Hi all Julia Mosman's extracts from West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser of 14 Nov 1856 included this death notice: At Boscastle, on the 6th November, 1856, of dropsy, Mr. John ROUNSEVELL, aged 73 years, father of John ROUNSEVELL, the poet of Tregatherall, and of the fortunate William ROUNSEVELL, of Perie-street, Adelaide, South Australia. "Perie-street" should, of course, be "Pirie-street". And Eril Willmott wrote with some details of this family, including reference to the Australian Dictionary of Biography. John ROUNSEVELL 1836-1902 made his way into my family tree, though not a direct descendant. As unusual surnames can sometimes make research a little easier and quicker, I looked into Rounsevell a little. Eril indicated that John married four times: A) 4 Feb 1857 at St John Church, Adelaide to Emma HART ca 1837-1887, d/o Charles HART at least 5 children: 1 Emma Adelaide 1859-1863 2 John William Henry 1860-1893 3 Mary Jenny Rosina b 1863 4 Florence Victoria Maria b 1865 (born at Kapunda) 5 Horace Vernon b 1867 m 1912 to Clara Rachel COOMBS b 1866 d/o William Green COOMBS 1829-1884 m 1852 Rachael McMILLAN ca 1831-1875 B) 29 Sep 1877 at Adelaide to Eliza HART ca 1842-1881, sister of Emma (above) I don't know of any children to this marriage C) 3 Dec 1881 at his residence Adelaide to Elizabeth Jane COOMBS 1856-1886, sister of Clara Rachel (above) at least 3 children: 6 Ruby b 1883 7 Harold 1885-1893 8 Reginald b 1886 D) 13 Jun 1887 at the bride's mother's residence Kent Town to Sarah COOMBS b 1859, sister of Clara Rachel and Elizabeth Jane (above) at least 4 children: 9 Olive 1888-1890 10 Benjamin Corryton b 1889 m 1921 Jane Elfreda PHILLIPS b 1891 d/o James Howard PHILLIPS & Jane Eliza Young SIMPSON 11 Clara Myrtle b 1895 12 John Corryton b 1897 I haven't gone looking for further descendants. Another sister in the COOMBS family was: Matilda Green COOMBS 1862-1935 m 1885 Alfred WILLIAMS 1863-1913, educationist - he also features in ADB. Their son Ralph WILLIAMS was married at "Chasse", Kingswood, Adelaide on 15 Apr 1914 to Helena Margaret BILLIET 1886-1955, d/o Michel Charles Geoffray Dit BILLIET coffee house keeper at the Grand Hotel, Hindley Street, Adelaide and his wife Mary Theresa GAYNOR. M BILLIET was from France. The 1914 wedding must have been THE society wedding of the year in Adelaide. A complete account of the marital proceedings can be found at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59642649 and includes photographs and illustrations of the bride's outfits (on the following page). Alfred WILLIAMS was born at St Ives South Australia in 1863 to Cornish immigrant parents John Henry WILLIAMS 1830-1907 m 1852 Emma Mary DAVEY ca 1836-1912. John Henry WILLIAMS was born at North Country, Redruth, Cornwall and Emma Mary DAVEY at St Ives, Cornwall. I'm connected to the North Country WILLIAMSes and descend from an uncle of John Henry WILLIAMS. Many thanks to Julia and Eril. Cheers Peter J Williams