There may be some clues in the Elizabeth Rushen & Perry McIntyre book Fair Game, which covers details of the women on the Princess Royal in 1832. Kerry

Hi Douglas and Julie, As I don't receive emails from the list individually, I didn't realise that both of you were doing the same as me, though I realised that you would already have a huge amount of detail Julie. In addition to what you have posted Julie, I've some more - the most pertinent, I think, being the fact that Samuel Hite's father James Hite, who had a brother Thomas, was transported in 1805. I've searched for James' arrival as a convict, but haven't been able to find him - he possibly may have his father's name as an alias. (If you recall, in the first decade or so, convict records weren't sent out with the convicts themselves, and knowing this, many convicts changed their names and sentences to become free earlier.) Here are some of the details: "James Hytt was christened on 28 Apr 1776 at Colmworth, Beds. He married Ann Stringer on 27 Mar 1795 - she was buried at Colmworth on 11 March 1833 aged c55. On 25 May 1805 aged 27, he was committed to Bedford Gaol charged with sheep stealing, and was found guilty on 24 July 1805, and was sentenced to death, reprieved for life, and was delivered on board the Hulks at Woolwich. Any children born after Mary could not have been James' as he had been transported. 1817 - BASTARDY - Recognizances: Thomas Wagstaff, Colmworth, bastardy. (Woman's husband has been in foreign parts under sentence of transportation for some years.)" and: "Samuel Hite was born circa 1801. He was christened on 18 Jul 1819 at Colmworth, Beds. On 8 Nov 1820 aged 19, he was committed to Bedford Gaol charged with burglary, and was sentenced to death, reprieved for life, and was delivered on board the Justitia Hulk at Woolwich on 8 May 1821." I've found a few references to Mary/Margaret Briggs in the newspapers as well, so will send the entire doc. to you Julie, to add to your files. Re. an aboriginal section in a cemetery - at first, I thought that would have been a complete fabrication, but, thinking about it more, I wouldn't be surprised, as there were paupers' sections, and denominational sections in the cemeteries - just maybe an aboriginal section was so "normal" in those days, that no-one ever mentioned it. Best wishes, Carol Brill. -----Original Message----- From: Douglas [mailto:douglas@burbury.net] Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2014 5:19 PM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Thomas HITE Hi List, There's an interesting discussion going on in the Australian media at the moment regarding the claim to aboriginal ancestry being made by a Tasmanian politician. A similar claim was made in 2002 in an appeal made by some people to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a claim which was upheld. The claims centre around an alleged marriage between Margaret BRIGGS and Thomas HITE. Margaret was a daughter of George BRIGGS and a sister of Dalrymple BRIGGS. On the other side, Thomas HITE is reputed to have been a whaler and a brother of Samuel HITE who was a convict per Malabar (1821). A lot of the problem with supporting the claims is that there is no hard evidence that Thomas HITE ever existed. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office (TAHO) have published their findings on the matter: http://www.scribd.com/doc/239126702/Tasmanian-Archive-and-Heritage-Office-Lambie-Family-Research The issue I'm really interested in here is whether Thomas HITE actually existed. Putting the collective wisdom of this list to work ... can anyone provide any confirmation of this one point? Douglas

Hi folks, Thanks for all the wonderful information about the connections to Ann Hite etc. My interest in this line is through my mother who was the 7th child of William Gower - descended from Dolly Dalrymple- and adopted by Lill's cousin James J Stroud and his wife Sarah in New Zealand in 1939. William and his brother headed off to NZ, when gold was discovered in Otago around 1917/18 There William began working for my maternal great grandfather, Edmund (Ned) Oxenbridge who's family had a gold claim on the Shotover River, at Queenstown. He also owned a brickworks in Invercargill.NZ. William took a 'shine' to Ned Oxenbridge's daughter, Lillian. They married and had six children but Lill died within hours of the birth of their last child's birth. William's mother offered to support her son and assist with raising his children. James and Sarah Stroud adopted the baby and raised her in Invercargill and later in Dunedin.NZ. Mum was over-joyed when a cousin in NZ helped to discover her remaining siblings and she was even more excited when she had a chance to visit them in Launceston in the mid 1960s. BTW If there are other descendants of William Gower and Ada Lillian Oxenbridge on this list will they please contact me off-list ... I'm the last of my part of this family line...so would be thrilled to contact any others. Cheers Ainslie Ainslie.

Hi Douglas and all *Info to check / consider and add to : * *Anne Hite’s *baptismal record : born [or baptised?] EVANDALE Tasmania, baptised *9/10/1838 * * (RGD32, 586/1839, Evandale) age ? Died where/when 1908* [TBC] .["No mention is made of her being an adopted or aboriginal child" TAHO] + *Ann/e HITE'S * parents are listed as Samuel Hite [ *b. 1805 UK d. 15 Jun 1891 where- ? - * TBC] and Mary Ann [nee Pendrill] [ *b. c 1815 UK , d. 30 Mar 1854 where ? - *TBC ] *Samuel HITE* was transported on the Malabar in 1821 (CSO1/1/403 9105) [ref: TAHO ] Conditional pardon: *26/8/1834, Free Pardon 15/12/1840 - * http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1286240/administrative-appeals-tribunal-reasons-for.pdf [TBC]. *Samuel HITE *and *Mary Ann Pendrill * married *10/7/1837* (RGD36, 4016/1837, *Campbell Town* Tasmania, [ref: TAHO]) The known baptised children of *Samuel* * HITE and Mary Ann* [nee Pendrill] *HITE* are listed as *: [need DOB etc] [**1] Ann HITE m. AYLETT [born or baptised EVANDALE **9/10/1838 ], * [2] *Charles*, [3] *George*, [4] *James*, 5] *John*, [6] *Mary*, [7] *George* (registered as 'Kite'), [8] *William* HITE (born Perth, Tas, * born 26/6/1844 [Perth ? Tasmania] RGD33 296/1844 christened 11/8/1844 [where ?] died 21/5/1919 Deloraine, Tas **"said to be Aboriginal as is claimed Ann HITE" *- ref: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1286240/administrative-appeals-tribunal-reasons-for.pdf [ref: TAHO] - 'native of Tasmania' on his death record - which was commonly stated to show one did not arrive as a convict but was *native-born*...- [ref: TAHO]). Would be useful to list all dates for above children - plus photographs. *It is purported Ann was instead a daughter of Margaret BRIGGS d.1839 and a mystery man, **Thomas HITE - purported brother of Samuel HITE... * A Margaret/Mary Briggs died aged 22 without having any known/recorded children. The evidence for this is based on a burial record for 'Margaret Briggs' a 'half caste native' on *31st July 1839* [RGD34/2 p.145]. [ref: TAHO]. A son of *William HITE *[8 ] above and wife [unknown] was: John Hite *born Blackmoor, Tas, 31/5/1887 - d.1963 - *from: http://www.barfootp.f2s.com/m2h.php?FamID=5014 : *"*This area was the western end of Weegeena and the area on the Kimberley road." from: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-Tasmania/2006-07/1153459817 ] *" NSW Records state a THOMAS HITE died in 1841 aged 47" * [TBC] ref page 6/6 - : http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1286240/administrative-appeals-tribunal-reasons-for.pdf - Can someone find this ? in HRA ? Records.nsw ? I'm hoping someone can check the indexes of HRA volumes for HITE, HEIGHT, HIATT, HYATT, HYETT or AYLETT names - towards potential clues = seeking the to date non existent THOMAS HITE. *Ann HITE* married *William AYLETT* *31 August 1858* [TBC] *where *? [TBC] *witnesses ? minister ? * This 2006 thread query [below] states that *Ann (nee HITE) *had the following [known] children with *William AYLETT* : [1] *John* [2] *Thomas* [3] *Frances* (Fanny) [4] *Emma* "Emma Aylett married 1884 in Westbury to Robert Cumming (b. 1862) from: http://boards.ancestry.com.au/thread.aspx?o=0&m=1.5.1.1.1&p=surnames.aylett p.1/6 " [5] *William*, [6] *Edward*, [7] *Kate* and [8] *James* [James who married my grandmother Maria May Davis Boutcher: from: http://boards.ancestry.com.au/thread.aspx?o=0&m=1.5.1.1.1&p=surnames.aylett] *[dates of their births ?]* * In this thread it states that Ann and William had 13 children... Note there is a *THOMAS* listed so it is interesting to check where the THOMAS name came from - AYLETT side ? or purported sealer father's name ? From: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/AUS-Tasmania/2006-04/11456 Also* is there *an Aboriginal section of the "Jenner" Cemetery at Wynyard ? - where it is said Ann [nee HITE] is buried [ with William AYLETT in the non Aboriginal section ] from: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1286240/administrative-appeals-tribunal-reasons-for.pdf *William AYLETT died when ? family info ? * Also this thread on the HITE / AYLETT'S ongoing mystery search is 8 pages long : http://boards.ancestry.com.au/thread.aspx?o=0&m=1.5.1.1.1&p=surnames.aylett and holds some clues including mention *that a photograph exists of Anne [nee HITE] and husband AYLETT - where is this photo - online anywhere ? * Re: Aylett, Hite marykwitecontrary_1 (View posts <http://boards.Ancestry.com.au/authorposts.aspx?uname=marykwitecontrary_1&uid=007debb1-0001-0000-0000-000000000000&uem=&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fboards.ancestry.com.au%2fthread.aspx%3fo%3d0%26m%3d1.5.1.1.1%26p%3dsurnames.aylett> ) Posted: 15 Aug 2002 10:37PM Classification: Query Edited: 24 Nov 2003 4:08AM Surnames: Aylett, Boutcher, Hite *"Have photo of William Aylett and Ann Hite, together with marriage certificate of son James who married my grandmother Maria May Davis Boutcher."* and maybe there is something in this - re: checking AYLETT connection. *Re: Aylett, Hite * tombens (View posts <http://boards.Ancestry.com.au/authorposts.aspx?uname=tombens&uid=00a2ccee-0003-0000-0000-000000000000&uem=&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fboards.ancestry.com.au%2fthread.aspx%3fo%3d20%26m%3d1.5.1.1.3.2.1%26p%3dsurnames.aylett> ) Posted: 23 Jan 2010 4:18PM Classification: Query hello william aylett is buried in wynyard and so is ann his wife *there is also william aylett buried in port arthur his son married an aboriginal women don't know the sons name or the womens name*. tom and this is interesting: Re: Aylett, Hite Deborah Ann Morgan (View posts <http://boards.Ancestry.com.au/authorposts.aspx?uname=debmorgan1957&uid=0163f66f-0003-0000-0000-000000000000&uem=&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fboards.ancestry.com.au%2fthread.aspx%3fo%3d30%26m%3d1.5.4.1%26p%3dsurnames.aylett> ) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 2:17PM Classification: Query Hi there I too am searching Hites. My husbands mother was a Hite. There have been lots of rumers about an aboriginal woman in the family but I think half of the family dispute this. Years ago I did see a photo. Showing the aboriginal woman sitting on a chair and a white man standing behind her. I cant remember where the photo went to. It didnt seem relevant at the time Regards Deb Also there seems to have been AYLETT and HITE family not only spread out across far NW Tasmania - but also around Latrobe, Sherwood, across to Deloraine - which is also the region in which the family of Aboriginal matriarch Dalrymple Johnson [nee Briggs] resided and continue to live... Plus Dalrymple and Thomas JOHNSON were in PERTH in the late 1830s to mid 1840s also having children = near where and when the HITE's were also having some of their children/baptisms - so this overlap is worth considering re: whether Ann and William are somehow connected to the Johnson's = ** check all baptism / marraige records for any family overlaps with witnesses. .... As well - there is the unsubstantiated and unlikely claim that Mary Briggs [ buried as Margaret Briggs ] sister of Dalrymple nee BRIGGS was the mother of Ann HITE - Ddubious also because William HITE was born/baptised in 1844 5 years after Mary/Margaret BRIGGS died - so how can he also be Aboriginal within the same history ? Where/when did the family first speak about knowledge of the name of Margaret BRIGGS [believed to have not had any children] as the HITE Aboriginal ancestor ? This is a link to the Oct 2002 Tribunal outcome about Aboriginality that has more information about the ruling that the HITE Aboriginality could not then be disproven: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1286240/administrative-appeals-tribunal-reasons-for.pdf Julie On 11 September 2014 18:40, Douglas <douglas@burbury.net> wrote: > Hi Julie, > > I was hoping particularly that you'd reply! :) > > The published TAHO comment states that they checked Plomley for any > reference to Thomas HITE (presumably including spelling variants) and > turned up nothing. I suppose Plomley made a list of all the names he found > in everything he consulted, and it appears as an index or something? > > An additional resource that has been checked by others is the parish > register for Colmworth in Bedfordshire which was the native place of Samuel > HITE (allegedly the brother of Thomas, and the father of the children > attributed to Thomas, at least according to their birth certificates). A > group of baptisms which appear to be of Samuel and around seven of his > siblings was found, but no Thomas was among them. A marriage between Samuel > HITE and Jane shortly before Samuel's date of transportation was also > located, and this fits in with Samuel's