still Searching for origins of MCNALLY, Catharine Christiana

[Rosehill99]

I will definitely go through this book and give you all I have as I'm quite confused.  I have original newspaper clippings and little handwritten notes with dates, places of death etc.  The book is very, very old, falling to bits and contains the Langdale pedigree going back to King John.  It has coat of arms for this and other families, royal family connections etc but I've yet to work it all out.  It has been maintained and handed down through the family.  My head is swimming  and I'm a bit mixed up so will look some more for you.

[Wiggy]

Will look forward to anything you can add - but won't stay up tonight!!     

Bed time for me!!   

Wiggy

[majm]

Hi Rosehill

Welcome from me too

CCMcN has been on my horizon ever since Wiggy first posed the question several years ago...

You will find RChat is a fantastic site as we all try to help each other with our searching for our ancestors so dont overlook asking for help with your own researching...

Fantastic that you are offering to help with CCMcN and the quest to learn more about her... 

My fingers are crossed Wiggy!

Many Cheers JM

[regross]

Rosehill 99 how wonderful to have such a resource to refer to.

treat like gold and preserve for posterity what awonderful treasure to have i your family.

It would be wonderful if it could help wiggy with her research as even teh smallest clue could lead to a major breakthrough.

fingers toes etc crossed for you both.

Robyn

[Wiggy]

As the others have said, your Langdale history is really a treasure to be guarded.   How many of us would like something like that to fall back on!!   And you never know what might come forth from it!   

Good to see you Robyn and JM!

Wiggy

[Wiggy]

I just had a thought - heaven knows why I didn't think of this before          or did I - it is too long ago!!!

 - if, as David always said C C McN didn't arrive on the scene in Tasmania before 1819,  might she have had Anne in some other place -  and brought her with her when she arrived in Tasmania - is that why I can't find her birth registration in Tasmania??   

Bet you've thought of this and dismissed it!

Downside to this argument is that she doesn't appear on the musters - even in 1819 when we are presuming the 'wife ' mentioned by Thomas to have been C C.

Rosehill thinks she may have something about Anne's origins - I'm on tenterhooks!!! 

Wiggy      Not really re-opening the discussion - just been hit by a thought!     

[regross]

wiggy always possible of course.

would dearly love to look at the  birth records for the british regiments Jamaica around 1818/1819

[Wiggy]

So would I!!!  Is it possible    only make it 1817/18!

I'm reading 1788 at the moment and thinking about a child born on the ship coming out with the first fleet - or a Mrs "Marine" McNally on the second which would suit the time better for Catharine!!

 I have a list of all Marines and convicts for first fleet - I wonder if there is such a think for second fleet - could Catherine have been born en route - another thought which struck me as I read of all the pregnancies on board!

But for Anne - oh yes I'd like to see those Jamaican records - for catharine we found a possible but couldn't get here to Australia - with confirming records anyhow!

[regross]

Wiggy

Some records here for second and third fleets

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/shipNSW1.html

Most resources are for the convicts and as I have learned finding marines or army records for those accompanying them is almost impossible you need regimental numbers and the records are in th UK and not online. There are some in the AJCP  but those are restricted to teh years they were IN Australia not travelling to or from.

will keep looking round and see what I turn up.

Robyn