A different life

Some of the names included in our family history are Burrows, Cole, Collins, Fanning, Fisk, Forbes, Lush, Meehan, McGillivray.


My paternal grandmother, born Annie Forbes Fisk, comes from a rather large collection of convicts including some from the First & Second Fleets also the First Victorian settlement at Sorento. Convict names include Elizabeth Cole, Cornelius Richard Burrows, Sylvester Lush, James Tucker, William Gay, Robert Coad.

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

A plaque at St. David's, Hobart, Tasmania

This plaque lists some of the people who were relocated from Norfolk Island to Van Dieman's Land [Tasmania]  sailing from Norfolk Island aboard "The City of Edinburgh" 3 September 1808 and arriving at Derwent River, Van Dieman's Land 2 October 1808
On this list are Elizabeth Cole & husband Richard Cornelius Burrows and children Ann, John, Maria [ her father is James Tucker] and Richard. Also Thomas Cole, the son of Elizabeth Cole and William Ellis.
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownTuesday, March 19, 2013 12:35:00 am

    Hi Trish,

    Note that Elizabeth's son, Thomas Cole, is listed on it as well.. but separately as he's now a young man of 19 years old. Isn't this plaque in Hobart, not Launceston?

    Cheers, Rachel

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  2. BirdTuesday, March 19, 2013 11:34:00 am

    Thanks Rach,
    Fixed that straight away, and thanks for mentioning Thomas.
    Kind regards Trish

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