conduct record which mentions a > wife left behind. > > So probably the right Samuel, but still no brother Thomas. > > I take on board Patricia's comments about the lack of records for some > people in early VDL, but note that in her case, there is a record for her > grandfather's marriage, just not for his birth/baptism, so he is not > entirely without a paper trail. > > The problem with Thomas HITE is that the paper trail is so far entirely > blank. > > Douglas > > > On 11/09/2014 5:21 PM, Julie Gough wrote: > >> Hi everyone = good thinking Douglas >> >> It would also be good to check all potential spellings of HITE - Hiatt, >> Hyett,Height, etc -though I've not encountered a "sealer" with such surname >> (from memory). >> >> Julie >> >> (Sent from phone) >> >> On 11/09/2014, at 5:18 PM, Douglas via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> Hi List, >>> >>> There's an interesting discussion going on in the Australian media at >>> the moment regarding the claim to aboriginal ancestry being made by a >>> Tasmanian politician. A similar claim was made in 2002 in an appeal made >>> by some people to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a claim which was >>> upheld. >>> >>> The claims centre around an alleged marriage between Margaret BRIGGS and >>> Thomas HITE. Margaret was a daughter of George BRIGGS and a sister of >>> Dalrymple BRIGGS. >>> >>> On the other side, Thomas HITE is reputed to have been a whaler and a >>> brother of Samuel HITE who was a convict per Malabar (1821). A lot of >>> the problem with supporting the claims is that there is no hard evidence >>> that Thomas HITE ever existed. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage >>> Office (TAHO) have published their findings on the matter: >>> >>> >>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/239126702/Tasmanian-Archive-and-Heritage-Office-Lambie-Family-Research >>> >>> The issue I'm really interested in here is whether Thomas HITE actually >>> existed. Putting the collective wisdom of this list to work ... can >>> anyone provide any confirmation of this one point? >>> >>> Douglas >>> ------------------------------- >>> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >>> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >>> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >>> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>

Hi Liz, Not sure if this gives a line of enquiry but you mention George Edward Izard and Clara Langley as being parents of Zoe and Zena Izard. There was a Private George Edward Izard killed in WW1 and his dossier says he was the SON of George Charles and Clara Izard, born Evandale Tas. circa 1895-96. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=7361081 His physical description doesn't seem to indicate an aboriginal background but you can never be certain?? Zoe Izard is recorded in Examiner 6 July 1931 - EVANDALE At the Evandale police court on Saturday morning, before Mr. J. MacLean and Dr S. R. McCausland, J.P., Inspector A. W. Eyles prosecuting. Zoe Izard (19), Gertrude Wilson (I8), and Florence Mary Grant (17), all residents of Launceston, were charged with having on Friday been found wandering about Nile, having no visible means of subsistence. They pleaded guilty, and promised to separate, and return to their respective homes. Evandale Court or police charge books might yield a clue to her ethnicity? George Izard Sr. appears in the Examiner 2 Nov 1938 - IZARD.-George, dearly beloved husband of the late Clara Izard, of Launceston, passed away on 29th October, at the Warragale Hospital, Gippsland, Victoria, in his 69th year. Rest in peace. (Mainland papers please copy.) Little bit fuzzy on the Sherwood boys and their wives? Are you talking about Edward William Sherwood who died at Perth in 1925 age 84? and what was the name of Edwards brother who married Margaret Gorman? Might be able to expand if had a few more details... Cheers, Peter On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 10:48 PM, nerreman via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi Listers, > > Thankyou very much to those who assisted me with my last enquiry. I am > very grateful for your help. > > I have another request for help with finding any information on the > following three people. > > 1. I have been having problems finding information on twins, Zoe Elizabeth > Izard and Zena