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Australia / Re: Tasmanian Convict - Thomas King born 1813 Howden, Yorkshire
« on: Tuesday 08 May 18 12:14 BST (UK)  »
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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Australia / Re: Tasmanian Convict - Thomas King born 1813 Howden, Yorkshire
« on: Sunday 06 May 18 05:33 BST (UK)  »
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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Australia / Re: Tasmanian Convict - Thomas King born 1813 Howden, Yorkshire
« on: Saturday 05 May 18 09:29 BST (UK)  »
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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