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I share George Lloyd as an ancestor and still living in the Singleton Area. I do have details of his father's marrage prior to the birth of Thomas his brother, plus some details of his brothers family in Bristol. My research does show George Lloyd arriving in Australia in 1838, 1856 but I have little details of his return to the UK. I did photograph his "digs" (1891) in Bristol and the house where he died (1907).

There are numerous entries of his vovages to Sydney from Newcastle and I beleive details of the produce he sold in Sydney.

I have reasonably strong records of his Australian family plus his sons Family Bible - George Benjamin Lloyd.

While in Bristol I did find copies of records associated with the family plus some details of life in Bristol during the period 1815 to 1840 through the Bristol local directory.

The Lloyd family foundry no longer exists but the area can be view in Bristol. The Castle Green Terrace Houses were demolished I believed for road work.

Your reference to the US navy ship "Preble" is interesting.

Coughlan was a brother-in-law I believe married to one of Singleton's daughters so it would be logical for the two to be in partnership. Tracing Singleton's influence around the Hunter reveal's strong ties with hotels via son-in-laws, direct relations and even a brother making spirits!

George Lloyd is referred to in Benjamin Singleton's will!

George Lloyd's father is a little gent unknown at the moment as I have spent some time without any conclusive evidience of his death and why he is not recorded on the census returns.

My father was charge by some members of the Australian Lloyd's at one stage with finding out more of George Lloyd's life in Bristol but the Second World War prevented a start on this project. Fortunately most of the data I have assembled is available via newspapers and local data bases.

I hope these comments are of some interest

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