Izard. Daughters of George Edward? Izard and Clara Langley. > >From what i have found so far, they were born either in 1911 or 1912 in > Tasmania. According to family members, there is aboriginality in the family > but research so far has revealed no links. Suffice it to say that Zoe's > daughter says that Zoe and her brothers were all aboriginal looking. We are > wondering if the lack of birth details for the twins would have any > connections to this fact. > > 2. The second look-up I would like to ask help for is to find information > about a woman called Margaret Gorman who was married to a Sherwood in > Tasmania. I have been able to find nothing so far. > > 3. The 3rd person was Elizabeth Long? married to Edward W Sherwood, the > brother of Margaret Gorman's husband. Elizabeth's surname was not very > clear on the headstone, so we may be reading it incorrectly. We have > information about the Sherwoods, but need to find information about the > wives. > > I also want to say that I think you all do an amazing job and are very > generous with your assistance. If ever i need a detective, I shall come > here first. > > with thanks in anticipation > > Liz > > > > If you say you understand, then you must take responsibility. If you do > not take responsibility, then you do not understand. > Elizabeth Russell-Arnot. June 2005 > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I cannot supply any evidence Thomas Hite existed. I am not of aboriginal descent myself and I supsect that there will be few, if any, records of birth or baptism, marriage or death of those of aboriginal descent. However, I can state that there is no hard (documentary) evidence in Tasmania to the birth or baptism of my grandfather, he was born between 1870 and 1875 in northern Tasmania, there is evidence of his marriage to my grandmother and he is shown as father to their children. As far as Tasmanian records go my grandfather did not exist because there is no birth or baptism record. As far as documentary evidence goes there are many descendants of people who live(d) in Tasmania who cannot find BDMs, shipping records etc. so no proof is available of the existence of their ancestors. It is very sad for those descendants caught up in these disputes. Patricia > Hi List, > > There's an interesting discussion going on in the Australian media at > the moment regarding the claim to aboriginal ancestry being made by a > Tasmanian politician. A similar claim was made in 2002 in an appeal made > by some people to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a claim which was > upheld. > > The claims centre around an alleged marriage between Margaret BRIGGS and > Thomas HITE. Margaret was a daughter of George BRIGGS and a sister of > Dalrymple BRIGGS. > > On the other side, Thomas HITE is reputed to have been a whaler and a > brother of Samuel HITE who was a convict per Malabar (1821). A lot of > the problem with supporting the claims is that there is no hard evidence > that Thomas HITE ever existed. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage > Office (TAHO) have published their findings on the matter: > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/239126702/Tasmanian-Archive-and-Heritage-Office-Lambie-Family-Research > > The issue I'm really interested in here is whether Thomas HITE actually > existed. Putting the collective wisdom of this list to work ... can > anyone provide any confirmation of this one point? > > Douglas > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Julie, I was hoping particularly that you'd reply! :) The published TAHO comment states that they checked Plomley for any reference to Thomas HITE (presumably including spelling variants) and turned up nothing. I suppose Plomley made a list of all the names he found in everything he consulted, and it appears as an index or something? An additional resource that has been checked by others is the parish register for Colmworth in Bedfordshire which was the native place of Samuel HITE (allegedly the brother of Thomas, and the father of the children attributed to Thomas, at least according to their birth certificates). A group of baptisms which appear to be of Samuel and around seven of his siblings was found, but no Thomas was among them. A marriage between Samuel HITE and Jane shortly before Samuel's date of transportation was also located, and this fits in with