Dear Trudy Enjoy your new task and many thanks for your past convict advice Heather, Hampton East -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Cowley [mailto:tcowley@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2005 9:31 To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] New Administrator Hello everyone - all 231 of you! I am your new list administrator. My name is Trudy - some of you may have met me on the list previously. My thanks go to SANDIE for successfully running the list for the last few years and also to MERYL for filling the gap until I could take over management of this list. Meryl will also continue to provide support to me as I develop my skills as a list administrator - she's a gem! I look forward to working with you all, sharing research problems, discussing convict issues, and generally learning more about Tasmanian convicts and their lives. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Welcome to the List - hope you enjoy the position. Have fun as well. Thora Kovalevsky Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:30 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] New Administrator > Hello everyone - all 231 of you! > > I am your new list administrator. My name is Trudy - some of you may have > met me on the list previously. > > My thanks go to SANDIE for successfully running the list for the last few > years and also to MERYL for filling the gap until I could take over > management of this list. Meryl will also continue to provide support to > me > as I develop my skills as a list administrator - she's a gem! > > I look forward to working with you all, sharing research problems, > discussing convict issues, and generally learning more about Tasmanian > convicts and their lives. > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Hello everyone - all 231 of you! I am your new list administrator. My name is Trudy - some of you may have met me on the list previously. My thanks go to SANDIE for successfully running the list for the last few years and also to MERYL for filling the gap until I could take over management of this list. Meryl will also continue to provide support to me as I develop my skills as a list administrator - she's a gem! I look forward to working with you all, sharing research problems, discussing convict issues, and generally learning more about Tasmanian convicts and their lives. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com

WELCOME FROM MELBOURNE WITH LOVE ~~~~ I am sure everyone is looking forward to working with you Trudy as I am. You can only imagine just how much this and other lists mean to a stay at home like me! Thank you so very much for being there to provide much needed support and information and connections to our Tasmanian and Convict history and family. Love from Melbourne and Micky xoxoxoxox

Hi List, A friend of mine in Scotland was researching one of his ancestor's who was sentenced to 7 years in 1838 but died before he left Scotland. In the course of his research he found the below article, so I thought I would pass it on incase it is relevant to someone on the list. I am not sure whether these people were headed for NSW or Tasmania. "The Scotsman" March 1838 Daniel McLACHLAN was sentenced to seven years transportation, for stealing a silk handkerchief from a gentleman's pocket, and being habit and repute a thief. Peter NICOL pleaded guilty to four charges of house breaking and theft, and of being habit and repute. Three of the places he had broken into were different garret-rooms in Nicolson Street, which he had entered by forcing the locks, and the fourth was a cellar in East Adam Street. The articles stolen were chiefly furniture, among which were five grates, a quantity of books and drawings, and a parrot and a small bird's cage.Sentence, fourteen years' transportation. John LAVEL, on his own confession of stealing 8s. 6d. from a spirit-dealer's shop in Leith, and of being habit and repute, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Catherine PATERSON, on pleading guilty of having stolen wearing apparel from an outside stair and window in Newhaven, and being habit and repute, was sentenced to seven years' transportation. Richard WRIGHT, John MACPHERSON, Andrew ALEXANDER, and William McLEAN, were put to the bar, accused of stealing lead from a house-top at Duddingston, and a house-top in the North Back of Canongate, aggravated, with reference to the two first panels, by previous conviction. WRIGHT pleaded guilty generally, and McLEAN to the last charge; the others pleaded not guilty. WRIGHT was sentenced to seven years' transportation; McLEAN to nine months in Bridewell. The diet was continued against the other two, with a view to make some further enquiries, some facts having come out favourable to one of them. Stephen McCARTNEY was convicted of theft, by means of housebreaking. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. regards Kerry

Hi everyone Here are my Tassie convicts: Mum's side: 1. Sarah KNIGHT arrived as convict on "New Grove" 1835 married 1840 Hobart - Michael SYNNOTT (SINNETT) convict on"Manlius" 1830 married 1851 Hobart. * William David LYON below (* I am descended from Sarah's 2nd marriage to William LYON) 2. William David LYON (who might or might not have been the convict, William LYONS who arrived "Richard Webb" 1842) was captain of the "Southern Cross", "Tasmania" in the 1860s and 1870s from Hobart to Sydney and Hobart to Melbourne William and Sarah's daughter, Frances Helen LYON married Jacob JANSEN (JOHNSON) also known as William Jacob JANSEN (JOHNSON) in Melbourne where they had 13 children including my great grandmother, Alberta Frances JOHNSON who married Albert Gleadow WINDUSS. On Dad's side among my convicts are 1. Jonathan GRIFFITHS 2nd Fleet "Scarborough" who arrived in NSW but also lived in Tasmania and has been very well researched Best wishes Rosemary

