sent email below to Lesley, forgot to reply all !! Hi Lesley, Hope you aren't flooded out where ever you are in NSW !! Try http://www.sefhg.org/index.htm go to databases and see that there are quite a lot of HARRIS names listed. This group are very helpful and I would give them a try - their email is listed on the website Cheers Ros On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Lesley Albertson <lesley.albertson@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I have just been gazing at the Victorian Death Certificate for my > great-aunt Annie HARRIS ... and, for some reason, could suddenly read > what she died of (Tabes Mesenterica - a form of TB) and where she was > born (Robe Town, South Australia). > > And yes, Robe town is in Guichen Bay ... where her elder sister > Catherine HARRIS was born, 10 Feb 1864. (The place mysteriously written > as "Chewhan Bay" by Catherine's descendants - ouch!) > > Next question, of course - are there any records for the HARRIS family > in Robe? Their parents were Elijah HARRIS and Harriet NEAL from > Hugglescote, Leicestershire, who had arrived in Port Adelaide 13 Oct > 1855 on the "Bucephalus" ... I would *guess* that her father, Elijah > HARRIS, was on the land in one way or another, either on his own > property or working for someone else. > > (He began life as a Coal miner in Hugglescote, and later selected land > near Dunkeld, in Victoria). > > Can anyone help with tracking down the family in Robe? I am quite > thrilled to have at last pinned down where he was - the only birth > officially recorded was that of my grandfather, James HARRIS(S), in Mil > Lel, 06 Nov 1870. > > (Shortly afterwards, in March 1871, Elijah featured in the SA and > Victoria Police Gazettes for stealing 500 bushels of wheat - but that is > another story). > > Help, anyone? I would *love* to be able to find mention of Elijah in > South Australia, the part of his life I know least about. > > Many thanks, > > > Lesley > (Ex-Melburnite ...now living in Nundle, NSW) > > > Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >