James Mother Anne District Sydney ref 440/1865 Jan