Sean from the index to Deaths, for the State of Victoria, which I have previously sent you, there was not death for a John Mallin in the pre 1902 era. Even if John had died at the Goldfields, and providing his name was known, his death would have been registered officially. If he died and his name was not known, usually some sort of inquiry would have been held into his death. If he was murdered, an inquiry would also have been held. There is the possibility, that he was using another name on the goldfields, especially if he was a ship's jumper (like my ancestors). In that case, his death won't be registered under John Mallin However if he had personal papers/bible etc, that someone knew enough of him to send home to his family, then it is more likely his correct name would have surfaced in an inquiry. I am wondering if he was at the Bendigo goldfields, but then headed off to another rush in either another state of Australia, or even over to the New Zealand gold fields in the 1860's. Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Sean_tee Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] Mallin - Ships Carpenter From: Sean_tee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 August 2013 10:20 To: '[email protected]' Cc: 'mailto:[email protected]' Subject: Mallin - Ships Carpenter Dear Sharon, Thank you for your research and for your email. My gg grandfather John Mallin was dead by 1911. He died in Australia, I think he died in a mining accident or was attacked by bandits, not sure. According to family stories, we believe that soon after he arrived in Australia (1858) on the Industry he went gold prospecting in the Bendigo region of Victoria. My mother told us that he wrote letters home and that's how they knew that he went gold prospecting in the Bendigo region of Victoria. In his letters she said that he talked about travelling to the assay office and the risk of attack from bandits. After his death his bible and his reading glasses were returned home by a friend but unfortunately they have been lost over time, as have the letters. His son, also John Mallin (1854- 1936), my g grandfather lived in Dublin all his life. He never knew his father. He was the man who passed on the stories to my mother. Much obliged. Seán Message: 5 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:07:50 +1000 From: Sharon Mathieson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MAR] Mallin - Ships Carpenter To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]om <mailto:[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Sean I found a shipping record for a John Mallin arriving in Sydney 28 Nov 1911. Could this be yours? If so, he is listed as having a wife Betsy and three children, John, Dora and Winifred. I haven't been able to find anything else as yet. Sharon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message