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Hi Bunnygirl
Many thanks for doing all of this.
I had found the St Martins baptisms of the children but not the one for Hannah at Newtown Linford.
Thanks too for the Foulds information.

I have documented evidence that William is my ancestor.  It looks likely that Joseph is his father, but that next step is missing.

There are IGI records for children of Samuel Steads and Elizabeth Mee in Newtown Linford:
Ann 1761, Samuel 1764, Lucy 1768, Mary 1770, Hetty 1773, Thomas 1780.  I was hoping Joseph would have been in this lot, but no such luck. 
Thanks again for your help
Regards, Lyn

Hi Everyone

I have just been contacted by a descendent of Harriet Ann Steads and Richard Butterworth's daughter, Mary Hope Butterworth (a sister of the roguish Joseph Steads Butterworth and Euclid Hope Butterworth).
I have directed him to this thread as well as the Robert William Stead website, so hopefully he will sign in sometime.  He didn't know about the Butterworths, so all of the research you all did will be of great benefit to him.  Another distant relative for Robert.

Regards, Lyn

Hi everyone
I have been reading through Part 2 again and all the contibutors names are beginning to click with me.  Reiver, MissM, Polldoll, ShaunJ, Gatacre, Tephra, MaryA, you have all been there from the beginning, as well as Liverpool Annie and of course Michel.  Forgive me if I have missed someone as it is hard to follow the content of the messages as well as the tracking the contributors.
You have certainly expanded the family tree including some rather dubious characters like Euclid!

I am sorry to disappoint you, but I have no information on William Harley Stead, except for a copy of his GRO birth certificate.  He was the son of Fanny Maria and Edward Harley (the bounder!), born 6 Apr 1857.

Joseph and Fanny Maria's father, William died in 1864, their mother was already dead, and Joseph emigrated in 1865. 
According to the passenger list of the Essex (provided by clr), he didn't go accompanied by a wife.  He was listed as a Bell Hanger in the UK 1861 census, and set up business in Melbourne as a brass founder and whitesmith.

Joseph married twice;  there were 2 surviving sons from the first marriage, of whom I have no information, yet. 
There were 5 surviving children of the second marriage and my grandfather was the youngest.  Joseph died when Walter Adrian was aged 7, and I suspect this is why there is so little personal information about the family.  I haven't yet found any photos of Joseph.
There is still a lot to do at the Australian end.

While you are snowed in, we are on bushfire alert, including an official  'Catastrophic bushfire weather alert' 2 days ago (this means pack and evacuate).  Bizarre, isn't it?
Lyn

WELL I'M AMAZED!

I have just finished reading the 31 pages of part 2 and it brought tears to my eyes.  Michel and Liverpool Annie and all the rest, you are amazing.  What a quest and to find success is wonderful.  I will now have to read parts 1 and 3.

I have sent a message to my first cousin, who is also a direct Joseph descendent.  This is all a fantastic surprise.
(I did rather get bogged down in the Euclid Hope Butterworth bit)!

Lyn Stead

Hi Wendy

To sum up so far:

Thomas Turville (1828 - 1895) = Anne Mackness (1829 - 1886) had 2 children Frederick Mackness Turville (1858 - 1916) and Anne Florence Turville.

Frederick Mackness Turville = Elizabeth Ellen Johnston More and they had 5 sons

Percy Mackness Turville (1883 - )
Frederick Albert Turville (1884 - )
Ernest Alexander Turville (1890 - )
Norris Adamson Turville ( 1891 - )
Harold Arthur Turville (1891 - 1891)


Percy Mackness Turville (1883 - ) = Clara Emma Catherine Martin () and they had 2 sons and ? daughters.
Frederick George Turville ()
Hilton Frank Hopetoun Turville ()

I have lost track after this, Cheers, Lyn
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