Letter, 22 May 1992, Mrs Margaret Morse, Victorian Address ; [see client file no 108]
152
'Recent Accessions,' article in Descent, March
1992, page 50
153
Oral history from a man at the PROV 2 Jul
92 who said he was descended from an American named Victor BIRDSALL,
alias BIRD, who arrived in Aust in 1853He said the descendants
are now called BIRD, and his brother was doing a lot of research
in the family He did not give me his name, but he must have signed
in the IN book and put his address in for the day He said my grandfather
is buried in the first grave inside the gates at St Kilda? Cemetery,
Melbourne
154
Oral history from Mrs Marlie GRADY, Victorian Address; I met her at the PROV on 2
Jul 92 She says her husband's family descends from this line
A family group of GRIFFITH - Abram (40), Rebecca (33), Arthurmeecy
(15), John (9), Jonah (7) arrived on the Nimrod in Vic from the
Us in March 1855 These names are in the Passengers From America Card
Index, 1852-1855, at the PROV, but apparently Arthur Meecy GRIFFITH (a
lady) is shown on the card as GRIFFITH, AM (Mr), which Mrs G says
is incorrect, as she has seen her marriage certificate The family
settled in Mornington, Vic, and came originally from Pennsylvania
154a
GILLEN, Mollie - The Founders of Australia
- A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (Library of Australian
History, North Sydney, 1988) page 423
155
Oral, Mrs IINGOLDS (?)of Geelong?, Victoria,
client of Patricia Barth, told me on 11 Aug 92 that she knows a
lady in her 80s, whose grandfather, a Mr Irby, came to Aust from
America The lady is Mrs Amy Sommerville (nee Irby) of Hawthorn
in Melb She has two daughters who are married, and a couple of brothers
now deceased
156
LETTER, 12 Aug 92, CG HARVEY, Australian Capital Territory Address;He says:
My wife's grandfather James Henery FERGUSON was born in New York
and cane to Victoria about 1885, aged about 7, we assume with
his American parents James and ann Ferguson, nee Moorhead
157
LETTERS, 7 May 1992 & 28 Oct 92, from
Mrs Mary HARGREAVES, New South Wales
Address ;In the former, she writes: 'I have been
searching for the arrival of William Marion Sanders born circa 1826
Giles County, Tennessee, America He was married in NSW in 1855
From his naturalization papers the deatils of his arrival are
as follows - Ship 'Agnes & Emma' 1853, age 36 yrs I have searched
for this ship in the NSw Shipping records with no luck there is
a possibility that it landed in Victoria as William had just left
the California goldfields and there is a supposition that he was
at the Bendigo goldfields sometime William returned to America in
1873 with a wife and four children' In the second Letter, she sends
a little more info
158
ORAL - Phone call, 9 Sep 91 from a lady called
Susan on Radio 2CN, Canberra, who said her ancestor William Marcus
WOODS, went to the Hill End gold fields in NSW in the 1850s and
said on one of his marriage certificate he was born 'NY' He evidently
married Ellem MACLEAN? in Aust and she will send me the marriage
cert They have found a death index record in NSW for a WM WOODS
in 1905, aged 68, but have not yet ordered the ceert
159
LETTER, Mrs A GAMBLE, Queensland Address; 7 Sep 92, which states: 'Would
you please let me know if you have any information on James NEWMAN?
Details from his death certificate are: Died Rose, Hill, Qld, 8
Aug 1915, aged 79 yrs; Father: Robert Newman; Buried 10 Aug 1915 at Bollon
Cem, Qld; Birthplace: Spring Vale, America; Married NSW to Matilda
Pike; Children living Sarah 49, Emma 45, Matilda 43, William 40, George
34, Louisa 32; Deceased 5He must have come to Australia prior
to 1865 A Letter written by his wife's sister indicates he married
at Forbes, NSW'
160
The Mail - NewsLetter of the Descendants of
Convicts Group, No 58, Dec 1992, pages 14 & 15, article 'Notorious
Convict' all about William GATES, an American convict sent to VDLThe
article also refers to his fellow Americans in Tasmania Robert
MARSH, Aaron DRESSER, Stephen WRIGHT, Benjamin WAIT, Daniel D
HEUSTIS, Caleb LYON, Linus W MILLER and Samuel SNOW
161
Letter, 23 Apr 92, Noreen Wright, Victorian Address; to the authorsee Americans
in Australia file
162
RITCHIE, John - Australian Dictionary of Biography
Index, 1788-1939 (Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1991)page
164 lists 58 persons born in the USA
163
JACKMAN, Betty May - Bendigo Advertiser Personal
Notices, 1854-1880 (the author, Victorian Address; 1992)As
at 18 Nov 93 I only seem to have included a few random examples
from this book, namely WOODWORTH, MC EACHERN, PETERS, LEE, MITCHELL,
MC CARTHY, LAWTON, RICHARDSON, HERSCHELL, O'NEIL)
164
Letter, 10 Jan 1993, Mr Murray Wilson, Queensland Address; - see Americans in Australia
file
165
BARRIE, Sandy - Australians Behind the Camera
- Early Australian Photographers plus Australian Camera Clubs (the
author, PO Box A488, Sydney South, NSW 2000; 2 vols, 19 September
1992)page 73 of vol 1 lists Thomas Skelton Glaister operating
as a photographer in Melbourne in 1854, Sydney 1855-1865, Qld 1876-1877
166
O'KEEFE, Florence - The Hum of the Heap',
article in Pageant magazine (Pageant Publishing, Richmond, Feb/Mar
1993, pages 7 & 8article says CLAPP was born at Holden,
Massachessetts, on 27 June 1833, and came to Melb gold rushes
at the age of 20He soon became part owner of a stage coach
line He was involved in setting up cable trams in Melb, which
ran from 1884 to 1940
167
PEAK, Merle W, USA
Address ; Letter, 25 Jan 93 - On 10 Feb 93, copy sent
to Andrew Peake for reply
168
SCHIFFMANN, Paul, MCCOWEN, Fay & Debbie,
HALLIDAY, Ken - Bolivia - A Century and a Half (Examiner Printing
Office, 124 Bourke Street, Glen Innes, NSW, 2370; published 1988)
- page 5 states: 'A South American, Edward F Hurry acquired the
first pastOral licence for Bolivia Station in 1840, but his stay
was shortened when his sheep contracted catarrah from the adjoining
Tenterfield station Hurry sold his interest to who held the property
until Edward Irby was granted a lincence for the Bolivia Run in 1843'
169
WYNN, Graeme - 'Life on the Goldfields - Fifteen
Letters, 1853-1861, article in RAHS Jnl, March 1979these Letter
were written by a Canadian, from New Brunswick, named James William
ROBERTSONN has copy in 'American in Australia' file
170
TURBY, Mrs Gloria, Western Australian Address; Letter 31 Mar 93 -
her grandmother was Frances MURPHY, born c 1889 San Francisco,
USA, last known to have been living in Rockhampton, Qld c 1909-1911Letter
in Americas in Aust file
171
The Weekend Australian, newspaper, page 3,
17 Apr 1993 mentions Ms Carol GRACE, formerly married into Sydney's
oldest retail dynasty will be forced out of her home of 20 yearsat
Hunters Hill, which she bought with former Grace Bros boss, Mr
Michael GRACE in the early 70sMs Grace, who arrived in Sydney
from the US in 1967three childrenthe youngest is now 18'According
to Who's Who in Australia, 1983 Micjhael Edward GRACE, born 20
Feb 1943, was married 19 June 1967 to Carole, d CH PROPER,
and has 3 sons
172
PALMER Mrs June, Victorian Address, telephone call, 19 Apr 1993 - 'One
of my husbands ancestors was an American, Susan STILLWELL (1761-1832),
who came to Aust in 1800 She married John PALMER in NY c 1783
She was the daughter of Dr Daniel STILLWELL and Adriana WALTON Her
father was an American loyalist, and the niece of a NY surgeon She
died in Australia (11 Nov 1832) and was buried at St Johns, Paramatta'
173
WEBSTER, Miss Judy, Queensland Address; Letter, 8 Feb 1993; This Letter
says: 'Sarah Maria TUCKER, b 1873, Brooklyn, New York, USA, mar
1894, Brisbane, Aust to Robert Hall ODLING etc'
174
CROYDON (QLD) HOSPITAL ADMISSION REGISTERS,
1888-1919; indexed by Miss Judy Webster, Queensland Address ; Letter, 8 Feb 1993; This lists
24 patients born in America, and their names have been added to this
index under the [174] code
175
WHITE, Miss Jenny, of Melbourne, Victoria
-; 8 May 93; Oral history about her gt grandfather, Kenneth GUNN,
who was at the California goldfields, and came to Victoria, where
he died He lived at Carlton She has his original marriage certificate,
which states he was married 'at Melbourne, district of Bourke,
according to the Rites of the Presbyterian Forum, on 19 may 1854,
by M Mackayoccupation plasterer, age 28 yrs, wife Margaret
MATHIESON, age 25birthplace of both parties Dornock, Scotland'
Oral history has it that the couple met on the ship on their voyage
out to Australia
176
COBCROFT, Mervyn D - 'Captain Eber Bunker',
article in The Rowland Quarterly, Woonsocket, RI, USA, Feb/Apr
1976)says Eber was a ship's master on the Third Fleet, which arrived
in Sydney in 1791
177
Parade Magazine, Sep 1975, page 40 - Letter
from a reader which says in part: I have many memories of Cairns
when it was overflowing with GIs I was housemaid for the American
Red Cross One day, early in 1944, there was a great flutter amongst
officials - a VIP was on the way - Eleanor Roosevelt'
178
CORRADO, Fran, USA
Address ; 8 Nov 93; see client file 145
179
BORAM, Jennifer, New South Wales Address, 2444; Letter 12 Nov 93: 'My
GG grandfather Henry Brown came to Aust from New York as a boy
ona missionary ship Henry was born in 1829, so I assume he came out
in the 1840s'
180
On 14 Jul 93 Mrs Marjorie Morgan, Victorian Address, told me she had just published
(in 1992) a biography of Canadian in Australia It's title was
John Blogg, 1851-1936, Woodcarver She said he had 11 children and
has living issue today
181
GEEVES, Philip - The Dawn of Australia's Radio
Broadcasting (pub 1993) Page 63 referes to Mrs Albert DEANE,
American wife of an Australian film executivepage 25refers
to 'visiting Americans Mr Clay SMITH and Miss Lee WHITE
182
MORTERS, Margaret, New South Wales Address; Letter 8 Aug 93, seeking
information about her husband's gt gt grandfather, Edwin Reuben
CARPENTER, born 20 may 1827, Jay, NY, USA, and living in Melb by
1854
183
BROWN, Mrs Margaret, Tasmanian Address; Letter and documents, 17 Sep
93
184
GIBBNEY, HJ & SMITH, Ann G - A Biographical
Register, 1788-1839: Notes from the Name Index of the Australian
Dictionary of Biography (Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra,
ACT, 2 vols, 1987) vols8100 entries being a selection
of the card index biog register at the ANU in Canberra A casual
browse through one vol located the following pesons, born in the
US or CanadaKAUFMAN, Charles (p384), KOLLING, Charles (p402),
BENRODT, James Charles (p52), CRAWFORD, Hiram Alan (150), HARLAND,
Julia Susannah (p304), HILTON, Charles Rhoads (p332), HUYGHUE, Samuel
Douglas Smith (p356)
185
COLE, Mary-Jane Hooker, for e-mail address
please ; Letter, 22 Feb 1993, plus two certificates
186
MERCURIO, Gus - member of the Professional
Boxing Control Board, Radio 3AW 4 Nov 93 interview with Neil Mitchell,
father of Paul MERCURIO star of the movie Dirty DancingI am
SURE I have read somewhere that GM was born in the USHe speaks
with a US accent
187
The Victorian Pioneers Index, 1834-1888 (Apr
1992), on CDROM has about 100 entries in the deaths section showing
'America' as birth place, and QUITE a few more showing birth place
as a region of America, such as 'Boston' As at 4 Nov 93 I had
not researched this source nor included any of these entries in the
index
188
LOCKWOOD, James W, New South Wales Address;
