A note in the column of http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON37-1-5,350,216,L,80 also has "Mandarin 2nd" the same as the ones you displayed Meryl, from CON37/1. The indent said "7 years *served* on Isle of Wight, So he must have already done his time. Peter On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Still is as far as I know. I have passed it several times going into > Newport when visiting my aunt (by second marriage) who is also my second > cousin.. > > Dawn (Melbourne Australia) > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Oakley > Sent: Saturday, 5 July 2014 6:25 PM > To: AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] GOODYER, Edward. Alias: Light>, Edward > > 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 > >>> > >> > >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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