Hi Graeme I checked out the death notice you refer to and see that Martha's brother John Kenrick Lewis was a surgeon of Hamilton on Forth. So I googled it and found that it is on the NW coast of Tassie and is the previous name for the current township of Forth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth,_Tasmania Is it possible that Martha lived with her brother in a residence called Mewstone? See also the Forth Valley Online Access Centre http://www.tco.asn.au/oac/community_history.cgi?oacID=22 The History of Forth History details of Forth, or Hamilton on Forth as it was originally named, are available by visiting The Ulverstone Local History Museum. Click the following link to visit the website http://www.leven.tassie.net.au/ULHM/ Perhaps they will be able to help you with Mewstone and/or the Lewis brother and sister. Rushing out to a meeting Hope this helps Jenny Bruny Island TAS "Graeme" <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:7b4193b350%Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk... > In message > <b5aa7bde-43e2-4cec-aab9-6ec13fce2e9d@o9g2000prg.googlegroups.com> > Vivien <viric@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 2, 5:32 am, Graeme <Gra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> > Was Mewstone, Tasmania ever inhabited? >> > >> > The reason I ask is I've come across a daeth notice for a Martha Lewis >> > in >> > the Hobart Mercury for 11th August 1870 giving that as her place of >> > death. >> >> Only by albatross! >> It's about 20 km off the southeast coast of Tasmania and is basically >> a rock rising steeply out of the sea. > > That's what I thought. > >> It sounds as though the death occurred on board ship while heading for >> Hobart. >> > > But I would have thouht the name of the ship would have been given as > place > of death in that case. > > The other thought that occurs is that it might have been the name of a > house > in Hobart. > > -- > Graeme Wall > > My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>