>From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> >Subject: [AVG] AMEY Morwell >A query: Can anyone tell me if the AMEY family of Morwell (in 1894) had >Chinese background or UK ? Dear Ada Small extract from AMEY entries in "Clonmel to Federation" at the Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum, Port Albert: AMEY, John Baptised 1811 Ringwood, England [GS, 20 Jun 1894] Born Sanford, Hampshire; 5ft 4ins tall. Transported for highway robbery (Foster Museum) �Rough and ready in manner, but straight as a dart in money matters�; lived at Morwell with second wife for last 12 months [GS, 30 May 1894] buried Hazlewood cemetery [SGC, 8 Jun 1894] long obituary [GS, 20 Jun 1894] John AMEY, son of John, died 1894 Morwell, aged 83 [DFI] Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum 78 Tarraville Road (PO Box 23) Port Albert 3971, Victoria, Australia http://yarrampa.customer.netspace.net.au/pamm.html Tel/Fax 03 5183 2520