Rhoda - I am not at all sure where Duncan was born. Both of his wives were born in Dunbar. He and maybe a brother, John show up in the records in the late 1890's, but I have no idea of his age or his birth. Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter > Hi Lynne > > I think that transportation to Australia began at the end of the 18th > century. But I think you are probably right that transportation to > Tasmania > (or Van Diemens Land as it was then) began some years later, once NSW > began > to get a bit full up! > > How certain are you that your Duncan was born in or near Dunbar? > > Rhoda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 7:24 PM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter > > ...... Duncan disappeared or died in 1817. I don't think >> emigration to Australia began until 1820, and I don't know when prisoners >> began to be transported to Tasmania, but I think it was much later than >> 1817. Perhaps he could have been sent to Canada or So Africa. >> >> I suppose Duncan could have abandoned his family, but my gut feeling is >> that >> he died. Its not that important to my research as I'm looking for his >> lineage and will probably have to go thru collateral relatives to figure >> it >> out. It would be interesting to know though. >> >> Lynne >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> >> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:38 AM >> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter >> >> >>> My GGG Grandfather was transported to Tasmania for life in 1836. He was >>> still alive (in Tasmania) in 1853 but his wife was entered as a Widow in >>> the >>> 1851 (Cupar, Fife) Census. >>> >>> Rhoda >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jacquie" <jjjcmj@mymts.net> >>> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:21 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter >>> >>> >>>> If Duncan abandoned his family would Agnes be listed as being widowed? >>>> >>>> Jacquie >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oops. I meant 1790's. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter > Rhoda - I am not at all sure where Duncan was born. Both of his wives > were > born in Dunbar. He and maybe a brother, John show up in the records in > the > late 1890's, but I have no idea of his age or his birth. > > Lynne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter > > >> Hi Lynne >> >> I think that transportation to Australia began at the end of the 18th >> century. But I think you are probably right that transportation to >> Tasmania >> (or Van Diemens Land as it was then) began some years later, once NSW >> began >> to get a bit full up! >> >> How certain are you that your Duncan was born in or near Dunbar? >> >> Rhoda >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> >> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 7:24 PM >> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter >> >> ...... Duncan disappeared or died in 1817. I don't think >>> emigration to Australia began until 1820, and I don't know when >>> prisoners >>> began to be transported to Tasmania, but I think it was much later than >>> 1817. Perhaps he could have been sent to Canada or So Africa. >>> >>> I suppose Duncan could have abandoned his family, but my gut feeling is >>> that >>> he died. Its not that important to my research as I'm looking for his >>> lineage and will probably have to go thru collateral relatives to figure >>> it >>> out. It would be interesting to know though. >>> >>> Lynne >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> >>> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:38 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter >>> >>> >>>> My GGG Grandfather was transported to Tasmania for life in 1836. He was >>>> still alive (in Tasmania) in 1853 but his wife was entered as a Widow >>>> in >>>> the >>>> 1851 (Cupar, Fife) Census. >>>> >>>> Rhoda >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jacquie" <jjjcmj@mymts.net> >>>> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 2:21 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Duncan M'Carter >>>> >>>> >>>>> If Duncan abandoned his family would Agnes be listed as being widowed? >>>>> >>>>> Jacquie >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message