Bones in the Belfry
This website lists our family history interests.There is a backbone
of navigable family trees, supplemented by photographs, information
and sometimes questions. Follow the links to individual pages.
Comments are welcome.(Please advise errors in this material so that
they can be fixed).
For non family visitors to this page. Merrill's grandparents are
Herbert Smalley and Annie Tippett, Norman Thompson and Winifred
Farr. Les' are Ernest Mitchell and Leila Roach, Joe Rowley and
Eircell Broome. Each page should end with one of these couples
Email Contact
Merrill and Les Rowley (Contact Us)
Online Database
A detailed and navigable database is available in both GenesReunited and Ancestry.com.
These may be several months work behind the webpages indicated below
(they all give date of last update at the bottom). To view the
databases, you probably have to join, but Genes Reunited is
inexpensive at $20 per annum. The online database contains 3000
names, and was last updated early 2011.
ou can load it as a GED file
Alternative views of things
Arrival dates in Australia
Locations in U.K.,
including maps, information
Locations
in Australia, including maps, information
Useful Links
A good read on early days in the Colony is "An Account of the
Colony of Van Diemen's land, principally written for the use of
Emigrants" Selected extracts
The main Database
(percentages after a name are an assessment of the probability the
link is correct.
Andrew
Florence
Andrews
Alice William
Austen
Ann
Bailey
Mary James
Henry
Henry Henry (90%)
Ball
Alice William John
Barkla
Rebecca Sampson (80%)
Sampson
Barnard
Ann
Barrett
Susannah Richard (90%)
Nicholas (90%)
Bartram Mary
Bastion Mary
Bath
Marina James
Bayle
Joane
John Thomas
Beale
Tamasen
Bennett
Agnes (Greet)
Bennett
Sarah
(Rayson)
Bennets
Sidwell
Christopher
Bettison
Ann (Nancy)
Colan
John
Colan
Francis
Colan
Blake
Alice
Bleat
Mary
Bolitho
Mary
Simon
Bowhay
Joan Edward (research)
Edward (research) Edward (research) Tristam
Bowlden Mary
Bowles
Pamela John (research)
Charles (75%)
Bragge
Mabella
Briant
Louisa
George
James Paul James William
Broome
Eircell
William (research) John
John (80%) Thomas
Brown
Ann
Robert
Browne
Chrystian
George (40%)
Bruart
Jane
Bryan
Dorothy
Bullins
Sarah
Burridge Maria
Burton
Margaret
Richard (Mitchell)
Burton
Susannah William (Moule)
Carter
Ann
Caunter
Margaret
Edward
William
William
Peter
Chadwick Sarah
William
Henry
John
William
Chappleman
Alice
Ellis
Chilcott
Mary Charles (Research) Langford Charles the Giant (Research) William Christopher (research) Robert William (80%)
Chygwidden Joyce
Thomas
Clarkson
Catherine
Thomas (research)
Samuel (50%)
Samuel
Clements
Margaret
Close
Mary Nathaniel
Coad
Elizabeth Walter (50%)
Coalman
Hanna
Cory
Hanna Nathaniel
Couch
Rebecca
(80%) John
Cox
Hanna
Cubit
Ellen
John (research)
James Cubit/Cubitt written Cubit these
webpages
Dabb
Jane Thomas
William (90%)
Davies
Beatrice John Davy (Paul)
Davis
Eliza
William
(research) (Onslow)
Davis
Sarah
(Harris)
Davis
Thirza
Joshua Benjamin John
John
James Samuel and Emme John John (Marshall)
Dawe
Anne Richard
Denam
Maria
Dennis
Mary
