GEORGE ROSENDALE - convict

[PinkFairy7]

Hi All,

Im a bit excited as iv found my first ancestor that was a convict via rootsweb.com

the information iv found is;

George ROSENDALE
Birth: 1784 in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: 13 Oct 1869 in Newtown, Tasmania, Australia
Event: was tried and sentenced to 7 years Generic 15 Jan 1819 Cambridgeshire, England
Immigration: 11 Sep 1819 Tasmania, Australia
Event: immigrated on board the convict ship Dromedery Generic 10 Jan 1820 Tasmania, Australia

iv looked up the ship Dromedery and found George listed as a convict however im super interested to know what his crime was and i dont know where to look and the google searches iv put in arnt giving me much information.

is there a specific website i can go to find out more detail?

thanks millions

[bootzy]

Hi Pinkfairy,
found this on Ancestry attached to a tree..
George Rosendale was convicted at Cambridge, for larceny, on the 15th January, 1819 and was sentenced to deportation to Van Diemans Land for a term of 7 years.  At the time of leaving England he was already married to Charlotte Newman, of which marriage 6 children already existed.  On his arrival in 1820 [10 January 1820] in the colony of Tasmania he immediately married Eleanor Carr also a convict, who had been sentenced to 14 years deportation for receiving stolen goods.  The marriage produced 6  children.  George was deported out on the ship "Dromedary", the Captain was a Richard Skinner R.N.  It sailed out on the 11th September 1819, on arrival 347 men landed on the Derwent River (at this very spot in Hobart there is now a town named after the "Dromedary")  22 men landed at Sydney Cove in Dromedary. 
On the first families2001.net.au website, George's occupations were listed as: Convict/Labourer/Innkeeper..

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

There was a Christening in Tasmania on 16th December 1827 for an Eleanor Rosendale, father George Rosendale and mother, Eleanor. Ref, GS Film No 1368234.

Gerry

[PinkFairy7]

WOW!!! thank you a million zillion times for finding that!!!

thats so interesting you gave me the story with the facts you found thats awesome!! thanks so much for the link to so i can look it up myself and know for the future.

thanks so much again i appreciate it so super much

[bootzy]

Convict George had a son George b 1824 Hobart who married Mary Ann Hilliard 10 April 1843 and they only had 1 child a daughter b 1844 Mary Ann Elizabeth who married William Blakney 13 Oct 1863 - long Orbit on her on Trove The Mercury Tasmania Wed 4 July 1945 died at 101 years of age.

[bootzy]

meant to add there's a photo of her in the paper too

[Dundee]

If you go to Tas Archives online you will find his convict records digitised as well as church registers. 

You will also find conduct records for his sons George and Robert who stole three turkeys in 1848 and were "to be imprisoned and kept at hard labour in HM Gaol, Hobart, for two calendar months"

http://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names

Just put ROSENDALE in the search box and it should return variations as well.

Debra 

[sparrett]

The long and intricate tale of the three ROSENDALE brothers and the three turkeys.   
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2969375?

Sue

[tassiepizza]

hello George Rosendale is Related to my Fathers Side of the Family , My Name is Robert George Rosendale. My Grandfather was also Robert George Rosendale , and My Father had the same name .  George rosendale was the origin of the rosendale family here IN Tasmania.