I think the longshot is him. Didn't read the rest off the entry in the indent because it seemed to be part of the next entry down but it says "served seven years on the Isle of Wight". Parkhurst Prison was on the Isle of Wight. Peter On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> wrote: > The Edward Light per Mandarin in his indent says he was tried for > housebreaking - > > > http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON16-1-4,319,65,L,80 > . > > The boy I mentioned that arrived in the Mandarin in 1843 is recorded here > in "Convicts to Australia" as a Parkhurst Boy" and was tried for > housebreaking? > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/park3.html > > Long shot but might be worth further investigation?? > > Peter > > > On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Interestingly there is a small article in the Colonial Times that >> mentions an Edward Light, Shoemaker and Mason arriving in the Mandarin in >> 1843 ??? >> >> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8754122?searchTerm="Edward >> light"&searchLimits=l-advstate=Tasmania|||sortby=dateAsc >> >> Peter >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Meryl Yost <merylp@tasfamily.net.au> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Joy, >>> >>> The AOT convict index has the links to his records for retrials in VDL >>> http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=79612 >>> >>> As per the previous responses the first link on the page is incorrect. >>> Peter has sent you the correct link. >>> >>> The AOT index has 01 Jan 1837 for his arrival on the Mandarin. Firstly >>> the >>> 01 Jan has been entered as the DB needed something entered when the index >>> was first done and the date from the records was only the year 1837. >>> There >>> is no arrival of the Mandarin in 1837 in VDL or NSW. The Mandarin >>> arrived >>> in VDL with convicts in 1840. >>> >>> Hey may well be the Edward Light who arrived on the Royal Sovereign in >>> 1838 >>> as he is the right age. >>> http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=42688 >>> >>> regards, >>> Meryl Yost, Launceston, Tasmania >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Administrator: AUS-Tasmania & AUS-Tas-Surnames mailing lists >>> AUS-Tasmania Genealogy pages >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Joy L" <lyko3069@tpg.com.au> >>> To: <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 1:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] GOODYER, Edward. Alias: Light>, Edward >>> >>> >>> GOODYER, Edward. Alias: Light>, Edward >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> I need some help here trying to decipher what these recordsmean and how >>> to research further. >>> >>> On the GSV catalogue there is this entry. >>> >>> GOODYER, Edward. Alias: Light>, Edward >>> >>> Event:Convict transportation >>> >>> Arrived:1/1/1837 >>> >>> Ship:Mandarin >>> >>> Source:Tasmanian convicts [index] >>> >>> Conduct Record: CON37/3 p898, CON37/5 p1607.. >>> >>> Indent: CON16/4 p62. >>> >>> To check for updates to the index and for information on how to obtain >>> copies of the documents: >>> >>> Comment::Not in conduct record for Mandarin >>> >>> Now if he is not in the conduct record forthe ship Mandarin where do I >>> find more about him. >>> >>> I think there are 2 Edward Light's as convicts. Another one came to >>> Tasmania on the ship Royal Soverign but the one above because of the >>> name GOODYER seems to fit as my Edward August LIGHT's mother was Sarah >>> GOODYER, though I cannot find a baptism for him, so presume he was >>> illegitimate, but Sarah knew who the father was. >>> >>> Edward married Charlotte Jane PRATT in Stratford, Victorian in 1864. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Joy Light. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >