Hi Graeme Came across this deceased person in the Pioneer Index for Victoria - not sure if is of any use to you. Adelina Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Surname: LEWIS Given Names: Martha Event: D Spouse Surname/Father: Backhouse Benja Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Sarah THOMPSON Age: 40 Sex: Birth Place: YORK Death Place: Year: 1870 Reg Number: 7571 "Graeme" <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:9d5580b350%Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk... > 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. > > -- > Graeme Wall > > My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

In message <GxuIm.52277$ze1.41897@news-server.bigpond.net.au> "Adelon" <adelon@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Hi Graeme > Came across this deceased person in the Pioneer Index for Victoria - not > sure if is of any use to you. > Adelina > Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 > > Surname: LEWIS > Given Names: Martha > Event: D > Spouse Surname/Father: Backhouse Benja > Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Sarah THOMPSON > Age: 40 > Sex: > Birth Place: YORK > Death Place: > Year: 1870 > Reg Number: 7571 Thanks Adelina but my Martha was one of life's spinsters. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>