The Sarah Wright Ione is searching for was born circa 1819 based on her death age of 56 in 1875. Would make he marriage age a fairly young 17 in 1836 ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-3p42j2k ) so she can't be the individual from Norfolk Island. Interestingly her death is recorded twice in the civil registers. Once by her son Samuel at Ulverstone ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-44p183j2k ) the other by Constable Dennis Normoyale at Port Sorell ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-44p148j2k ). Her burial details are out to in TAMIOT but that could be translation or a headstone carving mistake which gives the year 1881 rather than 1875 from the Forth Congregational Cemetery. Sarah Wright is also listed as free on her wedding certificate and at an age of 17 can't see her as FS convict unless she was a child transportee. Most likely a free arrival either singly or with a family group. Cheers, Peter On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:23 PM, symonds3 via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Ione, > >From the information found by Bob, Thomas WRIGHT and Elizabeth FITZGERALD > were the parents of your Sarah. > Found on the Convict Stockade website - > ELIZABETH FITZGERALD - born about 1760, tried at the Old Bailey on 13 > December 1786 for stealing a cotton gown, sentenced to transportation for > seven years, and a First Fleeter who arrived on "Lady Penryn" in 1788. > Sent > to Norfolk Island aboard "Sirius" on 4 March 1790, and returned to Port > Jackson onboard "Kitty" in 1793. She is shown as a widow from the parish > of > St Giles in the Field in London. > Their daughter, Sarah Jane WRIGHT was born in 1798. > Elizabeth FITZGERALD's trial - > > http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17861213-106-defend939&div=t17861213-106#highlight > > http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=s17861213-1-person1470&div=s17861213-1#highlight > I found this biography for Elizabeth FITZGERALD, which answers a lot of > questions - > http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/elizabeth_wilkinson.htm > Cheers > Trish > Nowra NSW > > > According to this site online, Sarah was born to Thomas and Elizabeth > > Wright > > in NSW on 28 Aug 1798, and christened on 21 July 1799 at Parramatta. > > You may be still able to contact the source of that info, Sue Duggan, > > who's > > email is stated on the site, albeit 11 yrs old. > > Bob > > > Sarah Wright married Joseph Berry at Wesleyan church, Launceston on 05 > Sep > > 1836. > > Can anyone help with finding her earlier history please. > > Ione Bakes > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Re-sending this post, as I think I may have had a problem with the address. Further to Peter's answer below. I actually had a notation of "1819 Norfolk Island" for this lady on my database. The BERRY family married into my MUNDY family. As Norfolk Island had been evacuated by 1814, NO child would have been born on the island after that date - or until the next settlement was established. I went back to my files and found that I had got the date and place of birth - which actually had a "?" after it - from a website in 2001. It had been compiled by a Lee Chambers. There is only one thing that may be of help. Lee had her full name as" SARAH FRANCIS ANN WRIGHT". I have just googled this name and the first site I found has her born at Exeter, Tamar Valley, Van Diemen's Land. However on the two different links, the parents are listed as GEORGE WRIGHT & SARAH "WRIGHT" on one. And: GEORGE WRIGHT & MARY JANE "WRIGHT" on the other. At least it is a place to start. Regards, Wynnette. -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Oakley via Sent: Saturday, 1 November 2014 1:16 PM To: symonds3 Cc: AUS-TASMANIA Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Searching for Sarah Wright The Sarah Wright Ione is searching for was born circa 1819 based on her death age of 56 in 1875. Would make he marriage age a fairly young 17 in 1836 ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-3p42j2k ) so she can't be the individual from Norfolk Island. Interestingly her death is recorded twice in the civil registers. Once by her son Samuel at Ulverstone ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-44p183j2k ) the other by Constable Dennis Normoyale at Port Sorell ( http://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-44p148j2k ). Her burial details are out to in TAMIOT but that could be translation or a headstone carving mistake which gives the year 1881 rather than 1875 from the Forth Congregational Cemetery. Sarah Wright is also listed as free on her wedding certificate and at an age of 17 can't see her as FS convict unless she was a child transportee. Most likely a free arrival either singly or with a family group. Cheers, Peter On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:23 PM, symonds3 via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Ione, > >From the information found by Bob, Thomas WRIGHT and Elizabeth > >FITZGERALD > were the parents of your Sarah. > Found on the Convict Stockade website - ELIZABETH FITZGERALD - born > about 1760, tried at the Old Bailey on 13 December 1786 for stealing a > cotton gown, sentenced to transportation for seven years, and a First > Fleeter who arrived on "Lady Penryn" in 1788. > Sent > to Norfolk Island aboard "Sirius" on 4 March 1790, and returned to > Port Jackson onboard "Kitty" in 1793. She is shown as a widow from > the parish of St Giles in the Field in London. > Their daughter, Sarah Jane WRIGHT was born in 1798. > Elizabeth FITZGERALD's trial - > > http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17861213-106-defend939&d > iv=t17861213-106#highlight > > http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=s17861213-1-person1470&di > v=s17861213-1#highlight I found this biography for Elizabeth > FITZGERALD, which answers a lot of questions - > http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/elizabeth_wilkinson.htm > Cheers > Trish > Nowra NSW > > > According to this site online, Sarah was born to Thomas and > > Elizabeth Wright in NSW on 28 Aug 1798, and christened on 21 July > > 1799 at Parramatta. > > You may be still able to contact the source of that info, Sue > > Duggan, who's email is stated on the site, albeit 11 yrs old. > > Bob > > > Sarah Wright married Joseph Berry at Wesleyan church, Launceston on > > 05 > Sep > > 1836. > > Can anyone help with finding her earlier history please. > > Ione Bakes > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type > AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message