All we do know for certain is that Evelyn traveled on the same ship with the Cockell’s. Whether or not they were related is still a mystery.

Well I do hope we can somehow confirm some sort of connect between more of the parties. I feel that the Argents were connected with the Cockells and Boyds. And, of course, for Zalewski to know of all those houses, one would think he would have known all the people. Perhaps CCS will be able to help out when we find his identity.  Odd how nothing seems to give a clue...

Seems that  Captain John Theodore Boyd has a g-g-g-grandson who was 10 in 2002, making him about 16 now. Surely he or his father would know more about Kirby Cosmo Boyd!? On the afternoon of April 14, during the launch of Brenda Niall’s book, The Boyds, at the National Trust property, Glenfern, in East St Kilda, there was what Niall calls ”one great...

Not helpful, but interesting…. Kirby Montague BOYD    Pedigree Sex:  M  Event(s) Birth:   1873 —————————————————————————–  Parents  Father:  Captain John Theodore BOYD     Pin...

James Cosmo Newbery had a son with a middle name of Wilfred.  Coincidence?  Probably. But still….. James Wilfred Sevor Newbery   Male     ——————————————————————————– Event(s):  Birth:  21 MAR...

Do we know Beatrice’s maiden name? Could she have been from a somewhat wealthy family? Their first trip to China was in 1909. WAA was a single railway clerk in 1901, living as a boarder. What happened to them financially between 1901 and 1909 that they could afford to travel to China,  1st class on a 60 day voyage. If this record is truly a second marriage for...