tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post1000533593934724446..comments2024-01-18T20:51:59.742+11:00Comments on Sandra’s Ancestral Research Journal: From the 1816 Muster to the 1828 Australian CensusSandra Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-45326622971456248112016-09-15T19:38:47.890+10:002016-09-15T19:38:47.890+10:00Hi Vera, how fascinating to be able to go back to ...Hi Vera, how fascinating to be able to go back to 1621. I think I have hit a brickwall with my Bassetts once I get back to Cornwall. I can find baptisms but they don't have the mother's name and the father is listed as a pauper. I am writing up my findings at the moment and hope to publish a coherent summary in the next couple of weeks with the hope that perhaps someone will recognise the family and help me break through the brickwall Sandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-43105984566270610062016-09-15T19:33:25.842+10:002016-09-15T19:33:25.842+10:00Hello Vera Marie,
The points you raise on letter f...Hello Vera Marie,<br />The points you raise on letter formatting during this are certainly very interesting. <br />The image that I show of the letter is the bottom half of a single page of a multi-page of application for a conditional pardon. The application itself if addressed “To His Excellency Major General Richard Bourke” and followed by two statements appended directly to the bottom of the letter the last one being that signed by Win Bawn & CMDoyle.<br />C.M.Doyle was a land owner in NSW and quite well known, I’m not sure who Win Bawn was although perhaps he was a manager of Mr Doyle on one of his properties or perhaps he managed his labour force of convicts.<br />I’m not sure that the photo copy of the document I have is a copy of the original or a copy of a copy that was made at the time of the application by the clerk and put into the correspondence file – which might explain the consistency in the writing across various signatures.<br />Thanks for your feedback, it always helps to hear the suggestions of other.<br />Cheers SandraSandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-20553629703862625562016-09-14T10:05:09.476+10:002016-09-14T10:05:09.476+10:00I'm particularly interested in your story, sin...I'm particularly interested in your story, since I also have ancestors named Bassett, whom I think came from Cromwell. However, my William Bassett came to America in 1621, so if he is related to the ones you talk about--they were the ones who stayed behind. <br />I have a suggestion on the letter where you say signed by both Mr. Bawn and Mr. Doyle. I am currently working with my 2nd great grandfather's letters, which were written in the 1840s in America. The format has the name of the recipient written on the left below the body of the letter, and the sender in larger letters on the right. It looks to me like that could be the case here. (The writing loos the same with the "Bawn" name written like the letter itself, and the Doyle one in a fancier style, but the y looks quite the same. Do you think that is possible?Vera Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979932693725250068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-75384311410258511532016-09-14T10:04:57.143+10:002016-09-14T10:04:57.143+10:00I'm particularly interested in your story, sin...I'm particularly interested in your story, since I also have ancestors named Bassett, whom I think came from Cromwell. However, my William Bassett came to America in 1621, so if he is related to the ones you talk about--they were the ones who stayed behind. <br />I have a suggestion on the letter where you say signed by both Mr. Bawn and Mr. Doyle. I am currently working with my 2nd great grandfather's letters, which were written in the 1840s in America. The format has the name of the recipient written on the left below the body of the letter, and the sender in larger letters on the right. It looks to me like that could be the case here. (The writing loos the same with the "Bawn" name written like the letter itself, and the Doyle one in a fancier style, but the y looks quite the same. Do you think that is possible?Vera Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979932693725250068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-85490951066219076522016-08-12T08:18:13.389+10:002016-08-12T08:18:13.389+10:00Hi Sandra, I am enjoying the NFHM blogging challen...Hi Sandra, I am enjoying the NFHM blogging challenge posts. Learning new things with each read. I'm a previous UTAS Family History attendee too. I don't always source my blogging as well as you did. I figure out if they are super interested they will contact me and we can share. Looking forward to your next post. Fran Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-67780877428102687432016-08-10T02:36:15.064+10:002016-08-10T02:36:15.064+10:00I'm so glad you posted this Sandra. It's ...I'm so glad you posted this Sandra. It's great to meet a fellow UTAS student. Your post also demonstrates that whilst we might find our ancestor's on a record, it's not necessarily all black and white or the complete truth.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.com