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Source for: John FitzSimmons, BET 1843 AND 1845 - 6 SEP 1913
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Name source: S541Page: Class: HO107; Piece: 2089; Folio: 132; Page: 33; GSU roll: 87717
Text: Record for Bernard Fitzsimmons http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=9720533&indiv=try
Name source: S21Name source: S519Page: Database online.
Name source: S541Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece: 2089; Folio: 132; Page: 33; GSU roll: 87717.
Name source: Details: Database online. Henderson Family Tree - 2011-09-12
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Name source: Details: Pallier - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzS
immons
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014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzSimmons
Name source: Details: Traynor J Tree - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernar
d FitzSimmons
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s - 2014-05-14
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arah Jane BECKINGHAM
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
Name source: S910Page: Email dated 2009-MAR-14 between Ryan Dudley, John Parker and Megan Tilley regarding Frederick Rowland
Text: I do not have anything on Frederick Rowland as the Hardy family are not related to me. I have only researched Elizabeth Comber and the children she had to John Fitzsimmons who are my blood relations.
Interestingly my great-great-grandmother Mary Baker also arrived on the "John Knox" in 1850 having come from the Cashel Union Workhouse. If you haven't done so already, check out the book Barefoot and Pregnant? by Trevor McClaughlin. Elizabeth McKay is listed on page 264 aged 19 born in Macquarie Head, Van Diemens Land d.o Edmund and Ann (both dead).
Name source: S909Page: Email to Ryan Dudley and Megan Tilley from John Parker dated 2009-MAR-14, Subjet "RE:Irish Girl Orphans"
Text: Ryan
Thanks for that.
My knowledge of the Irish Orphan Girls, were courtesy of “Australian Heroines” by Susan Geason [2001].
Regards
John Parker
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d FitzSimmons
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s - 2014-05-14
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014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzSimmons
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immons
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arah Jane BECKINGHAM
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzSimmons
Immigration source: S361Page: Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 for Bernard Fitzsimmons & family Bernard Fitzsimmons New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 Source Citation State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2473 Description Vessel : Ben Nevis Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: New South Wales Government. Returns of convicts applications for wives and families to be brought to New South Wales at Government expense. Series 1190, Reel 699. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Persons on bounty ships (Agent’s Immigrant Lists). Series 5316, Reels 2134-2143. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Persons on early migrant ships (Fair Copy). Series 5310, Reel 1286.
Text: NameBernard Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1818
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NameAnnie Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1823
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NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1843
Age13
Arrival Date6 Jul 1856
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NameMary Ann Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1848
Age8
Arrival Date6 Jul 1856
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NamePricilla Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1850
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Arrival Date6 Jul 1856
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NameMichael Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1854
Age2
Arrival Date6 Jul 1856
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d FitzSimmons
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Event source: S363Page: Inquest & Trial into the death of Jane Beckingham - John Fitzsimmons convicted of Manslaughter The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) Tue 19 Oct 1886 Page 3 Maitland Circuit Court.
Text: MURDER.
John Fitzsimmons was charged that he on the 10th April last, at Mundowery Station, did feloniously and maliciously murder Jane Beckingham.
Accused, who pleaded not guilty on the previous day, was defended by Mr. Edmunds, assigned by his Honor, instructed by Mr. W. W. Robinson, of Singleton.
Constable William Payne stated : I was stationed at Manilla, thirty miles from Tamworth, in April last ; on Saturday, the 10th April last, I went to Mundowery station, and there saw a tent near to the manager's house ; the manager is Mr. Arthur Wellesley King ; the tent was about two hundred yards from the house ; I reached there about ten o'clock at night, and saw in the tent the dead body of a woman lying on a bed-a kind of bunk ; accused was there ; I asked how the woman came by her death ; he said " I don't know, she was putting on a pot of beef, and coming in she said ' Oh da, what is the matter with me ; she tried to sit down but fell ; I picked her up and laid her on the bed and sent the little boy to Mr. King's ;" I then examined the body and found bruises on it ; her right eye was black on the eyebrow, her left ear was swollen, both shoulders were black apparently bruised ; there was a black mark on the right breast, and under the right arm there was a black mark ; there were some black marks on her lower limbs ; the marks on the left ear and right eye appeared to have been recently done ; they were fresh ; it was on Saturday night when I went there ; I should think the marks on the ear and eye were caused that day ; I left about half-past 11 o'clock ; about 2 o'clock next day I returned to the tent; I brought accused into the tent, and showed him some of the marks on the body-on the ear, eye, left shoulder, and breast ; I asked him how she came by those marks ; he said " I don't know ¡" I then said *' I will arrest you on suspicion of causing her death ;" he said "All right;" I asked him her name ; he said Jane Beckingham ; I sent another constable with the body to Mr. Norris' Carriers Home Hotel; it was taken there in a coffin, and most of the bed clothes were in the coffin too ; Mr. Norris' hotel is about fourteen miles away; I locked the accused up ; I sent for Dr. White at Tamworth ; Dr. White held a post mortem examination of the body, and a coroner's inquest was held. - To Mr. Edmunds : There were some bruises on the body which appeared to be older than others ; some of them might have been done a week before ; he showed me a bruise under the arm ; I had no conversation with accused about the bruise on the arm ; the bruise on the breast was in colour between black and green ; it did not appear to be as fresh as the bruise on the eye ; he said that " she was working with her arms and breathing heavily ;"when she used the words " Oh, da, what is the matter with me ;" he further said " she tried to sit down, but fell." - To Mr. Rogers : An inquest was held before the coroner, Mr. Irving ; accused made a statement on oath before the coroner ; the deposition shown me contains accused's signature ; it was read over to him. [The statement was put in. It was in effect that he had lived with the deceased four years as his wife ; they were not married. On Saturday, the 10th April, ho was at home at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Deceased came into the tent. She went to sit down, and fell down. She appeared to be in a fit, and was very much convulsed. He asked her where she felt bad, and she replied in the legs. He went to place her on the bed when she had another fit, and she struggled altogether for fifteen minutes. He got her on to the bed, and she said " I think I am going to die." He then called the little boy, and sent for Mr. King and servant, who came. While Mr. King was there deceased had fit after fit. Mrs. King went to get some brandy, and her servant said to him (accused) "Your wife is going to die." He picked her up in his arms and said '* Jane, you have a lot to answer for." He was there from 11 o'clock in the morning till deceased died.]
Arthur Wellesley King stated : I am manager of Mundowery Station ; I know the accused ; on the 10th April last he was in my employ as boundary rider and generally useful man ; Jane Beckingham was living with him as his wife; she had three children ; the oldest was about four years ; as far as I know the oldest child was not his child ; they were living together on the 10th April in a tent about two hundred yards from my house ; one of the little boys living there came to me with a message, about three o'clock in the afternoon ; on receiving the message I went to the tent; Mrs. King heard the message; I went over first, and saw accused there, and the woman lying on a bunk ; she seemed to be in pain, as there was twitching in the arms, and she moaned ; I asked prisoner what was the matter with her ; he said, " I don't know ; she was taken ill about a quarter of an hour ago." I said, " How did she come by these bruises and cuts -the black eye and cut on her month ; have you been knocking her about?" He said, "No, she got them when she came into the tent by falling on to the end of the log ¡" the log formed part of the bunk; I then said, "It looks very bad for you, after the caution I gave you from the police;" he said, "It does look very bad, but I havn't touched her;" I took hold of the woman's hand, and asked her if she was bad ; she made no reply ; I only saw her face and hands ; I noticed she had a black eye, and there was a cut on the lip ; they appeared to be recent injuries ; I should not think they were two hours old ; I was in the tent about five minutes altogether ; I went towards my house, and saw Mrs. King; Mrs. Kingand her servant, Elizabeth Pender, went to the tent at once ; after that Mrs, King returned almost immediately to get some brandy, went back to the tent again ; she came back a second time, and, because of something she said to me, I went to get a lady neighbour^ about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes 'had elapsed from the time I came from the tent; as I was going for the neighbour the servant called out "She's dead;" I went on to see the neighbours, Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman, who lived a quarter of a mile away ; they returned with me ; accused and the children were there; I then saw that the woman was dead; accused spoke to Mr. Wiseman and myself, he said, "Oh, Mr. King and Mr. Wiseman, I want you to come with me, I have a horrible tale to unfold - I don't know I can ever tell you, it is so bad ;" after a moment or two he waved us to one side ; he then said, "In October last I was camped at Upper Manilla; on the night of the 24th October I was away (he then corrected himself and said on the 14th), two men came to the tent and ravished the woman. . . . . I know something had happened and I beat her with a strap to make her tell what it was ; I went away yesterday with the intention to shoot one of the men, I know by the name of Bill ; I don't know the other man, and if Mrs. Short had let me into the house last night I would have shot them ;" I am sure he told me he beat her several times to make her tell ; I sent a man for the police ; as far as I could see the bruise on the eye could not have been caused by the woman falling on a log ; the cut on the lip might have been ; the log was about four feet long, and about eight inches in diameter ; bark was on the log, which was used to help to form a sort of bedstage ; if the deceased woman had stumbled at the door her face might have come in contact with the log ; the accused and Buckingham were on the station from January of this year; I had no opportunity of ascertaining the terms on which they lived ; accused had lived at Spring Creek ; Upper Manilla is fifteen or sixteen miles from my place ; when I said " It looks bad after the caution I gave you from the police," I referred to a conversation I had with him a fortnight before ; on that occasion I said Gardiner, a policeman in Manilla, had asked me to tell him that they were watching him as much as possible because they were informed that he had been beating his wife, and that they had been told that he was likely to murder her ; that is the substance of what I said ; he made light of the matter, and said there was nothing in it. -
To Mr. Edmunds : This was a fortnight before the woman died ; he camped at Spring Creek from the 23rd or 24th January till he came down to the tent in March last; Spring Creek is a lonely place ; there was another man named Stephens living there; I heard of some disagreement between accused and Stephens ; I did not measure the log in the tent ; it might have been an inch or two more or less than four feet long; the projection was more than a foot - an inch or two more ; I do not think that the injury to the eye was caused by a fall ; it is not impossible that the bruise might have been caused by a fall.
