Wendy, My elderly aunty told me (& I am not necessarily saying what she told me is set in concrete) that a remittance man was a person sent out from England by his family, for assorted reasons, sometimes he was a black sheep. He received money from England, a remittance to live on in return for staying in Australia. It might be interesting to do a google search using 'remittance man.' Cheers Anne -----Original Message----- From: Wendy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 2:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [HC] Remittance man Does anyone know if there is a way of finding out if a person was a 'remittance man'? I have one or two suspicions.... Wendy

Thanks Anne, Yes, I believe your aunt was correct. I've tried Google. I just keep wondering why one of my ggg-grandfathers didn't marry the mother of his children - I think he came from a reasonably well-off family which has set me thinking..... Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Hanson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [HC] Remittance man > Wendy, > > My elderly aunty told me (& I am not necessarily saying what she told me is > set in concrete) that a remittance man was a person sent out from England by > his family, for assorted reasons, sometimes he was a black sheep. He > received money from England, a remittance to live on in return for staying > in Australia. It might be interesting to do a google search using > 'remittance man.' > > Cheers > > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, 30 October 2005 2:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HC] Remittance man > > > Does anyone know if there is a way of finding out if a person was a > 'remittance man'? I have one or two suspicions.... > > Wendy >