Hi everyone. It's the first time I've visited Rootschat for some time. Could someone please help us find evidence of Thomas William Welsh (b. 1865 Northern Ireland) emigrating to Victoria, Australia, and/or evidence of occupation or place of residence in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. His wife, Isabella Allan Welsh, and children William Bruce (b. Peshawar, India 1895), Robert Allan (b. 1905 Ayr, Scotland), May Motgomery (b. 1908 Ayr, Scotland), John Moore (b.1913 Whitletts, Ayr, Scotland) and Elizabeth Montgomery Welsh, (b. unknown) all came to Australia at various times, although we can find no record of Thomas, May or Elizabeth's arrivals. We believe that Thomas William Welsh may have been in the military, partly because William Bruce Welsh was born in Peshawar, India. We can find no evidence of Thomas William's miltary service record, although William Bruce Welsh's military serivce record exists on the National Archives of Australia. The Welsh family can be found on the 1901 census, living in Midlothian, and Isabella (Rollo/Rolley) can be found on the 1891 census, working as a domestic servant in the home of Henry James Montgomery, who lived at Chesnut Square, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Isabella came to Australia with her son, John Moore Welsh (aged 14) in 1927, and Robert Allan Welsh came to Australia in 1929. William Bruce Welsh came to Australia in 1913.
