Hi All Thomas Rice Snr arrived in Australia as a convict in 1813 on the Fortune 2 His son Thomas Jnr was born in Sydney in 1818 the same year his father married Elizabeth Moore who arrived per Wanstead in 1814, probably the Eliza Moran who is shown on the Wanstead indents. Thomas Jnr married Rose Coleman about 1836 in Sydney and they had 8 children Elizabeth, Bridget, Peter John, Mary Ann, Catherine, John and William Elizabeth married William Gordon in Sydney in 1864 Should anyone have any possible links to these people I would love to hear from you Kind regards Bill Bill & Terri van Lamoen \ e-mail bvl@multiline.com.au Perth Western Australia \ http://www.goodlink.nl/family Phone (08) 9401 0383 \ Fax (08) 9401 0604