Pitcairn Islands - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

NEWCASTLE MORNING HERALD 1938 Obit

lisanajim — 25 Aug 2008 11:28:16 GMT

Percy Dudley Goble died on March 6, 1938. His obituary appeared in the Newcastle Morning Herald on March 9, 1938. His address at death was Adamstown and his funeral was at Newcastle Anglican [Christ Church] Cathedral. Does anyone know how I can obtain a copy of his obituary? Please email me at kjennings03@comcast.net Thanks very much.

HMAV Bounty Descendants

Paul J. Lareau — 19 Sep 2002 1:34:56 GMT

For a listing of what we have thus far on the descendants of HMAV Bounty, both the mutineers on Pitcairn & elsewhere, and the loyalists who sailed with Bligh in the Launch, see RootsWeb WorldConnect at:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
Enter: Database = Lareau-01

This database is also available through Ancestry.Com.

ROSS Archibald or Alexander Fettes

Sageypie — 10 Nov 2004 3:20:48 GMT

The story in my mother's family was of a male relative surname of Ross who was supposedly aboard the Bounty. This male then stayed in the area ending up on one of the islands, where he was the only white male and was made the King!

We have checked ships lists and don't think he was aboard the Bounty. The story must have been embellished over the years and the likely males are either Archibald Ross(b 1833) or Alexander Fettes Ross(b 1837) both from Scotland. Their dates of birth are after the Bounty anyway. They could have left Scotland on ships as they were in trouble at home or could have been press ganged as men were in those days.

If anybody knows of a white man being made King on one of the islands or knows of any descendants we would love to know.

Hello, and welcome to the msgboard!

JPChisholm — 22 Mar 2006 9:04:27 GMT

I am Jessica, your moderator. Please play nicely and do not feed the energy beasts (aka trolls). This board is to service the needs of people researching their ancestors from the Pitcairn Islands, which was settled by the mutineers of the "Bounty" and their Tahitian wives. Many Bounty descendants moved to New Zealand and Norfolk Island, though about 50 still reside on Pitcairn.

A revamped PitcairnIslandsGenWeb is coming soon. Till then,

JB