Due to some new information and a correction, I find myself tracing the name Thornton in Victoria, circa 1870 a Mary Jane Thornton (from Ireland) married Charles Chessell b.1841 Their known children are: Margaret Eliza b. 1873; Rhoda b. 1874; Rachel b. 1875; Timothy b.1877; Mary Ellen b. 1879 if anyone else is tracing these families, I'd be keen to share information... Thanks AD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adam Davis mailto:arddhu@hotmail.com genealogy mailto:aseanchai@hotmail.com http://arddhu.homestead.com/awd.html Telephone: +61 2 9130 7108 Bondi Beach - Sydney - Australia Researching Wright - Bega, Cundletown; Cole - Bega, Moruya; Davis, Solomon - Kent, UK, Tasmania; Benjamin - Tasmania; Barker and Bell - Braidwood and Cootamundra; Barker - Essex, UK; Bell - Lincolnshire, UK; Loasby - Northamptonshire, UK; Jones - Hants, Leicester, UK; Ayling, Chessell, Cornford, Fellows - Sussex, UK. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.