Letter 21 Jul 1993, advising that his gt grandfather, Capt Wales
R Watson, a 'US national, residing in Sydney from the 1860s'
189
OralNick Vine Hall (dec), About
1990, I read some where that Fosters Beer was started in Aust by two
American brothers named FOSTER, who sold out and went back to the
US about 1885, not in ADB index under 'Brewers'not in CHISHOLM
index or Macquarie Dictionary (1990) not in The Dinkum Dictionary
(1988)or Australian Words and Their Origins (1989)
190
SHELDON, Pamela, New South Wales Address; Letter, 27 Oct 1992 My husband's
ancestors from America, Francis CAMPBELL, born America c1819, married
Binda, NSW 1865 (more detials in Letter); Dumont SMITH, born c
1832, married Frances GOODBURN 1858 at Indigo, Vic (more details
in Letter)
191
ORAL - Father Michael KELLY, New South Wales Address; He told me on14 Jan
94 that his maternal gradfather George HILL, born about 1866
in New Yor, died in Sydney He will send me a copy of the death
certificate, and marraige certificate
192
in 1991, some informaion on Hartley WILKIN/WILKINS,
an America who came to WA about 1874, was sent to me by his great
niece, Mrs Jeanette Harris, USA Address
193
Letter from George BROADFOOT, 4 Aug 1879,
written from NZcopy in my Americans in Aust File
194
Birth Certificate, Victoria, 8 May 1878, for
John Robert BAKER, son of John BAKER, seaman, born New York, USAa
copy was given to me by a descendant Gary BRYANT of Frankston,
Vic on 7 Apr 94
195
HARTLEY, Lesley Hartley, Tasmanian Address; Letter, 27 Apr 1994 Her ancestor
was James RAINEY, born Nova Scotia 7 Jun 1845, who was in Hobart,
tas by 1872
196
HALL, Thomas W Hall, USA Address; Letter, 26 Jul 1992 a gt grandson
of David HALL, born in NY 1817, and came to Aust in 1853
197
Notice in RotaGene Magazine 22, Fed/Mar 94
from Roy W Parker, New South Wales Address ; says Jerimiah MITCHELL was born in USA 1838 and died Melbourne,
Vic 1869
198
Letter from David Miller, New Zealand Address; June 1994, about his ancestor
John Paul MILLER, born Sweden 1828, went to California Gold Rusg
1849, the to Vic approx 1853, then Nelson, NZ 1857
199
Letter from Mrs E Dunn, New South Wales Address; 31 jul 94, relative
of Thomas McGrath 'married Jan 1855 to Emma NOTT, St Mary's Cathedral,
Sydney, place of birth given as Massachussetts, USA, aged 26 He
fathered five children and has present day descendants'
200
Phone Call to author from Ann (Mrs NJ Thompson), Queensland Address; 2 Aug
94, saying she was a grand-daughter of an American named James
HENNESSEY, who came out to Australia when youg, a Civil war veteran
He had about 12 children, and Ann was the daughter of the youngest
who did not have children until his 50s She said her grandfather
was born in New York or Boston, and bought a sugar cane farm in Mackay,
Queensland, she would post me more information
201
Letter from Mrs Glenda Webb, Queensland Address; 28 Jul 94, enclosing information
about her ancestor Isaac Ashfield CAIN, born Alabama, USA, who
arrived in Aust about 1852
202
Letter from Mr Joe Rennie, New South Wales
Address; 13 Sep 94 advising of his 'grandfather, George William RENNIE,
born in San Francisco 1864, arrived in NSW approx 1883 from California'
203
LANE, Richard - The Golden Age of Australian
Radio Drama, 1923-1960 (Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1994)I
understand this book gives biographical information about Grace
GIBSON, Texas born radio producer, who worked on Australian radio
in the 1950s
204
JOHNSON, Lynda M, USA Address ; Letter 29 Sep 94 'My grandparents
were James and margaret MC ADAMS) NIBLO They were born in Scotland
and emigrated first to Ireland in the 1830s and then to Brooklyn,
NY about 1852 with their 9 children, some born in Scotland and some in
Ireland One of their sons William NIBLO emigrated to Australia between
1852 and 1890'
205
THOMAS, L, ADAMS, J & ADAMS, W - Gore
Hill Memorial Cemetery - Biographies, Volume 1 (The Friends of
Gore Hill Cemetery, Lindfield, 1994), page 312 has biog of George
Washington BELL, born Richmond, Virginia, USA, who died at North
Sydney, NSW in 1907; page 9 lists Dr Augustus Julius SYME, born
1852, native of New Jersey, USA, and his wife Julia Anna, also and
American Dr SYME was a dentist in Sydney
206
DAVIS, Dennis - About 1990, he advised that
his father was an American serviceman in WW2 In Oct 94 his address
was Box 110, Prahran, 3181
207
GRADY, Don - Guards of the Sea (Whitcoulls
Publishers, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1978) - Page 149 of this
book says that Walter ANDREWS (1834-1902), born in Scotland and
died in New Zealand, 'first went to America where he and his brother
William were in business together He joined the 1st New York Rifle
Brigade and fought in the American Civil War On 6 Nov 1864 he set
out for NZ' etc
208
BROWN, Sam - Victorian
Address ; Oral history; On 17 Mar 1995, he advised
that he owned the sword of American General Joshua T TERRENCE,
who fought in the Us Civil War This sword had been passed onto
him by Darrell Melville KELL of Middle Park, Victoria, who was married to
Sam's first cousin, Thelma BROWN He beleived that Melville was a
direct descendant of the General
209
ABC RADIO, Melbourne, 23 April 1995, interview
about a female band group in Australia in August 1939, called 'The
Holywood Redheads' The band leader, Babe EGAN and lead singer
Thelma WHITE, were Americans who came out to Australia briefly to
recruit Aussie band members
210
BROWN, Mrs EU, Victorian Address; Oral advice on 5 May 1995: 'My
ancestor Franklin COLLINS was born in Ernestown, Kingston, Ontarion,
Canada in 1830 or 1832 and died at the Metropolitan Hotel, Ballarat,
