Thanks for that info Colin - I'll look forward to hearing from you after your trip to NZ. Hope you have a great time there at your son's wedding.
As a matter of interest I too have Shimmins in my family and I'm looking for info on Stanley Bell Shimmin who went to Liverpool to live. Also Thomas Alfred Shimmin who didn't marry.
If you have any connection to Richard Shimmin and Ann Collister who married in Patrick 1802 do let me know.
Thanks again for your help.
Viv