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| Name | First Sighting | Contact |
| DAFT Leslie George | b. 1905 Cheltanham, Eng, son Alfred George b. 1928 Tas, resided Launceston when enlisted WW2 | Joan Daft |
| DALTON John | m. 1866 Catherine Markey, New Norfolk | Liz Larsen |
| DALTON Thomas William | age 28, m. 1844 to Mary Ann HEWITT / HEWETT | Katrina Newton |
| DALTON Thomas William | approx. 1843 | Joanne Looney |
| DALTON William Henry | master mariner, m. 1839 to Charlotte Kittelty, Hobart, | Carol Kennedy |
| DALY Isabella Frances | m. 1859 to Matthew Chorley, Cullenswood | Audrey Dillon |
| DAVERN William John or John William | b. abt. 1820-1840, arr. bef. 1860 | Em Lavelle |
| DAVEY Peter (B Fandoni) | arr c1860-64 from Nthn Italy, m. 1864 to Mary Ann Goodwin, Victoria. Mary Ann b. Launceston, did they meet before or on the way to Victoria? | Janice Macpherson |
| DAVIES / DAVIS Samuel William | m. 1848 to Elizabeth Conway, Hobart | Elizabeth Heaphy |
| DAVIES Alexander | m. 1855 to Sarah Alicia Hyams, Hobart | Nigel Isaacs |
| DAVIES Catherine | arr from Scotland on the Conway?, presumably married after arrival, d. 1911 Campbell Town, age 76 | Graeme Burford |
| DAVIES Lillie Celia | m. 1868 to George Ferguson, Hobart | Rob Clifton-Steele |
| DAVIS Hubert Robert | b. 1819 Ireland, m. 1853 to Anna (Hannah) Rodd, Evandale, left for NSW bef. 1856 | Allison O'Sullivan |
| DAVIS Sarah Ann | b. c1827, m. 1844 to Cornelius Main/Mayne, Hobart, possibly died bef. 1871 when Cornelius remarried | Sue |
| DAW(E) Isaac | Devon Eng 1851, m. Elizabeth Melloney Staddon, daughter Sarah Jane b. 1857, Evandale | Betty Keep |
| DAWSON John | m. 1892 to Elsie May Benjamin | William Wooding |
| DENNEY Daniel | m. 1824 to Elizabeth Cato, Hobart, first name mis-transcribed as David | Shirley Elrick |
| DENNEY John | b. 1814 Devon, m. 1846 Tasmania | Gary Bishop |
| DENNIS Thomas & Sarah with Mary Frances & William | arr. 1853-1859 | Ray Edmunds |
| DESTREE Alphonse Jean Baptiste | b. 1834 The Hague, Holland, watchmaker, 1846 left for Belfast (Port Fairy), Victoria | Peter Clarke |
| DEVEREUX Jane | b. 1815 Ireland, m. 1841 to James Hurburgh, Tasmania | Mike Hurburgh |
| DIAPER Edward | m. 1868, Oatlands | John J Thomas |
| DICKENSON Thomas | m. 1849 to Jane Isley, Mathinna or Longford | Pam Birchall |
| DICKINSON / DICKENSON James | b. 1798 London, arr. VDL ?, 1827 clerk Colonial Auditor's Office, 1838 master at Queen's Orphan School | Ruth Porteous |
| DICKINSON Rosetta Ann Pope | 1862 birth of son Louis Joseph Pulley, Hobart | Judy Pulley |
| DIMOND James | m. 1836 to Margaret Hitchcock | Norman Samson |
| DIXON William & Catherine (nee Cassey) | 1858 birth of daughter, Port Cygnet | Rob Dixon Sperring |
| DONOGHUE John | m. 1867 | Barbara Torley |
| DORACE Henry Robert / DORAN Robert | b. ? Germany (Prussia), orphaned, raised Denmark, arr. Tas. 1870-85, Mariner, m. to Eveline Digney, lived Port Sorell, West Devonport, local milkman | Lyn Lenowry |
| DORAN Robert | m. to Eveline Matilda Digney | Lyn Lenowry |
| DORE John & Johanna (nee Shine) with children Elizabeth, Thomas (Fox), Daniel & baby Alice (born at sea) | arr. bef. 17 Oct 1832 | Col Peyton |
| DOUGHTY John | b. 1807, m. 1842 to Julia Anstey, Oatlands | Shane Doughty |
| DOUGLAS Arthur | b. abt. 1855, resided Launceston, father Henry, possibly a Doctor | Elizabeth Robinson |
| DOYLE Peter & Johanna with children Gerald & Peter | 1852 approx. | Peter & Carol Butterworth |
| DRAGOONS 5th and Innisskillen | 1850s possibly stationed in Australia and / or New Zealand | Geoffrey Spaulding |
| DRUMMOND Mary Francis | m. 1812 to John Conliffe, St David's Hobart, age 25 | Brian De La Pierre |
| DUCK or DUKE Fredrick | 1849 - 1852 | Toni |
| DUDLEY Caroline | m. 1863 to Thomas Condon, Table Cape | Catherine Mann |
| DUGGAN John Thomas | 1899 Beaconsfield | Bernice Parsons |
| DUNCAN Thomasina | m. 1833 to John Henry Tucker | Judith Clemons |
| DUNKLEY Sarah | m. 1857 | Kim Hatherly |
| DYER Bridget | 1851 birth of 3rd child | Bill Clark |
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Updated: 10-Apr-2013
