Hello Arnie Could this be the 2nd marriage ? NSW Marriage Index 1236/1857 DONOHOE JAMES RICHARDS MARY ALBURY Pamela S ============== > Hi to all, > > I'm new to the list and would like to submit the names I'm researching : > > Richards / Donoghue and variations / Cadman / Nugent / Nicholls / Doran. > > All these people had, at one stage of their lives, something to do with > the property " Opossum Point Station " or " Yellow Boy Run " as it was > also known, south east of Tooma Nsw. > > The book " First Settlement of the Upper Murray " written by Dr Arthur > Andrews, mentions my 2x great grandfather, Thomas Richards, as having > taken up the run in 1840 or 1841, then dying before 1848, the article then > goes on to mention his wife, Mary nee Nugent and her second husband James > Donahoo ( sic ) and the fact that the lease was still in her name as late > as 1889, and that her eldest son was one of the first children to be born > on the Upper Murray as early as 1842. > > Although I'm very grateful for Dr Andrews for including this information > in his book, I have been able to disprove most of it. > > I'm trying to locate the three most important pieces of documention for > this couple : > > 1 ) A date and place of marriage between Thomas and Mary, no registration > can be found in either of the most probable indexes, NSW and Victoria. ( I > have looked at the other States ) > > 2 ) A date and place of birth for both, no registration found in any > index. > > 3 ) A date and place of death for both, no registration found in any > index. > > The other aspect of this search is that if there are no registrations of > birth for both, then that may mean they were either convicts or children > of assisted or unassisted immigrants, but for the life of me I can find no > evidence of their respective arrivals in the Colony. Of course if they > were children I would have no idea when they arrived, not knowing their > parents names, and they do not appear on any convict list I have checked > that fits the time frame, although that time frame is one that I have set > myself. > > The facts that I have proven : > > Thomas Richards died 4th October 1850 at Opossum Point Station ( Source > NSW Probate Index ) but still no registration found. > > His wife Mary nee Nugent died 8th January 1890 at Opossum Point Station > under the name of her second husband, Donoghue ( Source NSW Probate > Index ) but still no registration found. > > The couple, Thomas and Mary, had four children, the eldest was a girl : > > Mary Ann born 12th August 1841 at Courabyra, just north of Tumbarumba, the > others born 1844, 1847 and 1850, the last being my great grandfather James > George, aka George. > > If anyone has any information regarding either the family or the property, > or any suggestions as to where I could continue my search, I would be very > grateful. > > I do apologise for the length of this missive. > > Regards > > Arnie Fletcher > Albury Nsw > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >