Library and resources
The list of discrepancies still to resolve, then the archives, indexes and websites used to build the tree and the scrapbook.
Discrepancies needing attention
20Places where the records disagree about a name, date, place or identity, or where something is still unproven. When one has been dealt with, mark it Resolved and say how — it is kept below as a record. Sign in to add or resolve items.
Howarth and Lilley line
| Person or item | What disagrees | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Eli James Howarth (senior) | Born 1839 or 1830? | Album vs tree |
| Family group photo | Not yet proven to be the Howarth family | Photo has no caption |
| Four soldier and wedding photos | Unidentified | No captions |
| Eli James Howarth (junior) | Born abt 1866, but his parents married in 1873 | Tree dates |
| Florence Howarth | Florence May 1891 or Florence Margaret 1892? | Album vs tree |
| James Walter Howarth | Born 1893 or abt 1894, and in Staffordshire, England? Siblings were born in Victoria — probably Staffordshire Reef, Vic. | Album vs tree |
| Charles Edward / Edward Howarth | Known in the family as Edward? | Album vs tree |
| Alice Howarth | Born 1902 or 1903? | Album vs tree |
| Olive Muriel Power | Born 1904 or 31 Dec 1905? | Album vs tree |
| Thomas William Howarth (1897–1985) | Not on the album page; a possible duplicate of Thomas William Lilley Howarth (1907–1967)? | Tree vs album |
| Jack Howarth (abt 1926) | Two records; probably John David Howarth b. 1924 | Tree vs album |
Phipps and Morris line
| Person or item | What disagrees | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| George Barclay Phipps | Is the Barbados-born George (bap. 1784) the same man as the Morley convict? Ages imply births in 1764, 1783, 1784 and 1792. Old Bailey records checked (October 2026): a very strong match, though not definitive. | Baptism; criminal register; convict index; Tas death index |
| George Barclay Phipps | Mother Eliza (baptism) vs Elizabeth Kidney (tree) | Baptism vs tree |
| George Barclay Phipps | "Residence 1839, Middlesex" belongs to the Enfield saddler, not him; burial place only "Tasmania" (probably Cypress Street, Launceston) | Ancestry profile; convict records |
| Ann Penny | Died in Hobart, so probably not buried at Cypress Street | Tree |
| Elizabeth Peney Phipps | "Departure Nov 1812", before her birth | Ancestry profile |
| Samuel Morris | Mother: Elizabeth Peney Phipps (born Launceston, still married to McGuinniss in 1855) or Isaac's first wife (m. 1849)? | Tree vs Carlton report ("West Indian parents from Barbados") |
| Samuel Morris | Wives Julia and Jane, son, daughter-in-law Reta and grandchildren John and Betty are missing from the tree | Carlton report; Woodward photo caption |
| Samuel Morris | "Jean" in the Jan 1931 photo, but Jean Ukermunder d. 1923 | Printed caption vs Ancestry note |
| Isaac Morris | Married Elizabeth Apr 1885, 30 years after Sam's birth; group-photo date unknown | Tree dates; Ancestry image |
Resolved (1)
- George Phipps of Enfield — Was this the George Barclay Phipps of the family tree?
Resolved 2026-09-26: No. He was a saddler transported to Western Australia in 1851, not the tree's George.
Family history databases
Ancestry www.ancestry.com.auThe subscription site that holds the Jukes family tree (tree 171981820, 516 people). Most record images in the scrapbook were saved from it, and its DNA matches back up the Phipps line.FamilySearch www.familysearch.orgFree genealogy site run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with parish register indexes and images. Useful for checking the Swaledale and Camborne baptisms and marriages.
Births, deaths, marriages and census
Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria: family history search www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-historyThe official historical indexes for Victoria. The place to settle dates such as Robert Harker's birth year and the order of Frances McGuinness's marriages.Libraries Tasmania: Names Index libraries.tas.gov.au/family-historyTasmania's archive and names index: convict conduct records (CON series), births, deaths and marriages. Holds the records for George Barclay Phipps, John Jukes (CON33/1/67) and Sam Morris's 1855 birth.ScotlandsPeople www.scotlandspeople.gov.ukScotland's official records site: parish registers, statutory records and the Highland and Island Emigration Society registers that should name the McDonald and Munro family's 1854 ship.Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) prov.vic.gov.auVictoria's state archive: assisted immigrant and passenger lists, inquests and wills. Useful for the Hall family's 1907 arrival and the 1885 Yarraville accident inquiry.
Convicts and courts
Convict Records of Australia convictrecords.com.auA free, community-built database of transported convicts. It separated the Enfield saddler from our George Phipps and lists the two John Jukes convicts.Old Bailey Online www.oldbaileyonline.orgThe proceedings of London's central criminal court, 1674–1913. George Phipps's July 1816 trial is reference t18160710-125.Free Settler or Felon www.freesettlerorfelon.comHistories of convict ships and early colonial settlement, including the voyages of the Morley (1817) and HMS Dromedary (1820).
Military records
AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) aif.adfa.edu.auA searchable record of every member of the First AIF. Used for Robert and George Harker and the three Howarth brothers.National Archives of Australia: RecordSearch recordsearch.naa.gov.auHolds digitised First World War service files (series B2455). The next step for the Howarth soldiers and Ernest Leslie Jukes.Australian War Memorial www.awm.gov.auThe Roll of Honour, embarkation rolls and Red Cross Wounded and Missing files. Robert Herd Harker is on panel 118.Virtual War Memorial Australia vwma.org.auBiographies and records for Australian service people, compiled from several sources.The War Graves Photographic Project www.twgpp.orgPhotographs of war graves worldwide, including Robert Harker's headstone at Rue-Petillon.
Newspapers, books and local history
Trove trove.nla.gov.auThe National Library of Australia's free archive of digitised newspapers. Searches still to try are listed in the scrapbook's Areas of further research.National Library of Australia catalogue catalogue.nla.gov.auHolds the Life of Captain Andrew Barclay of Cambock (c. 1854), worth reading for any mention of George Phipps.eMelbourne: Fawkner www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00552b.htmThe Encyclopedia of Melbourne entry crediting John Jukes with naming Fawkner after he bought the estate in 1867.Cricket Country: Sam Morris www.cricketcountry.comAn article on Sam Morris's cricket career, naming his grandfather as George Phipps “from St. Kitts”.Cricket Web: review of Sam Morris www.cricketweb.netA review of Ian Woodward's biography Sam Morris: Cricket's Capital All-Rounder (2009).
Cemeteries and places
Cypress Street Cemetery, Launceston www.thegardensfamily.comTheGardensFamily.com page on the headstone cairn at Launceston Church Grammar School.Cypress Street Burial Ground resources.allsaints.networkHistory of St John's Church of England burial ground, where George Barclay Phipps was probably buried.Scotland's People: emigration to Australia 1852–1857 www.scotlandspeople.gov.ukBackground on the Highland and Island Emigration Society, which fits the Munro family's 1854 emigration.