Thanks for your reply Dawn,much appreciated,I did make a mistake in my last post. But it probably won't make any difference to your Bell line. It should have read like this, BELL & ELVIDGE (Elridge). David Bell and wife Margaret Elvidge and daughter Maria Amilia aged 3 arrived in Australia on the Albatross in April 1853,a son David Henry BELL was born at sea on route to Aust. David and Margaret were married in Dublin Ireland in 1846. Parents of David Bell were David Bell and Mary Bain . Parents of Margaret Elvidge were George Elvidge (Elridge) and Catherine Morrison. I had David Henry in the wrong place..;o) Regards Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray & Dawn Pocock <raydawnp@voyager.co.nz> To: <SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:25 PM Subject: [SH] BELL > Kathleen - although I have not found a connection to your BELL names in > Ireland, I am also researching that name but in Co Tyrone up to about 1903, > but with a missing Robert John (or John Robert) BELL in the 1901 census. He > would have been aged 20, (or 18 if he had already changed his birth year, > which he did on his original birth certificate). Son of Richard and Martha > (nee CAMPBELL) BELL, Presbyterians who married at Pomeroy, Co Tyrone in > 1877. > If anyone out there is connected to my family - I would love to hear from > you. > Regards, Dawn, Christchurch, New Zealand > > ______________________________