Hello I have come across this mailing list and was hoping someone might be able to advise me on the process to obtain a copy of a Ticket of Leave for WA if this is possible. My 3x Great Grandfather was George Guttrey he was sent to WA onboard the Stag which arrived in WA on the 23 may 1855. I have printed out records from the Fremantle Prison Database and also the DPS convict list/personal description which provide me with lots of details. I would now like to trace him and his family back to the UK and thought perhaps his TOL would help me locate him in the UK. He was granted his TOL on 7 Jan 1857 and his Cert of Freedom 22 Dec 1869 in Bunbury WA. I note that he was sentenced in Appleby UK, and IGI shows the birth of a George Guttery 16 Sept 1832 in Worcester UK not sure if this is one and the same as far as I can see the village of Appleby has 3 contenders Cumbria, Westmorland or Lincolnshire so would like to narrow this down. Regards Leanne

Leanne The town of Appleby where your ancestor was tried would be Appleby, which was the county town of Westmorland but is now in Cumbria. Westmorland officially disappeared as an administrative centre in 1974 when it and the former Cumberland became part of the new county of Cumbria. People still refer to the old counties as they do to Middlesex (where I live) which officially disappeared in the 1960s. The Appleby in Lincolnshire is just a village. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis & Leanne Dowsett" <dldowsett@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:45 AM Subject: [AUS-CON] GUTTRY George, Ticket of Leave > > Hello > > I have come across this mailing list and was hoping someone might be able > to > advise me on the process to obtain a copy of a Ticket of Leave for WA if > this is possible. > > My 3x Great Grandfather was George Guttrey he was sent to WA onboard the > Stag which arrived in WA on the 23 may 1855. I have printed out records > from the Fremantle Prison Database and also the DPS convict list/personal > description which provide me with lots of details. I would now like to > trace him and his family back to the UK and thought perhaps his TOL would > help me locate him in the UK. He was granted his TOL on 7 Jan 1857 and > his > Cert of Freedom 22 Dec 1869 in Bunbury WA. > > I note that he was sentenced in Appleby UK, and IGI shows the birth of a > George Guttery 16 Sept 1832 in Worcester UK not sure if this is one and > the > same as far as I can see the village of Appleby has 3 contenders Cumbria, > Westmorland or Lincolnshire so would like to narrow this down. > > Regards > Leanne > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis & Leanne Dowsett" <dldowsett@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:45 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] GUTTRY George, Ticket of Leave > Hi Leanne > I have come across this mailing list and was hoping someone might be > able to > advise me on the process to obtain a copy of a Ticket of Leave for > WA if > this is possible. There is another mailing list specifically for WA convicts via http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/AUS > > My 3x Great Grandfather was George Guttrey he was sent to WA onboard > the > Stag which arrived in WA on the 23 may 1855. I have printed out > records > from the Fremantle Prison Database and also the DPS convict > list/personal > description which provide me with lots of details. Best place to contact would be http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/convict.asp Bye MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW

Hello listers, this is my first post to this list: please forgive any mistakes. I'm English born and bred, but I have a transported convict ancestor. I recently discovered that my Gt-gt-gt-grandfather Daniel Nutter, baptised in 1794 in Colne, Lancashire, was found guilty of sheep-stealing at Lancaster Assizes on 29 August 1827 and sentenced to death. It appears that the sentence was commuted to transportation for life: a Daniel Nutter from Lancashire arrived at Sydney in July 1828 on board the Phoenix, with a life sentence from Lancaster Assizes. There is a record from a contemporary Sydney newspaper that sometime in 1828 a Daniel Nutter, who had arrived on Phoenix, had absconded, aged 34 - exactly right. He must have been caught, because he survived to get his ticket-of-leave in 1844. I've asked an Australian friend to look for him in the 1828 Census of NSW (Nov 1828), where he should be - if he wasn't still on the run! Daniel left behind his wife and at least three children, of whom Alice b1818, the youngest, was my Gt-gt-grandmother. His wife Isabella died in Burnley, Lancashire in 1843, though he probably didn't hear that for a long time, if ever. I haven't yet found any evidence that he had children in Australia - but if he did, it would be great to make contact with his descendants. In any case, I should be most grateful for any advice or help on tracing Daniel's life in Australia. Andrew Bannister