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| 151 | Son of Dr Lewis Birch and Hanah Brown. | Birch, Henry (I272216498301)
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| 152 | Source Medium: Other | Source (S900294082)
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| 153 | Source Medium: Other | Source (S900294116)
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| 154 | Source Medium: Other | Source (S900294117)
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| 155 | States on Certificate that father's place of birth was Scotland NSW. | Young, Florence Eleanor Jane Maggie (I272216497999)
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| 156 | Stillborn | Stafford, Jessie (I272216494176)
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| 157 | The earliest reference to JOSHUA PECK comes from records held at Kew in London which indicate that Joshua Peck, aged 18, occupation Hair Dresser, departed England for Maryland USA on the Russia Merchant. United States passenger list show him arriving in Maryland in 1774. Revolutionary War records make mention of a Joshua Peck of Maryland who served from 1777 until 1779 when he was discharged as a deserter. A Helen Peck, wife of Joshua Peck sought a military pension in Connecticut, which means her husband could have died, deserted or been taken prisoner of war. Assuming that Joshua may have been taken prisoner of war may explain his return to England. There was a Mill Prison at Plymouth where prisoners of war were held during the war with America. It was at nearby Exeter where, on 20 March 1786, Joshua Peck was sentenced to be transported for 7 years to "lands beyond the seas" for theft of three linen shirts, two cloth coats and other goods (a total value of 35 shillings) from three owners, and a second count of housebreaking and stealing three silver castors and other goods, although found not guilty of the housebreaking. In the same court on the same day, Mary Brand was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to death. Her death sentence was later commuted and she was also to be transported to Australia. Mary married Will Bryant shortly after arriving in Botany Bay and, on 28th March 1791, together with their two children and several other convicts, they escaped from Botany Bay in a stolen government boat. Although illiterate and uneducated, Mary showed remarkable courage and leadership both before and during their escape and it was Marys strength which saw them all survive the marathon voyage of over 3000 miles to arrive safely in Batavia where they were captured and placed on the HMS Gorgon to be returned to England. William Bryant perished during their return voyage to England along with Marys 2 children and some of the other escaped convicts. Somehow Mary survived it all to be returned to England where, thanks to the persistence of lawyer James Boswell, she was released and later pardoned, and allowed to return to her family in Fowey, Cornwall. More about Marys incredible escape can be read in Judith Cooks book To Brave Every Danger Whilst awaiting transportation to Australia, Joshua (along with Mary Brand) was placed on the Dunkirk Hulk which was moored in Portsmouth. In addition to housing "local" prisoners it also served as a collection point for prisoners from various goals as they were assembled for the First Fleet. Conditions there were so bad at one time that the officer in charge complained "many of the prisoners are nearly if not quite naked." The women prisoners held on board were brutalised by the marines supposed to be guarding them. The superintendent of the Dunkirk hulk wrote a shocked protest to the authorities on 25 August 1784, which resulted in a Code of Orders being drawn up to protect the women. Joshuas behaviour whilst on the Dunkirk Hulk was reported as being tolerably decent and orderly. The First Fleet left England for Australia on 13th May 1787 stopping at Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town, where food supplies were replenished. The fleet arrived at Botany Bay between 18th and 20th January 1788. Even though it had been recommended by Captain James Cook in 1770 as a possible location for a settlement, its lack of fresh water made it unsuitable for settlement, so they moved north arriving at Port Jackson on the Australian East coast on 26 January 1788. Botany Bay had other shortcomings as well, it was open to the sea, making it unsafe for the ships and Captain Arthur Phillip (the Colony's first Governor) considered the soil around Botany Bay was poor for crop growing. Joshua departed Plymouth on board the Charlotte, but at some stage during the trip, possibly at Cape Town, he was transferred to the Scarborough along with several other convicts who were skilled in either trades or agriculture. These convicts were sent on ahead of the others in order to commence construction works and to prepare ground for crops etc ahead of the arrival of the remainder of the fleet. As you will read later, Joshua had had agricultural experience whilst