Samuel's conduct record which mentions a wife left behind. So probably the right Samuel, but still no brother Thomas. I take on board Patricia's comments about the lack of records for some people in early VDL, but note that in her case, there is a record for her grandfather's marriage, just not for his birth/baptism, so he is not entirely without a paper trail. The problem with Thomas HITE is that the paper trail is so far entirely blank. Douglas On 11/09/2014 5:21 PM, Julie Gough wrote: > Hi everyone = good thinking Douglas > > It would also be good to check all potential spellings of HITE - Hiatt, Hyett,Height, etc -though I've not encountered a "sealer" with such surname (from memory). > > Julie > > (Sent from phone) > > On 11/09/2014, at 5:18 PM, Douglas via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Hi List, >> >> There's an interesting discussion going on in the Australian media at >> the moment regarding the claim to aboriginal ancestry being made by a >> Tasmanian politician. A similar claim was made in 2002 in an appeal made >> by some people to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a claim which was >> upheld. >> >> The claims centre around an alleged marriage between Margaret BRIGGS and >> Thomas HITE. Margaret was a daughter of George BRIGGS and a sister of >> Dalrymple BRIGGS. >> >> On the other side, Thomas HITE is reputed to have been a whaler and a >> brother of Samuel HITE who was a convict per Malabar (1821). A lot of >> the problem with supporting the claims is that there is no hard evidence >> that Thomas HITE ever existed. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage >> Office (TAHO) have published their findings on the matter: >> >> http://www.scribd.com/doc/239126702/Tasmanian-Archive-and-Heritage-Office-Lambie-Family-Research >> >> The issue I'm really interested in here is whether Thomas HITE actually >> existed. Putting the collective wisdom of this list to work ... can >> anyone provide any confirmation of this one point? >> >> Douglas >> ------------------------------- >> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi List, There's an interesting discussion going on in the Australian media at the moment regarding the claim to aboriginal ancestry being made by a Tasmanian politician. A similar claim was made in 2002 in an appeal made by some people to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a claim which was upheld. The claims centre around an alleged marriage between Margaret BRIGGS and Thomas HITE. Margaret was a daughter of George BRIGGS and a sister of Dalrymple BRIGGS. On the other side, Thomas HITE is reputed to have been a whaler and a brother of Samuel HITE who was a convict per Malabar (1821). A lot of the problem with supporting the claims is that there is no hard evidence that Thomas HITE ever existed. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office (TAHO) have published their findings on the matter: http://www.scribd.com/doc/239126702/Tasmanian-Archive-and-Heritage-Office-Lambie-Family-Research The issue I'm really interested in here is whether Thomas HITE actually existed. Putting the collective wisdom of this list to work ... can anyone provide any confirmation of this one point? Douglas

Hi Alex, There is a fairly extensive file on the Princess Royal in the Colonial Secretary's Office records (Arthur period) - CSO1/1/612 file 13960. Seems to deal with the wreck of the Princess Royal at Pittwater with references to the female immigrants being moved to Newtown. To what extent the file covers on what your interested in I don't know. As I say its a fairly lengthy file from the glimpse I looked at. You could probably get a reference copy via the copying service available through LINCS- Tasmania. Cheers, Peter On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Bev & Alex Stone via < aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > In researching Thomas and Ann Stone's time at the Boys' Orphan School in > New Town I have got to the point where the move to the new buildings was > delayed by the arrival of the female emigrants from the "Princess Royal" > in August 1832. The various accounts of their stay that I have been able > to access are fairly sketchy so I wondered if anyone could confirm my > impression that the emigrants were housed in the Girls' School and as a > result when the girls were transferred from Davey Street, Hobart they > were accommodated for the time being in the Boys' School. Also, how long > did the emigrants actually stay in residence at the School? > Regards, > Alex E H Stone > Milang, South Australia > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Peter Thanks a million for this death notice. Regards Joy Light

