Hi, I have watched this list for some weeks now and I think I am in the right place. I am looking for my GGF William Belsey b:1830 Upchurch Kent, son of Lt. Henry Belsey RN. William was enrolled at the Greenwich Royal Hospital School in 1841 and that is the last we know of him in England. In 1868 he married Catherine Mulvin in Melbourne Australia. There is family talk that he was a member of crew and sailed from the UK to New Zealand (Christchurch) and then to Australia. Can anyone advise where I might look for him as a mariner TIA Daryl from Oz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Rickards" <darylrickard01@optusnet.com.au> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: [MAR] William Belsey - Crew to Australia > Hi, > > I have watched this list for some weeks now and I think I am in > the right > place. > > I am looking for my GGF William Belsey b:1830 Upchurch Kent, > son of Lt. > Henry Belsey RN. William was enrolled at the Greenwich Royal > Hospital School > in 1841 and that is the last we know of him in England. In 1868 > he married > Catherine Mulvin in Melbourne Australia. > Hi Daryl Cant help with actual mariner info but William Henry BELSEY is in in Ancestrys public trees 3 times A Catherine BELSEY left a will http://210.8.122.120/indexes/index_search_results.asp Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast

Hi MArgM Thanks for looking, I have the family from the 1500's about 4000 of them on my FTM database - GGF William is the elusive mariner...... his descendants are also covered. Regards Daryl from Oz -----Original Message----- From: MargM [mailto:genknut@exemail.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 2:48 PM To: Daryl Rickards; MARINERS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] William Belsey - Crew to Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Rickards" <darylrickard01@optusnet.com.au> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:55 PM Subject: [MAR] William Belsey - Crew to Australia > Hi, > > I have watched this list for some weeks now and I think I am in > the right > place. > > I am looking for my GGF William Belsey b:1830 Upchurch Kent, > son of Lt. > Henry Belsey RN. William was enrolled at the Greenwich Royal > Hospital School > in 1841 and that is the last we know of him in England. In 1868 > he married > Catherine Mulvin in Melbourne Australia. > Hi Daryl Cant help with actual mariner info but William Henry BELSEY is in in Ancestrys public trees 3 times A Catherine BELSEY left a will http://210.8.122.120/indexes/index_search_results.asp Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast