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Edwards, Matthew - Convict Indent Record
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Name: Matthew Edwards Age: 31 Date of Conviction: 25 Sep 1832 Place of Conviction: Roscommon Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Vessel: Portland (2) Port of Arrival: Sydney Cove Date of Arrival: 26 Jun 1833 Ticket of Leave: Yes Certificate of Freedom: Yes
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Sentenced to 7 years for stealing money in 1832
Transported per PORTLAND 2 in 1833
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8724/1877 EDWARDS MATTHEW THOMAS DIED SCONE SCONE - death ?????
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Ticket of Leave details for Matthew Edwards
Last name Edwards
First name Matthew
Ship Portland
Year 1833
Native place NR
Trade or calling NR
District Roscommon
Ticket no 38/1679
State Records shelf ref 4/4123
State Records reel no 931
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Ticket of Leave details for Matthew Edwards
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Last name Edwards
First name Matthew
Ship Portland
Year 1833
Native place NR
Trade or calling NR
District Roscommon
Ticket no 38/1679
State Records shelf ref 4/4123
State Records reel no 931
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http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31551&highlig ht=Matthew+Edwards
Old 13-07-2008, 08:36 AM
Janice
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Australia
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Default EDWARDS, Matthew
Matthew EDWARDS was born Westmeath 1803(c). He was married to Anne and had 3 known daughters Mary, Ellen & Elizabeth.
Matthew was tried in 1832 (for stealing money) at Roscommon and sentenced to be transported to Australia on the "Portland" in 1833. His wife and children joined him in Australia.
Please, does anyone know of this family and/or where I can continue my search?
Many thanks
Janice
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http://members.tip.net.au/~ppmay/ships.htm
Matthew Edwards
Details
Alias: Irish Rebel: Religion: Catholic Age on arrival: 30
Marital status: Married 3 children
Calling/trade: Butcher cattle jobber
Born: 1803 Westmeath Co
Tried: 1832 Roscommon Sentence: 7 Former convictions:
Ship: Portland (2) [1833]
Crime: Stealing money
Description:
Remarks:
Spouse:
Died:
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Refer to a number of Newspaper Articles with subject: Matthew Edwards
Also:
http://addison.homedns.org/transcriptions/grevilles/names_a_to_z/e.htm
Alphabetical listing of names in Greville's 1872 Post Office directory
EDWARDS Matthew farmer --- Wingen
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naismithj originally shared this to Naismith Family Tree (http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/7782263/storyx/f762d0c4-3be5-4023-8 928-2f735ec4d45f)
Mathew Edwards escaped police custody 1843
also
hayjean1 originally shared this to Hay/Gallagher Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/23471491/storyx/8e09c480-a9a6-4343-b d95-7a023fb7e404
Mathew Edwards recaptured after escaping police custody 1843
Both stories refer to a Trove extract wherein Mathew Edwards had been arrested for Forgery in Sydney, escaped during transportation to Newcastle Gaol, and rearrested.
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NSW BDM - Death - 11714/1918 WORRAD ELLEN MATTHEW SCONE
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Sharron Hall writes from Australia
Transportation was a terible thing to face. Fortunately, my maternal great-great-grandfathers, who were transported for theft of a horse and a pig in 1833, met free Irish women in NSW around 1840. They gained tickets-of-leave, married and were able to buy large pieces of good farming land in the New England town of Scone. Ellen Edwards, from Meath, wife of Henry Worrad (convicted horse-dealer) established a school on their property, Tooloogan Vale. The property was named after the local Aboriginal warrior whose people lived and worked around it. Ellen was widowed in mid-life but had a large family by then and lived a long life, maintaining her property and acquiring some business interests. In NSW the convicts and the Irish were no longer dominated by the British ruling class.
Tue Apr 14 21:34:51 2009
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