Judy wrote: > Could you send us some dates and names (of my brick wall)? > Please bear in mind that as my previous emails pointed out this is all the information available on death certificates and the birth certificates of two children and the marriage and death certificates of my G grandfather. > GG grandfather Stephen HALL according to his death certificate was born in Yorkshire, no town or parish listed and no parents listed, died in Sydney Australia 1879 at age 73 years - approx year of birth 1806. Death certificate states wife #1 no name or year but married in Yorkshire. Wife #2 Jane REILLY married in New York 1851. Children of first marriage John, Thomas, William, Henry and Mary, three children deceased but no indication of which children had died. Second marriage: > Son George HALL unable to ascertain birth but born about 1853 in America according to death certificate. > Son William Henry HALL (my G grandfather) born in Sonora California 1855 (marriage certificate) contacted Sonora California, no official records available. > Stephen and Jane HALL possibly arrived in Sydney in 1857 but no Stephen HALL on incoming shipping lists (from America or England) only a Mr & Mrs HALL and 2 sons arriving from San Francisco. > Son James Shackleton HALL born in Sydney 1857 and his sister Jane HALL birth certificates state Stephen was born in York, mother Jane REILLY born in County Cavan Ireland. > I am unable to locate a Stephen HALL on 1841 English census that fits ours. > Occupation in Australia was Soda Water Manufacturer. Elizabeth