Hi MAJM
It was a Aussie joke re the convicts...........
I am only discussing Mary Ann Hart and her mother Margaret(Corcoran/Corkens/Corking) and(James) Patrick Hart, who are my ancestors.
This Hart family lived variously between Inglewood and Longwood in northern Victoria, and were not citydwellers. I doubt if they were educated
They were poor farmers and labourers. Maybe they were virtually illiterate.
We have no proof but we suspect that because of their accents their names were sometimes misspelt.
MAH was b. 12 September 1856, at Longwood, in the District of Avenel, her parents are named as Pathrick Hart, labourer, age 32 from Ireland, married in 1853, Victoria, her mother is named as Margaret Hart, formerly Corkens, aged 28, from Ireland, signed Patherick Hart, father, Longwood The "H" and "E" have been crossed out, reducing the signature to Patrick.
His wife's death certificate gave his name as James Hart. I think probably there were a lot of aliases in those days, because I noticed on the Tasmanian Govt convict link given by Debra that aliases are also requested.
Hi Debra
You have done a magnificent job, digitising records has certainly made such a difference. Our family research stretches back to the days of letters.
You have given me a big headache (joke!) because now I will have reassess what is correct on the family tree. Just as we had it all fitting in perfectl
One thing which is troubling me about our Margaret Corkerns, Corcoran, Corking, Hart is her age at death - MAH died aged 33 yrs, so her mother would have been
aged 50 when she gave birth to MAH. As I have a only transcript I now wonder whether her age was more likely to be 63yrs at death, giving her a birth date of
1828. If so, then what do I make of that? Any ideas?
kind regards
MayHem
