This might be a bit of a long bow but..... One enduring mystery in my family tree was anything to do with my Mother's father's mother T(h)ersa Mary Agnes Bryant. She had married in a small country town in New South Wales a boy from Prospect Place, Cotham Brow, Bristol by the name of Frederick Stanley Patterson EWEN [the Patterson was his maternal grandfather William Patterson, builder of the SS Great Britain among other great ships]. A recent chance find on the www solved the mystery and revealed another tale that I was unaware of. Teresa was an illiterate girl by all accounts and one of four children. Her sister Mary Ann Bryant was born in 1844 in Goulburn, NSW. In 1864 Mary Ann and her family move to Wagga Wagga and on January 29th, 1865 Mary Ann Bryant marries Thomas Castro (aka Arthur Orton) in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Thomas / Arthur In August there are advertisements in local papers about the missing heir to the Tichborne Baronetcy. The heir, Sir Roger Charles Tichborne had been a passenger on a ship which had been lost at sea. Though most believed the heir had been drowned, his mother believed he had been rescued by a passing ship and was living somewhere incognito. She advertised in newspapers worldwide hoping to find him. In January, 1866 Castro answers one of these advertisements and claims he is Sir Roger Charles Tichborne and that he has been living in Australia as Thomas Castro. To cut a long story short, on September 2nd, 1866 Sir Roger (or Tom Castro) with his wife leave Sydney on the Rakaia bound for London. They meet Lady Tichborne who says that he is her long lost son - the rest is history. Needless to say Frederick Ewen led an exemplary life as a Trooper, Constable and retiring as an Inspector of the NSW Police Force. I am sure he wouldn't have put up with any hanky panky from his sister-in-law. Mike Powter [Many thanks to Alan Byrnes who had posted the story]

Hi Mike, The Tichborne story was well-covered at the time in the Wagga Wagga newspapers, and gets a rerun every now and then. If you write to the Local Studies Officer at the Wagga Library, you may be lucky - alternatively, try the Wagga FHS. http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/391-collection-highlights.asp http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/ I would have helped you a couple of years ago when we were still living in Wagga.......... Yvonne Scrivener Canberra ACT Australia -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Powter Teresa was an illiterate girl by all accounts and one of four children. Her sister Mary Ann Bryant was born in 1844 in Goulburn, NSW. In 1864 Mary Ann and her family move to Wagga Wagga and on January 29th, 1865 Mary Ann Bryant marries Thomas Castro (aka Arthur Orton) in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Thomas / Arthur In August there are advertisements in local papers about the missing heir to the Tichborne Baronetcy. The heir, Sir Roger Charles Tichborne had been a passenger on a ship which had been lost at sea. Though most believed the heir had been drowned, his mother believed he had been rescued by a passing ship and was living somewhere incognito. She advertised in newspapers worldwide hoping to find him. In January, 1866 Castro answers one of these advertisements and claims he is Sir Roger Charles Tichborne and that he has been living in Australia as Thomas Castro. To cut a long story short, on September 2nd, 1866 Sir Roger (or Tom Castro) with his wife leave Sydney on the Rakaia bound for London. They meet Lady Tichborne who says that he is her long lost son - the rest is history. Needless to say Frederick Ewen led an exemplary life as a Trooper, Constable and retiring as an Inspector of the NSW Police Force. I am sure he wouldn't have put up with any hanky panky from his sister-in-law.