Good morning Listers, I thought Listers may be interested in these names, as I just had another look at the state of Queensland's BMD website. It would appear that most of these family would trace their beginnings back to Norfolk. These are marriages around the time John Thomas WALPOLE married Eva in 1907 in Queensland. The names for the WALPOLES do appear to have connections back to Engand, the number of Christians names some of them have are unbelievable, a real mouth full. Marriages:- 1899/C1019 Walpole, Horace Henry to O'Neill, Kathleen Aloysia Zavour 1903/B2743 Burke, Michael Dennis to Walpole, Christina 1907/C2115 Walpole, John Thomas to Miscamble, Eva Victoria Beatrice (our JOHN) 1908/C2591 Walpole, William John to Kretschmann, Mary Anna Bertha 1912/C3212 Graham, Mary Elizabeth to Walpole, Robert Gloucester 1913/C808 Owen, Annie to Walpole, Horace Edward Waldegrave Have a look at father's name on the birth of his son in 1903, sounds like he was born to be Lord of the Manor:- Year Name of Child Father's Name Mother's Name 1903/C4672 Herbert Orford Walpole Robert Somerset George Reginald Mary Annie Beaver Robert Somerset George Reginald Walpole, what a mouth full and then there is this one:- Year Name of Child Father's Name Mother's Name 1914/C3379 Nancy Letitia Walpole Horace Edward Waldegrave Annie Owen I have not yet searched to see if any of the above immigrated to Oz as yet and if they are related to John Thomas WALPOLE. The immigrants arrived via Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Port Jackson Sydney and Moreton Bay in Brisbane. It would be interesting to follow it up to see how many did immigrate around the same time as John, or in some cases a lot earlier. I have now had a peek into the NSW BDM Website, and the Walpoles were in New South Wales from around 1825 and there are Horatios, Horaces, Roberts. The WALPOLE who arrived in 1825, came below deck in chains per "Asia 4". He was George Walpole born circa 1797. He was sentenced to 14 years transportation. George received a Conditional Pardon and was working for the Colonial Secretary Department in Sydney Town at the time of the 1828 Census. He married an Ann Mantle in Sydney in 1826. She arrived as a 23 year old, free in 1826 per "Thames". I wonder if she was his girl friend/fiancé who joined him Down Under? I found George's trial, he was tried in Ireland, he was a police constable . A very interesting case you can read it on this website:- http://www.users.on.net/~lamingtonchild/kingsmill/ Cheers Janice Belrose - Sydney