James Moody the Convict, My Connection, Laurie Moody
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TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC. PO Box 191 Launceston Tasmania 7250 State Secretary: [email protected] Journal Editor: [email protected] Home Page: http://www.tasfhs.org Patron: Dr Alison Alexander Fellows: Dr Neil Chick and Mr David Harris Executive: President Maurice Appleyard (03) 6248 4229 Vice President Peter Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Vice President Leo Prior (03) 6228 5057 State Secretary Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 State Treasurer Betty Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Committee: Helen Anderson John Gillham Jim Rouse Judy Cocker Libby Gillham Anita Swan Lucille Gee Colleen Read Robert Tanner Colleen Williams By-laws Officer Betty Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Assistant By-laws Officer Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Webmaster Robert Tanner (03) 6231 0794 Journal Editor Rosemary Davidson (03) 6278 2464 LWFHA Coordinator Anita Swan (03) 6394 8456 Members’ Interests Compiler Jim Rouse (03) 6239 6529 Membership Registrar Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Publications Convenor Bev Richardson (03) 6225 3292 Public Officer Colleen Read (03) 6244 4527 State Sales Officer Betty Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Branches of the Society Burnie: PO Box 748 Burnie Tasmania 7320 [email protected] Devonport: PO Box 267 Latrobe Tasmania 7307 [email protected] Hobart: PO Box 326 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 [email protected] Huon: PO Box 117 Huonville Tasmania 7109 [email protected] Launceston: PO Box 1290 Launceston Tasmania 7250 [email protected] Volume 30 Number 2 September 2009 ISSN 0159 0677 Contents From the editor ............................................................................................................. 70 President’s Report 2008/09 .......................................................................................... 71 Awards ......................................................................................................................... 73 Audit Report ................................................................................................................ 75 Branch Reports ............................................................................................................ 78 History Humanised, Mary Ramsay ............................................................................... 82 James Moody the Convict, My Connection, Laurie Moody .......................................... 83 Thank Heavens for Joyce Purtscher!, Dale Smith ........................................................ 89 The ‘London Gazette’, Treasure Trove of Historical Information, Richard Goodwin ..... 92 Bessie Florence Baldwin, Convict to Van Diemen’s Land, Fact or Fiction? Maree Ring & Meryl Yost .................................................................................. 97 Help Wanted ................................................................................................................ 99 New Members’ Interests ............................................................................................ 100 New Members ............................................................................................................ 103 What is that Publication About?, Maurice Appleyard ............................................... 105 Add Carbolic Acid, Kerosene and Soft Soap … , Instruction to Teachers, 1905, Betty Jones ........................................................................................................ 107 Tasmanian Teachers, 1905, Betty Jones .................................................................... 111 Christine McInnes, Treated with Turpentine, Leonie Mickleborough ....................... 116 Henry W Seabrook, an Early Builder of Hobart Town, Malcolm Ward .................... 117 Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Anne Leven ............................ 121 Windows of Memory, Sarah’s Story, Allison Carins .................................................. 125 Library Notes, Society Sales ...................................................................................... 134 Library Acquisitions .................................................................................................. 135 Deadline dates for contributions by 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October From the editor Journal address I now have proof that this column is well PO Box 191, Launceston TAS 7250 read by members of our society. The email [email protected] emails and submissions have been arriving regularly from ‘the males’ who Articles are welcomed in any format— have taken up the challenge! Thank you handwritten, word processed, on disk or one and all. by email. Please ensure images are of good quality. The AGM was a great success, and I was pleased to meet several people who Deadline dates are: have contributed articles and now have ‘a 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October face’. Everyone seemed well-satisfied If you wish to contact the author of an with the dinner—with one table article in Tasmanian Ancestry please especially enjoying the merriment. email the editor, or write care of the Congratulations to the organizers. editor, enclosing a stamped envelope and This issue includes the Awards your correspondence will be forwarded. presented at the AGM with the review of the winning entry in the Lilian Watson The opinions expressed in this journal are Family History Award for 2008. Entries not necessarily those of the journal close on 1 December for the 2009 Award. committee, nor of the Tasmanian Family See last issue for further details. History Society Inc. Responsibility rests with the author of a submitted article, we There are also tales of builders, do not intentionally print inaccurate cabinet-makers, carpenters, convicts, information. The society cannot vouch cooks, gardeners, orphans, sailors, for the accuracy of offers for services or soldiers, headstones—and even carbolic, goods that appear in the journal, or be kerosene and turpentine! responsible for the outcome of any I couldn’t resist including both contract entered into with an advertiser. articles from Betty Jones. I cannot go The editor reserves the right to edit, past a good list and several have abridge or reject material. commented on how much they enjoy the results of her research. It is also © The contents of Tasmanian Ancestry wonderful to see Joyce Purtscher are subject to the provisions of the receiving due praise for her efforts. Copyright Act and may not be reproduced Please continue submitting articles, without written permission of the editor comments and suggestions. And once and author. again, a special thank you to the proof readers, plus all the helpers who pack and dispatch. Cover: ‘Southern Cross, the vessel the author’s father was on prior to its disappearance in Bass Strait.’ See p.87 Rosemary Davidson of article, James Moody the Convict: My Connection, submitted by Laurie Moody, beginning on p.83. 70 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY September 2009 PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2008/09 HE year has been a fairly Aaron Price the Unsung – author Meg uneventful time at state level. Morrison – Tasmania Negotiations have been ongoing The Kirby Riots – author Malcolm Batty T – Essex UK with Ancestry.com to allow the branch libraries access to the many records and the winning entry available on their website. The contract Thomas Diprose and Elizabeth Children has been signed and it is hoped that Diprose of Kent and Van Diemen’s Land Stranger – authors Elizabeth Parkes and Devonport and Launceston will soon be Jean Doggett – Tasmania joining Hobart and Burnie in offering the service at their libraries. All the judges commented on the high standard of this entry. State sales have slowed down dramatic- ally and with no other income generating The annual Journal Competition encour- projects on the horizon, membership is ages anyone to share their stories with the major source of income. Although members via the journal. membership renewals are down there has The bi-annual Short Story Competition is been an increase in new members. for a story that has not necessarily been The Publication Committee has however published. been quite busy with branches publishing The bi-annual Family Chart Competition more volumes to existing publications encourages one to trace their heritage and and also releasing new publications. They research various ways to display their are also preparing publication guidelines. results. If you read the Rules of the Tasmanian This year our journal Tasmanian Family History Society Inc., then go to Ancestry has a new editor. Rosemary the Aims and Objectives—section (a) Davidson has agreed to take on the states to promote the study and research appointment. Congratulations Rosemary. of the science of Genealogy and Family I will now give a brief overview of the History through education, preservation five branch activities. All of the branches and transcribing of relevant records, and have reported an increase in sales, due the writing and publishing of appropriate possibly to the consignment system set up literature. I am sure you will agree that between the branches. They have also the branches and state body certainly reported an increase in research requests follow these. and visitors attending their libraries. One of the ways that we do this is by the Devonport has had a successful fund competitions we run each year. raising year by having a stall at the The annual Lilian Watson Family History Latrobe Spring Fair, participating in Choc Award not only acknowledges authors Fest and running a Christmas Raffle. who are already published, it also Other activities included conducting