On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:38:10 -0000, Janine Gall <janine.gall@hotmail.com> wrote: > This is my first post on this list and I would appreciate any advice on > finding the birth and parents ofGEORGE HOOPER, born about 1818, > convicted of breaking into the house of Thomas West, near Bristol and > sentenced to 15 years tranportation to Tasmania in 1842. > On some of his records it gives his name as George ULEY Hooper and some > of his children andgrandchildren in Tasmania also have the middle name > of ULEY. On his Australian death certificate it states his parents were > George Hooper, soldier, and Hannah Hooper, formerly COOPER of Bristol. Welcome to the list, Janine. I've had a look in some of my resources, but I couldn't make a match for your George HOOPER and his family. However, there may be a link with Winterbourne near Bristol as I see that Martha ULEY and Thomas HOOPER were married, by banns, on 16th. July 1808 at Winterbourne, GLS. Both were of the parish I see, too, that John ULEY and Martha PULLIN were married, by banns, on 29th. October 1794 at Winterbourne. Both were of the parish. These marriages are included in Bristol Diocese Marriage Registers Vol 9 Groom & Bride Indexes & Transcripts 1754-1812 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Hannah ULEY, daughter of Jno and Martha, was born on 18th. September 1796 and baptized on 23rd. October 1796 at Kingsdown Portland Street Methodist. This baptism is included in Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol Record Office 1754 to 1837 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Further to Josephine's message there is a George Hooper son of Thomas and Martha baptised in Winterborne 26 Dec 1815 other children James 22 Oct 1809 Thomas 30 Sep 1810 buried 29 Dec 1811 Thomas 12 Jan 1812 William 11 June 1813 Eleanor Pullin 26 Oct 1817 Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] HOOPER, CLARKE & ULEY

Hi, George has been very tricky to pin down. It makes me think that perhaps he was illegitimate, but even then there should be some record of his birth, under the name Uley or Cooper.Also Convicts often used alias' on their records so perhaps he used his grandfathers surname. The birth you found of Hannah Uley, in Winterbourne, is about the right age to be the Hannah Uley I found who married a William Clark on 16 October 1825 but in St. Augustine Watling Street Church,  London. Did mariage records have much info on them at this time? Would it have if Hannah and William were of that parish? But it seems a long way to go from Bristol to marry and if Hannah was baptised Methodist would she be marrying in an Anglican Church? On the other hand this marriage fits in with the birth of William Uley Clarke in St. James Church, Bristol. regards Janine ---------------------------------------- > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:14:51 +0000 > Subject: Re: [B&S] HOOPER, CLARKE & ULEY‏ > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:38:10 -0000, Janine Gall > wrote: > > > This is my first post on this list and I would appreciate any advice on > > finding the birth and parents ofGEORGE HOOPER, born about 1818, > > convicted of breaking into the house of Thomas West, near Bristol and > > sentenced to 15 years tranportation to Tasmania in 1842. > > > On some of his records it gives his name as George ULEY Hooper and some > > of his children andgrandchildren in Tasmania also have the middle name > > of ULEY. On his Australian death certificate it states his parents were > > George Hooper, soldier, and Hannah Hooper, formerly COOPER of Bristol. > > Welcome to the list, Janine. I've had a look in some of my resources, but > I couldn't make a match for your George HOOPER and his family. > > However, there may be a link with Winterbourne near Bristol as I see that > Martha ULEY and Thomas HOOPER were married, by banns, on 16th. July 1808 > at Winterbourne, GLS. Both were of the parish > > I see, too, that John ULEY and Martha PULLIN were married, by banns, on > 29th. October 1794 at Winterbourne. Both were of the parish. > > These marriages are included in Bristol Diocese Marriage Registers Vol 9 > Groom & Bride Indexes & Transcripts 1754-1812 produced by Bristol & Avon > Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk > > Hannah ULEY, daughter of Jno and Martha, was born on 18th. September 1796 > and baptized on 23rd. October 1796 at Kingsdown Portland Street Methodist. > > This baptism is included in Nonconformist Baptismal Registers in Bristol > Record Office 1754 to 1837 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History > Society. www.bafhs.org.uk > > Josephine > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message