There was once a fine fellow named Moses-----Moses MURPHY-----who, despite his biblical name, alas, went astray. He was arrested in Cork City for larceny of lead (the metal) in 1848. (During the famine ----- or is that not an adequate excuse?) He may have lived in Great George's Street at the time. After 3 years in prison, he was transported in July 1851 to Tasmania where, after some years, he died. The public records say that he was 40 years old when he was arrested, 3 July 1848, which, if literally accurate, suggests a birthdate between 4 July 1807 and 2 July 1809. (Did I get that right?) The record of his arrival in Tasmania on 31 October 1851 say that his wife (no name shown) had been dead for 5 years (1846?) and that his 2 children were in the Cork Poor Union. That record listed his age as 44, which suggests a birthdate between 3 July and 31 October 1807. (??) However, his death record in Tasmania (4 November 1863) lists age as 60 (born 1803?). So his birthdate seems afloat between 1803 and 1809. As fetching as it is, Moses MURPHY seems not to be an everyday name. My interest in this showy-named felon stems from the possibility that he's the daddy of my great-grandfather, Richard Francis MURPHY, who, at his marriage in London in 1862, said that his father was Moses, a carpenter, and who said in the 1871 British Census that he (Richard) was born in Cork. Was Richard one of the two children left in the Cork Poor Union? I'm sure that one of you wise and knowing listers has that answer right at your fingertips! Bill Murphy, Southampton, New York, USA