Hi Kathy, Pleased to have been able to help. Best wishes Lynne "Kathy Pearson" <kathypea@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:mailman.250.1258531736.2037.genanz@rootsweb.com... > Thank you, Lynne, that's great. With all the replies and information > supplied in them I now feel pretty (excuse the pun :)) sure that this > Thomas is not part of my Dorset Pretty family. > > Best wishes, > > Kathy > > --- On Wed, 18/11/09, Keith Radford <keilyn03@tpg.com.au> wrote: > >> From: Keith Radford <keilyn03@tpg.com.au> >> Subject: Re: Thomas PRETTY - South Australia look-up please >> To: "Kathy Pearson" <kathypea@yahoo.com.au> >> Received: Wednesday, 18 November, 2009, 6:48 PM >> Hi Kathy, >> I am attaching copies from Biographical Index of S.A. >> From Family search found >> http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp >> Husband's Name >> Thomas PRETTY (AFN:1ZSD-NTR) Pedigree >> >> Born: 27 Aug 1801 Place: , >> Islington, London, England >> Died: 22 Sep 1873 Place: , >> Nth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia >> Buried: Place: >> Walkerville, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia >> Married: Abt 1824 Place: >> Of, Edmonton, Middlesex, England >> Wife's Name >> Mary SPOONER (AFN:1ZSD-NV0) Pedigree >> Born: 1801 Place: , >> Edmonton, Middlesex, England >> Died: 30 Aug 1879 Place: , >> Nth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia >> Married: Abt 1824 Place: >> Of, Edmonton, Middlesex, England >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Children >> 1. Sex Name >> F Eliza Anne PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-NK4) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1840 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: 30 Apr >> 1924 Place: , , South Australia, >> Australia >> 2. Sex Name >> M Thomas William PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-NW6) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1826 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> 1866 Place: , , , Australia >> 3. Sex Name >> F Hannah PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-NXD) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1828 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> 1849 Place: , , , Australia >> 4. Sex Name >> M George Henry PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-NZL) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1830 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> 5. Sex Name >> F Emily PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-P0R) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1835 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> Place: Of, , , Australia >> 6. Sex Name >> F Amelia PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-P10) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1837 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> Place: Of, , , Australia >> 7. Sex Name >> M Samuel Edwin PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-P26) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1838 Place: , Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> Place: At Sea >> 8. Sex Name >> F Mary Ann Elizabeth PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-P4L) Pedigree >> Born: >> 1844 Place: Of, Islington, London, >> England >> Died: >> 1919 Place: Of, , , Australia >> 9. Sex Name >> M John James PRETTY >> (AFN:1ZSD-P3D) Pedigree >> Born: 14 Dec >> 1841 Place: , , Middlesex, England >> Died: 10 Oct >> 1909 Place: Croydon, Adelaide, South >> Australia, Australia >> Buried: >> Place: Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia, >> Australia >> Thomas Pretty >> Death: 22 SEP 1873 >> Parents: >> Father: PRETTY >> Source Information: >> Batch Number: 0960936 >> Sheet: 71 >> Source Call No.: >> 1553296 Type: Film >> Birth: 27 AUG >> 1801 Islington, London, England >> Subject: Thomas PRETTY - South Australia look-up please >> > Hi everyone, >> > Does anyone have access to the Biographical Index of >> South Australians? I am trying to find out the names of the >> parents of Thomas PRETTY, who with wife Mary nee SPOONER and >> ten children arrived in Adelaide on board the Success on 28 >> January 1848. I would like to know if he was a son of John >> and Mary (nee HACKETT) PRETTY of Poole in Dorset, and >> therefore a brother of my great great grandmother Anne >> Taylor WALKER nee PRETTY, who also arrived in Australia in >> that year but settled in NSW. >> > If parents' names are not listed in the Biog. Index, >> can anyone suggest alternative sources to research? I have >> tried familysearch, but cannot find Thomas' birth. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > Kathy