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Hi Cando, sorry I wasn't being  rude!! I was only joking, and I do appreciate your help...  

have found this Ebnezer Laker's brother in the 1881 census with his wife and family, so he stayed  in England, there doesn't seen to be any other Lakers from that line....

I did wonder if Melbourne was part of NSW, seems that our problem might have been solved by Robyn in Wodonga , (thanks Robyn) only problem is why did this Laker go by the name Mr Laker , never make it easy do they???..I know the rest of family that when to Australia, paid their fare, that was why I thought it might be worth checking the Australian passage list... not sure where to go with this now......where's June when you need her ha ha......Lynda

Thank you for all you lovely words, I have actually been a member since about 2005!! lol, just never been on the chat boards,I didn't realise they were here !!! I have added quite a bit of information to different trees on here, I just never gone/bothered to go back on the Laker family before, as  they married into my family... but its all good stuff though, and other twig to my tree, fingers crossed that June reads her emails, and gets these messages, as I do have quite a bit I could share with her, and I am sure she could help me....now I have found these boards, I will be a regular visitor I am sure, there is always something you can find, no matter how much you have...and its great meeting distance rellies....see you all soon...Lynda .

Hi Just came across this thread by pure chance, and I don't know if I can help or not, I don't know anything about this Ebenezer Laker but my late mum was a Charlwood she was a second cousin 3x removed from Arthur Charlwood and Jane Laker, I live in London England and know that Arthur and Jane went to Australia about 1850 they went to Melbourne Australia, and Arthur was a printer, I have quite a bit about the Charlwood family in Oz, even though I am in England ha ha, anyway, I was very interested to see your thread as we might be able to help each other, what I noticed, and also on other threads Arthur's parents are wrongly transcripted, his parents were a James Charlwood and a Phobe Wicks, I have actually seen their Grave and have photos of it 'somewhere' an Australia rellie called Don Charlwood  (great grandson of Arthur, who lives in Australia) has actually done a lot of research while in the Village Charlwood many many years ago, he also had made a beauiful Brass plaque made with all of the burial details on it......so it will be readable for other 100 hundred years at least. I am guessing as Ebenezer was buried with Arthur, Jane,and their children as he must have at the time been in Melbourne, there were an awful lot of Charlwood in Melbourne at the time, and of course there families are still there now...you need to search the Austalian passage list, if you haven't already, if you haven't I will try and do it for you if you like...

Arthur's son, Stephen had sailed with a number of other Particular Baptists, including two of his sisters and their husbands, on the Harpley. She berthed in Melbourne on 7 January 1850. Arthur and lane and their six younger children followed him on 24 October 1850 on the Success. so maybe Ebenzer went with then or follow soon after, anyway if this is of any help, just shout and I will see if we can help each other....best wishes and a happy new year to you........Lynda, a cuz from London.......