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Westmeath / Margaret Fisher or Fisher Family of Westmeath
« on: Monday 02 November 09 17:13 GMT (UK)  »
Yahoo! It looks like your gg grandfather Francis Henry is the brother of my g grandmother Frances Grace. They lived in the Wagga area of western NSW.

The story written by John T Robert's  grandson Mervyn tells of how he came to Victoria as the captain of a boat bringing gold seekers. When his crew jumped ship, he went mining himself. At first he did quite well with his prospecting. He later obtained land at Marrar under a land grant, sometime after 1873 near Wagga and built a homestead he named Home Dale. There were financial hardships for sometime, but they coped.

He collapsed whilst buildng a post and rail fence and died shortly after, 1894.

I have sent you a personal message so, hopefully, we can exchange further information.

Cassandra

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Westmeath / Re: Margaret Fisher or Fisher Family of Westmeath
« on: Monday 02 November 09 16:59 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for the helpful comments from the moderator. Your time and input is greatly appreciated.
Cassandra

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Westmeath / Margaret Fisher and husband John Roberts.
« on: Monday 02 November 09 10:12 GMT (UK)  »
I think John Roberts was born about 1826 to parents Francis Roberts and Grace. Francis was born Devoport and Grace was born Cornwall. she was born Grace Jasper which ties in with John giving Jasper as a middle name to a child here in Australia., and to naming his daughter Frances Grace (she was my g grandmother) John's brother migrated to USA.
The Roberts family liveda family story a long time back, and recorded that John was a ship's captain.I ghave a copy of his writings.
John's father Francis Roberts had been a ship's captain too, on the Ajax.

from Cassandra

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Westmeath / Re: Margaret Fisher or Fisher Family of Westmeath
« on: Sunday 01 November 09 05:17 GMT (UK)  »
J have also beeen researching Margaret Fisher and her sister Mary. This is what I have compiled so far...
John Thomas was born in 1827, and died 5 March 1894, aged 67.
According to Lexia Schulz,  he  came to Australia with his brother William on the David McIvor (McIver) in 1853, when he was 26.
But His grandson wrote that John Thomas Roberts was the captain of a ship to the goldfields. his crew jumped ship and he was stranded here. I have the births of their various children in Victoria
e  married Margaret Fisher on the 10th  October, 1855 in St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral Sydney.

 Mary was born in 1832 in Athlone , Westmeathe, Ireland. She came to Australia on the Tippoo Saib (also spelt Sahib / Sail) which left Plymouth in April 1850 and arrived in Sydney on 29th July. She was 18 at the time, and came with her 16 year old sister Mary.  They were the  daughters of Henry and Margaret Fisher who were both dead, possibly as a result of the potato famine. Margaret and Mary were some of the famous Irish Orphans. The Tippoo Sahib  left Plymouth 8/4/1850 with 249 immigrants, many of them young orphan girls, under Captain Morphen. They were not required to pay the £4.00 fare.

 How does this match with your research?  from Cassandra NSW

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Hertfordshire / Re: CHAPMAN Family - Offley
« on: Friday 20 January 06 22:23 GMT (UK)  »
I have reached a dead end with George Chapman (b 1856). He married Sarah Selena Levett (b Rickmansworth).
They had children in Hitchin: Florence (b 1880?) + 4 others

Do you have any info on him?

Cheers from Mary Ann Australia

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