Victoria on 8 April 1872 It was his hotel He arrived in Australia
on 4 Aug 1854 from New York on the ship 'Nightingale' His father
was Christopher Fowler COLLINS, who was born in New York state'
211
CROKER, Mrs Val, Western Australia Address; Oral advice May 1995: 'My
grandmother, Martha Ann WAKERLEY was born at Fort Wayne, Indian,
USA'
212
COE, Mrs Beverley, Victorian Address; Oral history 7 May 95, when
she advised: 'My great aunt was Susan Lavinia GLENN, who married
a Canadian, who died in Australia His name was Benjamin Walwyn MARTIN,
who was born in Quebec and died at St Kilda, Victoria in 1893
His tombstone is at St Kilda Cemetery He arrived in Victoria on
the ship `Glance' in 1853 to come to the Gold Rush The ships official
papers on microfiche show that he brought with him '2 trunks,a bag
of apparel and a tent' They were married in Victoria in 1858 and
had a number of children They had descendants living in 1903
213
GRADY, Don - Guards of the Sea (Whitcoulls
Publishers, Christchurch, NZ, 1978)…
214
(NO AUTHOR) Index to Registers of Certificates
of Naturalization and Lists of Aliens to Whom Certificates of Naturalization
Have Been Issued, 1834-1903 (Archives Office of New South Wales,
Sydney, NSW, 11 microfiche, c1985)*
215
GAMBLE, Mrs Aveline, Queensland Address; Letter 22 May 95: 'I am looking
for Samuel BRIDDON, born c1815, master cordwainer, known to have
come to Australia from Yorkshire after the 1851 census He wrote
twice to his wife asking for her and the chilkdren to join him I have
not been able to discover any record of his arrival The wife and
children went into the workhouse It is known that his cousin, Harrison
BRIDDON, born Manchester c1828, came to Victoria via the Californian
goldfields and married in Beechworth in 1856 I am wondering of they
travelled together'
216
WILLIAMS, Mrs Lyn, Victorian Address; Letter 17 May 1995 about her
relative John Jay GREEN, born in Virginia, USA, who came to the
Vic Gold Rush
217
Victorian Pioneers Index, 1837-1888 (CDROM
version) - a check of birthplaces for persons named John BROWN
in the deaths index revealed the following persons with US birthplaces
(1) John Brinkley, died 1858, aged 79, ref 8417; (2) John, died
1857, aged 33, ref 2754; (3) John, died 1862, aged 30, ref 9180;
(4) John, born NY, died 1865, aged 40, ref 5077R; (5) John, died
1861, aged 21, ref 6632
218
Oral History; Mrs Jean BOWER, English Address; 1 April 1995: 'All of the ALDERSLEY
people in the world are related to me One was John ALDERSLEY,
born in England about 1841 He came to Australia from the US and
died aged 23 in Newcastle, NSW His death certificate says `gold
digger, born California''
219
THOMSON, Mrs MM, Queensland Address; Letter 21 Jun 95 about her
relative Alfred Patrick RYAN, who was married in Australia in
1885, stating his birthplace as San Francisco, USA
220
WEBSTER, Ms Judy, Queensland Address; Letter, 1 Jun 1994; has indexed
the Muttaburra hospial (Qld) Admission Registers, 1887 & 1892-1894,
1921-1928 During this work, she noticed the following 'Americans':
DAVIS, Joseph; HECKENBERY, Augustus; JENNINGS, Richard Charles;
JOYCE, Bartholomew; KIERNAN (?), Edward; KING, George; MULLEN, James
Francis; WHITE, James; WILSON, John Beach
221
ROMONOV-HUGHES, Alexander - On 25 Aug 95 this
Melbourne genealogist rang to say he met a man recently who is
descended from John FERN, alias FRANCIS, who fought in the US Civil
Wara Louisiana Regiment of the Confederate ArmyApparantly he
went to America from Australia and died there in the 1860s His
wife and children returned to Australia and have descendants living
today One of these is Alan DAVEY of Melbourne tel: 93981725
222
Letter: Mrs Margaret MORTERS, New South Wales Address; Letter, 18 Apr 1995;
“A cousin of my husband’s American gt gt grandfather came to Australia
on the ship `Sarah Hooper’ in 1853 He was Andrew Jackson BARNEY,
born Clayton, NY son of Lynn & Lydia BARNEY, nee CASE He
married soon after he arrived a lady named Christina WHYTE - 10 Nov
1853, Ballarat They had 8 children I have names I was advised
there was a BARNEY descendant living in Queensland - Carol RANSON,
Queensland Address;living about five years ago”
223
BARRY, Mrs Eleanor,
Queensland Address; Letter, 28 Aug 1995: 'My husband's
grandfather Michael Joseph BARRY, born in Newport, New York, USA,
29 September 1857; married in Queensland 1894; died Queensland
1917; He arrived in Australia with his mother Ellen BARRY (nee MURPHY)
and family on the 'Light of the Age' in 1864 He is said to have been
a ship's captain and a gentleman'
224
Letter: Ms Julie BAILEY, Queensland Address; 26 Sep 1995: 'I have come
across two Americans in my family tree, namely George HEWITT (c1881-c1916),
also known as George Charles William Percy HEWITT, (supposedly)
born San Francisco and James MC NEILLY/MC NELLEE, a black American
living at Nowra, NSW 1889' etc On 13 Mar 1996, Mrs BAILEY wrote
again with a copy of the death certificate (NSW) for George Charles
William HERSEY, d 19 Oct 1917 in Sydney, which states he was “gold
miner, born Coonabarabran, NSW, son of George HEWITT, gold miner,
and Elizabeth BULLOCK” She also says in her Letter George HEWITT
- On his marriage certificate he claims to have been born in San
Francisco, and gives the same parents as on his death certificate
The NSW Pioneers Index, 1788-1888 records a birth of George Charles
HEWITT in 1880 at Coonabarabran to parents George & Elizabeth
- ref 12815 On 16 Dec 96, Mrs BAILEY wrote again and sent a transcript
of the birth cert for George Chrles HEWITT, born Coonabarrabran,
son of George HEWITT and Elizabeth BILLOCK/BULLOCK, father’s age
22, occup labourer Perhaps the FATHER was American?
