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GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA INC. Volume 20 Number 1—June 1999 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA INC. PO Box 60 Prospect Tasmania 7250 State Secretary: [email protected] Home Page: http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/geneal Patron: Emeritus Professor Michael Roe Executive: President Mrs Anne Bartlett (03) 6344 5258 Vice President Mr David Harris (03) 6424 5328 Vice President Vacant Executive Secretary Miss Muriel Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Executive Treasurer Miss Betty Bissett (03) 6344 4034 Committee: Mrs Elaine Burton Mr Peter Cocker Mrs Judy Cocker Mr John Dare Mrs Isobel Harris Mrs Pat Harris Mrs Denise McNeice Mrs Colleen Read Mrs Rosalie Riley Mrs Dian Smith By-laws Officer Mrs Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Exchange Journal Coordinator Mrs Thelma McKay (03) 6229 3149 Home Page Coordinator Mr Peter Cocker (03) 6435 4103 Journal Editor Mrs Rosemary Davidson (03) 6278 2464 Journal Coordinator Mr David Freestun (03) 6243 9384 Library Coordinator Mrs Rosalie Riley (03) 6264 1036 LWFHA Coordinator Mr Don Gregg (03) 6229 6519 Members’ Interests Mr Allen Wilson (03) 6244 1837 Membership Secretary Mr John Dare (03) 6424 7889 Publications Coordinator Mrs Anne Bartlett (03) 6344 5258 Public Officer Mrs Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Research Coordinator Mrs Denise McNeice (03) 6228 3564 Sales Coordinator Mrs Pat Harris (03) 6344 3951 TAMIOT Coordinator Mrs Betty Calverley (03) 6344 5608 VDL Heritage Index Mr Neil Chick (03) 6266 4072 Branches of the Society Burnie: PO Box 748 Burnie Tasmania 7320 Devonport: PO Box 587 Devonport Tasmania 7310 Hobart: GPO Box 640 Hobart Tasmania 7001 Huon: PO Box 117 Huonville Tasmania 7109 Launceston: PO Box 1290 Launceston Tasmania 7250 Volume 20 Number 1 June 1999 ISSN 0159 0677 Contents Editorial . 2 President’s Message . 3 Annual General Meeting Agenda . 4 Branch News . 5 Can You Put a Name to These Richmond Faces? . 8 Was My Great-Great Grandfather Framed? Alan Lüdeke . 9 The John Williams Irish Convict Database . 12 Medical Transportees to Australian Colonies: 1788–1868, David Richards . 13 Can’t See the Tree for the Woods, Ronald Mallett BA . 19 Colonel Latour and his Establishment, Barbara Bolt . 23 Port Arthur Convict Research Project . 26 An Index to HO 9, Miscellaneous Convict Registers, Marcia Watson . 27 Cockle Creek Cemetery, Wally Short . 32 The Tasmanian Tilleys, Shirley Foster . 33 Did You Know? Wayne Smith . 35 Reunions . 36 Queries, New Members’ Interests and New Members . Insert Special Supplement . Insert News from Archives, Ian Pearce and Robyn Eastley . Insert The Whiston Testimonial . 37 Letters to Mrs Wilson, the concluding story of John Wilson, Samuel Sawyer . 41 Now What do I do with all of this Stuff? Edward Henry Gaulin, Snr . 45 New Release, Cemeteries of Southern Tasmania Vol. III . 47 The Old Dulcot School . 48 Useful Reference Sources, Thelma Grunnell . 49 Genes on Screen, Vee Maddock . 51 Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania, New Acquisitions . 52 From the Exchange Journals, Thelma McKay . 54 Projects Projects Projects . 57 Lost, Stolen and Strayed ... and Found . 59 Elizabeth Simpson Award 1998 . 60 Book Reviews . 61 BIG R . 62 Coming Events . 63 Library Notes . 65 Society Sales . 69 Deadline dates for contributions: 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October Journal Committee Editorial Rosemary Davidson, Cynthia O’Neill, Maurice Appleyard, Jeannine Connors, David Freestun, David Hodgson, Those of you with convict forebears who Charles Hunt, Lucy Knott, Vee Maddock, are keen to check every source will be Denise McNeice and Kate Ramsay. aware of the Australian Joint Copying Journal address Project—AJCP, and will have read David PO Box 60 Prospect Tasmania 7250 Hawkings book, Bound for Australia. This or email book illustrates the variety of sources [email protected] available including HO 9, Miscellaneous Convict Registers. It can be found on AJCP Reels 4879–4883 and has been indexed by Marcia Watson [see pages 27–31]. This Articles are welcomed in any format— handwritten, typed or word processed, on should be a great help in finding your way disk or by email. Disks and photographs through these records relating to the hulks will be returned on request. from 1801–1844. Thank you Marcia. Deadline dates are: This issue contains information on a 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October variety of subjects and I thank all those who have either written or found articles The opinions expressed in this journal are and sent them in. It is very pleasing to be not necessarily those of the editorial able to include an article by a member of committee nor of the Genealogical Society long-standing—Barbara Bolt—and I look of Tasmania Inc. Responsibility rests with forward to being able to share more from the author of a submitted article and we do some of you who have grown up with the not intentionally print inaccurate inform- society—there must be many stories to tell, ation. The society cannot vouch for the especially as we approach our 21st accuracy of offers for services or goods that anniversary. appear in the journal, or be responsible for Although we advertised that mem- the outcome of any contract entered into bers’ email addresses would be included with an advertiser. The editor reserves the with the New Members listing there seems right to edit, abridge or reject material. to have been a hiccup in the works but we hope to be able to remedy this in the next ♥ The contents of Tasmanian Ancestry are issue. subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act and may not be reproduced without If you have never been to a GST Inc. written permission of the editor and author. AGM don’t be put off by the formality of the ‘notice’. It is only one part of the weekend conference and all are welcome to attend, although you must be financial to vote. Please come along, enjoy the Cover: speakers and food, join in the fun and Former ‘Star and Garter’ Hotel, friendship and get to know members from Richmond, Tasmania. all over the state. See you there. Pencil drawing © Greg Waddle Rosemary Davidson 2 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY June 1999 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE REPARATIONS for the celebration and organise one or more of these trips of the society’s 21st anniversary in members are asked to indicate whether the year 2001 are well under way. they would be interested in joining in one P A three day conference on Tasman- of these trips. ian Genealogy is to be held in Launceston The Salt Lake City trip would be for during the March Labour Day long approximately two weeks in September of weekend. A series of workshops, lectures, the year 2001. Members would spend ten tours and other social activities is being days in Salt Lake doing research at the planned for this weekend. Topics suggest- LDS Library. The cost of the airfare, ed for the conference include Genealogy accommodation and meals and one or two and the Internet, Convict Research, day trips would in the vicinity of $5,000. Conservation of materials, using family Those going on the trip may have the history research in Medicine. Members are option of travelling to Europe or other parts encouraged to offer suggestions for topics of the USA at the conclusion of the stay in and speakers to their local branch office Salt Lake City. bearers to bring to the next meeting of the At this stage no definite decisions organising committee. regarding the timing or length of visits to Kate Ramsay, a member of the Hobart Sydney and/or Melbourne have been made. branch is currently busily preparing a Members who may be genuinely interested comprehensive index to Vols 1–20 of the in participating in one or more of the society’s journal Tasmanian Ancestry. The proposed trips are asked to complete the index will be released during conference on form below (or photocopy it if you don’t Tasmanian Genealogy. want to cut a page out of your journal) and Another suggestion has been to organise a return it to the Executive Secretary, GST trip to Melbourne, Sydney and/or Salt Lake Inc., PO Box 60 Prospect or hand it in at City to enable members to undertake the AGM in June. If there is sufficient family history research at the libraries, interest in any or all of the trips, the archives, and other record repositories in executive committee will proceed further those centres. To enable the executive with the idea. committee to gauge whether to go ahead Anne Bartlett I am interested in participating in the trip to (tick one, or if interested in more than one trip, mark 1, 2, 3 in order of preference) Salt Lake City Sydney Melbourne Name ................................................................. Phone No ..................................................... Address ...................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... Please return to The Secretary, PO Box 60 Prospect Tasmania 7250 by 20 August 1999 TASMANIAN ANCESTRY June 1999 3 NOTICE OF MEETING Notice is hereby given in accordance with Rule 14, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Genealogical Society of Tasmania Inc. is to be held on Saturday, 19 June 1999 at the Lindisfarne Activities Centre, Lincoln Street Lindisfarne commencing at 1.30 p.m. Voting is restricted to financial members of the Society and a current membership card may be required as proof of membership. AGENDA 1 Welcome 2 Apologies 3 Presentation of the 1999 ‘Lilian Watson Family History Award’ 4 Presentation of Special Awards 5 Read and Confirm Minutes of the 1998 AGM 6 Business Arising 7 Reports 8 Election of Office Bearers and Endorsement of Branch Delegates 9 General Business: i Rule Change to Rule Proposed motion: That the constitution of the Society be amended by the addition of an extra clause to rule 9, said extra clause to read:- 9.g.