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 > >     Father: >     Mother: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >      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 > >     Father: >     Mother: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >      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 > > > Kind regards, > Lynne > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Pearson" <kathypea@yahoo.com.au> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz > To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:43 PM > 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 > __________________________________________________________________________________ Win 1 of 4 Sony home entertainment packs thanks to Yahoo!7. Enter now: http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/