For some years I have been trying to unravel the details of a family story handed down to me concerning my g-g grandfather William Elliott. The story tells of William Elliott, his wife Rebecca (nee Wilson) and their three children Jane ,William, and Thomas leaving Irvinestown in County Fermanagh and emigrating to North America sometime in the 1840s. After both parents died in North America, William Elliott junior, now in his early twenties, returned to Ireland. I can trace William from this point. On 25 January 1857, he married Rebecca Moffitt, daughter of John and Mary Moffitt (nee Irvine), in the CofI church at Kilskeery, County Tyrone. William and Rebecca emigrated to Moreton Bay, Australia, arriving on the 9th of August 1857. In later years they lived at Gerringong and at Makenny Hill, Clunes in New South Wales. Without a ships name, arrival date and arrival port, I cannot confirm William and Rebecca's journey to North America. If any lister can suggest a helpful source or has information on this family I would be glad to hear from them. Carole Elliott