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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: Goughy on Tuesday 03 July 12 10:57 BST (UK)
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Enquiring if anyone is researching Thomas King born in 1813 Howden in East Yorkshire, England. Thomas was Convicted at York. East Riding Quarter Session for 7 years on 14 October 1833. [Transferred to Lady Kennaway at Cork in September 1834]Departure date: 4th July, 1834 on Norfolk Ship Place of arrival: Van Diemen's Land. I have traced him being "free certifically" in 1846. I have no trace of him after that. Any help would be much appreciated.
Goughy
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Have you read his files at the Tasmanian Archives?
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=40406
He was also reconvicted as Thomas RILEY:
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=40407
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Hi Goughy
Anx have a death in Hobart Tasmania for a Thomas King
28.11.1859 aged 46yrs born 1813circa.
Tinam
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Hi Goughy
Anx have a death in Hobart Tasmania for a Thomas King
28.11.1859 aged 46yrs born 1813circa.
Tinam
I checked the record on Ancestry and the Registration number is 1802.
My resource shows the deceased to be 40 years.
KING Thomas
No parents recorded
29 Nov 1859 40 years
Registered Hobart 1802/1859
Cheers
Cando
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Thanks Merlin, I had seen the reference on the link you kindly gave - just a shame they are not available "on lione". Thanks to tina and cando for the information. I was hoping to "bump" into someone on here who was researching "King's" and had come across Thomas.
Cheers
Goughy
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Thanks Merlin, I had seen the reference on the link you kindly gave - just a shame they are not available "on lione".
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All his records are available online I can read them all approx eleven pages. They are scanned copies of the original records which you can open & save to your own computer.
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Thanks Merlin - totally missed the "Click to view". Think I'm losing the plot!!
Much appreciated
Goughy
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Hi, I am part of a local history forum and we have been trying to identify an old local character who was photographed in the early 1900's and known as Old Tas. I believe he might be your Thomas King. It has been a long and difficult journey by many members to identify him and we may not be correct. There were many convicts named Thomas King and it was a difficult task in the first place just discovering his name. One of our main clues right now is that he was buried as a RC. Do you know if the Thomas King that you are researching or his family were Catholic? We have identified 3 very interesting and great photographs of him (which we are happy to share) and I will be compiling a bit of background on Old Tas if we can properly identify this wonderful old local character. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi
The King family were all baptised/buried in Howden Minster (CofE) so as far as I am aware the family are not RC. "My" Thomas King also had an alias Thomas Riley
Goughy
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Thanks. I still think this could be him as he is the only one I can find with the right time frame for birthdate. There is the possibility that he converted to catholicism for some unknown reason. I was hoping that the RC would be a deciding factor. Have you unearthed any further info about your Thomas or should I keep trying to unravel his very complicated convict records? I know that he had an alias and that he either was confused with another Thomas King or that he was actually both Thomas Kings. It is also possible that two Thomas Kings travelled on the same convict ship.
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I believe I have information about your convict Thomas Smith. He and a second Thomas Smith both travelled on the same convict ship the Lady Kennaway 1 in 1834. The two Thomas's seemed to use the confusion of this to their advantage and their records are difficult to work out. Unfortunately he is not the one which I have photos of but I can tell you that he died in Tasmania at the New Town Pauper Establishment in 1879. Annie
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Thank you Annie. Yes the convict records are confusing and difficult to work out. Thanks for the death details