Hi Listers, I hope there may be someone out there that can assist me trying to sort out my maternal Great-Great-Grandparents. I been trying to climb a moss covered brick wall with the TURNER family for years. My G-G-Grandfather was John TURNER who according to his 1841 emigration record he was born c. 1813 at Stratton he was the son of William TURNER a Carpenter and Mary, there's no reference to either of his parents being deceased. John could both read and write My G-G-Grandmother was Susannah Jane LEGG born 1817, bap 5th Dec 1817 at Laucells daughter of James LEGG a yeoman and Ann BICKFORD, Susannah could only read, again no mention of her parents being deceased. They married at Poughill on 2 June 1841 and both listed their occupations as House Servants and they were both residing at Truscott Poughill. I think they may have had a connection (possibly working for?) with the CORY family at Poughill. The reason I say this is because on their marriage certificate one of the witnesses is John CORY. On the 9th June, 1841, just 1 week later they boarded the "William Turner" at Portsmouth London as bounty immigrants bound for Botany Bay, Sydney, NSW. Their bounty agent was Mr. Alexander CAMPBELL Esq. and they were bound to Mr. John CORY at his property "Coryvale" at Gresford, NSW. John CORY had been in the Military and tried to use his military career to gain a government position but with out any success. I have a 90 year old 2nd cousin that said she was told that 3 TURNER brothers originally came to Australia and were to meet back up in Sydney. John and Samuel supposedly came out as convicts, but their 3 brother failed to return to Sydney. She said John returned to England an fell in love with then married Susannah. I didn't think a convict could return to England other than if they were given a full pardon. (could it have been they knew each other before John fell fowl of the law and that John only returned to marry and that's why John and Susannah left England for Australia 1 week after they married). Another thing she has told me is that there's more than just John and Susannah buried on their property "Lemon Grove" at Duggan's Gully, Underbank, Upper Chichester, NSW. She says John's brother Samuel is also buried there. Also 3 of the TURNER children 2 stillborns and an infant. I recently found an Ancestry tree that mentioned 2 daughters both called Elizabeth (1st & 2nd born of their children) that don't appear in any records and a female born 1860, there is a daughter, Jemima born in 1860, but it now has me wondering if there may have been a twin that died soon after birth. I contacted the person that had the tree but no response yet, they hadn't logged on to their tree for 6 months. Is there anyone on the list that may be able to offer some assistance Happy Days, John Griffiths Newcastle NSW