Nothing like info from a local boy Jim :) Puts the right slant on things Meg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Halsey" <jehalsey@gmail.com> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [TAS-CON] Where was Downs? > Hello Anne, > Further to Val's reply, the particular feature of The Downs which gave > this > stretch of water importance to sailing vessels was that in very bad > westerly > weather it offered some small degree of shelter, tucked in to the south of > the Isle of Thanet and to the east of Sandwich and Deal. But it was > dangerous water too, because it is bounded on the east by the Goodwin > Sands, > a graveyard for ships. The Joseph Somes, carrying 250 male convicts to > Hobart in 1845/46 hove-to in The Downs for three weeks from Christmas Day > 1845 to Jan 14th 1846 because of "foul winds". Any contact with the shore > (ie Deal) would have been by ship's boats to the beach, as there is no > harbour at Deal. > Regards, > Jim Halsey (a Dover boy, in years gone by!) > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'D mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Hello to all My convicts are: Robert WATTS, alias CLOGG. He was transported to Tasmania for 7 years for stealing a coat He was tried in the Devon Exeter Quarter Sessions 27 February 1844, and was transported 8 March 1844 on the Maria Somes at the age of 23. Granted a TOL 8 February 1848. He married in 1853 to Mary BRYAN (her name was later noted as O'BRIEN). She was convicted of Larceny of Wearing Apparel at Queens County 24 October 1846, to 7 years transportation at the age of 16. She arrived in Tasmania on the Waverley 25 October 1847. Les in a lovely and warm Brisbane

Dear Annek, Downs is a stretch of water where the ships anchored it is off the town of Deal in Kent. If you find Deal on the map and look at the water directly out from there, you are looking at the Downs. Val. At 09:06 PM 5/5/2005, you wrote: >One of my convicts, Robert McLEOD came out on the Princess Charlotte in >1824. It's departure port is shown as London/Downs/Falmouth. Can >anyone tell me where Downs would be referring to as I have not been able >to locate it on any map of the British Isles so far. I am trying to find >a native place for this person as the convict record gives little personal >detail. > >Cheers > >Annek > >"One step at a time" > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >Visit Meryl Yost's Tasmanian website at >http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~meryl/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >__________ NOD32 1.1089 (20050505) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. >http://www.nod32.com >

Hello Anne, Further to Val's reply, the particular feature of The Downs which gave this stretch of water importance to sailing vessels was that in very bad westerly weather it offered some small degree of shelter, tucked in to the south of the Isle of Thanet and to the east of Sandwich and Deal. But it was dangerous water too, because it is bounded on the east by the Goodwin Sands, a graveyard for ships. The Joseph Somes, carrying 250 male convicts to Hobart in 1845/46 hove-to in The Downs for three weeks from Christmas Day 1845 to Jan 14th 1846 because of "foul winds". Any contact with the shore (ie Deal) would have been by ship's boats to the beach, as there is no harbour at Deal. Regards, Jim Halsey (a Dover boy, in years gone by!)

Hello All, I would just like to introduce myself, I am looking after the admin of the list for a while. For those who don't already know me, I admin the AUS-Tasmania mailing list and associated web pages at http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/index.html If you haven't already feel free to visit the CONVICT section and submit your convicts for listing. regards, Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Temporary Administrator: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS mailing list http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-TAS-CONVICTS.html E-mail: meryl@tasfamily.net.au AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/

Thank you very much for all your work in managing this list. I am a new comer but I do appreciate what you have done. Welcome Meryl! Regards Meg Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fedelmar" <fedelmar@webace.com.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:12 AM Subject: [TAS-CON] New Administrator > Good morning listers > There comes a time in our lives when we are required to make profound > decisions and I am at that time in mine. I have handed over the > administration of this list to Meryl Yost who has agreed to babysit for a > time till the new administrator is in a position to take over the reins. > > I also take this opportunity to congratulate you all for your > participation in the recent convict muster. It was inspiring to see how > much information that you had all collected on your respective convicts :) > > Good luck with your future research > > Bright Blessings > Sandra > > ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* > Knowledge speaks and wisdom listens. > ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Meryl Yost's Tasmanian website at > http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~meryl/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

