Hi Donna,
Thomas and familyOne wonders whether Thomas actually had any surviving descendants.
Genni listed two (pre-nuptial - 1860 and 1863) children with Phoebe (MANSFIELD) JUDD but both died in infancy.
Did Thomas's death certificate say how long he had been in Victoria? Can the death of George JUDD be found? Any records of births in Vic to George and Phoebe?
One wonders whether Emma ALBON (b ca 1852) really was a child of Thomas ALBON and Phoebe MANSFIELD or did she just (and perhaps other children of George and Phoebe) adopt the ALBON name like Joseph and Sarah - presumably we think that Joseph and Sarah are children of George JUDD and Phoebe MANSFIELD (as they arrived with them in 1849) and that both subsequently adopted the name ALBON.
Of course, Thomas may have married more than once and might even have had descendants before he took up with Phoebe.
I have researched a convict who married a widowed ancestor of my children (she was past child-bearing age by then). I found that the convict had been married and had a child in England before he was convicted and sentenced and transported to Tasmania in 1834 (descendants of that child had always assumed that he was the convict's
only child). Then, in Tasmania, he married (1847) and probably had at least one child (fate unknown). In 1853 he married again and had a child who survived and had descendants. He moved to Victoria with this wife and the child. The wife died in 1859 and he married yet again (in Victoria) in 1860 and had 12(!) more children. That wife died in 1888 and after less than a year he married my children's ancestor - the marriage was not a success, they parted, and he died in 1891.
Tasmanian ArchivesAs Trish said, the Tasmanian Archives has a Research Service. It would add to the available information if you could get (if you have not already done so) all the information which is held by the Tas Archives re Thomas.
The Archives site says the following:
"Convicts
The records of the Convict Department and the administration of the Convict System are a valuable source of genealogical information. More than 74,000 convicts were transported to Tasmania between 1803 and 1853. Conduct registers of male and female convicts arriving in the period of the Assignment System 1803 - 1843 provide much information. [CON31 and CON40]. Until June 1840 convicts were either assigned to settlers or sent to work on public works but in the early 1840s the Assignment System was replaced with the Probation System. On arrival convicts were placed into gangs to work and the length of time in the gang depended on the length of their original sentence. There are similar but more detailed conduct records for this period [CON33 and CON41]. The information contained in the conduct records can be supplemented by using other series of records such as indents, descriptions and muster rolls. The Convict Department in Tasmania did not retain butts of indulgences such as Tickets of Leave and Conditional Pardons but simply noted the fact that the indulgence had been granted on the conduct record."
Brief Guide No 13 lists Records most frequently used for personal information about convicts. It is at:
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/events/12/1142.htmGuide No 20 is also interesting. It is at:
http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/guides&Info/guide020.htmLady NugentFrom:
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/events/12/1142.htmthe 'Lady Nugent', a convict vessel with master Jas Fawcett, left Sheerness 11th July 1836 and arrived Hobart Town 12th Nov 1836.
Victorian Death Index, 1921-1985Janet Gibson (MCGREGOR) STEWART - mentioned by Genni - died aged 42 in 1936 at East Malvern, parents Mcgregor Jno and Harriet Annie Archer GIBSON, Ref 2648
There are the following deaths with father Joseph ALBON (and mother Harriet YOUNG).
*ALBON Harold Leslie, father Joseph, mother Harriett YOUNG, died age 67 in 1952 at Wggi, Ref 17772
*ALBON Albert Victor, father Joseph, mother Harriett YOUNG, died age 73 in 1956 at Rich, Ref 6643
*DUNBABIN Susan Ethel, father Albon Joseph, mother Harriet YOUNG, died age 73 in 1956 at Koru, Ref 18852
*ALBON Thomas Edgar You, father Joseph, mother Harriet YOUNG, died age 84 in 1962 at Elst Ref 19868
*ALBON John Stewart, father Joseph Judd, mother Harriet YOUNG, died age 78 in 1967 at Fran, Ref 27952
And a child of Harold Leslie:
*ALBON Malcolm, father Albon Harold Leslie, mother Agnes Craig JEFFREY, died age 20 in 1935 at Wthaggi, Ref 17277
And children of John Stewart:
*ALBON Thos Ronald, father Albon Jno Stewart, mother Eliz HENDERSON, died age 19 in 1947 at Pran, Ref 11869
*GRAY Joyce Isabel, father Albon John, mother Elizabeth HENDERSON, died age 45 in 1963 at Trar, Ref 9700
And Joyce Isabel's sons:
*GRAY Theodore Walter, father Gray Reginald David, mother Joyce Isobell ALBON, died - no age give - in 1936 at Pakenham, Ref 15958
*GRAY John David, father Reginald Dav, mother Joyce Isabel ALBON, died age 21 in 1959 at Trar, Ref 26512
And her husband:
*GRAY Reginald David, father David, mother Maude BROWN, died age 71 in 1969 at Bool, Ref 16328
JAP
