of Newtown, Warwickshire, England
“Note that no Bomford matches match to descendants of Mary Ryan’s children except the descendants of Emily Macauley.”From the research report · Emily Macauley — A Non-Paternal Event
This Family Line
A Warwickshire man who arrived in Victoria before 1855 and made his way to the Gippsland settlement of Tarraville. He is documented in this research not as an ancestor by descent, but as the biological father of Emily Macauley — a fact hidden in the records for over 160 years and established by DNA analysis.
James Bomford’s story — from Warwickshire to Gippsland, the draper’s partnership with his brother Joseph at Tarraville, and the life he built with Susan Napper at Stratford and later retirement at Camberwell.
○ In preparation Research ReportEmily McCauley was registered as the daughter of John McCauley in 1863. Autosomal DNA evidence places James Bomford at 99% probability against four other alternative Bomford hypotheses. Emily is found to be a 100% probable half-sister to James’ legitimate children.
● Available now Research ReportDNA matches suggest a further non-paternal event in the Bomford line. This report will document the evidence and investigate whether Frederick Bomford Price was a biological son of James Bomford.
○ In preparationFrom the research report
Emily McCauley was born in Tarraville in 1863 and registered as the daughter of John McCauley and Mary Ryan. Her husband was Charles Richards — the man at the centre of this entire research project. For over 160 years, the identity of her biological father was unknown.
DNA matches told a different story. A cluster of matches traced not to John McCauley but to a Warwickshire family — the Bomfords, who had been running a draper’s shop in Tarraville at exactly the right time. BanyanDNA placed James Bomford at 99% probability against every alternative.