Hi Migs When I Googled your Ancestors Name the following came up in South Africa so thought it might be worth following up as there might be a Family connection and South Africa was a place for Gold Miners : Richard Plummer Burgess Tonkin at : http://www.desmond-mcallister.info/Eng/Ancestors/aqwg436.htm Richard Plummer Burgess does not seem to appear in the 1841 England Census. Another good link is : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qldhbfha/AusShipImmigr.html Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Migs Eder" <migseder@clear.net.nz> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: 30 July 2010 23:10 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] ship Moreton Bay, or destination Moreton Bay > Greetings cousins > > my Cornish sailor, Master Mariner Richard Plummer Burgess, was > sailing in Australian waters by September 1852, when he married in > Sydney. One family memory has just surfaced, saying that he sailed to > Australia in the Moreton Bay. Unfortunately, ships of this name don't > match the dates. > > Possibilities: he went ashore at Moreton Bay. His ship was called > Martin Bay / Marten Bane / something. > > He could have arrived for the gold rush, and been ashore for > months . . . > > I've been puzzling out the details of this man's fascinating life for > several years, and now believe anything is possible. So if you know > your ships, or your goldminers, and can suggest where I look next, > please tell. > > Migs Eder > New Zealand > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 323 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message