On Nov 3, 12:17 am, Graeme <Gra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > As to the censuses, I can't reliably identify a specific Martha Lewis, it's > too common a name. Graeme: Another resource to check is the Deaths at Sea Index. Findmypast has the index for the time period you want. Unfortunately I don't have a current subscription for a lookup. If it was the Mewstone off Tasmania then her death *should* appear in this index. I should add that I've lived in Tasmania for 49 years and I can't ever recall a house by the name of Mewstone. However, I note that shipping reports in the local 19th century papers frequently mention ship sightings "off Mewstone", so it seems that it was a well known landmark - often the place of first sighting of a ship from England as it rounded the South East Cape heading for Hobart. Vivien