Last week I posted a letter written by Samuel Dawson to his aunt Emma Dawson in Melbourne. The letter gives names of many family members but also mentions other significant information. As a family historian I need to examine the letter for information that can fill in more of the story of Samuel and his family. From his letter the key points included: Samuel was a Conway cadet Going into Merchant Service with the ship British Envoy His sister was studying at Queen's University The potato crop failed in Ireland in 1878 Brother George often leads the deer hunt Samuel goes to the races He mentions a rifle match at Wimbledon Two sisters were staying at a fashionable watering place in Ireland Exhibition in Paris HMS Euridyce had recently sunk I didn't know anything about the Conway so last week, I spent some time finding out what I could about HMS Conway and Samuel Dawson. The HMS Conway 1859 - 1974 website was a gold mine of information. In 1864 Q...