This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Liddell, Donaldson, Desmond, Justice Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YQw.2ACEB/187 Message Board Post: Researching the line of my husband's great grandfather x3. I have his dob as 1 Aug 1808 in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland. Son of William (although family folklore says James?) LIDDELL and Margaret DONALDSON who married in 1791. I have no siblings for him. He married Abigail DESMOND 29 Mar 1830 in Sydney, Australia. Abby was a convict, born in County Cork but sent from London on the Competitor, arriving 10 Oct 1828. They had 7 children: William (1828), James (1831 NSW), Charles Henty* (1835 Tas), John (1837 Tas), Margaret (1839 NSW), Mary (1844 NZ), and Janet (1846 NZ). All children married and settled in Victoria around Mt Moliagul/Dunolly or Queenscliff/Ballarat areas, except William and James who settled in NZ. James Donaldson was a master mariner, and his ship was the Thistle. After Abby died in 1859, he remarried to Annie JUSTICE at age 53, having a number of other children with her. He died in Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia 3 Feb 1878.