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Australia / Re: Demetrius Donnell (Peter the Greek)(Dominick Demetrius)
« on: Tuesday 13 August 19 18:44 BST (UK) »
I hadn’t seen that information before. I’ll do some more searching based off that. Thank you so much!
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Australia / Re: Demetrius Donnell (Peter the Greek)(Dominick Demetrius)
« on: Tuesday 13 August 19 12:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much for your reply. Even if I don't find any more certified information I'm happy that I've got the articles that reflect his character. I have seen that poem before but it's very special so I love to reread it every so often. That was the article that did confirm my theories that he was actually born in Greece. Thanks for taking the time to help.
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Australia / Demetrius Donnell (Peter the Greek)(Dominick Demetrius)
« on: Monday 12 August 19 18:14 BST (UK) »
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for any info about my 4x great grandfather Demetrius Donnell. I believe Donnell is his anglicised name as I'm fairly certain he came from Greece to Australia, although I'm not sure what passage he took. I have no information about any family he may have left behind.
He was known as "Peter the Greek" on the South Coast of NSW. From information I have gathered from newspaper articles and NSW police gazettes, he was about 71 years old when he "died" in 1903 so his birth year would be about 1832. Demetrius and his son Peter Donnell were fisherman in Merimbula, NSW who went missing and were presumed drowned at sea. He doesn't have a death certificate but there is an intestate case file at the NSW State Archives that I haven't accessed yet.
I don't have any information about his life before he came to Australia. The earliest info I have found of him in Australia is in newspaper articles about the Admella shipwreck in South Australia in 1859 when he was awarded a medal for rescuing survivors.
By 1862 he was in Broulee, NSW and married Teresa Trainer. I have found 3 birth certificates of his children, all born in Broulee, NSW. Theresa Anastasia Aspricia Donnell, my 3x great grandmother (who I think is recorded as Female Donnell) b. 1863, Laurence b. 1864, Horatia b. 1866 (no future records). There is no birth record of his son Peter Donnell who was about 30 when he died along with his father in 1903.
His daughter Theresa's marriage to William Lewis is recorded in the Sydney Anglican Parish registers which state that her father's name is Peter Donnell, a fisherman and her mother's name is Mary Downer. He did go by the name "Peter the Greek," but I hadn't heard the name Mary Downer before.
I know Demetrius was an old, well known figure in communities up and down the South Coast. On January 9th 1903, Demetrius and Peter Donnell went out fishing off Pambula, New South Wales where they were presumed drowned.
Thanks,
Georgia
I'm looking for any info about my 4x great grandfather Demetrius Donnell. I believe Donnell is his anglicised name as I'm fairly certain he came from Greece to Australia, although I'm not sure what passage he took. I have no information about any family he may have left behind.
He was known as "Peter the Greek" on the South Coast of NSW. From information I have gathered from newspaper articles and NSW police gazettes, he was about 71 years old when he "died" in 1903 so his birth year would be about 1832. Demetrius and his son Peter Donnell were fisherman in Merimbula, NSW who went missing and were presumed drowned at sea. He doesn't have a death certificate but there is an intestate case file at the NSW State Archives that I haven't accessed yet.
I don't have any information about his life before he came to Australia. The earliest info I have found of him in Australia is in newspaper articles about the Admella shipwreck in South Australia in 1859 when he was awarded a medal for rescuing survivors.
By 1862 he was in Broulee, NSW and married Teresa Trainer. I have found 3 birth certificates of his children, all born in Broulee, NSW. Theresa Anastasia Aspricia Donnell, my 3x great grandmother (who I think is recorded as Female Donnell) b. 1863, Laurence b. 1864, Horatia b. 1866 (no future records). There is no birth record of his son Peter Donnell who was about 30 when he died along with his father in 1903.
His daughter Theresa's marriage to William Lewis is recorded in the Sydney Anglican Parish registers which state that her father's name is Peter Donnell, a fisherman and her mother's name is Mary Downer. He did go by the name "Peter the Greek," but I hadn't heard the name Mary Downer before.
I know Demetrius was an old, well known figure in communities up and down the South Coast. On January 9th 1903, Demetrius and Peter Donnell went out fishing off Pambula, New South Wales where they were presumed drowned.
Thanks,
Georgia
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