Posted for Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 8:04 AM Subject: Greaves > G'day List > > I am searching for one of my wife's long lost ancestors. > > John Greaves of Birmingham migrated to Australia between 1851 and 1854. > He was mentioned on the 1851 Census and in 1854 married in Melbourne, > Australia. > > On various documents he stated that his parents were William Greaves a > waterman, and Mary Waters. Mary, John and his two sisters have been found > on the 1851 census, but the father was not present at their Birmingham address. > The mother was not shown as a widow, but as the Head and aged 61 years. > > So can anyone do a lookup for William Greaves aged probably 61-65 yrs > a waterman, as to where he was around 1851? The family were living at > 12 Hockley St., Birmingham, Warwickshire. > > Cheers (Julie this is the test message) > > Mel in Melbourne > > > Melvyn D Grieveson > > Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com >