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From: "Pat Wade" <>
Subject: Re: Possible Strays for Tony Gott
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:50:26 +1100
References: <OMEHLIINKLHABOGANPMMIEKLCIAA.tony.gott@zetnet.co.uk>


Hi Tony,

These are from the URL
http://www.oldnewscopy.com/search/searchform.asp

If you type in 'under area' SHETLAND and nothing else 14 names
appear including the bottom two (did those before I thought of
the above)

Title
Name Williamson
Given Name Thomas
Document Type Report
Category Personal
Reference Year 1854
Area 1 Melbourne, Victoria.
Area 2 Shetland.
Date 2 Age 23
Publication Victoria Police Gazette, page # 284
Publication Date May 19, 1854
Publication Area Melbourne, Victoria.
Comments Deserters from Ships


Title
Name Williamson
Given Name William
Document Type Report
Category Personal
Reference Year 1854
Area 1 Melbourne, Victoria.
Area 2 Shetland.
Date 2 Age 21
Publication Victoria Police Gazette, page # 284
Publication Date May 19, 1854
Publication Area Melbourne, Victoria.
Comments Deserters from Ships


These two I suspect (for maybe it is I hope) they are the sons of
Robert Williamson and Catherine Smith. I am going to try and get
the crew lists for the vessel. I have extablished that the
vessel was the MILTIADES which is apparently registered at
Belfast.

Hope this is of some help to you.
Regards
Pat
Melbourne, Aust.

RESEARCHING

AITKEN (Fife), CAITHNESS (Angus), HARRINGTON (Essex), KING
(Whaddon/Nash), PELLING (Sussex - Gloucester), READ (Nottingham -
Lancashire) and others
FREEMAN (London), FOGG (High Ongar ), GRIMASON(Armagh), NUGENT
(Kildare), THOMAS (St Just), WADE (Tring), WILLIAMSON
(Northmavine) and others


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Gott" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:40 PM
Subject: RE: Possible Strays for Tony Gott


> Charlie and others:
>
> > Subject: RE: Possible Strays for Tony Gott
>
> > I am not sure how this works, I wonder if anyone can help me
>
> > > > Found this husband and wife named on a headstone in
Shields.
> > > > Laurence Halcrow died 30 Dec 1945 aged 89.
> > > > Margaret Halcrow died 21 Jan 1939 aged 75.
> > > > Could they be Shetlanders.
> > >
> > > Indeed could be!
>
> If anyone should come across any Shetland strays, anywhere in
the world,
> whether they are of you family or not, then it would be much
appreciated if
> you could let me know whatever details that there may be. This
may be from
> census records from outside Shetland (inc. 1881 if the entry
only gives
> Scotland as place of birth), gravestone inscriptions or
anything else.
>
> I can then try and track down the full family details of who
they may be,
> and hopefully be able to post the information back to this
newsgroup. In
> time then this would be of use to one or all of the subscribers
in one way
> or another.
>
> Tony
>

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