Geneameme: Australia Day 2014
Pauleen Cass over at Family History across the seas has challenged Aussie geneabloggers to an Australian themed geneameme for Australia Day/Invasion Day/Survival Day, The questions are really interesting so I hope my answers are as well :) The Family Tree: My first ancestor to arrive in Australia was the convict William Chapman aka Peter Brett Adnum on the Neptune in 1818 I have Australian Royalty , the above mentioned William Chapman, John Fibbens Marquess of Hastings 1825, Robert Muffett Bussorah Merchant 1828, John Brown Asia 1828, Mary Ann Holgate Roslyn Castle 1830, Sarah Ann Watkins Burrell 1832 and Robert Bird Bengal Merchant 1838. James Fibbens the brother of John was transported with him, the pair having engaged in a spot of unsuccessful highway robbery and Robert Muffett's younger brother James was sent out on the James Pattison in 1837 for theft. My research so far also indicates the increasing likelihood that J...