Hi Lynne - I have finally called up the inquest for William Farmer which appears to be the only inquest held for this accident (I can only assume that the other bodies weren't recovered - hence no inquest). Capt KIRKUS, William FARMER and George FRANCIS were the ones named as being aboard. kind regards, Pam Jennings >I am interested in a mishap which occurred first Sunday in 1849 when a >ship/dinghy from Victor overturned as it was returning the Master , Captain >Kirkus to his barque after church. All on board drowned including " a >nephew of Captain Robert DAVISON of "Posthumous". I am very interested in >just who this nephew was. > The Geelong Advertiser 4th December 1849 gives no actual identity. > Can anyone point me to his identity. I have searched the BDM to no avail. > TIA > Lynne > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message