MAWBEY FAMILY AUSTRALIA - Spelling Variants

There appear to be many spelling variants of the surname 'Mawbey'. Whether they all stem from the same historical source I am not able to say. I have decided to include them just in case there is a connection. The variant spellings are: MABE, MABEE, MABEY, MABIE, MABY, MARBY, MARBEY, MAUBY, MAWBOY, MAWBRAY, MAWLBY, MAYBEE, MAYBERRY, MAYBURY, MOORBEE, MOORBY, MOORBEY, MORBY, MORBEY, MOREBY, MOUBEY, MOWBY, MOWERBY, MOWBY, MOWBEY, MOWBRAY. MAWBY can be different or the same as MAWBEY.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

MORE CONVICTS

I have found 10 more convicts with names that may be variant spellings of 'Mawbey' on the Tasmanian Archives and Queeland State Archives databases.
MEABY
William arr. 1828; John arr. 1829; Richard arr. 1849; Thomas arr. 1854 (only on Qld State Library convict database)
MANBY
John arriv. 1804; Robert arriv. 1816; William arriv. 1820; Ann arriv. 1827 (Ann only on Qld State Library convict database)
MOOBIE
William arriv. 1842
MOABY
John arriv. 1826