This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jforbes1187 Surnames: Yeates Thompson Hatch Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.thompson/18072.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think after 20 years of research by my family I may have found my thompsons and may be able to he others on this site too The wonderful site I found is of the colletsone traders from 1820 will send on website in next message there is a thompson Yates and hatch who have shops there in 1820 My gggrandgather Robert hatch 1805 baker born Newry m mary ann 1828 lived next door to a Thompson family in newry who we think were Mary Ann's parents I have hatch James hatch shop keeper in colleraine in 1820 but one james hatch lived in Newry earlier in 1798 Robert hatch1805 -and Mary Ann came to Australia in 1837 settled NSW golburne then Albury His son Robert hatch 1839 my great grandfather had nearly twenty children with three wives maybe Thompson DNA here We think Mary Ann 1.1.1807 father was a James given children names and his daighter was named Mary Ann Yeates Thompson 1844 bt hatch This fits with amessage. Where mothers mother names were included Thompson my mary ann 1.1.1807 she was a straw hat maker there is a ,aru Thompson it says school academy in 1820 she wouldhsve been in school then I found in 1920 given Roberts Tels message a James hatch store keeper a James Thompson publican and there are other thompsons later noted too and a john Yates Clothes dealer 1820 I think John Yates wife or sister or cousin may havebeen the Sophia yeates re family names of Roberts children's William 1828 sopha 1830 , Mary ann thompson,m Ellen, James, Robert, Jane, Teresa, john hatch I found a sophia Yates in Newry on LDS Newry site think she may be Mary Ann's mum with a james Thompson noted above as a publican Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.