Hi Listers, I'm usually a Lurker on this List but now ask for help re my gt gt grandmother, MARIA CLARKE. She was born Portumna, Co. Galway, about 1824, to Johnand Eliza Clarke. Maria went as a free immigrant to New South Wales, Australia, on the ship "Earl Grey" arriving in June 1841 and married William RUFFLE (a convict from Essex, England) in October 1842. They had a daughter, Eliza Ruffle, in August 1844. William Ruffle died in 1848. Maria Ruffle later married my gt gt grandfather JAMES SAYSEL (also Saisell, Cecil, Seasel....) and had several more children. Does anyone have a connection to John and Eliza Clarke of Portumna? Elaine Researching: Ireland - Clarke NSW - Rook, Saisell, Cox, Wright, Stephenson, Lucas, Brandt, Towers, Helm Victoria- Tulau, Wheildon, Weil New Zealand - Wisby, Allmans