I Need help?????

[PrueM]

I found the marriage on the Tas Archives site - that's what I deleted in my post above, because I thought you already had it (the lady's name and the date are correct from what you've quoted already).  Actually, what I found was a "permission to marry" application - as your man was a convict (the lady he married was free) he had to apply to the authorities for permission to get married.

Go here:
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=5
and put in your fellow's name, and you'll get the reference you need.  You can then apply to the Archives for a copy of the application.

Prue

[PrueM]

hopefully, this link will take you to William and Marian's record in the Tas Colonial Family Links database, showing their children, DOB, DOD etc.

http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=P&id=7447

Prue

[BABAJACK]

hi prue, i have most of the records you mention.. i have an application for marriage, a record of the marriage, a description of william archer ie height etc, i got them from that site you gave me a while ago, but none of the docs have any birth details on them, what do you think of this abraham archer, do you think it could be abm instead of fm on that doc you read for me??? let me know if you think im chasing the wrong goose lol!!!
thanks for all your help so far its been great from everyone.

[PrueM]

Definitely not Abm - It's F.W....it also says that F.W. Archer is single (I'm pretty sure that's what the 'single' at the end of that entry means, although I'm not sure about the 'P' following it - I've only ever seen 'singlewoman' and 'singleman' before).  I'm not 100% familiar with Tas convict records, but it looks like the entry below your William Archer (for William Atten) follows the same basic pattern and ends with the same word: 'single' and then 'P'.  It would be pretty unlikely, if this was referring to the father, that both mens' fathers would be single!

It's my (limited) experience that parentage and even hometown is rarely mentioned in convict records.  My two convicts had slightly less common names than your William Archer, and I was able to find their home counties on their paperwork, so have been able to track them down.

Have you got a copy of his Conditional Pardon?

Prue

[tazzie]

  Hi Babajack...Hi Prue...

  I have found William mentioned on a site and someone who has an interest..

  go to..

     www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/convicts/con_a.htm

  If you click on her name maybe send her an e-mail? Worth a try..

                      Tazzie

[PrueM]

Nice find, Tazzie! 

[BABAJACK]

hi tazzie and prue thanks for the find tazzie, i am afraid to say though that its me!! my name is yvonne bowey, i put that on there when i first started on william archer, sorry should have said, thanks so much for looking though, bless you. xx

[tazzie]

   Oh I so had my fingers crossed for that to be a lead

  Never mind

                           Tazzie