And Trudy, the other odd things were...... 1.Michael Carr wrote in his petition, that his wife was sentenced to LIFE. But the NSW records show her as a 7 year transportee. 2. The Principal Superintendent of Convicts N.S.W (Hely) said that Catherine was being held in the Female Factory. But two inquiries found that she was not there. So where was she? And why was her sentence reduced, if indeed so, and how did she get to choof off to Tasmania to join her husband, who had Wm Moriarty, and James Scott (colonial Surgeon) both backing him, and the captain of a vessel who was prepared to bring his wife down from Sydney. And Colonel Arthur didn;t even blink over this request. It was granted with the least amount of enquiries held. Indicators are suggesting that influence was brought to bear in this case. I am wondering now if there is a seperate set of registers held for convicts brought down from N.S.W. Jenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:23 PM Subject: RE: [TAS-CON] Was this normal/common proceedure/practice? > Hello Jenny and others > > I have come across this before - see the snippet below: > > Hobart Town Courier, 1 January 1831 p.2 col.4: > The late case of Jane New, a female convict of this colony, who had joined > her husband at Sydney, has been the indirect means of producing a new act of > Parliament, passed under the present reign on the 26th of July last, by > which convicts originally transported to either colony many[sic] now be sent > to the other. > > Perhaps this is the Act of Parliament that your Catherine Carr was moved to > Tasmania from NSW under. My only problem is I can't find any record of Jane > New as a convict in TAS! > > Regards > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny Fawcett [mailto:jfawcett@genseek.net] > Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2006 3:14 PM > To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TAS-CON] Was this normal/common proceedure/practice? > > In 1832 Catherine Carr arrived in New South Wales as a convict per > SOUTHWORTH. She had been sentenced to 7 years transportion at Dublin the > year prior. > In January of 1833, her husband arrived at V.D.L, petitioned Governor Arthur > for his wife to be sent down to him, which petition was sanctioned, provided > nothing was found against Catherine's character in N.S.W. > > Then in June of 1832 Catherine sailed to Tasmania to join her husband. > > > I personally have not come across inter-colonial transmissions such as this, > and I am wondering if anyone else has come across a similar occurrence > > with thanks > Jenny Fawcett > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit Jenny Fawcett's Tasmanian Convicts website at > http://www.genseek.net/constas.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >