Hi Cando,
Thanks so much, great information so quickly. Can't thank you enough.
I got the birth years from a New Zealand immigration fiche of people from Scotland. The parents Thomas Hoey & Jemima Nena MccBeth emigrated from Scotland to the Victoria goldfields in S. Australia 1861-62 and had at least 6 children there at Eaglehawk (Catherine & Mary Nicol 1862, Margaret 1864, Catherine 1866, Thomas January 1867 & Jessie Drummond prob late 1867 (Oct???), as father Thomas Hoey d Melbourne & was buried at Bendigo 25/2/1867. The 2 Catherine's & Thomas jr died as babies & Jemima, Mary, Maggie & Jessie went to Wanganui in New Zealand to live.
However Maggie obviously came back to South Australia, married & reared her family at Naracoorte.
Is there any indication on your records of when Maggie & John Blackwell died?
Many thanks,
Craig