My Direct Ancestors

A complete list of my direct ancestors, extending back as far as those early generations that arrived in either New South Wales or Tasmania from Great Britain and Ireland.

Name

Date of birth

Place of birth

Arrival Status

Profile

Ashenden, Jane

1834

Hastings, Sussex, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Atkinson, Lexie Pearl

2 May 1923

Yolla, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Atkinson, Stanley Howard

16 Feb 1896

Burnie, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Atkinson, Thomas

1 Jan 1817

Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Atkinson, Thomas

25 Jun 1867

Burnie, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Atkinson, William Henry

14 Apr 1844

Tipperary, County Tipperary, Ireland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Bisset, Jane Emma

1855

Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Bisset, Mungo

1 Apr 1813

Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Bramich, Caroline

3 May 1814

Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Bramich, Fanny Edith

2 Feb 1877

Port Sorell, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Bramich, Joseph

6 May 1813

Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Burgess, Edwin

25 Dec 1853

Dunorlan, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Burgess, George

27 Feb 1814

Chiselborough, Somerset, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Burgess, Georgina

3 Apr 1885

Wynyard, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Butler, Mary Jane

23 Sep 1769

London, England

Convict

Unverified

Dadge, Martha

11 Aug 1780

Edgeworth, Gloucestershire, England

No Australian arrival documented

Unverified

Dallas, Annie

18 Oct 1859

Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Duce, Henrietta

1765

Whitechapel, London, England

Free settler

Unverified

Evans, Eliza

Mar 1814

Alford, Lincolnshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Flinger, Hannah

21 Apr 1757

Shadwell, Middlesex, London, England

Convict

Unverified

French, Emma Jane

21 Jan 1835

Longford, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

French, Francis James

8 Feb 1791

Bridgend, Cornwall, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Gardner, John Henry

26 Dec 1824

Hawksbury, Gloucestershire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Gardner, Mary Jane

14 Feb 1859

Stanley, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Gascoigne, Olivia Rose

19 Feb 1763

Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, England

Convict

Unverified

Graham, Jessie

1838

Carnock, Fife, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Haines, Ann

17 Nov 1817

Congresbury, Somerset, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Harrison, Martha

29 May 1837

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Hill, Emily

15 Feb 1839

Cleveland, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hill, Peter

1805

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Convict

Unverified

Hodgetts, Elizabeth Letitia

16 Apr 1829

Longford, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hodgetts, John Richard

25 Oct 1791

Sydney, New South Wales

New South Wales-born

Unverified

Hodgetts, Thomas

Apr 1761

Aldridge, Staffordshire, England

Convict

Unverified

Hunt, Elizabeth Horton

c. 1807

Northhampton, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Hyland, James Saxby

18 Jun 1860

Mt Hicks, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hyland, Kenneth George

15 Dec 1919

Wynyard, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hyland, Lewis Henry

2 May 1892

Wynyard, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hyland, Shirley Fay

2 Apr 1942

Wynyard, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Hyland, William

5/08/1832

Battle, Sussex, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

King, George Frank

5 Sep 1870

Deloraine, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

King, Ivy Irene

1 Jun 1897

District of Mersey, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

King, John Ambrose

7 Apr 1810

Warwickshire, England

Convict (likely)

Unverified

King, John Ernest

20 Oct 1843

Launceston, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Lucas, Nathaniel

19 Aug 1764

Leatherhead, Surrey, England

Convict

Unverified

Lucas, Olivia Rose

18 Apr 1795

Kingston, Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island-born

Unverified

Marcham, Dinah

Jul 1811

Goring, Oxfordshire

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Mullins, Julia

1808

Bantry, Ireland

Convict

Unverified

Neal, Daniel

21 Jun 1829

Evenley, Northamptonshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Neal, Herbert Daniel

2 Jul 1866

Westbury, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Neal, John

7 Jul 1800

Souldern, Oxfordshire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Neal, Pearl Mary Grace

20 Jul 1899

Longford, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Oliver, Mary

Before 27 Jun 1790

St Winnow, Cornwall, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Paterson, Elizabeth

25 May 1813

Forsyth, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Phillips, Ann

12 Apr 1850

Hobart, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Phillips, Mary

1769

Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

Convict

Unverified

Phillips, Mary Ann

1805

Ballyloughlde, Ireland

Uncertain

Unverified

Phillips, William

1818

Norfolk, England

Uncertain

Unverified

Poke, Alfred John

27 Sep 1874

Stanley, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Poke, Jabez

29 Jul 1848

Forest, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Poke, John

1812

London, England

Free settler

Unverified

Poke, Lillian Ruth

5 Apr 1914

Wynyard, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Presnell, Christiana

9 Oct 1808

Stepney, London, England

Free settler (likely)

First draft

Presnell, Donald Alec

11 Oct 1936

Burnie, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Presnell, John

25 Feb 1787

Leyton, Essex, England

Free settler

Created

Presnell, Peter Donald

19 Jan 1961

Carlton, Victoria

Victorian-born

Unverified

Presnell, Sarah

Unknown

Unknown

Free settler (ancestral link provisional)

Created

Presnell, Thomas Jr

1804

Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England

Uncertain

Created

Presnell, Thomas Sr

Dec 1773

Leyton, Essex, England

Uncertain

Created

Presnell, William Alexander

1909

Burnie, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

First draft

Presnell, William George

9 Mar 1879

Parattah or Oatlands, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Created

Presnell, William Thomas

4 Mar 1829

Glenorchy, Tasmania

Published profile

Created

Ramskill, George

1822

Beale, Yorkshire, England

Convict (likely)

Unverified

Ramskill, Harriett

10 Mar 1867

Table Cape, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Reardon, Bartholomew

1752

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Convict

Unverified

Reardon, Frances

12 Oct 1794

Kingston, Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island-born

Unverified

Reid, Margaret Annie

24 Jun 1887

Launceston, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Created

Reid, William

Jul 1857

West Derby, Lancashire, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Saltmarsh, Clara Elizabeth

11 Jul 1866

Longford, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Created

Saltmarsh, Emma

18 Mar 1845

Longford, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Created

Saltmarsh, John

21 Aug 1821

Launceston, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Created

Saltmarsh, William

3 Apr 1770

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England

Convict

Unverified

Saltmarsh, William Butler

17 Aug 1792

Kingston, Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island-born

Unverified

Siggs, Anne

25 Feb 1813

Windsor, Berkshire, England

Free settler

Unverified

Skelton, Eleanor

Before 14 Dec 1788

Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Free settler (likely)

Created

Smart, Caroline

26 May 1822

Wotton Under Edge, Gloucester, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Smeaton, Janet

1815

Fossoway, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Spooner, Eliza

Oct 1843

Westminster St Margaret, London, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Spooner, John Edward

c. 1808

Walworth, Surrey, England

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Stevens, Elizabeth Riley

1796

Kingston, Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island-born

Unverified

Stevens, Thomas

1763

Duffield, Derbyshire, England

Convict (parentage disputed)

Unverified

Torley, Joseph William

14 Jul 1849

Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Uncertain

Unverified

Torley, Patrick

1803

Ireland

Uncertain

Unverified

Walker, Ann

13 Feb 1831

Glass, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Arrival unverified

Unverified

Williams, Mary Jane

1835

Cork, Ireland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Williams, Susannah

21 Jun 1830

Hobart, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Williams, Thomas Wheeler

Jun 1767

Llanfillo, Brecon, Wales

Convict

Unverified

Wilson, Alice Annie

19 Mar 1872

Caveside, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified

Wilson, Andrew Greig

13 Apr 1807

Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland

Free settler (likely)

Unverified

Wilson, David Lundie

5 Feb 1843

Caveside, Tasmania

Tasmanian-born

Unverified