George STANLEY

[pickersj]

I've recently discovered that my 2x great grandmother's cousin George Stanley was transported to Tasmania in 1847 after being convicted of rape at York . George was born in Bentley, Yorkshire c 1828.  George's sister Sarah & her husband Lawrence Rockliff emigrated to Australia in 1853 & settled in New South Wales.  I would love to know what happened to them.

[~MERLIN~]

You can search the NSW BDM online where you will find Lawrence & Sarah's death registrations & possible descendants:

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?

Mentions of the family on TROVE in the newspapers:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

[~MERLIN~]

George's convict records are available online:

http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?detail=1&type=C&id=67145

[pickersj]

Thank you very much Merlin

[muss]

Hi

Rockliff arrival in Australia
if I can get the link to work.  Go to NSW State Archives.
http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=3&gs_id=1l&xhr=t&q=nsw+state+archives&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=nsw+state+archives&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=fe46b91da9c99d4f
They arrived on the Beejapore 1853 into Sydneyand/or Newcastle


Muss

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

1895 (Hall) NSW Country Directory.
Fruitgrowers
Rockliff, Lawrence, Beecroft.

Gerry

[pickersj]

Thank you Muss & Aussie 1947

[judb]

TROVE (digitised newspapers) has many mention of the surname ROCKLIFF.

I note that there is at least one other Lawrence ROCKLIFF - and possibly two others.

This looks like a Death Notice for Lawrence - the corresponding funeral notice is on p12 of the same edition of the paper. 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14500094

Perhaps the marriage of a daughter - Summer Hill is close to Petersham.

Australian Death Index:
1898, registered at Ryde NSW #7040
ROCKLIFF Sarah
Parents: James, Sarah
(Beecroft, where Gerry found Lawrence in 1895 is about 5 miles from Ryde and would have been countryside - now suburbs of Sydney)

According to some on-line public tress there were 11 children for Lawrence and Sarah!

Edit to add - sorry Merlin, I see now you have already posted some of these links etc.  I should read more closely. 
Googlemap has a street view of the house in Petersham.

Judith

[judb]

Back to George STANLEY

Seems he may have married twice


STANLEY   George,  ship of arrival: Pestongee Bomangee, convict references CON52/1/7 p466, RGD37/17 : 1858/748   
DYNAN   Ann,    free   03 AUG 1858   


STANLEY   George   Pestongee Bomangee   CON52/1/7 p457
BOSTON   Catherine   free   05 DEC 1854   

The second marriage seems to have produced these children:
262554   STANDLEY F   1860
262552   STANLEY M   1862
262551   STANLEY MARGARET   1863
262553   STANLEY WILLIAM   1865
262549   STANLEY SARAH   1868
262548   STANLEY GEORGE   1870
262550   STANLEY JOHN   1873

This link has the info after he became free - the one Merlin gave will give you his convict record.
http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8

 Judith