Hi Everyone, Just reposting my Merritt interests, all in Australia, mainly Queensland: Thomas Merritt married Susan Kaick - had son Charles (d 15 Dec 1880, Toowoomba). We think that Charles was a British convict to Austalia in the early 1800's. Charles married Sarah Baker (AKA Sarah Brompton) on 18 Aug 1867. They had the following children: George Merritt (my g-grandfather), b 10-07-1868, Toowoomba, d 04-04-1928, Alpha Charlotte Merritt, b 25-12-1870, d 1871 (probably Toowomba) John Goodwin Merritt, b 17-08-1872, Toowoomba, died Brisbane Harriet Merritt, b 03-01-1874, married Edward Thomas in 1890's Alice Goodwin Merritt, b 10-04-1875, d 30-09-1889, Toowoomba Mary Goodwin Merritt, b 18-08-1876, d 16-02-1877, Toowoomba Ethel Georgina Merritt, b 23-09-1877 Edward Goodwin Merritt, b 29-06-1879, d 19-06-1934 Eliza Merritt, d 29-05-1885, Toowoomba Archibald Merritt, d 14-02-1928 My grandfather was Edward James Merritt, b 02-08-1895 in Hughenden. His brother was George William Merritt, b 18-11-1897 in Rockhampton, and his sister was Edith Margaret Merritt (married name Harrop), b 23-05-1899, Barcaldine. The only other family we know of is John Goodwin Merritt's - he had 6 children that we can recall - Maime (married name Best), Glennie Clinton (married name Boyle), Emily (married name Trevor), Ethel Grace Donald (married name Gooding), ? (married name Mahoney), and ? (married name Bell). The Merritts are a big mystery to us, and I would love to find anyone with connections to my branch of them. Rhonda Merritt, Mareeba, QLD, Australia.