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From: "CWalsh" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Fw: ancestor trace -WOOLLANDS
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:20:08 +1100
References: <004401c4e754$27c3f7c0$0401010a@margslbm456c>


Hello,

The Woollands in Australia are my family, but none of them were convicts,
and there is no connection in my line to the surname Pidd. They came from
Essex.

Christine Walsh - Melbourne, Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "MargM" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Fw: ancestor trace -WOOLLANDS


> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To:
> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:30 PM
> > Subject: ancestor trace.
>
> Hi Tim
> >
> > hi i am looking for any of my family, by the name, woollands or pidd,
that
> > were transported for crimes.
> Sorry no trace of any convict either to Sydney or to Tasmania by name of
> WOOLLANDS
> Are 3 x WOOLLARDs ?
>
> Are 1758 refs in the UK 1881 census to WOOLLANDS and other misc spellings
.
> Most of the actual WOOLLANDS seem to congregate around the East Anglia
> area........... Sussex / Essex
>
> Are currently some 3 x WOOLLANDS in the Aus phone books all down in
Victoria
>
> >i have been told my name woollands is a
> > derivitive of the wool lands, meaning either australia or new zealand,
>
> I think who ever said that could have been pulling your leg ???????
>
> Bye
> MargM
> Beautiful Central Coast of NSW
>
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