Hi Martin, Do you have any idea as to which state William Clarke OLIVE could have come too? All the states have their own records - and like other places "never the twine shall meet". Quite a lot of New South Wales records can be accesses on ; http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm Queensland also has some records on line, at ; - http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/829.htm Victorian records are on CD's. To be on the safe side I will not mention the other states. Regards, Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin & Mary Olive" <m.olive@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:13 AM Subject: [LEI] Australian wanderers. > This is addressed to Australian listers or those who have access to > Australian records of arrivals from UK. > My great grandfather, John Olive, had a sister, Elizabeth, who had > an illegitimate male child in 1859 in Cosby, where he was christened > William Clarke Olive (Clarke being the surname of the putative father, who > lived next door). William was brought up by his grand-parents in Cosby, > but he went down to Essex as a barman, then he joined the army sometime > between 1881 and 1891,when he is listed in Little Warley Barracks as an > infantry soldier. He marries Eliza Snutch in Leicester Dec 1893 and > produces 4 children in 7 years and is in Leicester Prison in 1901. Local > gossip inferred that he subsequently abandonned his family. > There are no records as to how long he was in prison, nor for what > felony. However I have searched for his death in freeBMD over several > decades and many hours with no results. Recently Ancestry have produced > indices of Immigrants to Australia from the UK, but they do not offer a > "pay as you go". There are several "W (C)Olives" beween 1901 and 1910 in > the indices and I wonder if SKS, who has access to these records, could > check if my William is there. > I am in touch with his descendants, who would really like to know > what happened to him. > Tks/regards > Martin Olive > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message