in the USA. The Scarborough at 420 tons was the third largest ship in the fleet. The master was a John Marshall. At Port Jackson Joshua was assigned to work for the medical staff in the laboratory tent, and was one of a group involved in, but acquitted of, the theft of wine in July 1788. Journals kept by the governor read: Thursday 3rd July During the day Thomas Chadwick reported that the wine for the sick was getting low. Mr White ordered the bottles to be filled again. Nine were filled and put into a chest, which was locked. Mr White was wakened about midnight by the noise of vomiting outside his tent. Joshua Peck was outside, very much in liquor and unable to stand. White called the sentry at the hospital and the corporal of the guard. They got a light and searched Pecks tent, where they found a tea kettle containing red wine. White then woke Balmain and went to examine the wine cask in a tent nearby. They found a kettle under a spile hole in the cask. They woke Arndell and went to the laboratory tent, where they found Small in a state of beastly drunkenness and unable to speak. They examined the hospital servants but all were asleep in bed, except Chadwick, whom they found staggering with intoxication. Chadwick and Peck were sent up to the guard, but Small was too drunk to be moved. Wednesday 16th July The Court of Criminal Jurisdiction tried Thomas Chadwick, Joshua Peck and John Small. They were charged with feloniously stealing, and taking and carrying away, on Thursday 3rd July, at about 12 at night, one gallon of red wine of the value of 3/6, the property of the crown, from the store tent at the hospital. John White, William Balmain, Corporal Martin Connor, Samuel Lightfoot, John Small, Captain Shea and Captain Tench gave evidence. The accused were acquitted and the documents were signed by Collins. On 2nd October 1788 Joshua was sent to Norfolk Island on the Golden Grove along with 41 other men and women in what was to be Norfolk Islands second group of settlers from Sydney. In 1789 Joshua was aware of a plot of a mutiny on Norfolk Island, although not directly involved in it. The plan, to take place when the next ship arrived, was for the commandant to be captured as he returned from a visit to his small farm inland. Others were then to be taken including the doctor and his assistant, and the marines as they returned from cutting cabbage palm, and their muskets taken from them. After this each boat from the ship would be seized as it came to the landing stage and its crew captured. The one of the island boats would row out, and tell the captain that their boats had struck trouble ashore so enticing more men to leave the ship so they too could be captured. By then the convicts would be more than a match for the few sailors left on board and the insurrectionists would seize the ship and sail off to freedom. However, Robert Webb, one of the free-men gardeners blew the plan which had been told to him by a convict woman who lived with him. The suspected ringleaders, William Francis, John Thompson, Samuel Pickett and Joshua Peck were taken into custody on their return from cabbaging. Joshua Peck swore to answer every question the commandant should put to him relating to the scheme, and after hearing evidence from John Bryan, and taking depositions from the men (Joshua's deposition can be read in Hilton Peck's book) the commandant ordered that Pickett and Francis be put in irons as it appeared that they were the principals in the scheme, and irons also be placed on John Thompson for stealing 2 cobs of Indian corn from the property of Commander King. Joshua Peck was cleared of any involvement. By July 1791 Joshua was subsisting on a Sydney Town lot, with 106 rods cleared and ten rods of timber felled. By December of that year he was a member of the night watch for Grenville Vale, and in the following month, to enable him to work in his leisure time, he was given possession of 12 acres and two sows as "a deserving convict not yet free by servitude". In August 1792 Joshua Peck shared a sow which produced a litter of ten, with William Blackhall, Ann Yeoman and Mary Frost. It was Mary Frost who would later become Joshua's wife. It is unclear if they were formally married - no record of the ceremony has survived. It may have taken place, however on Norfolk Island in 1791 when Reverend Richard Johnson visited the island and married a number of couples. They were recognised as "married" on the records of the birth of their first child, William in 1792. Together they had 11 children although there is confusion about this number. In an oath made on behalf of her grandson James in 1844 Mary stated she had 10 children. Joshua's petition to Governor Brisbane in 1823 states he had 12 children, but only 11 names can be found, being: William1792 Elizabeth1793 John1794 Mary Ann1796 Jane1798 Thomas1803 Joshua jnr1803 Jeremiah1805 CharlesChristened 1808 JamesChristened 1808 Sarah1808 Joshua and Mary left Norfolk Island on the Chesterfield around March or April 1793 and took up a 30 