Gloucester John OAKLEY bc1820 to Tassie and Lancefield.

[wivenhoe]

The Tasmanian Daily News 19 Feb 1856 p2
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202385844?
....domestic dramas for John and Jane AHONG..........
.... Mrs. AHONG, that she was an immigrant, had arrived in the colony by the name of Jane
DOUGHERTY, her real name being Jane HAMILTON : it was the doctor who made the mistake.

[wivenhoe]

Cornwall Chronicle 8 Nov 1862 p3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72194140?
....being near her accouchement.......

Cornwall Chronicle 20 Aug 1859 p3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65991959?
...John AHONG defending court order for him to pay maintenance for two of his wife's children.....

.....Joseph ROSS - I am a detective constable attached to the Launceston Police; I know the apellant John A'HONG; I remember his being married some years ago; he has been absent from the colony for a considerable time, his wife lived with a man named HOLDEN during his absence she passed as his wife and had two children; she refused to live with A'HONG the day after they were married; I am not aware that she went back to him afterwards. Her children have no Chinese features about them......   

[sarah]

Hello Carole,

Your pressed the quote button instead of the reply button, the reply button is at the bottom of the thread below the last response.

Regards

Sarah

[Rap]

Once again Wivenhoe, thank you very much for your great detective work.  I can now piece together all of the fragments that I have on Jane Hamilton, although I doubt that we will ever know the paternity of all of her children.  I have never come across any mention of John Ahong, but I can see now how John Oakley would fit in to Jane's life and the birth of her known children. In a world where there was no welfare, I do feel sorry for the path that took Jane to her early death, and the disjointed lives that her children lived.  On a positive note, all of her children that I have researched, have led a good, family orientated, productive life and her descendants have proven themselves to be good people.  I will revisit Tassie Archives with a fresh outlook now that I have your great information.  Thank you very much.  Rap.

[Carole Weaver]

I am the great great granddaughter of John and Jane. I am a direct Oakley ancestor and still live in the area. I have the full family tree and stories of the family. I am more than happy to share the info.
Cheer Carole

[wivenhoe]

Ancestry  Tasmania Reports of Crime
3 Jan 1862
Discharged from Port Arthur on the 16th instant -
OAKLEY John,  FS  per Lady Montague  (tried) Oatlands 28 Dec 1858

https://stors.tas.gov.au/SC32-1-7$init=SC32-1-7_0263      (series SC32)   page 244
29 Dec 1858 
OAKLEY John    26603   FS  plea guilty stealing horse

Cornwall Chronicle 22 Jun 1861 p5
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65567961?
Police Office
Assaults....
Informations laid by Samuel DOWNES against James McINTYRE, alias ROSS, and J. A'HONG, for
having assaulted him, were both dismissed.

Tasmania birth 
10 Dec 1861   ROSS  female   parents James ROSS, labourer / Jane ROSS formerly HAMILTON
Informant James ROSS, Launceston, father.....his mark
Registered   10 Jan 1862   

John OAKLEY is in prison from Dec 1858 to Dec 1861

Jane has two children admitted to the orphanage Jan 1862...released to "father" Jun 1862.

I think that children Walter and Abby are Walter and ........Alby?  (Albert)

[wivenhoe]

Hello Carole

What children do you have born to Jane HAMILTON.........when and where please.

[Clare Anderson]

I am so interested in these posts. My name is Clare Anderson and I am an academic historian. I have spent almost 30 years researching the history of transportation from British colonies to British penal colonies. I am now starting new work on the history of descent and descendants of black, Creole, and Asian convicts. NSW/ VDL are included in this work. Ahong really interests me! Would any of you be willing to talk to me about your family history? I would be so grateful. You can find my email address by clicking on this link (I don't want to paste it directly here), https://le.ac.uk/people/clare-anderson Many thanks for reading, and best wishes to all, Clare.