The above, distant relative of mine, was born on 04 May 1820 in Pancras, London to John DEARLOVE, a shoemaker, and his wife, Harriet.
By 1841, he was living aged 20, with his parents in Edmonton, North London. 0n 23 May 1842 he married a local girl named Esther DANIELS at All Saints Church in Edmonton. The couple had one child together, John William BEARLOVE,
In March 1844, he fell foul of the law, being convicted at the Central Criminal Court of stealing a gelding worth £7 and was sentenced to deportation for 10 years to Tasmania.
He arrived in Tasmania in July 1844. He was granted a ticket-to-leave in May 1851 and recommended for a conditional pardon in Jun 1852.
In October 1852, he was granted permission to marry a female convict named Mary EVANS by the Lieutenant Governor. This permission was quiclkly over-turned, when the Bishop of Tasmania reported that his wife was still alive in England.
In the British 1851 and 1861ccensuses, his wife Esther declared her status as married. In both censuses, she was living with William DAY, whom she later married.
in June 1853, John James Dearlove was granted a conditional pardon. I have no idea what happened to him after his pardon. Ideally I would like to know where he settled, whether he remarried and when and where he died.
I suspect that some of the Australian contributors will have far better knowledge and access than I to the relevant records. I think I have exhausted my sources.
In June 1863 his wife, Esther, married a William DAY, in West Hackney, declaring herself a widow.
