Hello Gerald According to previous posts on this list, Walter's funeral is on TPI under EDMONDS and was on 27 Oct 1836 in Hobart District. Reg# 34. He has a Headstone in St Davids Park, Hobart, stating he died 24 Oct 1836. The site below "Pioneers and Settlers Bound for South Australia" states he died on the voyage, yet the "Lady Mary Pelham" arrived Hobart on 27 Sept 1836 after leaving Kangaroo Island. So it seems he may have been too ill, or already deceased, to continue sailing on the departure from Hobart on Whaling ventures. Cheers Bob http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/1836LadyMaryPelham.htm -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Anne & Gerald Edmunds Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:45 PM To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Re [AUS - Tas] Walter Sayer Edmunds Family Item attached Subject: Re [AUS - Tas] Walter Sayer Edmunds Family Hi Walter's mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Burchall. Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Sayres. Walter was one of two brothers with Sayres as their middle name. I note that in his book Early South Australian Settler Deaths Who was the "first white person to die in the colony" and where was that person buried? Brian Stace refers to a letter written by Dawsey the second mate on the Lady Mary Pelham. Dawsey apparently despised both Thompson, the 1st mate and Walter. He comments on Thompson's hard drinking and "other behaviour" and associates Walter with this too. Thompson died en route from Liverpool to South Australia. Given that Walter was not on board when the ship left to go whaling in the South /sea fishery - did he desert the ship? Was he dismissed because of his behaviour (as referred to by Dawsey)? W as he too ill to continue the voyage? Or did he intend to settle in Tasmania as a legitimate settler? Gerald Edmunds Christchurch, New Zealand ------------------------------- 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