Hi Karen It depends on when she was disposed. If you search the online NSW BDM indexes then pre 1850 it looks like there may have been three William Forbes fathering children, with the earliest in 1835. If you can look up these on the Archives reels you may be able to get some useful information. Also if you do a search of the old newspapers pre 1850 for the Sydney Gazette and Sydney Herald you will find lots of entries for William Forbes. cheers Grahame On 17/06/2011, at 11:08 AM, Lesley Uebel wrote: > Hi Karen > > "How disposed" does mean to whom assigned. > > I don't know which book you are referring to but the muster taken on > board when that transport arrived states, int he "remarks" column either > Mr Forbes or W Forbes. > > I cannot find a William Forbes in the colony at that time although he > may not be recorded in the various records that I have. There was a > William Forbes who arrived on the Alexander in 1788 but I cannot find > him listed in the 1828 NSW Census nor in most of the early Musters, nor > in the Col. Sec. Index. . Actually I cannot find Catherine listed > either under any spelling that her name appears in various records. > > It is interesting that many of the women who are noted as being > assigned, by the time the 1828 NSW Census was taken were living at the > Female Factory at Parramatta or with with another person > > > Regards > > Lesley > http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html > CLAIM A CONVICT > > > > On 16/06/2011 6:17 PM, Karen Fountaine wrote: >> Hi Leslie& Lister's >> >> >> >> I have records of my GGGG grandmother Catherine Hanlan per Elizabeth 1828 >> >> In a book I have recently read it states "how disposed of" William Forbes >> >> Can anyone please tell me what that means? Was she assigned to him? If so >> where would I go to find more information on this info? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Karen >> > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Grahame, Catherine was married in March 1829 (with permission). The muster taken on board on her arrival in January 1828 states that she was assigned to either Mr Forbes or W. Forbes. Catherine was free in 1835 There were other convicts with the name of William Forbes who arrived in 1828, 1830, 1834 and 1839, none of whom would be able to have convicts assigned to them in 1828. Apart from the convict who arrived on the first fleet, I cannot find another person (free or convict) in the colony before 1828, who was old enough to be assiged a convict. The William Forbes who produced a child in 1835 was a convict who arrived in 1828 and married, with permission, in 1832. He arrived in 1828. Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 17/06/2011 7:27 PM, Grahame Thom wrote: > Hi Karen > > It depends on when she was disposed. If you search the online NSW BDM indexes then pre 1850 it looks like there may have been three William Forbes fathering children, with the earliest in 1835. If you can look up these on the Archives reels you may be able to get some useful information. > > Also if you do a search of the old newspapers pre 1850 for the Sydney Gazette and Sydney Herald you will find lots of entries for William Forbes. > > cheers > > Grahame > >SNIPPED................. >