Hello Everyone I hope you all had a good Christmas. A lot of you have been helping me with this querie and given me sites to go to which I have been doing. However a search on these sites have turned up nothing. I have replied to a couple of the Libraries in question but they could not assist. I have tried for years to get info and I hit brick walls on each turn so I will post this again in the hope that some one may think of something. Our Ancestor George Jaffray was born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1837 from the age of 8yrs to 15yrs he was engaged on a farm. He served in the Ranks of the Imperial Army(I do not know what rank). He spent nine months in the Crimean war (I cannot locate is enlistment anywhere I have tried.) After he spent ten months East Indies Police Brigade(again I do not know his rank here.) He followed a seafaring life for 12yrs before landing in Sydney in 1864. Then went to South Kurrajong NSW and worked as a contractor for 3yrs (I tried to look to see who he was contracted to but no show). If any one has any Ideas on where to go from here I would be most grateful to you all. In our possession is his old wooden water bottle with a picture showing 6 rifles in a pyramid position with union Jack behind and the year 1862 it has snow scene. Regards Grahame James

Grahame According to the NSW BMDs George Jaffray (Father George - Mother Christina) married Henrietta Barwick (Father William - Mother Charlotte) at Richmond in 1868. There are six children registered to the marriage: William born 1870, Amelia born 1872, Henrietta born 1873, Georgina born 1875, Emily born 1879 and Liddy born 1881. William, Henrietta, Georgina and Emily all died in 1880. If I were you I would check to see if the Hawkesbury River was in flood at that time and they may have drowned or if there was an epidemic of some kind raging, there death certificates would tell you the cause of their deaths. Amelia married Frederick R. Cutler in Sydney in 1874, there are no children registered to this couple. Liddy married Ernest E, Taylor at Richmond in 1902 and, like Amelia, there are no births registered to the couple. There is also a marriage registered for a Victoria H. Jaffray to Henry N. Garland at Richmond in 1907. Victoria does not show up in the birth register, could she have been a sister to George? George died in 1921 and Henrietta in 1928 both deaths occured at Richmond. Hope this is of some help. Neville Bellambi NSW Grahame James wrote: > > Hello Everyone > > I hope you all had a good Christmas. A lot of you have been helping me > with this querie and given me sites to go to which I have been doing. > However a search on these sites have turned up nothing. I have replied > to a couple of the Libraries in question but they could not assist. > > I have tried for years to get info and I hit brick walls on each turn so > I will post this again in the hope that some one may think of > something. > > Our Ancestor George Jaffray was born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1837 from > the age of 8yrs to 15yrs he was engaged on a farm. He served in the > Ranks of the Imperial Army(I do not know what rank). > > He spent nine months in the Crimean war (I cannot locate is enlistment > anywhere I have tried.) After he spent ten months East Indies Police > Brigade(again I do not know his rank here.) > > He followed a seafaring life for 12yrs before landing in Sydney in 1864. > Then went to South Kurrajong NSW and worked as a contractor for 3yrs (I > tried to look to see who he was contracted to but no show). > > If any one has any Ideas on where to go from here I would be most > grateful to you all. In our possession is his old wooden water bottle > with a picture showing 6 rifles in a pyramid position with union Jack > behind and the year 1862 it has snow scene. > > Regards > > Grahame James > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Sydney Dead Persons Society > Meets 2nd Saturday Every Month, SAG, Kent St .. Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov > Meets 2nd Sat/Mth, Masonic Centre, Parramatta .. Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237