Oh, it pays to have a quiet Boxing Day!! I have been "googling" and "surfing" today, and tried my luck on a long time brick wall. Anne Toole, (Broxbournbury) was the daughter of a convict (Bernard Toole) (Somersetshire) who married John Wilford, alias Creighton (Bencoolen) when she was 14. Both John and her father drowned in 1829, when she was about 16 or 17...............and then I lost her. Now I know !! It seems that John was involved in the first australian bank robbery, on 14th september 1828 (and it seems they got quite a haul- some £14,000 in promissory notes and coins) but he drowned before police could find an informant to give evidence. The circumstances of the drowning seem now somewhat suspicious. Anne, I now find, re-married with some speed - to James Dingle, a co-conspirator, very soon after her husband's death - and here was I thinking about this poor traumatised girl..... in the depths of depression, perhaps unable to move on with her life or see a future.....<huh> Anne's mother married just 5 months later as well, to the local constable.......I always wondered why, and now I am intrigued! If anyone knows more about this family, or about the story, please contact me. I am still looking for a death and offspring. Rosalee

Sydney Gazette and other Reports http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191067 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191079 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191099 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191111 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191113 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191081 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191244 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2191504 Cathy Dunn -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rosalee Sent: Friday, 26 December 2008 6:50 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: [PJ] First Australian Bank Robbery Oh, it pays to have a quiet Boxing Day!! I have been "googling" and "surfing" today, and tried my luck on a long time brick wall. Anne Toole, (Broxbournbury) was the daughter of a convict (Bernard Toole) (Somersetshire) who married John Wilford, alias Creighton (Bencoolen) when she was 14. Both John and her father drowned in 1829, when she was about 16 or 17...............and then I lost her. Now I know !! It seems that John was involved in the first australian bank robbery, on 14th september 1828 (and it seems they got quite a haul- some £14,000 in promissory notes and coins) but he drowned before police could find an informant to give evidence. The circumstances of the drowning seem now somewhat suspicious. Anne, I now find, re-married with some speed - to James Dingle, a co-conspirator, very soon after her husband's death - and here was I thinking about this poor traumatised girl..... in the depths of depression, perhaps unable to move on with her life or see a future.....<huh> Anne's mother married just 5 months later as well, to the local constable.......I always wondered why, and now I am intrigued! If anyone knows more about this family, or about the story, please contact me. I am still looking for a death and offspring. Rosalee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message