The Journey

                                                     *Updated *           Charles and Ellen Mary Tuck  Through this whole journey I’ve found many surprises and twists and turns. The one mystery remains my father. From what I know so far and the research I’ve done so far, he is not an easy fella to find maybe he never wanted to be found? I believe his name was Joseph Stanislaus Wright , my brother has his last name. I have been told he had a couple of daughters which would be my half siblings and a few years older than me. He was also a fettler on the railways around Dungog NSW and this would have been around the mid 1960s for a couple of years.  Ancestry DNA Though DNA and research through Ancestry I have located and communicated with many 2/3/4 th cousins on his side. But at this moment I still don’t have a link to who his parents are. The one thing I’m sure of is a link back to Charles Tuck 1850-1942 and his wife Ellen Mary Hill 1860-1936.  The thing about Charles and Ellen is t

  Richard Yardy was aged 20 when he was convicted on the 7th January 1835 in Cambridge of stealing a jacket. And sentenced to 7yrs transportation.   He was sent on the ship “ Mary Ann” and arrived at New South Wales on the 31 Oct 1835. Marriage 7 May 1849 • West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia He married Bridget Gorman on 7 May 1849 in West Maitland, New South Wales. They had five children in 12 years. Mary Ann (1850–1890) John (1852–1940) Ellen Jane (1854–1940) William (1856–1939) Rose Anna (1862–1945)   Richard died on 3 October 1894 having lived a long life of 79 years. He is buried at     Bendolba Anglican Cemetery Bendolba, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia Bridget Gorman (1833–1907) Bridget died on the 24 th Jan 1907 aged 76 and is buried with Richard at Bendolba Anglican Cemetery Bendolba, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia     Richard and Bridget were my 3rd Great Grandparents  Daughter Mary Ann Yardy (1850-1890)   Mary Ann

    FRANCIS PIPER 1770 – 1844   and his brother EDWARD PIPER   were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 17th of November, eight hundred pounds (lbs) of flax, value 35l. the property of Hugh Atkins. Francis and his brother Edward were convicted of simple grand larceny at the Old Bailey on 3 December 1800 and each received a sentence of transportation for 7 years. They arrived in Port Jackson on 14 December 1801 on the Minorca, together with their wives and families. Francis had been married in England, Francis married Sarah Elizabeth Wood 1775-1841 on March 22 1797, at age 27 in St Andrews, Holborn, London, prior to his trial and sentencing. Francis and Sarah’s children, William Piper 1798–1859, Francis Piper was born on August 13 1803, in Sydney, Thomas Piper, Mary Ann Piper 1807–, Dulciebella Piper1810–1880, Jonathan Piper 1813–and Sarah Piper1815–.   The “ Minorca” had set sail from England on 21 June 1801 in convoy with Canada and Nile , and reached Rio de Janeir