Dill
Elizabeth
John
Robert
Dingle
Jane James (research)
Downton
Elizabeth John
Thomas
Thomas
Dredge
Harriett John
Drew
Sara Joseph John Emanuelle John
Durant
Johanna
Dunston
Duglas
Dunton
Anne
Dyer
Mary
Ennor
Elizabeth
James John
Eva
Catherine
, Henry ,
James , William , Thomas , Thomas
Eva
Jane , Henry
(James/Jane cousins,
William/Henry brothers)
Every
Mrs Mabel (80%)
Farbin
Sarah
Farmer Gertrude
Henry Martine (Eva)
Farmer
Marie
Hommfry (Hill)
Farr
Winifred
Edwin
Thomas Joseph Joseph Richard
(research)
Richard (research)
Flagg
Grace(80%)
Matthew
Henry
Ford
Lavinia George
Foster
Frances (50%)
Fowles
John
Frost
Mary
Friend
Elizabeth (83%)
William
Fudge
Grace Richard Jonathan Jonathan Fudge
1716 follow up Mary warland Richard
Fulbroke Joan
Geer
Mary (research)
Edward (50%)
Gilbert
Jane
William
Gimblett
Agnes
Matthew
Matthew
Godfrey
Ann
Godfrey Jane/Jenny
(Penny)
Goode
Martha
James Samuel(70%)
Goldsmith Sarah , Thomas (50%)
Grace
Eliza , Richard
Green
Ann , James John
Greet
Honour John (Research) John
William Nicholas
Nicholas John Geoffrey Rychard
Greenwood Nanny
Grills
Mary (Research) , Sampson
Growdon
Janelle
William
William
(50%)
Gundry
Mary
John
John
John
Hall
Elizabeth
Hancocke Mary
Hanford
Mary Henry
Harding
Sarah
Hargrave
Mary
Thomas
Henry Thomas
Harris
Margaret
Phillip
Samuel
Phillip
Harris
Rebecca
Thomas
(research)
(Marshall)
Hawkins
Jane
Francis (80%)
Hawton
Margaret , Frances (research) , James
, John
, Robert (Research) ,
Robert , George
Hayter
Elizabeth
James (80%)
James George
John Research)
Hicks
Wilmot
Richard
Hill
Ann Edward
Hocken
Elizabeth
Hodsen
Margaret
Honey
Alice
Hooper
Elizabeth
Hornby
Mary
Howell
Judith
Humphry Margaret
Inch
Mary Thomas Christopher
William Paul Of Penquoit
Thomas
Inman
Mary Joseph (50%) (research)
Jacklin
Ann
, Thomas
, John
, Thomas
, Thomas
Johns
Susannah Thomas
Thomas
Joles
Susannah
Jolly
Elizabeth
James
Jose
Mary
John
John Digory
John Thomas
Julian
Eliza , William
William William (research)
Keep
Mary (50%)
Lewis
Kelly
Mary
King
Mary (50%)
Lamerton
Ann
Langdon
Phillipa
Langford
Hannah
Launce
Sarah
William
Lee
Elizabeth
Robert John
Liddicoat Elizabeth William William John
Luck
Mary
Luggar
Joan
Edward
Lumb Sarah
Manning
Martha
John
Marke
Phillip
Christopher
Marshall
Dorothy
, Francis
, John
, James
(Stephenson)
Marshall Emily
John Michael George
George
Michael
Richard
(Smalley)
Marten
Joyce
Martin
Hannah
, Charles
, William , John , Peter , William , John
, William ,
William
, John , John
Martyne
Mawde
Matthews
Joice Richard Richard John (Mitchell)
Matthews
Elizabeth (Paul)
Matthews
Mary (Wealstead)
May
Wilmat
Meade
Ann
Robert (70%)
Medling
Ann
Mellow Joan
Phillip
Merryfield Elizabeth
John
Michell
Mary (Johns)
Mitchell
Ernest (Albert) William
William Burton
Thomas
Thomas (80%)
Whiteford
Mitchell
Elizabeth (Dingle)
Moor
Frances
Moule
Mary Richard
Thomas
Richard (80%)
Molton
Margaret
Moyle
Elizabeth
Nichols
Mary (80%)
George
George
Nicholson
Hannah(70%)
Normand Bathsheba
Onslow
Jane George (research) George Edward
(80%) (research)
George
William
Osbourne
Blanche
Palmer
Mary Thomas
Parsons
Mary , John (research)
Pascow
Dorcas
Edward
