Mary, As you have the 1955 NSW death certificate of William Townsend, I think all known information is there. If there's no wife or children mentioned I'd suggest he didn't marry. Have a look at the informant. Also check for William's occupation and residential address. The death was registered at Lidcombe which is the next suburb to Rookwood. He probably died in Lidcombe Hospital. As I said previously, if he retained US citizenship, he won't appear on Electoral Rolls. Except for a $1.00 fee in Victoria, nearly all Australian BDM indexes are free online. So you don't even need an Ancestry subscription. You'll find all the links under BDM section of www.coraweb.com.au While Ancestry purports to have them all, a lot of later data is available on the individual state sites. Peter in Sydney

Thanks Peter.  On the last letter (condolence on the death of my grandmother) 1943 he mentions his wife.  The address on the letter is 10 Bruce Street, Ashfield, NSW Since we are having a very rainy day here on the North Coast of OH, I plan to pull out all the hard copy TOWNSEND files and organize.  Surely do appreciate all your interest and other Aussies who have helped us in our family story.   Mary Ellen Lakewood, OH >________________________________ > From: Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> >To: irl-clare@rootsweb.com >Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2013 9:32 PM >Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] Daly, Murphy, Pyne Surname in drumline area > > >Mary, > >    As you have the 1955 NSW death certificate of William Townsend, I think >all known information is there. If there's no wife or children mentioned I'd >suggest he didn't marry. > >    Have a look at the informant. Also check for William's occupation and >residential address. > >    The death was registered at Lidcombe which is the next suburb to >Rookwood. He probably died in Lidcombe Hospital. > >    As I said previously, if he retained US citizenship, he won't appear on >Electoral Rolls. > >    Except for a $1.00 fee in Victoria, nearly all Australian BDM indexes >are free online. So you don't even need an Ancestry subscription. You'll >find all the links under BDM section of http://www.coraweb.com.au/ > >    While Ancestry purports to have them all, a lot of later data is >available on the individual state sites. > >    Peter in Sydney > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >