Thanks to those who replied. Already had their deaths and burial but as they married in 1849 thought there could have been children on Tasmania CD but it seems they didn't have any. Kate Regards, Kate "Jenny Chester" <jennychester@bordernet.com.au> wrote in message news:4ac3dd5e$0$3253$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > Hi John > > See http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home > The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860-1954) Saturday 23 August 1884 > DORSETT.-On August 19, at Upper Arthur street, Anne, the beloved wife of > John Dorsett, late Sub-Inspector of Police, in the 54th year of her age. > The > funeral will leave her late residence THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON, at 2 > o'clock, > when friends are invited to attend. > > There are many articles about this John Dorsett, in the Tasmanian > newspapers of the day from 1854 http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home > > Index to Wills and Letters of Administration from 1824 > http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/ > Dorsett John 1891 AD960/1/18 470 4151 > > http://www.srct.com.au/ > Ann and John are buried in the same grave. > > Hope this is your man! > > Jenny > > "Vivien" <viric@bigpond.com> wrote in message > news:a5e91d25-6d80-46e1-ba66-48a5f3df6c34@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Sep 29, 6:24 pm, "Kate Spencer" <kate.spenc...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> It appears the convicts John Dorsett/Ann Davis did stay in Tasmania, so >> perhaps some kind person with the records could search for children after >> 1849 > (snip) > > From the Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database at > http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 > > it appears that Ann DORSETT died in Hobart in 1884, John then > remarried in 1886 (to Emily Susan HILL), and they had a child in 1887 > (Mary Annie Constance DORSETT). John died in 1891 in Hobart. > > Vivien > >