Earlier this year I posted queries about Amos William Connor b. 1828 in Hampshire, England, who was transported to Tasmania in 1851. I received a lot of help, for which I am extremely grateful, and was able to find his records, and also that he married a fellow convict, Elizabeth Snowdon, on 11 April 1853 in Hobart. There are no records of births for them, or deaths. Amos left Launceston on 7 May 1854 for Melbourne, with a conditional pardon, on board the "Lady Bird". (No mention of the wife, though.)
After that I lose sight of him until he acts as a witness at the marriage of a niece in London in 1867. I would really like to know what happened him between 1854 and 1867. I cannot find him on the British 1861 or 1871 censuses.
Now for the really interesting part: There was an article in the 'Argus' newspaper dated the 21st September 1880 referring to a Mr Amos Williams Conner of Rosslyn Street, who was complaining about the construction of the sunlights in the Central Hall, Parliament House, and in the Lecture Hall, Little Collins Street. It appears that these sunlights were erected by Amos but that he considered them dangerous. "My" Amos was a tin-plate worker and perhaps this occupation would have suited him for the task of soldering and glass-framing as required here.
I wonder if there is any way I could find out whether these two persons are one and the same?
Many thanks for any help.