225
Letter: Mrs Judith WILLS, Victorian Address; 1 Oct 1995: 'My husband's
gt grandparents arrived in Adelaide, SA in 1852 from Cape Breton
This was the second ship of the Norman MC LEOD migration from Nova
Scotia to NZ Alexander & Christia MC RAE were born in Scotland,
bur married in cape Breton etc'
226
LANDIS, Peter, Queensland
Address; Letter 6 Oct 1995: 'My father was an American
serviceman, who came out to Australia in 1942 etc'
227
ROSS, John et al - Chronicle of Australia
(Chronicle Australasia Pty Ptd, Ringwood, Vic, 1993Page 469
states that Jack JOHNSON, boxer from Texas, Tommy BURNS, Canadian
boxer, and Jack LONDON, American author, were all in Sydney for
a title fight on 26 Dec 1908Page 396 of the same book mentions
Edward HANLAN, Canadian sculler at Dapto, NSW on 16 Aug 1884
228
BYERS, Mrs Robyn – New South Wales Address; Letter 16 Oct 1995: 'Mary
Ann TODD came out to Australia in 1854 She states she was born
in Brownsville, Tennessee, America Her death certificate shows
Cinuainata(?), America I estimate she was born about 1839
229
KELLY, Monica, Mrs – New South Wales Address; Letter 16 Nov 95 in which
she says: “My gt grandfather John HAWKINS, an American sea captain
One of the records, sent to you some time back, has him working
as a ships carpenter The earliest record of John & Elizabeth that I
have found is the death certificate of their child Henry HAWKINS,
died NSW 30 jul 1859 - copy enclosed”
230
EVANS, Angela, Victorian
Address , On 12 Dec 95 this lady rang to advise her
three times great grandfather Richard SCOTT, who died in Australia,
was American The newspaper notice about his death states he was
“son of the late General Winfield SCOTT of the USA”, known as Old
Fussem Feathers”
231
O’NEIL, Sue, Western
Australian Address; On 12 Dec 95 this lady rang with
details of her ancestor William BASHFORD, born in New Jersey circa
1830 and was in NSW by 1860 She will mail me more details
232
HARTLEY, Ms Lesley, Letter, Tasmanian Address Her ancestor was James RAINEY,
born Nova Scotia 7 Jun 1845, who was in Hobart, tas by 1872
233
HALL, Thomas W (II), USA Address Letter, 26 Jul 1992 a gt grandson
of David HALL, born in NY 1817, and came to Aust in 1853
234
Notice in Rota-Gene 22, Fed/Mar 94 from Roy
W Parker, New South Wales Address , says Jerimiah MITCHELL was born in USA 1838 and died Melbourne,
Vic 1869 - see Americans In Australia file
235
Letter from David MILLER, New Zealand Address; June 1994, about his ancestor
John Paul MILLER, born Sweden 1828, went to California Gold Rush
1849, then to Vic approx 1853, then Nelson, NZ 1857
236
Letter from Mrs E Dunn New South Wales Address; 31 July 94, relative
of Thomas McGrath 'married Jan 1855 to Emma NOTT, St Mary's Cathedral,
Sydney, place of birth given as Massachussetts, USA, aged 26 He
fathered five children and has present day descendants'
237
Phone Call to author from Ann (Mrs NJ Thompson), Queensland Address; 2 Aug
94, saying she was a grand-daughter of an American named James
HENNESSEY, who came out to Australia when youg, a Civil war veteran
He had about 12 children, and Ann was the daughter of the youngest
who did not have children until his 50s She said her grandfather
was born in New York or Boston, and bought a sugar cane farm in Mackay,
Queensland, she would post me more information
238
Letter from Mrs Glenda Webb, Queensland Address, 28 Jul 94, enclosing information
about her ancestor Isaac Ashfield CAIN, born Alabama, USA, who
arrived in Aust about 1852
239
ADAMS, June & Warwick - Randwick General
Cemetery - Transcripts of Monumental Inscriptions (Cape Banks Family
History Society Inc, Maroubra, NSW, 1993)* - Page 323 lists a
gravestone inscription as follows: 'PAINO FAMILY VAULT - Rosa PAINO,
died 12 Jul 1989, born Baltimore, USA 17 Feb 1913'
240
Letter from Ian Waugh, Victorian Address; 27 Oct 1994; He wrote on behalf
of a Canadaian cousin who is trying to trace 'her Uncle John McKenzie
WAUGH beleived to have come to Australia after the end of World
War 1 Know as jack, he was born 17 Apr 1892 in Golspie, Scotland
Etc more info in Letter in my 'Americans in Australia' file
241
Victorian Pioneers Index, 1837-1888, CD-ROM
1st edn - births - has an entry for Richard Washington GARDNER, born
1854 at Creswisk, Victoria (an American gold field), son of Richard
Lockwood GARDNER and Emily, nee HEWETT)ref 6566 It seems likely
that the father at least was American
242
MOODY, Rev Ingram - notes supplied by Alexander
Romanov-Hughes of Melbourne, 15 Dec 94
243
Jennie WOODS, Sydney, Dec 1994 told me 'Elizabeth
MOORE, US singer came to Australia in the 19th century'
244
ELLIS, Mrs Louise, New South Wales Address, 13 Feb 95 'I am after
the details of death of my ancestor James WALBOURNE of the First
Fleet, born Jan 1767 Philadelphia, USA I can find no record of his birth
He was in the 102nd and 73rd regiments and went to India to fight'
245
JACKMAN, Betty, Victorian
Address; Letter 10 dec 95 enclosing photocopies of
