Many thanks for all the replies to my posting for Henry Chambers and Thomas Henry Chambers Henry is my husbands gt grand father This Chambers family is the most frustrating genealogy I have ever done. There is so much false info all the way thru On the death cert of. Emma Watt (chambers) daughter of Henry and Jane Chambers her son was the informant and put her brother( Thomas Henry Chambers) down as her father and her mother down as Emma when it was Jane. this caused a problem for a start Next problem was , the marriage for Henry and Jane in 1838 The minister , Rev McGarvie has transposed the names and has Henry Chambers down as Henry Turner and Jane Turner as Jane Chambers and to make matters worse the first 3 children are baptised as Turners The good Rev was certainly confused The other Children are bapt as Chambers in another church by another minister On Jane Chambers death cert the children are all listed , , the same children !! Henry spent his last few years in the home for aged, infirm, and chronically sick on Stradbroke Island, on the admission register Henry has provided the following info admitted 20th oct 1877 aged 75 born Deptford Kent Eng Trade---- cabinetmaker Father--- George Mother--- Ann Spouse-----Jane Married Sydney aged 27 Children ---- Thomas aged 47, mary Jane 41 Emma 39 Maria 36, ( Ann had died by this time) and Sarah ? Mary Jane married a Mr Gaynor a saddler in Bundaburg sarah m Mr Rever of McKay, Emma m Watt of Warwick Maria m a German ( Trenkner) Ann m Kilcullen History Arrived in Tasmania 1833 on the ship Sir John Ray Reid" remained in Tas for 6 mths then went to Sydney and stayed 10yrs befor moving to Moreton Bay Worked as a cabiner maker and also had saw pits in George St Bris..Also was leasee of Brisbane River Ferry for 2 yrs. Worked past 2 yrs for Mr Dear, Herschell St Brisbane.. This info is what Henry has provided True or false ??? If Henry was a convict would he only stay in Tas for 6mths or is he fibbing And where is Thomas Henry? I hope someone can help unravel my family many thanks Julie

Hello Julie Have you been on the Bundaberg City Council Website? A Mary Jane Gaynor is buried there. A Grace Egerton Gaynor is buried in the same plot. I am in Mackay but there is no Sarah Rever listed in the old Mackay Cemetery cd. Have you found births or deaths for any of the children? Jan -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:25 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [AUS-QLD] Chambers > Many thanks for all the replies to my posting for Henry Chambers and > Thomas Henry Chambers Henry is my husbands gt grand father > > This Chambers family is the most frustrating genealogy I have ever done. > There is so much false info all the way thru On the death cert of. > > Emma Watt (chambers) daughter of Henry and Jane Chambers her son was the > informant and put her brother( Thomas Henry Chambers) down as her father > > and her mother down as Emma when it was Jane. this caused a problem for a > start > > Next problem was , the marriage for Henry and Jane in 1838 The > minister , Rev McGarvie has transposed the names and has Henry Chambers > down as Henry Turner and Jane Turner as Jane Chambers and to make matters > worse the first 3 children are baptised as Turners The good Rev was > certainly confused > > The other Children are bapt as Chambers in another church by another > minister > > On Jane Chambers death cert the children are all listed , , the same > children !! > > > > Henry spent his last few years in the home for aged, infirm, and > chronically sick on Stradbroke Island, on the admission register Henry has > provided the following info > > admitted 20th oct 1877 aged 75 > born Deptford Kent Eng > Trade---- cabinetmaker > > Father--- George > Mother--- Ann > Spouse-----Jane > Married Sydney aged 27 > > Children ---- Thomas aged 47, mary Jane 41 Emma 39 Maria 36, ( Ann > had died by this time) and Sarah ? > > Mary Jane married a Mr Gaynor a saddler in Bundaburg > > sarah m Mr Rever of McKay, Emma m Watt of Warwick Maria m a German > ( Trenkner) Ann m Kilcullen > > History > > Arrived in Tasmania 1833 on the ship Sir John Ray Reid" remained in Tas > for 6 mths then went to Sydney and stayed 10yrs befor moving to Moreton > Bay Worked as a cabiner maker and also had saw pits in George St > Bris..Also was leasee of Brisbane River Ferry for 2 yrs. Worked past 2 yrs > for Mr Dear, Herschell St Brisbane.. > > > This info is what Henry has provided True or false ??? > > If Henry was a convict would he only stay in Tas for 6mths or is he > fibbing > And where is Thomas Henry? > > I hope someone can help unravel my family > > many thanks Julie

Hi Jan, I have some bapts. Thomas Henry Born 25 Jan 1839 parish of St Andrews Scots church parents Henry Turner and Jane Chambers Sydney Carpenter.-- minister Rev Mcgarvie ------- Emma born 10 oct 1846.--- bapt 25 sept 1848 St Andrews Scots church------- Parents Henry Turner and Jane chambers Brisbane Occ cabinetmaker---- minister J Mcgarvie ------- Mary Jane 17June 1844 in the district of Moreton Bay---- ceremony 30 nov 1844---- Parents Henry Chambers and Jane Chambers Brisbane Town------Carpenter Minister C W E Schmidt I have a death cert for Mary Jane Gaynor Bunderburg 1889---- 5 living children 2males and 2 females dead---no Grace Edgerton listed------- Parents listed as Henry chambers and Mary jane Chambers ------ death cert for Sarah Revere 5 april 1885 Sarah Revere( not all togther clear could be Rivers) in the district of Oxley place ( looks like Asylum cemetery) Parents unknown Marriage -----for Sarah ---- 10 March 1863 Charles Rivers ?? and sarah Chambers Occ of husband Theatrical profession Ipswich Thanks Julie