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Thanks Les,

I found that one too and wondered... the parent's ages are out but the son's is close enough. Is there any reason why they would change their ages I wonder? 
I am going to be on the move for the next few months so may not reply promptly, but I will have internet access fairly often so keep up the clues if you find more.

Thanks again,

kjb51

I am trying to trace my Great Grandfather and his parents. On his marriage certificate in 1870 in Victoria, William Nathaniel Blackwell states that his birthplace is Sydney NSW.  Since his age is listed as 21, this would make his birth about 1849.  His parents are given as Nathaniel Blackwell, mason, and Susan Nott?
However, I have a shipping record in 1859 listing "Nath Blackwell 39, Susan Blackwell 40, and Nathan Blackwell 11" arriving on the Champion of the Seas from England.

I have searched extensively in England/Scotland and Ireland( where I can) and can find no census, birth, marriage records for this family.   The other complication is that all three have gone off the radar in Australia as well....no death records for any of them!!

Could Nathaniel the father have been a convict in NSW?  Or a soldier?  Could they have travelled back to England at some point and then returned in 1859?  Any suggestions on variations of the surname?

Any ideas would be very much appreciated as this is my "brick wall" at the moment.

Thanks
kjb51

Thanks Sasha for those lookups.  I have been away from my computer for a few days, hence my late acknowledgment!
I did not have an exact date for the first Peter's birth and Mary Ann is my Great Grandmother.  I believe that the first Peter died early as there is another Peter born about 1853, listed on the youngest child's birth certificate in Victoria.  Also Lucy, born about 1855, going on the age on that birth certificate, ... not sure if she was born in Adelaide or Vic??  Sadly, the next 3 chn born in Vic all died before they turned three.
I will check Vic death records for "Anna" etc today.

Thanks again,
kjb51

Thanks to you both for the prompt response!  I had the marriage as 30 July 1847, although I have no record of an Agnes being born to them.  On his death certificate the 8 chn I have are the only ones listed.
I wondered if perhaps Roseanna may have remarried after Peter died?

I did see the reference to the Peter Farrell in the whaling list but it is very hard to know if it is connected.

Can you find anything about his parents?  On the death cert. it states that he had been in Vic for 19 years and SA for 22years.... putting his arrival in about 1831, when he was about 14 years old.  What are the SA immigration records like?

Thanks again kjb51

Hi,
I am looking for help finding anything about Peter Farrell married to Lucinda  ? in Dublin. One known son was Peter born c 1817 in Dublin.   The family apparently came to South Australia in the early 1830's and moved to Victoria about 1854.  Peter's (1817-1872) death certificate says his father was a soldier.
The second Peter Farrell was married to Rosanna McIvor in Adelaide in 1847-49?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers

Kath