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John McGuinness is my g-g grandfather.  His son Griffith is my grandmother's father.  I would really like to know any info anyone might have on Stephen McGuinness whom I cant even find a birth record for - how he died etc.  The info in the below posts is useful and gives me something to start working on.  Any information on Stephen or information on John and his children would be useful.  I don't have many relatives to help me fill in the gaps on the McGuinness side of my family, so anything anyone has would be useful.  I am happy to share info on my grandmother, Kathleen, if needed. 

Thanks, Allij

Hello, I am new to tracing my family history.  I live in Australia and my great, great great grandfather (John Day Cornwell) is a descendant of Holmes Cornwell and Elizabeth Day.  From what I have been able to gather, my great-great-great-grandfather married Sarah West in 1811.  My great-great-grandfather, John Cornwell, was born in 1826. He married three times, Elizabeth Rolph (Rolf) in 1848 - they had three children.  Elizabeth died and he married Rebecca Benstead in 1856 before emigrating to Australia on the Washington Irving, arriving 1857.  On board, Rebecca gave birth to a son Isacc - she died either on board or shortly after arrival in Sydney.  John then married Mary Ann Slater, who was an assisted immigrant,  They had a further four children, including my great, great grandfather, Sydney Cornwell (b. 1864).

If anyone has any information on John Day Cornwell or Sarah West, including whether or not they were a poor family, how they made their living etc, that would be good.  I understand from ships records that John Cornwell (1826) was illiterate, so I gather they were labourers.  Australian records are limited so I would be grateful if anyone has any information about the Cornwells in Parramatta Sydney.  My father's family (Sydney's descendants) come from Mittagong/Bowral in NSW.

THanks
Alli