acre grant at Prospect Hill on 20 February 1794. This grant was increased by 50 acres in May 1797. In January 1800 Joshua put his name to the petition from Prospect settlers protesting the high cost of living. In that year he was listed with five acres sown in wheat and six ready for planting maize. He was off stores (i.e. no longer supported by the Government) but his wife and five children were still supported publicly. By 1802 they had 100 acres, 30 of them cleared of which 4 were sown in wheat and 8 ready for maize. They held 5 bushels of maize and by then all the family was off stores. Unfortunately the farm was sold in 1803 to help meet creditors demands. In an advertisement for its sale in the Sydney Gazette on 26 March 1803, Joshuas farm was described as being well watered with a good dwelling house and barn and six acres of standing corn. In 1803 Joshua and Mary returned to Norfolk Island and lived there on a 25 acre farm, possibly in the Phillipsburg area. They had 15 acres planted in grain, 10 hogs and a store of 300 bushels of grain. Sometime during 1804, Joshua and Mary were visited by two naked runaway convicts, one of whom was George Bruce, who later wrote an account of his adventures, entitled 'The Most Wonderful Adventures of a Man'. In it he recorded that Joshua brought them some old rags to cover their nakedness, they were fed, and Mary informed the runaways that the settlers who had harboured them the night before intended to inform on them. Joshua owed the crown £3/1s/11¼d when, in 1806, a decision to close down the settlement at Norfolk Island and relocate its residents to Van Diemen's Land was conveyed from London to Governor William Bligh. Joshua and Mary departed for Van Diemen's Land on the 'Porpoise' as third class settlers, meaning they were to be victualled and clothed from the public stores for 12 months, to be allowed the labour of 2 convicts for the same period and to be in all other respects assisted as new settlers. They left on 26th December 1807 with their six children and arrived at Hobart 17th January 1808. Some of the younger children were baptized in Hobart in 1808. Joshua and Mary settled in the Derwent Valley, Joshua and one of his sons William taking up land grants at New Norfolk in 1813. Joshua held 45 acres of land there and in September 1815 was a signatory to the petition for a Court of Criminal Judicature. By 1819 they were living in Northern Tasmania and were recorded in the muster of that year and the next. Then came a new encounter with the law. The Hobart Town Gazette of 9 June 1821 reported in a supplement that Joshua Peck snr, William Peck, Joshua Peck jnr and Thomas Peck, were placed on trial, charged with "having feloniously killed sheep, the property of our Lord and King", and another charge of "having feloniously killed a heifer, the property of Thomas Daly". At the trial of the Pecks in 1821 the overseer of the Government flock, Thomas Daly, referred to a "stock-yard in Camden Plains, about 9 miles from Launceston" and said that "the prisoners lived about three-quarters of a mile from this yard and were the only settlers who lived near the place. He had tracked sheep to within 100 yards of the prisoners' dwelling, down to a creek." Since December he had lost about 30 sheep. John Bourke in evidence said he had lived at the prisoners' house briefly, having rented 80 acres of land adjoining to Peck's. He saw Joshua jnr and Thomas bring the carcasses of three sheep and cut them up in the house at night. He said "... the family fed chiefly on salt mutton and beef, but the Pecks had no sheep of their own." Evidence was also given by Ann Seaton who, it appeared, had lived with John Bourke, and supported his evidence. Thomas Calvin who had been assigned as a government servant to the Pecks, remembered five sheep being "brought in from a hill by the Sugar Loaf (in Camden Plains)". Sugar Loaf is a prominent hill at what became known later as Talisker. All 4 men were found guilty and sentenced to be transported to Newcastle, NSW, for 14 years. Jeremiah was not with his father and brothers when they were caught stealing sheep from the Government farm. In 1823, during his period of imprisonment at Newcastle, Joshua Peck petitioned the then Governor, Sir Thomas Brisbane, for mitigation of his sentence to return to Tasmania to grow tobacco, as he had several years experience as overseer of a tobacco plantation in North America. The response to his petition was as follows: "Too well known already is the culture and manufacture of tobacco to require the mitigation of your sentence to Newcastle for the purpose of establishing this industry in Van Diemens Land" Joshua senior died in custody at Newcastle in on 25th February 1825, aged 69. He had no occupation recorded. | Peck, Joshua (I272216492801)