three “Americans” referred to in the Bendigo Advertiser newspaper
as follows: Alexander TAYLOR (28 Mar 1907), Alfred ASHTON (29 Jan
1907), John DUGGAN (4 Dec 1890)
246
CLUNE, Frank - Captain Bully Hayes - Blackbirder
and Bigamist (Angas & Robertson, Sydney, 1970)……biog of
a colourful American sea captain who roamed the Pacific in the
1860s & 1870s
247
BELDEN, E, Mr - ACT Address ; Letter 5 Jan 1996: “My grandfather
William John BELDEN appears to have been born in the period 1854-1857
in the USA The first record of him I can find is in an 1882-3 directory
for the Goulburn district of NSW”
248
KENT, Mrs Valma, Victorian Address; Letter 5 Feb 96: “My gt grandfather
William Francis ROBBINS was an American who came to Melbourne
with his wife Ann, nee HUGHES, on the Scargo arriving here 22 Mar 1853
They sailed from NY 15 Dec 1852 They were at Chinaman’s Flat in 1857,
Back Creek Amherst in 1860, Burnt Creek in 1861 and Eddington from
1864 until they died in the 1890s” On 19 Feb 1996, Mrs Kent sent
further details of her line of descent
249
PUNSHON, Ms Marianne I, Victorian Address; Letter 13 Feb 96: “My gt gt
grandfather Robert Lawson TRIPP arrived in Port Phillip in Aug
on the Ocean Steed from New York However, I suspect from family
anecdotes that he might have been in South Australia and Victoria in
1852” The Victorian Pioneers Index shows that Robert Lawson TRIPP
was married in Victoria in 1862 to Mary Ann AUGHEY - ref 2397 The
same index shows they had two children registered in Vic, namely Andrew
Herbert, reg at Daylesford in 1875 - ref 1757…Arthur, reg same
place 1868 - ref 2159…Charles reg same place 1868 - ref 2006; Emily
Elizabeth reg same place 1872 - ref 22710; Ernest Edmund reg same
place 1876 - ref 15500; Frederick Lawson reg same place 1865 - ref
8154; Henry reg same place 1871 - ref 15635; Isaac reg same place
1870 - ref 2002; John George reg Prahran 1879 - ref 25072; Robert
Richard ref Daylesford 1866 - ref 14351s
250
NGROUILLE, DH, Tasmanian Address; Letter 18 March 1996: “Nathaniel
HAMILTON is throught to have been an American whaler who may have
settled at Port Underwood near Nelson on the south Island of New
Zealand His son thomas was born there in 1836 No other details are known
about him”see FILBY - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index,
1982-85
251
(NO AUTHOR) Immigration to Victoria: Index
to Inward Passenger Lists, Foreign Ports, 1860-1869, VPRS 8669/P2
(Public Record Office, Arts Victoria, Melbourne, Vic, 8 microfiche,
Oct 1994) [PROVC]…This source states the nationality of passengers
and I just happened t notice one as follows: “CROSS, Eli, male,
aged 29, USA, arrived June 1860 on LUCKNOW…ref F072, page 001”
252
WEBSTER, Ms Judy, Queensland Address; Letter, 21 Feb 1996, lists some
Americans mentioned in the St Helena Prison records at the Queensland
State Archives
253
Australia’s Heritage, pub c 1972 - page 258
refers to Samuel Rodman CHACE, an American captain of a boat visiting
Tasmania in 1806
254
RAY, Ms Endree, Victorian
Address, Letter, 8 May 1996: “My gt gt grandparents
Anthony SMITH and Pamelia, nee PETTY (or PETTIT), were married
in California in 1850 One of their children Emma SMITH was born
in California Their third child, George Washington SMITH was born in
Melbourne I have yet to establish the birthplace of another child,
Matilda who was my great grandmother There is anecdotal evidence
that Anthony & Pamelia were African Americans Their birth
place is listed on certificates as Virginia Emma SMITH married Robert
Henry LONGFIELD in Box Hill in 1884 According to his marriage certificate,
Robert was born in Brooklyn, New York” In Nov 96, Ms ENDREE wrote
again: “I have read a book by Ivan SOUTHALL about Box Hill which
contains two references to Anthony SMITH It indicates he was assisted
by the Quakers to escape from slavery in Virginia and make his way
to Victoria His father was Jabe SMITH Anthony died in Ricmond in
1906, aged 86 and is buried in the Box Hill Cemetery”
255
HEATON, JH - The Bedside Book of Colonial
Doings…”Henry BROWN For murder of his mate, executed Nov 21, 1876
The coloured man was formerly a slave in maryland, when he escaped
to Canada He murdered his mate in a fit of passion while they were
at work in a drive” Details supplied by Angela EVANS, Westmeadows,
Vic 15 Apr 1996
256
LINDSAY, Mrs Jay, ACT Address ; Letter 7 Jun 1996; Her ancestor Joseph
BOULAIS came from Canada to Australia some time before 10 Aug 1861
257
GIBBENS, Mrs Janet White, Victorian Address; Letterb21 Jul 96…gives details
of 5 Americans in Australia: (1) David HALL, (2) Henry Thompson
SOLOMON,alias Henry THOMPSON, (3) John SOLOMON, alias Jack THOMPSON,
(4) Joseph Thompson SOLOMON, (5) Hiram SCLOCUM
258
ROBBIE, Muriel – ACT Address ; Letter, c1995 advising: “My grandfather
Hugh MORROW was an American gold digger at the Hill End gold strike
in NSW about 1850 He is shown on my mothers marriage lines as a
