Hi Rade Can you tell me if you have a copy of the first Marriage Registration - the information that was given about the brides family should be fairly accurate as she would have provided it whereas for her death a third party (sometimes a family member) would have provided the information which would have been to the best of their knowledge. Rade have you checked the shipping records, if you have access to a State Library give them a call and see what they have available. You may find that they have postal information or some other records that could help you. Also check for an obituary in the paper - it is possible that there was one for James May that could give you a clue apart from one for Mary Ann Leech. I'll write to Kevin and see if he has any information for you, it will take some time as he doesn't use computers so it is snail mail with him. Let me know if you manage to find out anything else. Bye for Now Lynette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rade Au" <rene_grade@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [AVC] LEECH > Hi Lynette > Thankyou for your reply. It is most welcome. > Unfortunately I have no other info for this LEECH family. In fact they seem > to have disappeared. > BUT: > I have an interest in the possibility that the daughter Mary Ann LEECH aged > 14 in 1841 is the same as the Mary Ann LEECH who married James Whitney MAY > in 1851 in South Adelaide and also subsequently married Oliver RANKIN in > Flinders Street, Adelaide in 1854. > I would be most interested in any information you or your other researchers > may have about any of these LEECH families. > I already have the details of what happened to my Mary Ann LEECH in Adelaide > at her marriages and afterwards. My problem is that I do not know where she > came from before she 'appeared' at the first marriage to James Whitney MAY. > The Adelaide Mary Ann LEECH is my ggGrandmother. > Please feel free to pass my contact details to any other of your LEECH > family researches. > Kind Regards > Rade. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynette Rabbitt" <lrabbitt@big.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:01 AM > Subject: Re: [AVC] LEECH > > > | What other info. do you have for the Leech family? During my research for > my > | Leech family (Great Great Grandfather appears to have arrived on the > Empire > | of Peace in late 1861) I found the surname spelt 5 different ways and even > | though births were supposed to be registered none of his children's births > | were ever registered. > | > | I have also the names of a couple of other people who have been > researching > | Leech one in particular may be able to help you he has quite a collection > on > | the various Leech families that he has come across - not just his own. > | > | Lynette > | Researching the following names, Leech/Leach, McKinnon, Kenworthy, White, > | Snadden, Miller, Peddle, Worth, Kennedy amongst the many. > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Rade Au" <rene_grade@iprimus.com.au> > | To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:18 PM > | Subject: [AVC] LEECH > | > | > | > Hi Team, > | > A family of LEECH arrived in 1841 to Port Phillip on the Alexander. > | > Isaac 39 Gardener, Mary Ann 34 Laundress & their 5 children: > | > Mary Ann 14, Frederick 11, Alfred 9, Catherine 7 & Henry 5. > | > > | > I have searched Victoria, NSW, SA & Tasy BDM and found no trace of this > | family. > | > > | > Does anyone have any information about this family after they arrived in > | Aust. > | > TIA > | > Rade > | > > | > > | > > >

Hi Lynette, I obtained a copy of my Mary Ann LEECH's two marriage registrations, the birth certificates for her 7 children and her death but unfortunately there is no family information for her. Thus my problem. I pursued the Witnesses to the marriages as well with another complete blank. The original information I posted on this list was from the shipping records. There is also a shipping record of a couple named James & Mary Ann LEECH arriving in SA in 1849 and a probable subsequent birth of a child James that did not survive. But my Mary Ann LEECH was a spinster at her first marriage in SA. So far the shipping angle has not produced any further family information. I have searched for Obits in newspapers and there is a lot of information on the First Families 2001 website for James Whitney MAY my Mary Ann LEECH's first husband. But no info on Mary herself. Up till now I have not been able to find an obit for Mary. Mary's second husband was a city councillor and I have searched the Adelaide City Archives for details of him and his family, but no information on Mary appeared. I am in contact with another very active researcher (the author of the First Families entry) who has descended from Mary's first marriage and she has spent a long time looking for Mary's ancestry with no success. Other search angles like hospitals, medical records, local council history, electoral rolls, etc have also so far drawn a blank. Thus I have been thwarted at every turn so far. So I thought I would place a question on this list re the LEECH family on the 'Alexander'. At least that has found you and some other LEECH researchers. So that is encouraging. I learnt about this LEECH family on the Alexander in 1841 from another researcher in Sydney who was investigating the possibility that the other daughter of the family namely Catherine was in her family, but she drew a blank as well. Thankyou for passing my contact details to Kevin. I look forward to a response. Kind Regards Rade ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynette Rabbitt" <lrabbitt@big.