Hello Maureen, Thank you for your interesting family story. Did you think there might be a connection. I can't say that I have one at this stage. When you do get to find the article about the first settlers who arrived in Australia I would be very interested in a scanned copy? By some chance would the place name have been Port Phillip? Beryl in Vic. Australia ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [IRELAND] SHAW / FLYNN From: MJen512444@aol.com Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 07:08:46 EST To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com Hello Beryl, I did not realise there was an Irish connection until I read your email. But, I have in my family, a James Williams, who was widowed when my great grandmother's sister Ann Williams, nee Smith died. This was in Wales and Herefordshire. i.e. Radnorshire, then James Williams moved to Herefordshire where he must have met and married a 'widow Shaw'. She probably had children of her own with the surname Shaw, but she and James Williams also had a child called Arthur in their own marriage. From family lore, James Williams and the ex Mrs. Shaw left Herefordshire, well, I think it was Hay on Wye actually, which is on the border with Radnorshire and Herefordshire. They are supposed to have left these shores for Australia around 1900. Arthur by now, was a grown lad, and I do have a not very good copy of a photograph of the family group taken about the time they set sail. I would have thought that Arthur might well have been about 10 years old at the time. Sailing with the family was another relative of mine, one Jesse Williams, a male. And he was born in Breconshire. There is actually an article written about some of these first settlers who arrived in Australia. I will have to find my notes, but I do know the name of the settlement began with a P. Sorry for that, but memory fades sometimes until refreshed. All the best, Maureen Jenkins Rhondda Valley, South Wales. There is actually an article written about some of these first settlers who arrived in Australia. I will have to find my notes, but I do know the name of the settlement began with a P. Sorry for that, but memory fades sometimes until refreshed.