Thank svery much for this, Malcolm. I had not seen mention of this elsewhere. The discovery would have been of immense interest to mid-last century Tasmanians (as, of course, for us today. Joan Holloway -----Original Message----- From: Great Bedwyn via Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:52 AM To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] One of Franklin's ship found Remarkable ... after so many expeditions to find it http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-franklin-expedition-ship-found-in-the-a rctic-1.2760311 Malcolm ward ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In researching Thomas and Ann Stone's time at the Boys' Orphan School in New Town I have got to the point where the move to the new buildings was delayed by the arrival of the female emigrants from the "Princess Royal" in August 1832. The various accounts of their stay that I have been able to access are fairly sketchy so I wondered if anyone could confirm my impression that the emigrants were housed in the Girls' School and as a result when the girls were transferred from Davey Street, Hobart they were accommodated for the time being in the Boys' School. Also, how long did the emigrants actually stay in residence at the School? Regards, Alex E H Stone Milang, South Australia

Hi Is there anyone who could do a lookup from a Library from the Advocate Newspaper for about 15 Nov 1966 for a Peggy Marie DELL, or could be under Margaret Marie DELL. She was buried at Penguin General Cemetery on 16th Nov. 1966. Thanks Joy Light

I just heard Alison Alexander talking about if with Louise on ABC. Wonderful find but a sad story. Helen -----Original Message----- From: Great Bedwyn via Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:52 AM To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] One of Franklin's ship found Remarkable ... after so many expeditions to find it http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-franklin-expedition-ship-found-in-the-a rctic-1.2760311 Malcolm ward ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 4015/7672 - Release Date: 09/08/14

Hello All, Does anyone know of a business who restores photographs, preferably in Hobart. As the reply may be construed as advertising, can the answer be sent to me off the list. Thanks, Maree

Hi Marcelle, The only child registered is an unnamed female.... You may need to find a baptism to confirm the name. Cheers, Maree Digger - Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803-1899 Query ----- Surname : bain (121 matches) Event : b (211603 matches) Father/Spouse Surnam : robert (8252 matches) Total matching records: 9 -------------------- Surname: BAIN Given Names: Name Not Recorded Event: Birth Father/Spouse Surname: ROBERT Mother/Spouse Given Names: ANDERSON ISABELLA Day: 23 Month: 8 Year: 1845 Age: Sex: F Spouse Age: Spouse Sex: Registration Place: HOBART Registration Number: 1232/1845 Reference: RGD 33 On 9/09/2014 3:31 PM, mvs via wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Would someone be able to look at the births from about 1843 to 1852 to see > if there's a birth for Christina Lamb Bain, mother Isabella Anderson, > father, Robert Lamb Bain. > > > > Thanks > > > > Marcelle > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Remarkable ... after so many expeditions to find it http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lost-franklin-expedition-ship-found-in-the-a rctic-1.2760311 Malcolm ward

Hi Would someone be able to look at the births from about 1843 to 1852 to see if there's a birth for Christina Lamb Bain, mother Isabella Anderson, father, Robert Lamb Bain. Thanks Marcelle

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HI Listers, I have been asked by a mainland researcher if I know anything about the mother of Bernard Davis who was Ada Cecilia Mowbray-Emmerton. It is understood that Bernard was born in Dowling Street, Launceston. Is there anyone on this list that might be able to shine any light on the subject please. Byeeeee Robin W, Launceston