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:06 PM Subject: Re: [AVC] LEECH | Hi Rade | Can you tell me if you have a copy of the first Marriage Registration - the | information that was given about the brides family should be fairly accurate | as she would have provided it whereas for her death a third party (sometimes | a family member) would have provided the information which would have been | to the best of their knowledge. | | Rade have you checked the shipping records, if you have access to a State | Library give them a call and see what they have available. You may find that | they have postal information or some other records that could help you. Also | check for an obituary in the paper - it is possible that there was one for | James May that could give you a clue apart from one for Mary Ann Leech. | | I'll write to Kevin and see if he has any information for you, it will take | some time as he doesn't use computers so it is snail mail with him. | | Let me know if you manage to find out anything else. | | Bye for Now | | Lynette

Hi Rade Where did you find the shipping records that you checked Rade? I know that several years ago Vic Gold was accessable on the internet and at present there are some other records relating to shipping that you can als o access on the internet. The only problem with these ones as I found out when I went to the State Library here in Queensland was that they were an index those held at the State Library told me a whole lot more. Rade have heart, it took me 10 years to locate my Great Great Grandfather - August last year I met up with a lady who had been looking for her Leech/Leach family for 20 years. It appeared that we were related but we just were not certain. It took 3 months of hard slog to find Great Great Grandfather buried in Brisbane and to put the pieces together. I am only telling you this because probably like me you thought that with the name "Leech" it was going to be easy. Do you know how many of them came to Australia (some as convicts)? And would you believe that not too many of them were related to each other. Now that you have given me this information I'll put pen to paper with Kevin and see if he has any information for you. Rade another question for you - what spellings of the surname have you checked for ? Bye for Now Lynette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rade Au" <rene_grade@iprimus.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [AVC] LEECH > Hi Lynette, > I obtained a copy of my Mary Ann LEECH's two marriage registrations, the > birth certificates for her 7 children and her death but unfortunately there > is no family information for her. Thus my problem. > I pursued the Witnesses to the marriages as well with another complete > blank. > The original information I posted on this list was from the shipping > records. There is also a shipping record of a couple named James & Mary Ann > LEECH arriving in SA in 1849 and a probable subsequent birth of a child > James that did not survive. But my Mary Ann LEECH was a spinster at her > first marriage in SA. So far the shipping angle has not produced any further > family information. > I have searched for Obits in newspapers and there is a lot of information on > the First Families 2001 website for James Whitney MAY my Mary Ann LEECH's > first husband. But no info on Mary herself. Up till now I have not been able > to find an obit for Mary. > Mary's second husband was a city councillor and I have searched the Adelaide > City Archives for details of him and his family, but no information on Mary > appeared. > I am in contact with another very active researcher (the author of the First > Families entry) who has descended from Mary's first marriage and she has > spent a long time looking for Mary's ancestry with no success. > Other search angles like hospitals, medical records, local council history, > electoral rolls, etc have also so far drawn a blank. > Thus I have been thwarted at every turn so far. So I thought I would place a > question on this list re the LEECH family on the 'Alexander'. At least that > has found you and some other LEECH researchers. So that is encouraging. I > learnt about this LEECH family on the Alexander in 1841 from another > researcher in Sydney who was investigating the possibility that the other > daughter of the family namely Catherine was in her family, but she drew a > blank as well. > Thankyou for passing my contact details to Kevin. I look forward to a > response. > Kind Regards > Rade > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynette Rabbitt" <lrabbitt@big.net.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-CENTRAL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 10:06 PM > Subject: Re: [AVC] LEECH > > > | Hi Rade > | Can you tell me if you have a copy of the first Marriage Registration - > the > | information that was given about the brides family should be fairly > accurate > | as she would have provided it whereas for her death a third party > (sometimes > | a family member) would have provided the information which would have been > | to the best of their knowledge. > | > | Rade have you checked the shipping records, if you have access to a State > | Library give them a call and see what they have available. You may find > that > | they have postal information or some other records that could help you. > Also > | check for an obituary in the paper - it is possible that there was one for > | James May that could give you a clue apart from one for Mary Ann Leech. > | > | I'll write to Kevin and see if he has any information for you, it will > take > | some time as he doesn't use computers so it is snail mail with him. > | > | Let me know if you manage to find out anything else. > | > | Bye for Now > | > | Lynette > > > >