Elizabeth Pender stated: I was a domestic servant at Mr. King's in April last ; I knew Mr. Beckingham and accused for about three weeks ; on the afternoon of the 10th April last, about half past three or four o'clock, I went down to the tent where they lived in company with Mrs. King; I saw the deceased woman lying on a bed, and accused was by her side ; when we came she said " Send Mr. King away ;" Mr. King had in fact gone away; accused was standing by her side, and he moved to allow us to be near her ; she said she was dying, and she hoped the Lord would have mercy on her soul ; she asked for something to eat and drink ; Mrs. King left to go to the house to get some brandy ; she said she wanted something to eat and drink as she felt faint; she appeared to be in great pain and struggled as if in a fit; while Mrs. King was away accused said he thought deceased was in labour ; Mrs. King returned with some brandy, and I told her what accused had said ; the brandy was not given to her then ; Mrs. King left again to get Mr. King to go for Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman ; she then asked me for water ; I then asked her where she was in pain ; she said she was in pain all over ; accused gave her some water ; as soon as she drank it she struggled and died ; while she was struggling I spoke to accused, and said " Oh, she is dying ?" he ran to her side and kissed her, and said, " God, forgive me, I have a lot to answer for ¡" he cried and seemed to be in a great way ; I said, " Surely you have not been beating her to-day;" he said, " No, my good woman, I haven't risen my hand to her ; I have beaten her some time ago, but it was through others ;" he kissed her several turns after she was dead ; he said he had a great mystery to unfold, and if Mr. King was there he would tell him everything ; I think I told him Mr. King was coming, and he could tell him ; just before that I called out to Mr. King, who was walking in the direction of Mr. Wiseman's, "She's dead ;" afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman came ; I never saw deceased and the accused together; I am quite sure he did not say " God forgive you, Jane, you have a lot to answer for;" he said, " God forgive me, I have a lot to answer for." - To Mr. Edmunds : I did not notice a cut on the deceased's lip.
Arthur W. King, re-called, stated : There was a wound on the eye, but the skin was not cut.
William Stephens stated : I am a labourer ; I was working on the Manilla station last April and before that month ; I knew Jane Beckingham ; before she died I was working with accused at Spring Creek ; I was a mate of his ; we were laying sheep troughs and fencing ; I left off working with him three weeks and three days before the death of Mrs. Beckingham ; before I left him - four days before - I had some words with him about his beating his wife ; I had in fact seen him beat her. [Mr. Edmunds objected to evidence being given of acts some time before. Evidence admitted.] ; I had seen him beat her the morning I spoke to him; he beat her with his hand and kicked her with his feet in the ribs and breast three or four times ; he had his boots on ; I saw him beat and kick her three or four times during the two months I was working with him ; I told him before he ought to be ashamed of himself to beat the woman in the state she was ; when I spoke to him on the last occasion I made similar remarks as to his treatment of her ¡" he said the child she was carrying did not belong to him, that he would not allow her to give - to live to give birth to it; I told him I would report him to the police ; after that I did as a matter of fact make a statement to the police at Manilla ; that was on the next day.-To Mr. Edmunds : I served a month's imprisonment in Tamworth ; I was never in trouble in Sydney ; it was seven months ago as near as I can guess when I was sentenced at Tamworth ; I had no quarrel with accused, only some words about his beating his wife ; he challenged me to fight, but I would not fight with him ; we had no quarrel about felling a tree or my going to Manilla ; I did not take up an axe to him ; when he challenged me to fight I walked away from him to my tent ; he did not follow me ; I went to the opening of the Manilla Bridge without Mr. King's consent; a man was put in my place ; I was discharged ; I discharged myself ; I told accused I was going in to the opening of the bridge; he did not say, " you better not. King won't stand it ;" accused said if I reported him to the police he would shoot me ; I did not say that before in my evidence, because I was not asked ; I was asked about the quarrel. -
To Mr. Rogers : I was sentenced to the month's imprisonment for having a stolen gun in my possession.
Eliza Stephens stated : I am the wife of the last witness, and was camped with my husband at Spring Creek, near to where accused and deceased were living ; I heard the accused say, " I will never let her live to give birth to the baby.; ' this was about four weeks before her death ; I noticed then that Mrs. Beckingham was in an interesting condition ; he made use of the words to Mrs. Beckingham ; he had been beating her, and said it during the time ; he beat her with his hand and kicked her with his feet ; I saw him beat and kick her before.
