Hi Looking for assistance with a Cornelius LEARY born about 1829 possible Ireland father Thaddeo LEARY Thaddeo was believed to be in the 4 Regiment of Foot and died on Norfolk Island 1833 (I cannot find his death), and his wife went back to Ireland Cornelius joined the army either the 12 regiment or the 99th in 1855 and came to Australia serving in Victoria before moving to the Devonport area Tasmania and died 1896 Lefroy Can anyone find any more in formation on him please How would I find Thaddeo Leary's death on Norfolk Island, Any assistance would be most appreciated Rod

Hi Rod, I had correspondence with a Noelene Goodwin many years ago when I was searching for my own O'Leary family. She had researched every (O) Leary family living in Tasmania and had an ancestor Cornelius Leary, whom I believe also lived on the North West Coast. However, from old correspondence, it would seem this Cornelius had a brother John, and she believed she had found them in Joyce Purtscher's Orphans index. Their parents were named. However, she went on to say that their father John and uncle Timothy were transported from County Cork for stealing a cow. So I am afraid, not very likely to be your family. I have found a reference in one of her letters to family stories from two different family sources, saying that this Cornelius was said to be "a bare-back rider in a circus in his youth". Not sure that was ever proved..... I had a quick look at Trove, and there are so many mentions of a Cornelius Leary, you would have to sift through them carefully to hopefully find a mention of yours. Not much help, but it shows the name is not so uncommon as one might think. Cheers, Wynnette. -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of rod via Sent: Thursday, 15 January 2015 3:26 PM To: Aus TAS Subject: [AUS-Tas] Cornelius LEARY Hi Looking for assistance with a Cornelius LEARY born about 1829 possible Ireland father Thaddeo LEARY Thaddeo was believed to be in the 4 Regiment of Foot and died on Norfolk Island 1833 (I cannot find his death), and his wife went back to Ireland Cornelius joined the army either the 12 regiment or the 99th in 1855 and came to Australia serving in Victoria before moving to the Devonport area Tasmania and died 1896 Lefroy Can anyone find any more in formation on him please How would I find Thaddeo Leary's death on Norfolk Island, Any assistance would be most appreciated Rod ------------------------------- 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: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8932 - Release Date: 01/14/15 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8933 - Release Date: 01/15/15