Thanks Betty. I agree with all your notes. Luckily a kind researcher in Bedfordshire has offered help. She has already uncovered details of the parents of Ann Burgess and eliminated some data. Follow Mark Jn. Is good advice. I have also recently learnt that 30 young lady orphans from Dublin were aboard the "Hibernia" when she was lost to fire in early 1833. Some did make it to Tasmania. Yet another line of inquiry. Thanks Murray -----Original Message----- From: BUNKER [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bette Bunker Richards Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2016 6:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BUNKER] Elizabeth Bunker. Tasmania Our records indicate that Elizabeth Burgess Bunker married Mark Ashby Bunker and had a son, Mark Ashby Bunker who stayed in England after his father was transported to New Zealand. The 1821 census did not list the names of the people living in the parishes. The best source for learning if he had a sister born in 1818 would be the parish records or census. I cannot find any evidence of that but do not have all the parish records either. After Mark Ashby, Sr. went to NZ, he seems not to have had any connection to his first wife and married Sarah Munro Goodwin in 1820. They had a daughter, Elizabeth, born in NZ 1 April 1821. This may have been your ancestor. She married Luke Cullen in 1839 and died in 1889 according to our records. I don't find evidence of Elizabeth Burgess Bunker any time after the birth of her son, Mark Ashby, Jr. Your best avenue of research is to trace Mark, Jr. if you can. Certainly at one time or another he may have had contact with any sister born of his mother. I am sorry I can't help you any more than this. It is really difficult tracing these early records. Our UK records and in great need of being input but I simply do not have the time to do it. Bette On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 6:27 PM, mhhr <[email protected]> wrote: > For many years I have been attempting to find the roots of my gt gt > grandmother. > > > > She was most probably a survivor of the fire aboard the ship "Hibernia" > when > she was only 14 or 15 and arrived in Tasmania in May 1833 aboard the > "Adelaide". > > She married in 1841 in Tasmania and died in Melbourne in 1898. It is > generally agreed that the gaps in her death certificate were > deliberate, possibly to obscure her origins. Convict heritage maybe? > > A new theory has been suggested that she could have been a daughter of > Mark Ashby Bunker, who was transported to Tasmania in 1817. He had > earlier had a son in 1815 and subsequently married the mother, > Elizabeth Burgess. The theory suggests she was pregnant when Mark was convicted. > > Almost all research on Mark Bunker centres on his life in Tasmania and > the records are silent on his wife's life in Bedfordshire following > his transportation. Did she have any more children, did she remarry, > where and when did she die? > > > > Any assistance appreciated. > > > > Murray Reid > > NZ > > > > > > ***************************** > If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family > Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ***************************** If you wish additional information about the Bunker Family Association, please visit http://www.bunkerfamilyassn.org. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message