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| 158 | Thomas arrived in Hobart on 12 March 1928 on board the ship 'Calista' to take up a position as land agent for the Cressy Company. Thomas and Heloisa were married at Curramore on the 8th March 1835. Thomas was of Boyden Hill and Heloisa of Curraghmore. (I believe the Lett family originated from Curraghmore, Wexford Co. Ireland). Witnesses to the marriage were Geo King and a William Jones. Their first place of residence was Boydon Hill, near Launceston, then Chillon and finally Thomas was granted 230 acres of land at Pleasant Hills, West Tamar. It is interesting though that in the census of 1843 Henry Stevenson (Elizabeth's second husband) is the 'proprietor' of this property. Thomas Dutton died on the 8 January 1872 at the age of 77 years - cause of death - senility - occupation noted as Commander of the Royal Navy (British?) | Dutton, Thomas (I272216494201)
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| 159 | THOMAS PECK was born around 1803 on Norfolk Island. He was involved in the sheep stealing episode with his father and 2 brothers in 1821. At some stage he worked for the Australian Agriculture Company at Port Stephens and it was here he met Elizabeth Cromarty, probably in the early 1830's. They were married in October 1833 and had 4 children when they left for Tasmania in October 1842 where a further 6 children were born. Thomas acquired a number of farms in the St Leonards & White Hills area and also owned some terraces houses in Bathurst Street, Launceston. He also built a stone building in the middle of the village of White Hills with the intention of operating it as a hotel, but it was never licensed. Thomas was again in trouble with the law in 1883 when he was charged with unlawfully opening the family vault at St Leonards and unlawfully and indecently taking the bodies out of the coffins in which they were enclosed. In his defence, Thomas stated that whilst the vault was open during the burial of his daughter, Ellen Louisa Schofield, he noticed that 2 of the coffins were in a very bad condition and he decided to replace them. In his judgment his honour said that it was laid down that the act of disinterring a body without proper authority was a misdemeanour at common law. However, as there was no intentional wrong, justice would be satisfied by binding over the accused to appear when called upon. Bail was fixed at £100 and the accused was allowed to leave the dock. Thomas Peck died in July 1889. | Peck, Thomas (I272216492807)
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| 160 | THOMAS ROBERT HARDY was born at Westbury on 6th April 1861. In 1889 he married Florence Mary Viney. Together the had 5 children, Ada Marie, Colin Robert, Horace Clifton, Florence Valerie and another whose name cannot be found. | Hardy, Thomas Robert (I272216492796)
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| 161 | Thomas was a farm labourer in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England and on 8th April 1845 was convicted in the Aylesbury Quarter Sessions court for stealing 7 bushels of potatoes, the property of Mr Ealing. As he had 2 past convictions he was sentenced for 7 years transportation and arrived in Tasmania on 15th October 1845 on the ship “Equestrian 2”. At the time of his conviction his wife Susan was recorded as being a “Needlewoman” residing in Uxbridge, Middlesex. On his arrival in Tasmania, Thomas was described as 5’ 4½” in height, fresh complexion, sandy hair, clean shaven, blue eyes and with a long chin. After his arrival Thomas’ gang was initially stationed at Swan Port then moved to Long Point on Maria Island. He became a Probationary Pass holder on 21st January 1847 and on 3rd July 1849 was given his ticket of leave. On 9th Mar 1852 Thomas was charged with being drunk and disturbing the peace and was fined 5 shillings. He was eventually to receive his Certificate of Freedom on 20th April 1852. Soon after receiving his Certificate of Freedom, Thomas Pickett made application for his wife Susan & four children, Mary Ann 16, Hannah 14, William 12 and James 11, to join him in Tasmania. They arrived in Hobart on the ship “Conway” on 14th October 1855 as bounty immigrants. The family was living in Little Swanport, Tasmania between 1855 & 1860 when two more children were born, Fanny in September 1856 and Emma in February 1860. Emma died at the age of four months on 16th June 1860 and just one month later on 17th July 1860 Sarah Pickett also died. On 16th Mar 1868 at his house in Campbell Town, Thomas who was a Shepherd at Ashgrove, in 1862 and a labourer from 1868 to 1875 in Campbell Town, married Sarah Ann Adamson who was born in 1838 in England, daughter of Ralph Watson & Sarah Ann Adamson. Sarah Ann arrived in Tasmania on the ship “Lloyds” on 7th Nov 1845 with her convict mother, also named Sarah Ann Adamson. Sarah Ann jnr was in the Queens Orphanage in Hobart from 12th November 1845 until 11th February 1850. Sarah Ann Adamson snr married James Smith in 1849. This is possibly why Sarah Ann Adamson jnr was able to be released from the orphanage and is why she was called Sarah Smith on birth of her and Thomas Pickett’s daughter Maude Sarah Pickett. Thomas and Sarah had a long relationship prior to their 1868 marriage as two of their seven children were born prior to 1868. After Thomas and Sarah’s marriage broke up around 1876 Thomas is believed to have lived with his son James until his death. Sarah went on to have a relationship with Alfred Emery, which produced a son, Stafford William Adamson. Soon after Stafford Adamson’s birth Sarah Adamson formed a relationship with her stepson, William Thomas Pickett (son of Thomas Pickett and Susan Townsend), with whom she had three children, Herbert William, Henry William and Ester Dolona. | Pickett, Thomas (I272216498361)
