Hannah Jarvis, Convict

[watdocnc60]

Well darn!

I am still really new at genealogy and was working my way backward from my grandparents when I suddenly lost Hannah, Wife of William Jarvis. I guess it just made sense that when 2 of his children went to Australia they may have been meeting up with their mother. I'm on the wrong track too then?

Carol

[tigerquoll]

Hi Carol,

Welcome to the addictive world of family history! It can be very frustrating trying to track them down. Are you descended from the ones who came to Tasmania or from Jarvis' in England? I haven't found a convincing connection for my Tasmanian Jarvis' back in England yet.

If you would like to email me we could discuss this further.

janine.gall at hotmail.com

cheers Janine

[watdocnc60]

I am from a long line of Jarvis fishermen from Southwold, Suffolk. I started doing my own search on Ancestry dot com but a lot of the hard work had already been done by family still living in the area. I talked with my aunt and know my tree is correct back to Savannah Balls and Robert Jarvis, but this is where things came to a screeching halt (as they did for aunt also). I am pretty certain I have Roberts mother as Hannah Jarvis, nee Hunt and he would be siblings to William and Hannah jr. Thats why i got so excited about your post because my Hannah sr disappears.

I would love to email.. but I forewarn you I am a newb at genealogy and may be frustrating. LOL

Carol.

[tigerquoll]

Hi Carol,

Don't worry, everyone's a Newbie to start with! Do you have Roberts original marriage and death certificates? These are essential in tracing the correct Roberts birth. According to the census records Robert states he was born in Trowse, Norfolk. From what I can see the closest big town where his parents would have registered the birth was Norwich. It may be worth checking the births there. Often parents named their children after grand parents so this could be a clue to the names of Roberts parents as well.
While there is a lot of valuable info in the Ancestry trees there is also a lot of incorrect rubbish, always check the original sources. It will save you following a lot of false leads.

cheers Janine