The orphan Mary Nicholson & her husband William Clarke are my mother in laws, great grandparents. Their son James Benjamin, married Amy Clara Ward, who's daughter, Leita Amy Clarke was my mother in laws mum. James was a fisherman, as was his father and brothers, in Hobart. Leita moved to Melbourne in the early 1920's and married, she died when my mother in law was 13. ......
Mary Nicholson has been a mystery, so to find this information is fantastic. I havent been able to find William Clarke's parents yet! Some of the Clarke children, dropped the E in their surname. The information that I have discovered can be found on Ancestry.com.au