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World War One / Re: MOD can reissue returned WW1 medals
« on: Friday 20 June 25 17:45 BST (UK)  »
Part 3.

Here are some photos of the 2 medals (British War Medal & Victory Medal) I managed to get reissued by MoD - see my original 2016 post.

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World War One / Re: MOD can reissue returned WW1 medals
« on: Friday 20 June 25 17:44 BST (UK)  »
Part 2.

Here are some photos of the 2 medals (British War Medal & Victory Medal) I managed to get reissued by MoD - see my original 2016 post.

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World War One / Re: MOD can reissue returned WW1 medals
« on: Friday 20 June 25 17:41 BST (UK)  »
It would be interesting to see what the medals look like. I saw a pair of two medals that were issued in the 2000's to a lady whose father had served in the Great War. Their naming was not in the style of Great War medals and the Allied Victory medal had a crude tubular piece of metal to support the suspension ring. The ribbons were of a modern type, nothing like those of the Great War.

It is interesting to know that the MOD issues such medals, potentially that could mean a large amount of work for themselves.

Here are some photos of the 2 medals (British War Medal & Victory Medal) I managed to get reissued by MoD - see my original 2016 post.

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Australia / Re: Thomas Emmett transported to Australia for life in 1834
« on: Monday 31 March 25 16:03 BST (UK)  »
There is a record of Thomas EMMETT of "Hive" having a NSW prisoners Savings Bank book.
It shows £2 (and interest) but does not show that it was ever accessed to have funds withdrawn.

I could not see Thomas Emmett per "Hive" in the 1841 NSW census, nor the 1837 general convict muster.

Perhaps he died just a few years after arriving in NSW.


Thomas Emett
Date of arrival; 11 June, 1834, per ship Hive
Sentence: Life
How disposed of: Henry O'Brien, Yass Plains

FYI some history on Henry O'Brien. His farm at Yass Plains was called "Douro".
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/obrien-henry-2515
Where did you find the record about his savings book?  Is it on Ancestry?  I have worldwide subscription from UK).
Thanks .... Malcolm

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Australia / Re: Thomas Emmett transported to Australia for life in 1834
« on: Sunday 30 March 25 23:11 BST (UK)  »
FindMyPast's "Oz" records appears to have the original ship's muster for the convict ship Hive that took Thomas Emett to NSW. The column headed "Married or Single" shows "M" and the column headed "Family" shows "2".
A separate FindMyPast "Oz" record, which appears to be a typed version of these musters, has interpreted the column headed "Family" as "2 female children." Not clear how it was able to do this? This was also the record that included "carrotty whiskers" which was not on the original!!

The newspapers reports re. Thomas make no mention of a family. He was "25, a spinner and worked for Fielden & Co, spinners at Blackburn." So, I've been chasing a possible marriage and baptisms in the Blackburn area in a fairly narrow time frame given Thomas' age and incarceration date.

The site is "OPC Lancs" -
https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

Thanks hanes teulu. I'd already seen the ships muster for convict ship Hives that you mention showing Thomas married with 2 children,  it's on Ancestry (I don't have a FindmyPast subscription), but I hadn't seen any record that mentions 2 female children.  However, this is correct. He married Bridget Johnson in 1829 in Chorley. Lancashire, and they had 2 daughters Mary Anne Emmett b. 1830 (baptised Oct. 1830) and Elizabeth b.1832 (baptised Nov.1842 aged 10 years).  Bridget also gave birth to a son Richard Emmett in 1837 but no father is named on his baptism record.  Richard Emmett is my great grandfather.

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Australia / Re: Thomas Emmett transported to Australia for life in 1834
« on: Friday 28 March 25 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks everyone for your replies and interest.

The 1849 death age 40 and 1842 pardon is definitely not my Thomas.

I'd noticed from UK newspapers reports a surprising number of Thomas Emmetts sent to Australia in 1830s/40s from Lancashire. Very confusing.

Sparrett - I don't think he died on the voyage. The NSW convict indent lists all convicts who arrived on ship Hive from England on 11 June 1834, and Thomas is listed.
 
Ancestry has this record from:
New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834
Convicts arrived 1833-1834


Thomas Emett
Date of arrival; 11 June, 1834, per ship Hive
Sentence: Life
How disposed of: Henry O'Brien, Yass Plains

Very annoyingly I can only access this record on Ancestry by using the spelling "Emett" - nothing under Emmett

Judith

That is my Thomas!!  I can't find this on Ancestry, maybe outside my subscription from UK. Is that the full entry?  Wonder what "How disposed of" means?

I can't access Australian Archives website at the moment, the website site seems to be down.

Thanks everyone.
 Malcolm

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Australia / Re: Thomas Emmett transported to Australia for life in 1834
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 22:03 GMT (UK)  »
I'll check out these links.

Thanks .... Malcolm

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Australia / Thomas Emmett transported to Australia for life in 1834
« on: Thursday 27 March 25 15:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I'm trying to find any information about Thomas Emmett (sometimes spelt Emett) after he landed in Australia in 1834.

He was born abt. 1808 in Lancashire, found guilty of attempted murder at Lancaster Assizes in August 1833.  He was sentenced to death, then reprieved and transported for life, arriving on the convict ship Hive in June 1834 in New South Wales. He had been a cotton spinner, and was married with 2 young children,

I’ve found UK newspaper reports about his trial, and found him listed on New South Wales Convict Indent for ship Hive (as Thomas Emett), but I can't anything else about his time in Australia.

Can anyone help?
Thanks ...... Malcolm


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The Common Room / Re: Age of informant on death certificate in 1888
« on: Thursday 06 March 25 11:54 GMT (UK)  »
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I wonder if he could read and check what was written!!

Many adult informants made their mark on their children's briths and parent's deaths and could neither read nor write according to their 1901 & 1911 Irish census (often someone else filled the census in and indicated the head could read, despite them marking X on everything, vanity perhaps). Whether they could read does not affect their ability to provide the info and bear witness in the future if required. Same goes for marriage witnesses, in law there is no age limit stated even today. Some Councils state 16 for their Registry Office ceremonies.
You can register a birth or death today even if cannot "speak or understand English" you are required to bring a friend or interpretor to assist.
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/births-marriages-and-deaths/births/ Birmingham etc.
Thanks Jon_ni, very interesting.

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