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Australia / Re: Mixed Race aboriginal Darby
« on: Wednesday 20 April 22 16:10 BST (UK) »
Kaya from Southern Yamaji Country.
I am not aware of any aboriginal family but my surname is DARBY
I had a DNA test that did not find any aboriginal bloodlines
An indigenous friend said sometimes mob used the surname of the person they worked for.
The name Darby suddenly appeared in several places in the UK, originally it meant 'dear park' but came to be associated with racing and hats.
My Great great grandfather Thomas William Hunter Darby was born in 1816 in Deal, England at around the time when shipping trade moved to London. His father stole money from an employer and hanged himself in jail before the trial. Young Thomas was one of eleven siblings with no income. He probably joined a ship crew aged about nine and deserted as a teenager in the tropics, eventually taking a land grant in Horsham, Victoria. Horsham is close to where an Aboriginal family started using the surname Darby. He spent two years in prison for sexual assault of his ten year old daughter Sarah and another girl Elizabeth Norton. Possibly there were illegitimate children or just people used his name. Anyway my family tree is here https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Darby-Family-Tree-2163
If you can see any connections I would be very happy to hear about them.
I am not aware of any aboriginal family but my surname is DARBY
I had a DNA test that did not find any aboriginal bloodlines
An indigenous friend said sometimes mob used the surname of the person they worked for.
The name Darby suddenly appeared in several places in the UK, originally it meant 'dear park' but came to be associated with racing and hats.
My Great great grandfather Thomas William Hunter Darby was born in 1816 in Deal, England at around the time when shipping trade moved to London. His father stole money from an employer and hanged himself in jail before the trial. Young Thomas was one of eleven siblings with no income. He probably joined a ship crew aged about nine and deserted as a teenager in the tropics, eventually taking a land grant in Horsham, Victoria. Horsham is close to where an Aboriginal family started using the surname Darby. He spent two years in prison for sexual assault of his ten year old daughter Sarah and another girl Elizabeth Norton. Possibly there were illegitimate children or just people used his name. Anyway my family tree is here https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Darby-Family-Tree-2163
If you can see any connections I would be very happy to hear about them.