Hi Colleen and Robyn, What a fascinating snippet! I was trying to check the PROV departures index to see if Thomas MARTIN left the colony but the site seems to be down at the moment. The 1891 Marriage Certificate should certainly give information that may help resolve this mystery - especially as Zipporah is registered under her former married name and not her maiden name. The children of TRIBOLET and Zipporah were baptised as their children and no mention of MARTIN. If anyone was interested enough to check the Geelong Advertiser indexes for 1859-1860 they might find a further reference to Thomas MARTIN that might give a clue to the result of the appearance before the bench. Interestingly I can't find any reference to Newtown & Chilwell courts in either the PROV courts or at the Heritage Centre. I wonder if it was part of the Geelong Courts and just a separate sitting for Newtown & Chilwell cases? Colleen - are these relatives or just an interesting article you came across? The TRIBOLET family are covered in "The Geelong Swiss" [see Geelong and District Book Index] It will be interesting to see if anyone finds an outcome for Thomas MARTIN! Regards .......... Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-geelong-district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robyn Gross Sent: Saturday, 21 November 2009 10:26 AM To: aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Newtown & Chilwell Bench - Thomas MARTIN - ZipporahSIMMONS. Hi, Wonder what did happen to Thomas Martin, he could have been imprisoned, hounded out of town, have you th eoriginal marriage certificate ? Thismight help sort out when he died if it has his parents names on it.

Thanks Susie, Yes, Zipporah is one of my SIMMONS family tree. I have been wondering over her. It is interesting to note that James Francis TRIBOLET failed to list any of their children on registering her death. I had hoped that there might be someone of her descendants who might read these Emails. Colleen.