farmer at Wellington, NSW My mother’s sister who died at my home aged
90, would have been born 1868 There would have been family older
than her My mother was born 1877, the youngest She sometimes
referred to LIMBERGs wife as related A history of Hill End and
Tumborara showed the number of diggers registered according to nationality
as having only one American” The marriage of Hugh MORROW and Julia
Ellen MEMS in 1861 and 11 of their children are recorded in the NSW
Pioneers Index on CD-ROM
259
CROMPTON, Barry J - Australia and the American
Civil War (The American Civil War Round Table of Australia, Inc,
Melbourne, Vic, May 1991)…this book lists 112 veterans of the Us
Civil War buried in Australia
260
BROWN, Mrs Vicki, Queensland Address; Letter 9 Sep 96: “Edward DWIGHT
was an American and was in Australia as a representative of the
Vacuum Oil Co in Sydney He was educated at Eton, England He moved
back to America after Aunty Janet died in 1919 and took his children”
Research of the CDROM NSW Federation index shows that Edward DWIGHT
was married at Redfern, Sydney in 1904 to Janet R DUDLEY - ref 7076
As Janet D died at Drummoyne in Sydney at a house called “Kentucky”,
this is quite likely to be the state in the US where Edward was born
or came from On 4 Oct 96 Mrs B sent more information saying that
Janet DUDLEY was the grand-daughter of Alfred Ely DUDLEY of Co Tipperary,
Ireland, who married Agnes HARGRAVES, sister of Edward Hammond HARGRAVES
(1816-91) one of the discoverers of gold in Aust He was at the
California gold rush in 189 and noticed the country was similar
to Bathurst, NSWShe sent the marriage cert for Edward 1904 which
shows he was born in New Orleans, USA, son of Max DWIGHT, deceased,
solicitor and Clara WATTERMAN
261
BIFFIN, Betty R, New South Wales Address; Letter 17 Nov 1996 about
her American ancestors Ellis and Nancy PIGGOTT, alias PICKRT,
alias PICKUP No more details given…Vic Pioneers Index, deaths records
the death of a child of this couple at Collingwood in 1859, aged I
tear…Ellis PIGOTT, mother Nancy KIRK, father Ellis PIGOT -ref 3596;
On 18 Apr 97 BB wrote again, advising “I have been able to pinpoint
their arrival in Australia between 1853 and 1857 inclusive A baby
was born at Collingwood, Vic in 1857 (death cert 1859 enclosed)
262
PEARCE, Heather, Queensland Address - note and three certificate copies
for Caroline Levina Eva PETERS, nee MELVIN: (1) death cert Qld
1901 says Born New York, USA; (2) marriage cert ld 1888, says Caroline
Levina MC GURK, widow, born NY, dau of Henry MILIEN or MILIEU”;
(3) birth cert Qld (1877) of dau of Carline MELVAL, age 26 yrs, born NY”
263
WRIGHT, Pamela - On 9 May 1997, I was told
by this lady at the Williamstown VIEW Club, Vic that :” my great
grandfather Albert DE FOREST came from Mine, USA to Australia”
264
KEAREY, Paul, New
South Wales Address; Letter 30 Apr 97: “relatives came
to Australia approx 1838 from the USA, after having left Ireland”
265
SMITH, Mrs Leonie, Victorian Address; Letter, 18 Jun 1997
266
HOGG, John, Queensland
Address ; Letter, 15 Jun 1997
267
HOGG, John, Queensland
Address , Letter, 26 Jun 1997 and enclosed death cert
(Victoria) for Edward Childs HERBERT, 1878and a Letter to his
sister Alice MC CALL of Braybrook, Victoria, living 1915
268
KENYON, Mrs P, UK
Address – Letter, 8 Jul 97 re William DARNBROUGH,
alias EASTWOOD, professional gambler at Canadian gold rush, who
might have come to the Australian gold rushes in the 1850s I found
one H EASTWOOD in 1852-1859 arrivals in Vic lists He arrived on
DEANE in Aug 1953 No arrival listing for DARNBROUGH or variants
in the same index A DARNBOROUGH (sic) did die in Vic in 1870 and
is in the Victorian Pioneers Index
269
KEENE, Truda J, Letter New South Wales Address, states: “My great grandfather
Francis ARMSTRONG, son of John ARMSTRONG & Sarah WILSON, was
born 1848 or 1849 Rhode Island, USA and migrated c1865 to Sydney
He married Elizabeth HASSETT in 1870 – their issue Frank, Ernest,
William H, Ralph, Louis, Septimus
270
LISTER, Ms Jeannie, New South Wales Address Oral history 12 Sep 1998:
“Andrew LISTER, born 1826 Northumberland, UK; fought at Eureka
Stockade – came to Victoria circa 1852 via California Diggings – a ship’s
carpenter who jumped ship Also Edwin SANDFORD, born circa 1850 in
Maine, USA He jumped ship and went to the Creswick diggings in 1870
His father Henry SANDFORD was a tea importer, originally from Kentishtown,
London His uncle owned a fleet of whaling ships”
271
GARNER, Bruce, …On 19 Dec 98 he advised he
was a descendant of Oscar Hugh LE GRANGE , born New York state,
USA about 1826, died Woolston, Christchurch, NZ 25 Jan 1889…believed
to have gone to Tasmania at one stage Bruce has given me a computer
printout on this chap
272
HOGG, John, Queensland
Address ; Letter; 25 May 1999: “Edward Childs HERBERT, died
Victoria 12 Mar 1878, born as Ebinezer Childs BODFISH, 19 Sep 1823
at Barnstable, MA, USA” etc
273
CHAPMAN, Bob, Victorian
Address ; Letter 16 Nov 1999; “My gt gt grandfather
