Hi, I am tearing my hair out trying to find any information on William Cook who arrived aboard the Mangles in 1837 and would appreciate advice on where to look. I know William was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on 19 Sep 1836 (compliments of the Old Bailey website) and he and his partner in crime, William Catling, were both transported on the Mangles but there the trail stops. I have found a brief reference on the Felon or Settler index at http://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm for William Catling but nothing for young Mr Cook. He just seems to have disappeared. William Cook was born in Tottenham, Middlesex in 1814. In 1832 his mother Mary, father Thomas and a younger brother John were all covicted of different crimes within a very short period of time and were all transporeted to Tasmania. I have found their records. Mary, his mother brought her 4 youngest children with her, one of which was my g g grandmother, so she is accounted for, but the other 3 disappeared (with William) into oblivion. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :) Lyn

Hello Lyn, I have just looked on CLAIM A CONVICT for you & the only COOK I could find was this. COOKE:= William al Thomas. MANGLES (1) 1820. GLOUCESTER. 1819. 7-22 years. Are these yours. Glenys in Oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilkinson Family" <gerryandlyn@dodo.com.au> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 7:24 PM Subject: [AUS-CON] William Cook transported to Sydney 1837 aboard the Mangles > Hi, > > I am tearing my hair out trying to find any information on William Cook > who > arrived aboard the Mangles in 1837 and would appreciate advice on where to > look. > > I know William was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on 19 Sep 1836 > (compliments of the Old Bailey website) and he and his partner in crime, > William Catling, were both transported on the Mangles but there the trail > stops. I have found a brief reference on the Felon or Settler index at > http://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm for William Catling but nothing for > young Mr Cook. He just seems to have disappeared. > > William Cook was born in Tottenham, Middlesex in 1814. In 1832 his mother > Mary, father Thomas and a younger brother John were all covicted of > different crimes within a very short period of time and were all > transporeted to Tasmania. I have found their records. Mary, his mother > brought her 4 youngest children with her, one of which was my g g > grandmother, so she is accounted for, but the other 3 disappeared (with > William) into oblivion. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > :) Lyn > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >