Rade I have been doing a bit of snooping on the NSW BDM system - I found an entry for an Isaac Leech who died in Sydney in 1913 - he was a publican. Has this been checked out - it is possible that there could be an obituary for him in the paper of the day. 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 > | > > | > > | > > >