Thanks Peter.  You are absolutely correct.  I plan on tearing apart the TOWNSEND files in the cabinet.  I think I will do a chart/spread sheet which will give a clearer picture.   Mary Ellen >________________________________ > From: Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> >To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com >Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 6:48 PM >Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Daly, Murphy, Pyne Surname in drumline area > > >    Re William TOWNSEND born 1875 (Cleveland OH) - died 1955 (Lidcombe NSW) > >Mary, > >    As I said earlier, this should be a separate subject. Then you could >include all the bits and pieces you know form his war record, letters and >death certificate. At the moment we are being drip fed one clue at a time. > >    We know from his WWI record that he came to Australia, enlisted in 1917 >and gave his mother in Ohio as next of kin. So he wasn't married. > >    You previously told us there were no family mentioned on his 1955 NSW >death certificate> I did ask you who was the informant. > >    You now tell us you have a 1943 letter mentioning a wife. This suggests >his wife may have predeceased him and there was nobody that knew any details >for his death. Again, who was the informant? > >    You might double check Townsend names in Ashfield in Australian >Electoral Rolls on Ancestry and try to match the Bruce St address, but as I >previously stated, if he retained US citizenship, he could not vote in >Australia. His wife may be different. > >    Unfortunately, you have all the letters and other details. So you need >to go through them again and look for any more clues. > >    Peter > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >