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I want one lol. Good luck hope you find a connection

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And here is another

Claim a convict

http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/

Yours hasn't been claimed yet Daff.....you may want to claim him and add whatever you know....then some-one else who may be looking for him will be able to contact you.

This site has been going ever since I can remember which is years :-)

Here is a link for yall,

http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm

Lol Susan I am having so much FUN!!!! lol

My dad just phoned... he was totally underwhelmed at first, and muttered about letting sleeping dogs lie etc... then I pointed out that this guy served his sentence, and is one of the *founding fathers* of Australia... I know, I know.... he is easily swayed by a little bit of embroidery, lol!!

I'll pm you what I have..... Aren't you supposed to be supervising builders today? tsk!!!

Snowie, thanks for that... I have a death registered in 1823, and the birth of a son the year he would have finished his sentence, in the 1790's.... Almost certain to be him!!

This is like Christmas... betterer, even!!

Love

Daff xxxx

My mother always told us we had an brother of a direct ancestor that was hanged as a pirate in the west indies! The closest I've found was one who died of yellow fever in the west indies. Do we presume the story was embellished for dramatic effect ????? Ogilvie is the surname, one brother was a doctor who became mayor of Kingston Jamaica apparently, one was in grenada and fathered a whole boat-load of children, not sure if the 2 were brothers or different generations. They all originated in Dundee area, my line went to ireland.
Mary

Come on then Daff....Hand him over by pm!.....you know I love a mystery.

Susan who loves climbing up other peeps trees
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Thanks Snowie... I'll pop and have a look!!

I wonder where this guy fits into my tree? The name is fairly unusual, so that in itself is a connection!

Love

Daff xxx

i know wild cat i'm in shock! xx

I had one hung at Tyburn for piracy. Fuzzy what a rogue you've got !

Well, it's a small world, lol.... I am trying to find out if he came back, now, lol.... Brenda that info you pm'd me is fascinating... had me nose stuck in old newspapers... bliss!!

I really must get on though... I'm still in my jim jams, lol!! I have to go into Cardiff, too... so must get a move on!

See you all later!

Love

Daff xxx

daff he also broke into the salvation army and stole books..think he got away quite lightly xx

It seems mine and Daff's are on the same ship,and mine was convicted to be executed for stealing 6/6d,but as they were trying to start this new colony at Botany Bay,so his sentence was commuted to 7 years transportation.
Hard Times!!!
Brenda x x

Looking through the transcripts this morning has made me weep.

Fuzzy, there were some people sentenced to death for that sort of crime!!

My convict was convicted of stealing mutton worth 7shillings. Once in Australia he was sentenced to 200 lashes for nicking his tentmates flour... and he had to pay the flour back.

He was also ordered to receive 50 lashes for selling (not stealing, but selling) a pair of shoes!

I haven't found out whether he stayed in Australia when he completed his 7 years, or whether he came back to Britain.

Love

Daff xxx

daff one of my lot broke into a chemist and stole money from the till he was 12.he was sentenced to 2mths.. theres nothing like find a rogue in the family lol xx

Brenda, would you.... that would be brilliant... I'll pm the name, lol

Love

Daff xxx

Daff,
If you have his name,I will look up on my chart of the first fleet to see if he is on it.

Brenda x x

Al... I'll have to keep it simple, lol.... don't *do* complicated, me!!

One of the rellies on this line was in prison for the 1891 census, but he was a cousin of my ancestoor, and I haven't gone down that twig yet!!

Brenda, this was in 1788, so he was in the first wave, too, was he???? oooh this is even more exciting!! He was sentenced in Exeter... I'm off in a mo to try and get into Ancestry again, as it was playing me up last night!

Mick... does that mean I get to use the bathwater first, then? lol

Love

Daff xxx

Daff

Welcome to the Australian Aristocracy!

xxxxx mick

One of my rellies was in a prison in Oxford in 1841 and was sent to Australia that year he had a 7 year sentence but i don't know what he did, he died over there in 1865.

I have a convict on the 1st fleet to Oz 1787/88,well he is the brother of my 5 g.grandfather.
Over the week-end I was trawling through the 1600/1900 Newspapers on line (as shown on Tips board) and think I found another of the same family 25 years later.
Not checked this through yet as I only found the Newspaper announcement,and it didn't state a ship,or whether he actually went for the 7 years transportation he was given.
In Oz they are very proud of their convict ancestors!