Hello from NZ I wonder if anyone can find in the 1881 census a Maurice WOODHATCH b 1823 and his wife Charlotte WOODHATCH b 1832 ish. I have Maurice in the 1841 census and the both of them in the 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901, they died in 1913 with a few months of each other. Also is there anyone that is researching the HEAD family in Sussex. While on Norfolk Island 5 years ago I saw a head stone of a Thomas HEAD a native of Sussex he might have been a sailor or transported out there, I took a photo of it but I can't find that photo now, I have now found that we have a HEAD in the family and would like to find out so if anyone can help me I would be a happy girl. Thanks Kay 8111 Christchurch NZ

Kay, If you search for Maurice, b 1824 in Slinfold you will find the following (indexed as Woodarch): Class: /RG11/; Piece: /1111/; Folio: /42/; Page: /1/; Line: / /; GSU roll: /1341262/. Woodhouse, Wisborough Green, Sussex Maurice Woodhatch; Head; age 57; b Slinfold; Ab Lab Charlotte Woodhatch; Wife; age 51; b Drusfold, Surrey Emily Woodhatch; Daughter; age 12; b Wisboro Green, Sussex Mark Woodhatch; Son; age 7; b Wisboro Green; Sussex Regards Mark Milton (9750) vickay wrote: > Hello from NZ I wonder if anyone can find in the 1881 census a Maurice > WOODHATCH b 1823 and his wife Charlotte WOODHATCH b 1832 ish. I have Maurice > in the 1841 census and the both of them in the 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901, > they died in 1913 with a few months of each other. > > Also is there anyone that is researching the HEAD family in Sussex. While on > Norfolk Island 5 years ago I saw a head stone of a Thomas HEAD a native of > Sussex he might have been a sailor or transported out there, I took a photo > of it but I can't find that photo now, I have now found that we have a HEAD > in the family and would like to find out so if anyone can help me I would be > a happy girl. Thanks > > Kay 8111 Christchurch NZ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Kay, There was a posting on rootsweb (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/Bristol_and_Somerset/2001-06/0993462517) regarding this head stone Thomas HEAD Edwin Elliott RUTLIDGE of Sussex a free native of Sydney, who landed on 19 Mar 1853 Died 10July 1843 30yrs from the Whaling Brig "Daniel Watson' and died 31 Mar 1853 aged 24yrs. It is poorly formatted, but my guess is that it should read Thomas HEAD of Sussex Died 10July 1843 30yrs Edwin Elliott RUTLIDGE a free native of Sydney, who landed on 19 Mar 1853 from the Whaling Brig "Daniel Watson' and died 31 Mar 1853 aged 24yrs. The latter is correct (there is a picture of Edwin's stone at http://www.wyatt-family.com/sue/genealogy/Norfolk%20Island%20Graves.htm) Thomas's age should be 39 years and not 30 years (see http://gravesoftas.dynup.net/Graves%20of%20Tasmania/norfolk_island.htm). He was listed as a convict from the "Ocean." A Thomas Head is noted an absconding prisoner in the Sydney Gazette of 9 June 1825 (http://www.jenwilletts.com/newcastle_in_1825.htm). "Thomas Head per Ocean; aged 25; native of Burwash; 5' 5 1/4"'; grey eyes, flaxen hair; fresh complexion; absconded from Mr. Mudie of Newcastle" He traveled on the "Ocean II" which arrived in NSW on 27 August 1823. He was convicted on 3 Aug 1822 at Sussex Assizes. It doesn't list the crime but the sentence was "life." Also convicted at the same time were Jospeh Blackford, John Wenham, Benjamin Etherden, John Sellings the younger, James Pont, Thomas Smith; Samuel Adams and William Smith. That's all that I can find (and more than I thought that I would find!). Regards Mark Milton vickay wrote: > Hello from NZ I wonder if anyone can find in the 1881 census a Maurice > WOODHATCH b 1823 and his wife Charlotte WOODHATCH b 1832 ish. I have Maurice > in the 1841 census and the both of them in the 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901, > they died in 1913 with a few months of each other. > > Also is there anyone that is researching the HEAD family in Sussex. While on > Norfolk Island 5 years ago I saw a head stone of a Thomas HEAD a native of > Sussex he might have been a sailor or transported out there, I took a photo > of it but I can't find that photo now, I have now found that we have a HEAD > in the family and would like to find out so if anyone can help me I would be > a happy girl. Thanks > > Kay 8111 Christchurch NZ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >