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I have sent an email to you kvruddy with the publication details of that Ruddy family history and some comments.  Thank you for getting in touch. 

Hello again kvruddy.  I am open to correction but you may have to have 3 posts on this website before I can send you a private message.  If you reply to this post we can exchange some general details.  I have visited Killala and I am reasonably confident that I have my direct line identified.  I started my research in 2009.  I am, however, always open to further guidance or correction and to learn more details.

Hello Maryborough - I have sent you a private message via RootsChat which contains my private email address.  I have had some very helpful responses via Rootschat which resulted in photos of William and Barbara our mutual ancestors.  You probably know that we have relatives in England and some were surprised to learn that they had distant cousins in Australia.  I admire the pioneer Greaves family members who came to settle in Queensland in the late 1800s.  What a challenge it must have been at that time.  Their brother, W.A.B. Greaves, who settled in New South Wales is also remembered as a notable surveyor in that State.  I am happy to share family history details with you.  It was good to hear from you.  Belconnen.

Hello teddycat,

I am Belconnen and I have commented briefly before on the marriage of William Greaves (1800-1873) to Rosamond Morton.  Yes, it was William's second marriage after the death of his first wife Barbara. You may already be in contact with "Julier" on this thread.  My line comes through Valentine Blake Greaves (1830-1909) who settled in Australia.  I am unaware of any "consternation" within our particular line concerning the second marriage i.e. over the age difference in the second marriage.  I have, however, seen reference to the age difference in a published article.  If you want to send me a private message through Rootschat I will try to help with what information I have.  The most that I can find out in my own family history is that Valentine Blake Greaves, one of William's sons from his first marriage, was a rather quiet individual.  It is great to hear from you.  Belconnen.

Blake 5 - I can only think our relatives who emigrated to Australia must have crossed paths in those early pioneering days - surely - but perhaps I am only guessing.  Valentine Blake Greaves finally settled in Mt Perry in Queensland but he had previously been working just near Maryborough.  His wife-to-be emigrated to Maryborough about the same time with her two younger sisters - what courage and sense of adventure, in my view, for those three young people.  Valentine's older brother William A. B. Greaves settled in NSW.  Their younger brother Octavius Greaves was also in Queensland.  The Greaves were a large family.