One of my convicts, Robert McLEOD came out on the Princess Charlotte in 1824. It's departure port is shown as London/Downs/Falmouth. Can anyone tell me where Downs would be referring to as I have not been able to locate it on any map of the British Isles so far. I am trying to find a native place for this person as the convict record gives little personal detail. Cheers Annek "One step at a time"

Hope this reaches the correct area this time. ----- Original Message ----- From: Thora Kovalevsky To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: LISTING Please add the following to your list: James FORD, baptised 12 May 1811, Havant, Hampshire, England. Convicted at Winchester Assizes on 30 December 1830. Transported by Eliza II (3rd voyage) arriving at Hobart on 26 May 1831. Free pardon granted 3 February 1836. Left Launceston, VDL, for Melbourne per Enterprise on 9 December 1836. Married on 8 February 1841 at St Francis RC Church, Melbourne to Hannah Sullivan. Died 18 July 1890 at Portsea, Vic.

Dear Sandra, Thank you for all you assistance................and every good wish to the future. Cheers,Ellen

Hello all The Female Family Founders Database has been updated with many more records. The Database holds records for 13610 Tasmanian female convicts, of which 1374 have information submitted by descendants or researchers. The list of those with descendants/researchers is available at http://www.femalefactory.com.au/FFRG/fffdb.htm#Records. If you haven't taken a look at it for a while, you may now find your female convicts listed! We are pleased to say that we have been able to put many descendants and researchers in contact with each other to share information on their female convicts. We look forward to many more submissions. Regards Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley on behalf of the Female Factory Research Group ffrg@femalefactory.com.au www.femalefactory.com.au/FFRG

Dear Rosemary, I would certainly be interested in your "A cargo of child convicts" book. There was a project at Port Arthur some years ago and we researched the boys who came on six of the ships and were sent to Point Puer. This research was later made into a booklet and disk for schools. It was done on an apple and I was never able to get a copy transferred on to a disk I could use, so your book would be of interesting to me. Could you also contact me as to your convict who retired to Glenorchy. I am working on a project for the district of Chigwell and looking for interesting people who once lived there. Hopefully I will be publishing short stories of the past and present residents by the end of the year. Its mostly on Chigwell so if there is anyone else out there who has a story please contact me. Irene Schaffer Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) Subject: [TAS-CON] work in progress - child convicts > Hi List > > > >All being well by in a year or two the book "A cargo of child convicts" > >will be published. > >It is a factual account of the voyage of the Runnymede from Australia to > >VDL in 1839/40. > > > >That ship bought out 200 convicts: 190 of whom were under 17 and settled > >most of them at Point Puer. > > > >The book will have a list of the convicts etc, a voyage description and a > >documentation of their time at Point Puer. > > > >I chose the subject as my gt gt grandfather was one of the children > >on that ship. He didn't do amazingly well but farmed his own land and > >raised a family with his wife (also a convict) near New Norfolk before > >'retiring' to live near some of his family in Glenorchy. > > > >Rosemary > > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Irene Schaffer's Tasmanian website at > http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hi List > >All being well by in a year or two the book "A cargo of child convicts" >will be published. >It is a factual account of the voyage of the Runnymede from Australia to >VDL in 1839/40. > >That ship bought out 200 convicts: 190 of whom were under 17 and settled >most of them at Point Puer. > >The book will have a list of the convicts etc, a voyage description and a >documentation of their time at Point Puer. > >I chose the subject as my gt gt grandfather was one of the children >on that ship. He didn't do amazingly well but farmed his own land and >raised a family with his wife (also a convict) near New Norfolk before >'retiring' to live near some of his family in Glenorchy. > >Rosemary >

Good morning listers There comes a time in our lives when we are required to make profound decisions and I am at that time in mine. I have handed over the administration of this list to Meryl Yost who has agreed to babysit for a time till the new administrator is in a position to take over the reins. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you all for your participation in the recent convict muster. It was inspiring to see how much information that you had all collected on your respective convicts :) Good luck with your future research Bright Blessings Sandra ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~* Knowledge speaks and wisdom listens. ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*

Hi Everyone, My Tasmanian Convict is John Richard GOODE arrived 12 November 1836 into Hobart (I presume) aboard the Lady Nugent. I would love to hear from anyone with connections to my John.... Cheers, Catherine