William Hueston CHAPMAN’s marriage cert (Melb 1857) names St
John, New Brunswick, North America as his place of birth and his port
of departure on the ship Georgia His parents were William CHAPMAN
and Olive PASSMORE, who were both born in Hopewell Parish, Westmorland,
New Brunswick”
274
MCRAE, Mrs Rose, Queensland Address; 19 Sep 2000; Letter: “Our great
grandfather Robert James NEWMAN, born Springvale, Maine, USA, 19
Jan 1836, arrived in Sydney from New York in Aug 1854 We have his
application for Naturalization and his certificate for 1909” On 22
Oct 2000, she wrote again: “Yes, Mrs GAMBLE is a cousin Her husband
was related to Ann Maria PIKE, sister of our Matilda PIKE Annie
became Mrs WAIN and later re-married when he husband died We have
the death cert Of RJ NEWMAN, purchased in the 1940s The only
birth entries for the children of RJN and Matilda PIKE were RJN
Jnr 1866 and the last one born at Barringun 1887 I found a couple
of deaths but no births for them”
275
WATSON, Edna, New
South Wales Address; Letter 15 Jan 2001; email : “John
QUIGGIN, my great grandfather, and his wife Harriet, nee VINCENT,
both Canadians, were immigrants from Canada to Australia – he ran
a goldmine – lived in Victoria prior to 1890 at which time two of their
sons were living”
276
COLLINGS, Deborah, Victorian Address; Letter 22 Jan 2001: “I enclose
the death cert Of Charles Albert EWINS, born Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
USA circa 1832; died Beechworth, 1863; Another of my ancestors,
Franklin JACKES left Toronto, Canada aged 22 and sailed from New York
on the clipper Torent 11 Nov 1852, arriving Port Phillip 17 Mar
1853 His brother James also came to Australia”
277
RAILSFORD, Ms Kerrie, ACT Address On 1 Apr 2001, advised: Jeremiah Handy
BORDEN was born 9 Apr 1827 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
He followed the occupation sailor, but deserted ship in order to
remain in Australia circ 1855 He first settled in the Parish of Smeaton,
Victoria, where he married in 1858 His parents were Jeremiah BORDEN
and Alice HANDY, married 11 Aug 1825 in New Bedford According
to the death certificate of JHB, his father was a seafarer”
278
PHILLIPS, Heather; Victorian Address; email to the author; 9 Sep 2006
“My ancestor Alfred BROWN arrived in Australia on a Seamans Certificate
and married in Melbourne in 1854 He was born in Dutchess County,
New York State 1823 I would like to ensure he is recorded in your
database and check some additional names that appeared in correspondence
from America to Alfred from a friend who had visited Australia”
279
WYNDHAM, Mrs Noelle, New South Wales Address Letter 9 Nov 2001: “an
ancestor was Roderick MC KENZIE, born at Westerville or Nesterville,
Nova Scotia, Canada; died Hay, NSW 11 Mar 1895 She has death cert
which states: age 59 years; occup Cab driver; buried Hay; father:
Hector; informant Jane, wife of deceased; religion: Presbyterian;
33 years in colony of NSW, married Penrith, NSW to Jane NOLAN; children:
Emily, Annie, Norman, Jessie, Lillie, 2 males deceased”
280
CRAWFORD, Denise McMahon, for e-mail address
please
I have researched my great-grandfather, Hiram Crawford's life from
birth to death Born in Massachusetts in 1832 arrived in Victoria in 1853,
married a second time to American Martha Foster in USA in 1862 Died
in Victoria in 1916 Formed Crawford & Co coaching lines
from Beechworth into the northeast area and southern NSW from 1857 until
closure in 1920
281
CRAWFORD, Denise McMahon, for e-mail address
please Alfred Galen Crawford was born in Massachusetts
1847, served in the Civil War, came to Australia in Sept 1876, died in
Melbourne 1900 I have researched the life of this man and can put people
in touch with descendants Brother of Hiram Crawford
282
CRAWFORD, Denise McMahon, for e-mail address
please
Nee Foster, Martha married Hiram Crawford in 1862 in Keene New Hampshire
and came to Australia with Hiram on his return, arriving March 1863
My great-grandmother, born in Massachusetts in 1841, lived her life in Melbourne
and northeast Victoria, dying in Melbourne in 1911
283
JENKS, Denise McMahon, for e-mail address
please
Born in Massachusetts in 1830, arrived in Australia in 1888, died in
Melbourne in 1894 Sister to Hiram and Alfred Crawford Her great-grandson
lives in NSW
284
JENKS, Denise McMahon, for e-mail address
please
Son of Almina Jenks, nephew of Hiram and Alfred Crawford, Henry first
came to Australia in 1878 Born in New Hampshire in 1862, he lived in Melbourne
for three years before returning to the USA He returned to Victoria in
1888 and spent the rest of his life here until his death in 1916 in Lismore
NSW His grandson lives in NSW
285
THOM, Mrs Rosslyn, for email address please
Charles Henry Baker, born in New York County about 1824, parents unknown,
married Ann Cavanagh from Ireland, at San Francisco on 13 April 1853
By late 1856 they were living in West Maitland, NSW, Australia