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Kilkenny / Re: Ann Farrell, convict
« on: Monday 25 April 16 08:35 BST (UK) »
I know a little about Ann Farrell as I'm also related
(My dad was a Lewis that was born in Armidale)
I've seen some information about her and apparently she was known to have a "sly grog shop" (I think) in Commissioners Waters that I think was on the Grafton Road just out of Armidale.
I also think, that, (in my opinion), there are a few question marks over William Lewis being a free settler as some of the records don't seem to add up.
By what I can remember, he wasn't listed on any (free) passenger records for the Minerva in the year that he was supposed to have arrived (in fact I don't even think the Minerva came to Australia in that year) but there was a William Lewis arrive as a convict on the Minerva in another year.
At the moment, my sister or niece has all of our family tree info but I do recall a photo of a family standing outside a house (I think in Mann St Armidale) and the name on the house was Minerva.
(My dad was a Lewis that was born in Armidale)
I've seen some information about her and apparently she was known to have a "sly grog shop" (I think) in Commissioners Waters that I think was on the Grafton Road just out of Armidale.
I also think, that, (in my opinion), there are a few question marks over William Lewis being a free settler as some of the records don't seem to add up.
By what I can remember, he wasn't listed on any (free) passenger records for the Minerva in the year that he was supposed to have arrived (in fact I don't even think the Minerva came to Australia in that year) but there was a William Lewis arrive as a convict on the Minerva in another year.
At the moment, my sister or niece has all of our family tree info but I do recall a photo of a family standing outside a house (I think in Mann St Armidale) and the name on the house was Minerva.