Edward
Passall Ann Plomer
Pateman
Emma
David Samuel Joseph
Richard
John William John John John
Patterson
Anne William . William
Paul
Mary
Joseph Joseph (research) Joseph
Paull
Grace
William
William
Thomas (40%)
Pearce
Elizabeth
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph John
Joseph
Pearson
Bridget
Thomas
Thomas (research)
Lawrence
Thomas
Roger Thomas
Peck
Sarah
Peirce
Elizabeth
Penny
Eliza James
Edward
Robert
Robert
Perry
Beersheba
Bennet
Phenn
Elizabeth
Picking
Phyllis Thomas (research) Jonathan Jonathan
Piggot
Margaret Thomas
Pitt
Hannah
(research)
Polgraye Johanna
Prewett Dorothy John
Price
Rachell
Prickett* Frances , Robert , Charles
, Thomas
(30%)
Prout
Bathsheeba
Isaac Abraham
Quentrill
Tamsan
Matthew
Rattenbury
Mary
Rayson Catherine
, Thomas (research)
Reid
Mary Richard Richard(80%)
Richard
Joseph John James Phillipe
Jane Richard John
Renny
see Penny
Resuggan
Elizabeth
(80%) Robert
Richards
Prudence
(Bolitho)
Richards
Sarah (40%) (Paul)
Roach
Leila , Richard , Robert
Rouse
Elizabeth
, George (80%)
Rowell
Mary Keith (65%)
Rowley
Joe ( Reg
) John Clarkson
John Thomas Thomas George (70%) Anthony
Holdsworthy, Bethanga
Rowter
Rebecca Robert (70%)
George (80%)
James
(80%)
Sawell
Jane (80%) George
William (40%)
Scott
Mary
Searle
Mary John
Selwyn
Elizabeth
Thomas (50%)
Shepherd
Philadelphia
Shervyll Margerye Richard
Sirl
Avis
Slade
Edith
Richard
Slow
Elizabeth
Smalley
Herbert
cleanup Thomas
James
William
Smart
Sarah Joseph
George, Jane
Smith
Mary
Arthur
Snow
Mary Thomas (research)
George
Spettigue
Grace
Sylvester (Research)
Stephens
Judith
William
Digory
Degory John
Stephens
Jane
John
(research)
(Penny)
Stephenson
Elizabeth Edward Edward John
Stickland
Ann
Richard
Stone
Elizabeth
Stride
Catherine
Strout
Mary
Sweet
Ann
Thomas
Sym
Jane Henry
Symons
Temperance
Taylor
Barbara
Teddam
Margaret
Thomas
Faith Stephen Stephen (80%) (Vine)
Thomas
Honour John (Betteson)
Thompson Norman John John Thomas (research)
Thurston
Lydia
Tippett
Annie , William
, Colon
,
William (research) ,
Walter ,
John
(research)
Roger (50%)
Toll
Martha (80%)
John (research)
Travis
Mary Ann
David
Trejan
Love
Trethewey
Florence Thomas Thomas
Thomas
Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Thomas James
Treweeke Mary
Trout
Susannah
Turner
Ellenor (Hargrave)
Turner
Mary , Joshua , Joshua , Joshua William (50%) (Inman)
Verant
Marjorie Richard (Research)
John
John
Vine
Hanna
Stephen
Stephen
Edward Edward
Vivian
Catherine
Catherine Vivian's ancestors back
to William the Conqueror
Wakeford
Elizabeth
Warden Wilmot , William
Wealon
Mary
Webb
Mary (70%)
Edward (80%)
Richard (40%)
Welstead
Mary (80%) Thomas (80%) Thomas
Wescoke
Elizabeth
Weston
Elizabeth (90%)
Whiteside
Mary
William (85%)
Whitford
Mary
Ann William
Thomas
Samuel(50%)
Williams
Mary (Stephens)
Williams Rebecca (Chilcott)
Williams
Mary (Thomas)
Woolcock
Grace
John
Wright
Sarah (25%)
Yates
Ann
John
Yelland
Florence
William
Younger
Hannah
Note on format: Each person has a line in the format
John Smith (b 1861
Ballarat, m Jane Doe 1890 Bendigo,d 1930 Geelong)
The death
information is for the person at the start of the line, not the
spouse