
George Douglas and his wife Bertha Starr |
|
Bertha Starr from the photo above |
|
David Starr and his wife Angelina Grovenor and Family |
|
Thomas Starr |
|
William Fitzwater (1811-1896) |
|
Elizabeth Augusta Pratt (1813-1888) |
|
The Mellish is the ship on which the Fitzwaters came to Australia. The photo is in the National Library of Australia |
|
Beryl says "This is the ship in which Thomas Starr came to Australia, on 14th May 1838. (his great grand daughter daughter was Bertha Starr) They were Bounty passengers (ie free) and were sponsored for their trip to Australia. On board were Thomas and Lydia and their 4 children. Thomas lived less than a year after arrival in Australia.Read the chilling
Diary of
Samuel Elliott, Sailing from England to Tasmania, 1836 for an
account of a voyage to Tasmnia 2 years earlier on this ship.
|
|
The graves of Richard Reynolds
and his wife ( 3rd fleet, arriving 1792) in the St Johns Burial
Ground Wilberforce. NSW.
|
|
"Sacred to the memory of Richard Reynolds who departed this life on Aug 26th 1837 aged 67 years" |
|
"Sacred to the memory of Thomas Reynolds who departed
this life Feb 13th 1818 aged 16 years and 6 months
|
![]()
Doug Turner or Beryl Turner
![]()