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Does anyone have some advice on what is the most cost effective way of obtaining the court and/or goal records of a convict from the UK National Archives.

Their costs are prohibitive (specially when on a pension).  I have also contacted a number of their suggested researchers and have had no reply from any of them.

John Gee was tried at Chester Great Sessions and received Life Transportation in 1801.  Crime unknown.  He was transported on the Glatton arriving 1803.

Appreciate it if someone who has had experience can point me in the right direction.

Annette

Hi all

I am back on the trail of my mystery man, William Henry Douglas Cooke.  This group gave me a lot of help last year with the Cooke family, but now I need to track William back if i can.

His Death Certificate shows he shot himself 30/6/1913 aged 81 in Marrickville, Sydney.  The informant was his eldest daughter's common-law husband.  Time in Aust. Colonies, about 2 years Tasmania and 42 years NSW.

This fits in OK with his English activities that we know of: marriage in 1858 to Maria Mary Percival, birth of child 1859, sued by wife for Judicial Separation on Grounds of Cruelty 1860, Possible birth of another child called Thomas William Henry Douglas Cooke, by Eliza Isabel Cooke, formerly Bell in 1864.

I have done a lot of searching for William's arrival in Australia, possibly Tasmania but have not been able to find him.  It would seem he met Catherine Matilda McMinn in Hobart, where her father was a barrister, and they came to NSW.  There is no record of a marriage anywhere and their children are unregistered.

Their eldest daughter was born about 1872, probably in Sydney.

My question is what available records are there to try to find William in Tasmania in the 1866-1872 time period.  I have ample evidence of him in NSW, but I am hoping if I can find what he was doing in Tasmania it might give a clue to when and how he arrived.

Thanks

Annette

Hullo all from (overcast and rainy Qld at the moment)

Can anyone give me some advice as how to find a Chancery Court matter from 1848.  I found a reference to the matter in the Freeman's journal of November 1848, but it did not contain the whole story, only the finding.   

I believe that the Chancery records survived the 1922 fire, but emails to the Irish Law Library have failed to get any response as has an email to the Archives.

This is the newspaper article from 13 November 1848.  I believe that the Robert Pasley mentioned could be my ggrandfather.

"Court of Chancery.
In the Matter of Lord Lurgan, a minor.
Mr Tomb QC applied on behalf of Lady Lurgan, the guardian of the minor,
that the report of the Master in this case be confirmed.  The object of
the proceeding was, that the furniture and plate belonging to the late
Lord Lurgan (which had been by his will left to Lady Lurgan) should be
purchased from her Ladyship for the minor, Mr Robert Pasley, of
Bachelors Walk, Dublin, and Mr Dowell, of Edinburgh to be appointed to
value the property, with power to call in a third person, if necessary.
The report also recommended that certain releases and renewals of
leases, sought for Lurgan Gas Company and others, should be executed.
The court granted the motion"

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Annette

While searching old editions of the Freeman's Journal digitised on the net, hoping to find some information on the Pasley family, I found this:

Edition Nov. 13, 1848
In the matter of Lord Lurgan, a Minor
Mr Tomb, QC, applied on behalf of Lady Lurgan, the guardian of the minor, that the report of the Master in this case be confirmed.  The object of the proceeding was, that the furniture and plate belonging to the Late Lord Lurgan (which had been by his will left to Lady Lurgan) should be purchased from her Ladyship for the minor, Mr. Robert Pasley, of Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, and Mr Dowell of Edinburgh, to be appointed to value the property, with power to call a third person if necessary.  This report also recommended that certain releases and renewal of leases, sought for by the Lurgan Gas Co. and others should be executed.

The court granted the motion.

At the outset, I will give you what I know, so kind people are not retracing my footsteps.

1. Robert Pasley b. abt 1783 was a Cabinet Maker in 18/19/20 Bachelors Court.  He died in 1861, so the Robert mentioned above is probably not his son, as he would have been alive in 1848.

2. Robert Pasley migrated to Australia in 1849 aged 14-15.  He is my ggrandfather.

3.  My ggrandfathers parents were Rev William Pasley and Katherine Wilson Palliser, who were married in Tintern Church in 1820.  I found a marriage notice for them on 14/9/1820.

4. Robert Pasley of Bachelors Walk was executor of the will of another Rev William Pasley, Rector of Rathaspeck, who died in 1837.

5.  My ggrandfathers mother, Katherine Pasley (nee Wilson Palliser) died in 1881, and is buried at Mt Jerome with Robert Pasley of Bachelors Walk and his wife Maria.

6. Elizabeth, daughter of Rev William and Katherine gave Bachelors Walk as her address at her marriage in 1847 and Robert Pasley signed as witness with the grooms father as the other.

Sorry this is a bit longwinded, but does anyone have any idea of what it might be about.

With thanks
Annette from Qld Australia.