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| 162 | V. C. STAFFORD Graduated from College of the Bible, Glen Iris, 1928. Had Ministries at Taree, N.SW.; Invercargill and Wellington, New Zealand; Cheltenham, Victoria. Served from 1946 as director of Federal Board of Christian Education, and editor of Austral Graded Lessons. Quote from Thomson, Wilkie J., ed. The Digest of the Australian Churches of Christ Historical Society. No. 22. March 1968. VIVIAN CHARLES STAFFORD, 1903-1968 The sudden, decease of the Federal Director of Christian Education not only removes one from our midst who was accomplished in his work, but a most gracious Christian. Always a believer, he made his open confession of Christ as Saviour at Cottesloe, W.A. His was the first decision made at the recommencement of the church there in 1922. In his home, were such books as Zollar's "The Great Foundation", so that he knew something of what Churches of Christ, stood for when he joined the church. His close association with the Jeffery family, of Cottesloe, was a great help to him. When he left for the College of the Bible at Glen Iris, Victoria, he was given a Moffatt's translation of The New Testament and referred to him was Rom. 12:11--"Never let your zeal flag, maintain the spiritual glow." This could be said to be his life's text for it appeared on his church papers but was more evident in his life. He graduated from the College in 1928 and at Easter, 1929, was married to Muriel, Jeffery, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ern. Jeffery, of Cottesloe, W.A,. Muriel had been a teacher in the Education Department of W.A. and has been, a capable and loyal helpmate throughout the years. Viv fulfilled ministries at Taree, N.S.W. (1929-1935), Invercargill, NZ. (1935-1940), and Wellington:, NZ. (1940-1942), Cheltenham, Vie. (1942-1947). On taking up, the full-time editorship of The Christian Education Department, he retained his membership at Cheltenham where he was; elder, class leader and choirmaster. Mr. Stafford was twice chosen to attend conferences of The World Council of Christian Education, at Tokyo and Belfast. In, a tribute, the Minister of the church at Cheltenham., Cordon Moyes, B.A., wrote, "He was an unassuming man, and one who did not accept honours, easily. He declined, on more than one occasion, the nomination to the office of President of Conference. But for years he served in less noticeable positions. He, was a foundation President of our Churches of Christ Choral Society for many years, and a member of the Federal Literature and the Federal Hymn Book Committee for twenty years. He was one of a visionary group of men who brought into being our church camps, at Monbulk and Hall's Gap." (From the Christian Sentinel, the Cheltenham church paper, 23/2/68.) Perhaps the one man who influenced Viv throughout the years was W. R. Hibburt. These two were associated in youth work in W.A., N.Z., and Vic. It was Will Hibburt who gave him the vision of the larger work of Christian Education and it was he who encouraged him in the work. (W. R. Hibburt was, and is, always a great encourager and wise counsellor and influenced so many young people, the writer included.) Despite the immensity of the work of producing the lessons for the, Sunday schools and the few who were engaged with him, in the task, his was a very lonely path in the earliest days. By sheer hard work he not only overcame every difficulty but built the road that others could travel thereon. He gave to the Brotherhood his very best and nothing less would do. And that best has influenced the lives of many thousands of young people each year. In return the Brotherhood loved him and his name will always be honoured. He was born at Fremantle 26/12/03 and died when commencing a holiday at Lakes Entrance 23/2/68. To Mrs. Stafford and sons Jeff, Ken, Laurie and Colin, and daughter Marjory (Mrs. Bismire), deepest sympathy is offered.--W.J.T. (Tributes may be found in "The Australian Christian" of 9/3/68.) | Walker, Vivian Charles (I272216493793)
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| 163 | VICTORIA BEATRICE (TORIE) HARDY was born 28th February 1887 in Scottsdale. She married Frederick George Boland and had 5 children Josephine, Sheila, Patrick, John and Vera. | Hardy, Victoria Beatrice (I272216493357)
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| 164 | Violet Archer as she was then known may have married a Digby Rose in Victoria in 1919 | Lette, Violet Isabel (I272216494312)
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| 165 | Walter was probably raised by his grandmother as research tells us that Walter Waratah Marks married Edna May Lister 28 December 1935 | (Marks), Walter Waratah Lette (I272216496485)
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| 166 | Was a doctor and after his wife Mary died and he remarried. Ann left home as she didn't get along with her stepmother. Name Evan James? married 1) Mary Evans 20 Oct 1797 Strata Florida, Cardigan Wales or 2) Mary John 2 June 1795 St Nicholas, Glamorgan Wales or 3) Mary Jones 26 June 1795 Llanbadarnfawr, Cardigan Wales | Evans, James (I272216493885)
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| 167 | Wesleyan Section EC, Gravesite 0013 No headstone. | Source (S900294086)
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| 168 | Wiliam Doran Lette is noted as having died in the Ulverstone District post 1900. | Lette, William Doran (I272216494284)
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| 169 | William Doran Lette is buried in the Penguin Cemetery, old section together with William's baby. They are in grave no. 159. There is no headstone present on the grave. | Lette, William Doran (I272216494232)
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| 170 | William Garrard and Emma Chaplin were married at the Tackett Street Meeting House in Ipswich UK in 1846. They went on to live at 207 Lower Orwell Street Ipswich, next door to William's family. Lower Orwell Street must have been one of the poorer streets in Ipswich, as it was described in books as having an open sewer down the middle. William was a Shipwright in Suffolk England and at the Summer Assizes at Ipswich in 1858 was found guilty of stealing 90 yards of sailcloth and 92 yards of rope. He pleaded guilty and sentenced to 6 years transportation to Australia - 4 years for stealing and 2 years for receiving. William's son Zachariah was also sentenced William arrived in WA on the Norwood, an 849 ton ship built at Sunderland in 1854. The Norwood was employed twice as a convict transport for Western Australia and left Portland, England on March 16, 1862 bound for the Swan River Colony. She carried the twenty fifth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. On this voyage the Norwood took 85 days and arrived in Fremantle on June 9, 1862 with 92 passengers and 290 convicts. Garrard was described as being semi literate, aged 40, 5' 8 3/4" tall, light brown hair, grey eyes, round face, fair complexion and stout build with scars on the thumb of his left hand. His behaviour on the voyage was described as excellent. On 11 July 1862 he was granted a Ticket of Leave on the recommendation of the Surgeon Superintendant of the Norwood on account of his good behaviour on on the voyage from England. The recommendation contained special mention for "extra exertions at a fire at the Comptroller General's Office". After William received a conditional pardon on 16 March 1864, he brought his wife and 4 children to join him in Australia. They arrived on the Strathmore on 12 June 1864. Sometime after this William Garrard built the cutter Albatross from timbers taken from the ship African which was lost in Champion Bay, WA, 1863. During it's construction William employed 9 ticket of leave boatbuilders. In 1868 during the rescue operation of a whaler, the Albatross was caught in a storm and was lost. Only 2 crew members survived, the remainder, including William Garrard, perished. The following is extracted from "They Kept This State Afloat: The Boat and Ship Builders of Western Australia 1829 - 1929. GARRARD, William, of Geraldton He was born in England in 1822 and went to sea as a ship's carpenter. By the time he was 37 he had married and he and his wife had four children He was then caught receiving stolen goods and went to trial at Ipswich in 1859. He was found guilty and was sentenced to six years transportation After a couple of years in the hulks he was put aboard the convict transport Norwood and sailed for the Swan River Colony arriving at Fremantle on the 9/6/1862, (No.6306). His ticket-of-leave was granted on 11/7/1862. He applied to bring his wife and children out to the Colony and after they had arrived he received his conditional pardon and the family moved to Geraldton. In 1863 the ship African hit a reef south-west of Geraldton and the Master managed to beach her near the town. When the vessel was inspected by the surveyor she was condemned and the hull and cargo was sold at auction. After the hull was purchased it was broken up and the timbers taken to Williams yard where he set about the construction of three vessels. To achieve this he employed up to nine ticket-of-leave men as carpenters and boat builders. The three vessels were the Mary Ann, with Daniel Chapman as partner, the Lass of Geraldton and the Albatross. The first of these, the Mary Ann, was a two masted schooner of 33 tons, (O/No.36551), her length was 42 feet, breadth 17 feet and depth 7 feet. She was built for George Shenton in 1864 and after a relatively short life was reported as having been broken up in December 1872. See also entrv for Daniel Chapman. The second vessel built was the Lass of Geraldton also a two masted schooner of 37 tons. Her dimensions were 60 x 16 x 7 feet. She was launched in 1865 and her official number was 52231. She too was built for George Shenton and his partner in Geraldton, Charles Crowther. At her launching the Inquirer newspaper described her as "a very smart looking craft, a regular clipper in appearance". On 25/3/1867 she set out from Fremantle for Bunbury. Henry O'Grady was the Captain and she had five crew members and two passengers aboard, including the pioneer merchant, mine owner and part owner of the vessel, George Shenton. At about 1 P.M. on the same day, she became unmanageable during a squall, heeling right over and finally capsizing. Four crewmen and the two passengers were lost in the disaster. The incident occurred about 12 miles south of the mouth of the Murray River. The third vessel to be completed was the Albatross and she was launched in 1867. She was 18 tons burden and was only licensed to operate within the harbour limits of Geraldton. She was built for the purpose of carrying cargo, such as ore from the mines and produce out to the ships anchored in the harbour of Champion Bay. On the 15/6/1868 strong westerly winds drove the two masted schooner Sea Bird, O/No.36555, of 40 tons and the Twinkling Star, another two masted schooner, O/No.49320, of 59 tons ashore at Port Irwin, now Dongara. The Government Resident at Geraldton chartered the Albatross and sent her down to the scene of the disaster with carpenters and salvage equipment to attempt to refloat them. On the 24th of June this was accomplished and the Albatross sailed from Port Irwin for Geraldton. As well as her normal crew she had on board members of Mr Bateman's whaling crew. The Sea Bird sailed in company to reach Geraldton, but the weather, blowing hard from the North West, prevented her making headway, so she turned back. The Albatross pressed on but on reaching Point Moore the Captain found it impossible to round up for the harbour so she too turned back. When she was about a mile offshore, opposite the mouth of the Irwin River, a huge sea rolled on board and swamped her. The masts went by the board and the deck was swept clean. The passengers were washed off the now battered hulk into the boiling surf. The hull of the vessel was then rolled over and over in the swells and surge until it grounded on the bar at the mouth of the river. Seven men and a woman were drowned including William Garrard himself. Only three men were able to survive by making it to the shore. William and his wife had bought a block of land in Geraldton and they had built their cottage there. It was at Lot 118 in Marine Terrace. After his death Mrs Garrard ran a boarding house in Geraldton for many years. Their only son, also William, was aboard the schooner Gem when she was lost with all hands off Rottnest Island in 1876. References: Dictionary of West Australians, Erickson. Unfinished Voyages, Vol 2, Henderson. WA. Almanac, 1865 to 1868. Register of British Ships, Australian Archives. Inquirer newspaper. Colonial Secretaries Records. | Garrard, William Christie (I272216493902)
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| 171 | William Garrard was aboard the GEM when she was lost with all hands off Rottnest Island in 1876. The GEM was a cutter of 52 tons. Built Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, 1835. Lbd 65 x 14.5 x 8 ft. She foundered without warning off Kingston Spit near Fremantle on 18 May 1876. Several vessels hurried to the scene but could find no trace of the crew of six and four passengers. | Garrard, William (I272216493358)
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| 172 | WILLIAM MARTIN CHARLES HARDY was born in Scottsdale on 4th January 1877. On 7th December 1898 he married Eliza Anne Ferguson in Fingal, Tasmania. A drain layer by trade, he took his wife and 2 children, Ruby May and Clara Maud to New Zealand in 1905. Whilst in New Zealand 2 further children, Arthur William and Jessie Florence were born. On 5th November in 1909 on their return voyage to Australia, Leslie Francis Hardy was born, but William was not present with his wife and family on the ship during their return he stayed on in New Zealand where he married Annie Marie Pierce in Christchurch in 1926. | Hardy, William Martin Charles (I272216493780)
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| 173 | WILLIAM PECK was born about 1794 in New South Wales. There is no record of his birth or baptism. In March 1817 William was convicted for associating with bushrangers, and was set to prison in Hobart. A few days later he escaped, and remained on the run until August when it was reported that he gave himself up at Port Dalrymple. During this period a reward of 20 Guineas was offered for information leading to his capture. One of his bushranger associates was Michael Howe, who many compared to Dick Turpin and Robin Hood, robbing the rich and helping the poor. Howe had served in the Yorkshire Army as a soldier. After some years of training, he deserted and was then caught robbing a stage coach on the King's Highway. William Peck reappeared in Van Diemens Land in 1820, but by 1821 was in trouble again, having been tried and convicted along with his father and 2 brothers of stealing sheep and was sentenced to Newcastle for a period of 14 years. In 1822 William escaped from Newcastle and upon recapture was sent to Macquarie Harbour, where his brother John was to be later sentenced in 1824 for receiving stolen sheep. On 14th January 1858 the Cornwall Chronicle newspaper reported that a William Peck, a former resident of Evandale and a licensed victualler at the Victoria Diggings committed suicide by taking strychnine in a glass of gin. In one of his books, Karl von Steiglitz, a Launceston historian, says that this William is the son of Joshua junior. This is not possible, but he could have been the son of Joshua senior. The William who died by his own hand in 1858 was reported as being 50 years old. It is more likely that it was actually James Peck given the age tallies with James' date of birth and that the death and inquest were both recorded as James Peck. | Peck, William (I272216492803)
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| 174 | William Percival Lette was a farmer of Penguin, Tasmania and Swan Hill, Victoria). He had 5 sons and 6 daughters. | Lette, William Percival (I272216494532)
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| 175 | Witnesses to the burial were Arthur Clinton & A. Russell. | Moore, Catherine (I272216497150)
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| 176 | Witnesses to the burial were E.H. Brown & R. Wilson That would be Ernest Herbert Brown & Robert Wilson. Henry Parsons was the undertaker. | Hammer, Susannah Catherine (I272216496978)
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| 177 | Witnesses to the burial were Ernest Herbert Brown & Cecil Edward Wilson. | Stafford, Henry Albert (I272216497111)
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| 178 | Witnesses to the burial were Ernest Herbert Brown & Ernest A. Oxley. | Stafford, Cecilia Jane (I272216497139)
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| 179 | Witnesses to the burial were G. Cockrane & Robert Osborne. | James, John (I272216496880)
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| 180 | Witnesses to the burial were George A. Figures & John T. Watson. | Stafford, John (I272216494182)
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| 181 | Witnesses to the burial were M.J. Morris Ernest Herbert Brown. Birth Index Search No # /1842 Marriage Index Search No # 3871/1871 Death Index Search No # 12839/1911 Inscription on Headstone in Mount Kembla Cemetery. "Our Dear Father, My Peaceful grave shall keep My bones till that sweet day I wake from my long sleep And leave my bed of clay My Lord His angels shall Their golden trumpets sound At those most welcome call My grave shall be unbound." In Loving Memory of Our Dear Father William Stafford who departed this Life 30th July 1911. Aged 69 Years. | Stafford, William (I272216497002)
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| 182 | Witnesses to the burial were Mark Green & J. Stafford. | Stafford, Lydia (I272216497134)
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| 183 | Worked for Australian Mines Management and Secretariat. | Walker, Leslie (I272216493919)
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| 184 | [ ] [ ] Thomas FARMER was born in Shropshire in 1808. He left home for London seeking to "make his fortune" and there he met and married Ann Catherine (sometimes Ann Sophia) EVANS of Merionethshire in Wales. He joined the 63rd Regiment and in 1829 he and his wife and two sons (Thomas and William) sailed with the 63rd on the HMS Sulphur, accompanying the first ship of settlers to the new Swan River settlement of Western Australia. In 1830 he was a "Cordwainer" (shoemaker) in the military in Perth when their son Samuel was born. Private Thomas FARMER drowned at the Causeway in Perth in 1832 while his wife was pregnant with their son Joseph. | Farmer, Thomas (I272216493883)
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| 185 | [Hardy Gedcom.Ged] Died Ww2 New Guinea At Age Of 18 Years[mhardysen.FTW] DIED WW2 NEW GUINEA AT AGE OF 18 YEARS | Hardy, Keith Mollineaux (I272216493053)
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| 186 | [Hardy Gedcom.Ged] First WIFE, No CHILdren. | Eynolds, Monica Ruth Mary (I272216493374)
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| 187 | [Hardy Gedcom.Ged] Second WIFE, No Family.[mhardysen.FTW] SECOND WIFE, NO FAMILY | Turner, Kathleen Joan (I272216493375)
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| 188 | [mhardysen.FTW] FIRST WIFE, NO CHILDREN | Reynolds, Monica Ruth Mary (I272216493782)
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