This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: brett_driscoll Surnames: Driscoll Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.driscoll/657/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am seeking my GG Grandfather John Driscoll, who appears in Victoria Australia around 1854. He was born about 1827 (cannot confirm, but drawing from the information I have this appears about right) in County Cork. He was the son of John Driscoll and Mary Coghlan. I am unable to locate records or evidence of his actual arrival in Australia or his departure from Ireland. I have two references to a 'John Driscoll' that interesct in Bendigo, Victoria where the Goldfields are. The first is as a sailor in HM Navy who jumped ship in Port Phillip Bay (access into Victoria) in 1854 and is recorded in Police reports in Port Phillip. He headed to Bendigo and little reference can be found directly related to this John. However this conflicts with the other references directly at the Gold Mines in Bendigo and his name appears on a petition written in June 1853 for Gold Miner's rights. John married in 1856, his wife died 3 years later and he remarried in 1860. Of what information I have found, including wedding certificates and the birth cerificates of his many children, he doesn't give much away about his family. My documentation clearly supports the gold miner and I have tracked my ancestry to him - I just cannot find the link to Ireland. Perhaps someone has a John in their records born about 1827 in Cork? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.