WILSON REUNION PORTLAND 25, 26 September 2004 at the Angling Club (Long-suffering spouses threatening to go fishing!!!) DESPERATELY SEEKING LIVING DESCENDANTS Andrew WILSON & Margaret COLSTON arrived at Portland Bay from DALKEITH Scotland on October 6, 1854 aboard the Indian Ocean. With them were their 5 surviving children, Margaret, Bessie, John Grant, Paul & Annie Skinner, by then teenagers & young adults. Also with them was a granddaughter, Isabella. Among the crew was Israel Abbott Jeremiah CAREY, who married Bessie three months later on January 4 1855. Surnames from the first generation in Australia are: BREWSTER (David m Annie) CAREY (Israel m Bessie) BENSON (Annie m John) CASSIDY (Mary Ann m Paul) (all lived Portland) Known surnames from the second generation in Australia are: MILLS SALMON WELLNER TITTERTON McKENZIE HOLMES DYMOND GILL BROCKLEBANK RICH SMITH BURT MAHER LAMB HILL HOLLARD BROWN BURNETT McLEAN SYKES RUNDELL MADDOCK MILLER (These spread all over Victoria and into New Zealand) Anyone who links with the WILSON family through any of these surnames is most welcome to attend. If you suspect you may belong to this family and want more information please contact me. Further details re program, etc, will be available soon. If you have any connection with any of these families or any information to pass on please contact me ASAP. More names to come. Beryl O'Gorman (nee Wilson) List Admin