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Thanks Ian.

My 3G Gf was Charles, i think i have found his Baptism in 1835, but not really sure at the moment as i have also found a Sarah Smith having a Charles in a workhouse with father unknown.

The old family story is that Charles was sent to australia after disgracing the family by running out on a young lady. I have a feeling this story is false as charles also apparently changed is name, but then to have parents listed on his death cert puts doubt in my mind.

Wallytat.

thanks everyone  i might follow the Orange Family Hostroy group up one day.

i was hoping that someone felt like a sunday stroll through the cemetery and Daniel would be a nice easy person to find unlike the rest of his family before i spent hard earned cash on the death cert.

off to spend $$$ on a transcription, and fingers cross he belongs to my family.

Wallytat

Thanks Merlin, i think the Kingston Sydney is more probable, although Hugh McKinley was apparently assigned to R C Dillon at Wallalong House in Paterson district. so now i am not sure if it is hunter valley or sydney. Sydney has always made more sense to me, why would margaret live in Bankstown with Hugh go north to marry Thomas when at least three of her four children went SW to Goulburn.

Judith Thank you so much for your offer, the children's deaths were:
Mary Ann Brogan (nee McKinley) i do not have a death for, but her marriage was on 28 Aug 1867 in St Peter & Paul Cathedral Goulburn so maybe there is something listed in this month
Frederick McKinley died 27 Sep 1930 collector, near goulburn. Frederick married ELizabeth Groocock (many variations on the spelling) on 3 oct 1870 in Yass.
Micheal McKinley died 1 Jun 1930 Kirkdale near Yass. Michael married Sarah Groocock (elizabeths younger sister) on 7 sep 1874 Collector.
Patrick is hard to track down.

I do have a copy of Fredericks Obit but it does not list his parents. he had been in the collector district 64 years ie arrived Goulburn 1866.

Wallytat

hello all

I am having great difficulty locating the death of my 3 x Great grandmother, Margaret Flanagan.

Margaret Married Hugh McKinley somewhere in or around sydney, hugh was an irish convict who had received his certificate of freedom in 1834. i have not been able to locate a marriage record here. Hugh died in 1851 in Irishtown. (any information on burials in St James, Cumberland NSW welcome)
They had four children:
Michael McKinley - born around 1841, can not locate birth record but do have death cert in 1930 Yass NSW. he married Sarah Groocock and they had no children.
Frederick McKinley - born around 1842, can not locate birth record but do have marriage and death certs.
Patrick McKinley - born 2 aug 1847 Bankstown, have copy of birth register. can not narrow down death record.
Mary Ann McKinley - born 10 aug 1848 Bankstown, have copy of birth register. Married John Brogan 1867 Goulburn.

On Mary Ann's Marriage certificate Margaret is listed as a Leadsam along with Mary Ann's step father Thomas Leadsam.

I can only locate one Marriage record to match this information, Margaret Prentice married Thomas Leadsam in Kingston in 1861. I can not find a marriage of a flanagan or mckinley to a Prentice to maybe establish  if she was on to her third marriage by 1867.

I think her death record would answer quite of few questions in my family tree.

Wallytat

Thank you everyone for your replies.

We have had the details of this soldier confirmed by one of his relatives an a different geneology website.

the soldier was lighthorse but as this uniform is does not match lighthorse webbing we can only assme that he may have changed unit after initial recruitment.

Wallytat