hi ada, you are quite right. i was told he was on an 'exile ship'. sorry, first of all my name is robyndehood, or robyn shaw. i can't believe it did not sign my email sorry.....he learned mat making in pentonville prison. he was charged with stealing as a servant. he was sent to geelong. mary met him later and they married. this all seems to fit in with your man. thank you so much for that. i guess i can get a film with this on??. what i really want to know, if possible, is his parents. any idea of his age at all. could we say 20ish. if he was a soldier, and porter and convicted in 1846, he must have been at least 20ish. i very much appreciate your advice and assistance. robyndehood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ada Ackerly" <aackers@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Assisted Immigrants > Hello ? (name not given) > > I usually do not reply to messages without a proper name, but have decided > to reply this once. > > If your Edward EVANS is, in fact, the Edward who arrived on the "Anna > > > Edward was convicted of larceny by a "servant in a dwelling house", > convicted in London at the central criminal court 24 Sep 1846, sent on to

Hello Robyn, shows born about 1824. No parentage given. That's the sum of my knowledge. The quickest way to get exile information is from "Convicts of the Port Phillip District" by Keith M Clark. He's gathered all the information together which is available in several places, passenger lists, pardons granted, etc., checked it, and put it all together alphabetically. Actually, I'm surprised your man was put to matmaking, generally those put to this activity were troublesome, or could not read or write. As he could do the latter, we must presume he came into the former category. Whereas other trades had some "communal" activity, the looms used by the matmakers were set up in their cells and worked in daylight hours in solitude. They were partly dismantled when work ended and moved to allow access to a bed. No chance to lie down on the job! In the morning the bed was packed away and the loom, which took up most of the cell, was reassembled and set up for work. You might also like to read "The Pentonvillians" by Ian Wynd. All old fashioned ordinary reading, no internet, sorry. Regards Ada At 18:09 20-08-03 +1000, you wrote: >hi ada, you are quite right. i was told he was on an 'exile ship'. sorry, >first of all my name is robyndehood, or robyn shaw. i can't believe it did >not sign my email sorry.....he learned mat making in pentonville prison. he >was charged with stealing as a servant. he was sent to geelong. mary met >him later and they married. this all seems to fit in with your man. thank >you so much for that. i guess i can get a film with this on??. what i >really want to know, if possible, is his parents. any idea of his age at >all. could we say 20ish. if he was a soldier, and porter and convicted in >1846, he must have been at least 20ish. i very much appreciate your advice >and assistance. robyndehood. > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District Churches : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdchur.htm regards, Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia formerly Ackerly DocuSearch