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Dear Jamjar,
Thankyou for all your hard work. I have no information on Chivers family other than the names John Ferrant Chivers marriage to Margaret McDonald. Im fascinated to consider that the Ferrant could and possibly should be Tarrant as per a wifes maiden name handed down as a middle name. We always wondered about the name Ferrant and its beginnings we even consider french connections. You may have solved the puzzle for us. Again many thanks. My mum is 88 and will be so happy to learn something of her families history. Now I want to construct lives and attach them to the names. I know George Maxwell was a train driver and wonder if thats a family occupation followed down the male line.  many thanks . Meme

Hi, I am a descendant of Rachel (sometimes spelt Rachael) Coe and her husband Thomas Bowman of Coonamble NSW. Rachels mother Elizabeth was indeed the daughter of Elizabeth MacGinnis (wife of Daniel, Deceased in Newgate prison, London)) surname later changed to McGuiness, in Australia.
My interest is in the children of Rachel and Thomas (also known as Tom, Particularly my great, great grandmother Grace Mary Bowman. I have birth infomation on all of R &T's children, except Grace Mary as she is the only child of Rachel and Thomas whose birth record I cannot find. This saddens me as I promised my deceased nanna , Grace Mary, that Id find her record to help compile oyr family history. I have no info regarding Thomas Bowman but will take a trip to Coonamble one day and hope to view Church records then.