To Mr. Edmunds : My husbaud had a quarrel with the accused ; my husband was away at the time I have spoken of; accused repeated the words afterwards ; my husband and accused have been living on good terms ; I have been married
about five years ; I was not called as a witness at the coroner's court. -
To Mr. Rogers : The quarrel I have spoken of was with reference to accused beating the deceased. -
To Mr. Edmunds : My husband was at the coroner's court; I remember his coming back; he had no conversation with me
about the inquest; I do not remember whether he did or did not, as so many were talking about it ; I cannot remember if he said what evidence he had given at the coroner's court. -
To Mr. Rogers: I cannot say if what I heard about the inquest was what my husband or other persons told me.
Margaret Short stated : I am a widow, residing three miles from Manilla; in April a man named Bill Clare, who was breaking stones on the road, had meals at my accommodation house ; I know accused; he came to my place on the 9th April; he asked for Bill Clare ; I said he had been there, but had gone away ; he said he would shoot him that he came to shoot him; I said, " What nonsense to be shooting the man, it is foolish to think of such a thing ;" he had a gun with him; before this he told me that Clare had meddled with his wife, and I understood it was because of that he came to shoot Clare; Clare was at my place altogether about seven weeks, and another man was with him.
Dr. Patrick Henry White, a duly qualified medical practitioner, residing at Tamworth, said that in consequence of something he heard he went to the Carriers' Arms Hotel, near Manilla, on the 12th April, and there saw the body of a woman said to be "that of Jane Beckingham ; he examined the body externally ; the body was much decomposed, aacd he could not see any external marks of violence on the exposed parts ; he "held a postmortem examination, and found all the ordinary organs healthy ; he discovered that the woman was enceinte, and found a certain organ considerably bruised on the back and left side, and pressed back against the spine ; it was a male child of between six and seven months ; from his examination of the parts he came to the conclusion that the woman had been subjected to violence ; it would require considerable weight or pressure to produce the injuries he saw; a fall would not be likely to produce such injuries ; if the woman had lived he would expect her to have had a premature confinement from what he saw ; he had come to the conclusion that the injuries were not the result of a violent blow, but of pressure on even surface, forcing the parts back against the spine ; pressure by the hands or knees would produce them ; he did not think that the injuries were caused by kicks, as there would have been external marks ; he had had a great deal of midwifery practice.-
To Mr. Edmunds : It was on Monday, the 12th April, at one o'clock, when he examined the body, and death, he was told, occurred at 4 o'clock on the Saturday, so that he held the post mortem examination forty-five hours after death ; by that time decomposition had so far advanced as to render it impossible to distinguish any external marks ; it was hot weather in April ; the skin was all of one colour; the deceased was a very stout, heavy woman ; he made no microscopic examination of the organs ; he examined the cavities of tho brain, and could see nothing which would cause death ; there was no appearance of any special disease of any organ ; he was engaged about two hours in the post mortem examination ; he saw no evidence of uraemia ; if the woman was lying on the bed face downwards on some wooden substance which pressed against the abdomen, she working in severe convulsions, that would be sufficient, he thought, to cause the injuries he had described, but he would expect in such a case to find clots of blood ; unless violence was used he would not expect the clots of blood. - To Mr. Rogers : With the exception of the organ he had spoken of, and the surrounding regions, all the parts were healthy ; he had come to the conclusion that external pressure had been used. - To his Honor : He saw no indication of any cause of convulsions ; he supposed the injuries he had described to have been caused not more than two hours before death.
Arthur W. King, re-called, stated ; After accused left the place I took possession of the things there ; the largest pan would not be of greater capacity than two quarts ; the bed was composed of saplings ; there was a kind of mattrass on the bed, made of bagging and straw ; I saw it on the bed ; there was also a blanket on the mattrass ; I noticed the twitching in the woman's arms about fifteen or twenty minutes before her death ; I saw no other convulsions ; she was lying on her back with her foot projecting over the head of the bed a foot or eighteen inches. - To Mr. Edmunds : I have no distinct recollection as to how the bed was placed ; I think the mattress was sufficiently large to wholly cover the bed ; I did not specially direct my attention to that point.
Elizabeth Pender, re-called, states : When I went to the tent the woman was lying on something over the bed ; I cannot say it was a mattrass ; it was some kind of covering ; there was something soft for the occupant to lie on ; deceased was lying on her back when I first went in ; she asked to be moved, and we laid her on her left side ; she merely said, " Turn me over ;" and accused and I placed her on her side.-To his Honor: She began to struggle from head to feet about a minute after we came in ; she had several fits between that time and her death, which occurred from twenty minutes to half-an-hour after we went into the tent ; Mr. King first came to the place ; I was very much alarmed ; I had not seen such a case before ; she struggled as if in labour.
Dr. R. F. Blackwell stated : I am a duly qualified medical practitioner residing at West Maitland ; I have had sixteen or seventeen years in the practice of my profession ; taking into consideration my student life, I have had about nineteen years experience in midwifery cases ; having heard the evidence of Dr. White, I have come to the conclusion that violence must have been used in the first instance, and then there may have been some partial displacement of the part referred to ; then convulsions ensued, and the woman died of shock to the nervous system ; having heard the evidence, I do not think that the woman having convulsions while lying on the bed would have been sufficient to cause the injuries described ; that is my deliberate opinion. - To Mr. Edmunds : I have come to the conclusion that the injuries were caused by violence, by pressure - a certain force; I think from what I have heard it was a gradual force or pressure operating on the parts ; supposing a woman of the deceased's weight-some thirteen or fourteen stone - was lying with her abdomen pressing against a table and her feet or legs hanging down and working in severe convulsions, in her state that pressure might have caused the injuries described. - To his Honor : I think the injuries would be more likely to have been caused by some outside agent ; the use of a microscope would no doubt make the examination more exhaustive and certain, but I do not think its use was essential ; I think the examination was fairly and reasonably sufficient. ,
This was the case for the prosecution.
For the defence, Dr. John Harris stated : He was a duly qualified medical practitioner, residing at Newcastle; he had been practising in Newcastle for eleven years, and altogether fifteen and a half years ; he had had considerable experience in midwifery practice; taking into account what Dr. White had found in his examination, and disregarding all the rest of the evidence, his opinion was that the injuries were caused by some external pressure ; he would not like to say what that pressure was ; they might be brought about by pressure of almost any kind, by a blunt or flat body; if the woman in coming into the house tripped and fell forward on a blunt body, in the condition in which she was said to be, that would be likely to produce the injuries ; the injuries might have been caused in three ways - a fall such as he had described ; convulsions, causing the woman to struggle on a hard substance ; and external violence by some human agency.
Dr. Richard Read, a duly qualified medical practitioner, residing at Singleton, who has had lengthened experience in the practice of midwifery, said that the bruises described must have resulted from pressure of some kind ; taking into consideration the woman's condition and weight, or if she lay on the bed face downwards, waking in convulsions, and her stomach pressing against the bed, witness was of opinion that that would be sufficient to cause the injuries.
Mr. Edmunds, in a forcible address, said that there was at all events in that case a remarkable illustration of the old saying-" When doctors differ who shall decide." He reminded the jurors that the case for the Crown'was strongly based on the medical testimony. If they struck out that medical testimony, taking the whole Crown case into consideration, their verdict must be one of not guilty ; for, without the medical evidence, there was nothing beyond suspicion. They were asked to believe that the accused in the most brutal, atrocious manner, inflicted upon the woman the injuries that produced her death, and stood by seeing her writhing in agony. Where was the evidence to support that theory? The case, as his learned friend had said in his opening speech, was not one of manslaughter ; the accused must be found guilty of murder or nothing. He reminded the jury of the solemn duty they had to discharge, and asked them not to look at the circumstances as necessarily telling against the accused, but to weigh the whole of the facts in the light of fairness and justice, remembering that the man's life was in their hands. It was not because a man made a threat, and something afterwards I occurred which resulted in the death of the person against whom the threat was made, that he was to be branded as a murderer. Who among us has not at one time or other made use of some incautious word ? He argued that the statement made by the accused at the coroner's inquest was borne out by the evidence given that day. He stated to the constable and to Mr. King that the deceased fell down, and he made the same statement before the coroner. Then again he said that when he got her on to the bed she remarked "I think I am going to die." Though she was able to speak-and they had that from witnesses - she did not say that the accused kicked her or illtreated her in any way. She made no such complaint. And where was the evidence of any struggle about the room ? According to the evidence of Mrs. Pender, when the woman died accused cried, kissed her several times, and seemed to be in a great way. Even admitting that the exact words used by accused were " Lord, have mercy upon me, I have a lot to answer for," was it not the natural expression of a man who had a keen sense of the consciousness of any wrong he had done the woman, by reason of the circumstances in which he appeared to have lived with her, and his having occasionally maltreated her. Conscious of his having lived with her in a state of sin, was it unnatural for him to exclaim " Lord, have mercy upon me, surely I have a lot to answer for." It showed that the man was not the brute, the fiend at heart he was represented to be by the Crown. Did it not show that he had a feeling as deep, as real, and as sensitive, and as sincere a consciousness of his sin in that respect, as if he were the most delicate, the most refined, and best educated man in the community. He asked them to receive the evidence of the Stephens with extreme caution. Was it likely that the accused, in his violent moments, would make a threat in precisely the same words on two different occasions - for the evidence of Mrs. Stephens was that he made the threat in her presence, and afterwards repeated it when her husband was present. He submitted that the theory put forward by the Crown, as to how the injuries had been caused, had not been borne out by the evidence. Practically there were three medical gentlemen against one, and the theories set forth by the defence were quite as consistent as that put forward by the Crown.
They could not, he argued, determine beyond a reasonable doubt that the injuries that caused death were the act of the accused.
Mr. Rogers replied in an able speech. He expressed his thanks to Mr. Edmunds for conducting, gratuitously, the case for the defence with such great energy and zeal. It was unlikely in any case, he did not care how momentous the issue, where professional men - experts of any kind - were witnesses that they would get unanimity of opinion. If that difference of opinion was to necessarily raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors one might as well give up prosecuting altogether. The jury must exercise their common sense in the consideration of the evidence. In the first place no one suggested that the accused meant to kill the woman to prevent her giving birth to the child, but there seemed to be on his mind all the time the circumstances of her condition and a desire to get rid of the child. That the accused liked the woman in his way he did not for a moment doubt, but there was on the man's mind a strong hatred of the child because of the circumstances in which begotten, and wished to get rid of it in some way. They had to bring their common sense into the consideration of the case, and not look at fancy theories. Where was the evidence to suggest that the woman fell forward or that she was laying on her stomach working in convulsions ? According to the accused's own statement he was in the house with her from 11 o'clock in the morning up to the time of her death. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon he sent the little boy to Mr. King's. The woman was then undoubtedly in a very dangerous condition. Did they think it possible that the woman fell down in such a way as to produce the injuries ? Where was the evidence of it ? Accused's evidence was that she was going to sit down and fell down. Did he say to anyone that the woman fell face forward? Mrs. Pender was sent for, and deceased was then in convulsions, such, he (Mr. Rogers) submitted, as took place before death - not a fit. What did he say to Mrs. Pender ? " Lord have mercy upon me - I have a lot to answer for." That had been put to them as an expression which was the natural outcome of his previous treatment of her. He submitted, however, that it was the outcome of his hatred for the child. What effect had it on Mrs. Pender ? That lady said, " Surely you have not been illtreating her to-day." Seeing the effect it had, accused replied " No, my good woman, I have not risen my hand to her to-day ; I have beaten her some time ago but it was through others." Then, to show his state of mind, his remorse, he said he had a great mystery to unfold, and if Mr. King was there he would tell him everything. He argued that the accused's whole actions showed that he wished to get rid of the child. His Honor summed up with much care. In the exhaustive speeches they had heard every point had been brought before them both for and against the accused. He thought it would be found that the case had been narrowed down to a smaller compass. Now first of all they would have to determine if Jane Beckingham was murdered at all, and in considering that point the first question that arose was - What was the cause of death ? What was the particular injury that produced her death ? It was Mr. Rogers' case, and the point was not contested by counsel for the defence, that death resulted from injuries caused by a certain organ pressing against the spine. Three theories had been put forward to account for these injuries. In order to find the accused guilty the theory of the Crown must be established beyond all reasonable doubt - must be the only rational conclusion that could be drawn. The Crown said that the injuries which produced death were caused, by certain external violence inflicted by the accused. Were such injuries caused, for instance, by a human agent, or did they come about by convulsions occurring and causing the woman to struggle on the bed, or were they the result of a fall ? Those were the three theories which had been put forward.
The Crown's case was that the injuries were cuased by a human agent, in point of fact by the accused. And in order to find the accused guilty that fact must be established beyond a reasonable doubt. If they came to the conclusion that the injuries were the result of the part referred to pressing against the spine, then the question was - How did it come about ? Was it by the pressure of a human agent, or was it caused by such a thing as a fall, or in the other way spoken of ? If they came to the conclusion that the three theories were equally consistent they were bound to acquit the accused. Was the theory of the Crown the only rational conclusion that could be drawn from the evidence ? If there was any other theory equally consistent with that put forward by the Crown then they must acquit the accused. His Honor reviewed at some length the salient points of the case, and again directed them as to the questions for their consideration.
The jury retired at five minutes to 9 o'clock.
At twenty minutes past 11 p.m. they returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Prisoner was remanded for sentence.
The Court adjourned till 10 o'clock on Monday morning. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18891022?searchTerm=BECKINGHAM+murder&searchLimits=l-decade=188
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Death source: S911Page: Death Certificate Transcription for FITZSIMMONS, JOHN as provided by Joy Murrin as requested by Ryan Dudley {Posted by [acton_debbie originally shared this on 11 May 2014] on ancestry.com.au}
Text: FITZSIMMONS, JOHN - Death Transcription requested by RYAN DUDLEY 21MAR2001
Registration number - 11328
Date of Death - 6SEP1913
Name - John Fitzsimmons
Occupation - Labourer
Sex - Male
Age - 70
Cause of Death - Myocarditis, Syncope
Duration - not known
Medical Attendant - William McDonald, 5 Sep
Father - Bernard Fitzsimmons
Father's occupation - Labourer
Mother Maiden Name - Hannah Behrings
Informant - D Bourke, Clerk, Asylum
When Buried - 9SEP1913
Where - Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood
Undertaker - T Walden Hammer
Minister - CTS West
Religion - Church of England
Witnesses - J Brown, Arthur L Paton
Where born - England
Time in Colony/State - 56 years in NSW
Place Married - not married
Age at Marriage -
Spouse -
Children of Marriage -
Other Comments -
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arah Jane BECKINGHAM
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immons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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d FitzSimmons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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d FitzSimmons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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s - 2014-05-14
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s - 2014-05-14
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d FitzSimmons
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r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
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Event source: S292Page: Name: Bernard FitzSimmons Publication Date: 2 Jun 1880 Event Type: Other Event Place: Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
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Source Information: Ancestry.com. New South Wales,
Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 [database on-line].
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Original data: Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South
Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.© the
Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used
under licence with the permission of the State Records
Authority. The State of New South Wales giv es no warranty
regarding the data' s accuracy, completeness, currency or
suitability f or any particular purpose
Census source: S541Page: Class: HO107; Piece: 2089; Folio: 132; Page: 33; GSU roll: 87717
Text: Record for Bernard Fitzsimmons http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=9720533&indiv=try
Event source: S292Page: New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - 1883 Source Citation Description Publication Year : 1883 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. © the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority.
Text: John Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1848
Age35
Event PlaceEmmaville, New South Wales, Australia
Event TypeDesertion
Publication Date9 May 1883
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Text: John Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1844
Age36
Event PlaceDungog, New South Wales, Australia
Event TypeOther
Publication Date2 Jun 1880
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Dungog - A warrant has been issued by the Dungog Bench for the arrest of John Fitzsimmons, charged with threatening to shoot his father Bernard Fitzsimmons, on the 22nd ultimo. He is about 36 years of age, 5 foot 5 or 6 inches high, stout build, bow-legged, dark sallow complexion, short neck, dark whiskers and moustache; a native of the Colony. Generally wears a seal-skin cap; a labourer. Since arrested and discharged. https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1942/31842_216740-00151?pid=331056&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DKEi43%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJohn%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DFitzsimmonds%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DLeicestershire,%2520England%26msypn%3D5272%26msypn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5272%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1845%26mssns%3DBeckingham%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dyr2%26pcat%3DCLP_COURT%26h%3D331056%26recoff%3D12%252013%26dbid%3D1942%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D14&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=KEi43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
Page: New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - 1875 New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 Source Citation Description Publication Year : 1875 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. © the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority.
Text: John Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1844
Age31
Event PlaceDungog, New South Wales, Australia
Event TypeOther
Publication Date20 Jan 1875
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ESCAPED PRISONER
Escaped on the night of the 14th instant, from the lock-up at Dungog, John Fitzsimmons (see Apprehensions), under committal for trial for arson. He is about 31 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, medium build, dark hair, small dark thin beard; dressed in white pants and shirt, no boots. [Since surrendered to Senior-constable O'Sullivan, Dungog.]
Apprehensions
John Fitzsimmons, charged with wilfully setting fire to a dwelling house at Dungog, the property of Thomas Alexander, has been arrested by the Dungog Police. Comitted by the District Coroner for trial at Maitland Sessions. Bail allowed - self in $60, and two surities in $30 each. This offender subsequently escaped from custody (see Escaped Prisoners).
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Event source: S215Page: New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - Index to Entrance Book Goulburn 1887 Source Citation State Archives NSW; Roll: 2363 Description Year : 1887 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Text: NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1843
Age44
Vessel Arrived InBen Hevis
Date of Admission/Photo1887
GaolGoulburn
Gaol LocationGoulburn, New South Wales, Australia
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Text: NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1844
Birth PlaceEngland
Age51
Arrival Year1855
Arrival CountryAustralia
Vessel Arrived InBen Nevis
Date of Admission/Photo1895
GaolMaitland
Gaol LocationEast Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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1895-Jan-30 John Fitzsimmons - Dungog - Ben Nevis - 1855 - England - RC - Labourer - 51 - 5.1 - Med - Fair - Dark - Hazel - R & W - Lost top of Left Thumb, Scar on Right Arm
(Served 10 yrs previously -
from Trial Bay Oct <1895>
VIDE 1886 - 750
1895 - 30.223.6y1 https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1783/40799_294167-00155?pid=273561&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DKEi43%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJohn%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DFitzsimmonds%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DLeicestershire,%2520England%26msypn%3D5272%26msypn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5272%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1845%26mssns%3DBeckingham%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dyr2%26pcat%3DCLP_COURT%26h%3D273561%26recoff%3D8%25209%26dbid%3D1783%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D9&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=KEi43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=40799_294167-00155
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Text: John Fitzsimons
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NameJohn Fitzsimons
Birth Year1844
Birth PlaceEngland
Age51
Arrival Year1855
Arrival CountryAustralia
Vessel Arrived InBen Davis
Date of Admission/Photo1895
GaolMaitland
Gaol LocationEast Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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1895-Jan-30 John Fitzsimmons (3 m C - Served 10 yrs in 1886 on leave - Ben Nevis - 1855 - England - RC - Labourer - 51 - 5 - Widower - Fair - Dark - Hazel - R & W - Dungog - Scar of Left Thumb Scar on Right Arm https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1783/40799_294167-00436?pid=278449&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DKEi43%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJohn%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DFitzsimmonds%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DLeicestershire,%2520England%26msypn%3D5272%26msypn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5272%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1845%26mssns%3DBeckingham%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dyr2%26pcat%3DCLP_COURT%26h%3D278449%26recoff%3D8%25209%26dbid%3D1783%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D10&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=KEi43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
Page: New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - Description Book Maitland 1882-1886 John Fitzsimmons New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Source Citation State Archives NSW; Roll: 2373 Description Year : 1882-1886 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: A full list of sources can be found here.
Text: NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1843
Birth PlaceEngland
Age43
Arrival Year1855
Arrival CountryAustralia
Vessel Arrived InBen Nevis
Date of Admission/Photo1886
GaolMaitland
Gaol LocationEast Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Record TypeDescription Book
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October 1886
No 750 - John Fitzsimmons - Ben Nevis 1855 - England - RC - Horse trainer - 43 - 5foot 2 1/2 inches - Medium make - Fresh Complexion - Dark Hair Grey Eyes - R & W - https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1783/40799_294166-00121?pid=281746&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DKEi43%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJohn%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DFitzsimmonds%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DLeicestershire,%2520England%26msypn%3D5272%26msypn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5272%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1845%26mssns%3DBeckingham%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dyr2%26pcat%3DCLP_COURT%26h%3D281746%26recoff%3D8%25209%26dbid%3D1783%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D8&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=KEi43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
Page: New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - Description Book Maitland 1873-1875 John Fitzsimmons New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Source Citation State Archives NSW; Roll: 2371 Description Year : 1873-1875 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: A full list of sources can be found here.
Text: John Fitzsimmons
New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930
NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1843
Birth PlaceEngland
Age32
Arrival Year1855
Arrival CountryAustralia
Vessel Arrived InBen Nevis
Date of Admission/Photo1875
GaolMaitland
Gaol LocationEast Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
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No 20 - John Fitzsimmons - Ben Nevis 1855 - England - RCatholic - Labourer - 32 - 5foot 2 inches - Medium make - Dark complexion Brown hair Brown eyes - R & W - Part of 1st joint off tol left thumb, car over L eye https://www.ancestry.com.au/interactive/1783/40799_294164-00840?pid=346286&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DKEi43%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-c%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DJohn%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DFitzsimmonds%26gsln_x%3D0%26msypn__ftp%3DLeicestershire,%2520England%26msypn%3D5272%26msypn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C0%257C3257%257C3251%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C5272%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1845%26mssns%3DBeckingham%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cp%3D0%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dyr2%26pcat%3DCLP_COURT%26h%3D346286%26recoff%3D8%25209%26dbid%3D1783%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D7&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=KEi43&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
Page: New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for John Fitzsimmons - Photograph Description Book Darlinghurst 1885-1897 John Fitzsimmons New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 Source Citation State Archives NSW; Roll: 5102 Description Year : 1885-1897 Source Information Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: A full list of sources can be found here.
Text: NameJohn Fitzsimmons
Birth Year1843
Birth PlaceEngland
Age43
Arrival Year1855
Arrival CountryAustralia
Vessel Arrived InBennevis
Date of Admission/Photo27 Oct 1886
GaolDarlinghurst
Gaol LocationDarlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Record TypePhotograph Description Book
Photo Available?Y
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Name source: S21
Name source: S519
Page: Database online.
Name source: S541
Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece: 2089; Folio: 132; Page: 33; GSU roll: 87717.
Name source: Details: Database online. Henderson Family Tree - 2011-09-12
Name source: S831
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Name source: Details: Pallier - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzS
immons
Name source: Details: Dalrymple/Powell / Feeney/ Douglass/ Papworth Family Tree - 2
014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzSimmons
Name source: Details: Traynor J Tree - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernar
d FitzSimmons
Name source: Details: Thomsen Citation Text: Record for John FitzSimmon
s - 2014-05-14
Name source: Details: Weston Family History 2015-03-14 Citation Text: Record for S
arah Jane BECKINGHAM
Name source: Details: FitzSimmons Family Tree 2015-03-24 Citation Text: Record fo
r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons
Death source: S519
Page: Database online.
Death source: Details: Database online. Henderson Family Tree - 2011-09-12
arah Jane BECKINGHAM
Death source: Details: Dalrymple/Powell / Feeney/ Douglass/ Papworth Family Tree - 2
014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzSimmons
Death source: Details: Traynor J Tree - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernar
d FitzSimmons
Death source: Details: Pallier - 2014-02-05 Citation Text: Record for Bernard FitzS
immons
Death source: Details: Thomsen Citation Text: Record for John FitzSimmon
s - 2014-05-14
Death source: Details: FitzSimmons Family Tree 2015-03-24 Citation Text: Record fo
r Priscilla Ann FitzSimmons