Dear Peggy, thanks for your response. I think FINN the brewers were two brothers who also had operations around Port Fairy and Warrnambool, but i've never been to establish if they are related to GArryowen. I will follow up the references thanks jon Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:16:30 +1100 From: "Peter and Elizabeth Pidgeon" <[email protected]> Dear Jon, The Kilmore Historical Society may be help to you. See: www.kilmorehistory .info. See also Kilmore Footsteps: http://www.users.bigpond.com/peter_pidgeon/kilm ore_footsteps.htm Your contribution welcome. "Kilmore on the Sydney Road" by Maya Tucker refers only to a Mr FINN of "Fi nn and Company brewers who were on Mitchell Street" (in about 1860). There is also a book you might like to follow up: "The Flour Mills of Victo ria 1840-1990" by Lewis and Peggy JONES. Kind regards, Elizabeth Pidgeon www.pidgeon.info ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Patrick To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: John FINN MAyor og Kilmore 1880s A great great uncle of mine William MAson FINN wrote a book on travelling around NEastern Victoria. IN it he references John FINN as a the mayor of Kilmore owning a "first class mill" on the river. Does anyone have any details about John FINN and the possibility that the two are related. WM FINN was one of the first priests ordained in Victoria and brother to Edmund FINN aka GArryowen, my grgrgrfather, who wrote the Chronicles of Early Melbourne cheers Jon Patrick - -------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ______________________________ Jon ______________________________________________________________