I couldn't resist and had a look in Rootsweb for your Edwin. I found a woman born Margaret Mackenzie who married a man named Brooks, then her second marriage was in 1843 to Edwin Griffiths in Paramatta! Does that help! See for example: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monaropioneers&id=I179984 There are several trees in "Worldconnect" that have this marriage. This one identifies him as Paymaster of the 96th: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mynortontribe&id=I3046 Sorry I have run out of time but it looks like it may be worth a closer look. You should be able to contact the author of that tree (an Australian) to find out more. Cheers Simon. On 11/09/2010 11:24, elizabeth howard wrote: > Hi, the Griffiths have ballooned from a simple query into a most > interesting discussion , and now there seem to be three possible Margaret , > 2nd wife , of Col Edwin , possibly Margaret Johnson m 1844 ?Shropshire , > possibly Margaret Macormister, and then Margaret Mackenzie and then Margaret > Brooks .........I also looking in the NSW bapts and couldn`t find a child of > the post 1843 marriage to Margaret Brooks , but only looked at NSW , didn`t > think to look at Tasmania .... > So apart from the new found George b Australia 1844, is there any > further sighting of the earlier Edwina Eliza Ann b Cheshunt , 1819 ? or the > two little boys Edwin Arthur and Frederick ? and yes why the big gap > between 1821 and 1832 or were Edwin and Frederick born between those two > dates but only christened in 1832 when Col Edwin was on leave ? > Is anyone able to check the burial register of Cheshunt between 1819 > and 1833 ? > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Morris"<susan.fh@cosmic-colour.co.uk> > To:<eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [HRT] Baptismal look up please, Griffiths > > >> Thanks Anthony. >> >> I was following the same line of thought last night, but in England. I >> found the death of an Elizabeth Griffiths, registered in Ware (the >> registration district for Cheshunt) in 1844, followed by a marriage for >> an Edwin Griffiths in 1848, with a Margaret Johnson on the same page, >> but it was in Shropshire. >> >> However, I'm inclined to think that your finding makes more sense, >> especially with no sign of any of the family on the UK censuses. I >> reckon the two sons of Edwin and Eliza Ann stayed in Australia or >> wherever Edwin next went on his army service and never came back to the >> UK, or not until they were very much older. >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/09/2010 10:55, Anthony M. Carter wrote: >>> As I recall we started with the well documented Edwin Griffiths-Eliza Ann >>> Lucas marriage in 1816, but his widow was called Margaret. IGI has the >>> marriage of Edwin Griffiths to Margaret Brooks on 3 May 1843 at St John, >>> Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. This was then HQ for the 96th >>> Foot. Therefore it seems likely that the first wife had died. Anthony >>> >> >> >> >> Hertfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3127 - Release Date: 09/10/10 19:41:00 >

Good stuff as Brooks = McKenzie and marriage Paramatta 1843 fits better with the births at Launceston in 1844; we know, too, that the 96th moved between these two locations. I think we now may discount Margaret Johnson and tidy things up. Anthony ________________________________________ From: eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [eng-hertfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Simon Harding [simon@greynose.net] Sent: 11 September 2010 13:57 To: eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HRT] Baptismal look up please, Griffiths I couldn't resist and had a look in Rootsweb for your Edwin. I found a woman born Margaret Mackenzie who married a man named Brooks, then her second marriage was in 1843 to Edwin Griffiths in Paramatta! Does that help! See for example: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=monaropioneers&id=I179984 There are several trees in "Worldconnect" that have this marriage. This one identifies him as Paymaster of the 96th: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mynortontribe&id=I3046 Sorry I have run out of time but it looks like it may be worth a closer look. You should be able to contact the author of that tree (an Australian) to find out more. Cheers Simon. On 11/09/2010 11:24, elizabeth howard wrote: > Hi, the Griffiths have ballooned from a simple query into a most > interesting discussion , and now there seem to be three possible Margaret , > 2nd wife , of Col Edwin , possibly Margaret Johnson m 1844 ?Shropshire , > possibly Margaret Macormister, and then Margaret Mackenzie and then Margaret > Brooks .........I also looking in the NSW bapts and couldn`t find a child of > the post 1843 marriage to Margaret Brooks , but only looked at NSW , didn`t > think to look at Tasmania .... > So apart from the new found George b Australia 1844, is there any > further sighting of the earlier Edwina Eliza Ann b Cheshunt , 1819 ? or the > two little boys Edwin Arthur and Frederick ? and yes why the big gap > between 1821 and 1832 or were Edwin and Frederick born between those two > dates but only christened in 1832 when Col Edwin was on leave ? > Is anyone able to check the burial register of Cheshunt between 1819 > and 1833 ? > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Morris"<susan.fh@cosmic-colour.co.uk> > To:<eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [HRT] Baptismal look up please, Griffiths > > >> Thanks Anthony. >> >> I was following the same line of thought last night, but in England. I >> found the death of an Elizabeth Griffiths, registered in Ware (the >> registration district for Cheshunt) in 1844, followed by a marriage for >> an Edwin Griffiths in 1848, with a Margaret Johnson on the same page, >> but it was in Shropshire. >> >> However, I'm inclined to think that your finding makes more sense, >> especially with no sign of any of the family on the UK censuses. I >> reckon the two sons of Edwin and Eliza Ann stayed in Australia or >> wherever Edwin next went on his army service and never came back to the >> UK, or not until they were very much older. >> >> Susan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/09/2010 10:55, Anthony M. Carter wrote: >>> As I recall we started with the well documented Edwin Griffiths-Eliza Ann >>> Lucas marriage in 1816, but his widow was called Margaret. IGI has the >>> marriage of Edwin Griffiths to Margaret Brooks on 3 May 1843 at St John, >>> Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. This was then HQ for the 96th >>> Foot. Therefore it seems likely that the first wife had died. Anthony >>> >> >> >> >> Hertfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3127 - Release Date: 09/10/10 19:41:00 > Hertfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message