Hi Alan, I’m at work so can’t get the Gedcom with convict data to you yet but will re-send from home soonest. Meanwhile I’ve been looking at some info on the web about William Nibbs (various) marriages in Tasmania last century, mostly on the Tas Archives Office “Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database” at http://pioneers.archives.tas.gov.au/ It’s not as good as the CD ROM BDM index I looked at in the library last night but does show some good info, including family links in some cases. >From this, I see that they have William Nibbs married Sarah Randell in 1847 at Hobart (not 1834) and that this William was born in 1805. (Sarah was born in 1799). She is also listed as “Knibbs, or Randall Sarah”, born 1801, died 1851 at Hobart. There are several more listings for Nibb/s and Knibb/s on this database if people are interested. Cheers, Stuart >Many thanx Stuart for the further info on Thomas and for these. > >> Two new convicts are: >> >> 1. James Knibbs - b abt 1799 Oxford ENG, m Mary MORRIS 1 Dec 1830 in Hobart >> TAS AUS. (Mary abt 1801 - 12 Jun 1843) No children found or record of his >> death. >> >I do have this couple in the database as follows but have not been able to >trace back to Oxfordshire. As we know his accomplices, I've asked a question >on the OXFORDSHIRE Rootsweb list in case any one recognises Martin HARTWELL >or Thomas LONNAN as one of theirs. > >James KNIBBS > Born c1799 Oxfordshire > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation Labourer transported to Tasmania > Father > Mother > > Married 1Dec1830 Hobart > >Mary MORRIS > Born c1801 > Baptised > Died 12Jun1843 Hobart > Buried > Occupation > Father > Mother > >Children >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- > >Richard KNIBBS > Born 7Dec1834 Hobart > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation > >Thomas KNIBBS > Born c1834 Tasmania > Baptised > Died 10Feb1834 Hobart > Buried > Occupation > >Joseph KNIBBS > Born c1839 Tasmania > Baptised > Died 10Jan1839 Hobart > Buried > Occupation > >Joseph NIBBS > Born c1842 Tasmania > Baptised > Died 24Mar1842 Hobart > Buried > Occupation > >Mary appears as Mary Ann in some records which could of course mean there's >more than one such family. > >> >> 2. Richard Nibbs - transported to Australia (haven't checked details for >> town) in ship "Parkfield", arriving 01 Sep 1839. (Have number of the AO >> microfiche listing his convict Indent details if anyone wants it). >> >> >Again not picked up from the database. > >I have also noted a William NIBBS who married a Sarah RANDELL in Tasmania >1834. I had wondered if this was an earlier marriage for the swing rioter >but his life seems so well documented that I don't think it can be him. > >I wonder who and if any connection with the other 'criminals'. > >bfn > >Alan > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > >

Thanks Stuart for the reference to Colonial Tasmanian Family Links. Although I don't think any of my Knibbs' were in Tasmania, I did find some of my Hartletts there! My work is cut out for me for the next week :-) Natascha Hartlett