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Hi everyone,

Wondering if anyone can offer any suggestions or advice on the following.

My 3x Great Grandparents were Robert Mason and Anne Morrison. Robert arrived as a convict in NSW in 1834. He left behind a wife and child in England. He then married Anne Morrison, who arrived Free from Scotland with her brother James. They were first located around the area which is now Canberra and Goulburn.

Im pretty sure they had a son in Goulburn they named James Alexander Mason in 1841. Robert then committed another crime the following year and was sent to Norfolk Island and then subsequently to Tasmania where he arrived in 1846.

Anne joined him in Tasmania a few months later, without John. Robert and Anne had another child, a daughter Sarah the following year (This is my grandmother).

Whilst Robert was at Norfolk Island, Anne moved to Musswellbrook, where it is possible her brother James Morrison was living at the time. It is also the same place John was married in 1868 and had his daughter Anne in 1871. John died in 1908, in Denman, New South Wales.

Coincidently his sister Caroline (Second daughter of Robert & Anne) lived in Denman in the early 1900's.

I can't find any record of John coming to Tasmania with his mother. My thoughts are that he stayed in NSW and was either put into an orphanage or adopted. His BDM do not mention his mother's maiden name, but i am convinced he belongs to my Robert & Anne.

Annes death certificate in 1910 mentions her having 2 daughters both Living (Sarah & Caroline) and having 4 deceased sons. One is Randall who died as a baby, the other would be John who died 2 years earlier, but i am unable to find the other two. The informant on her death certificate was her grandson, indicating the family knew of John in NSW (also possibly that his sister Caroline live int he same town).

Does anybody know of any records etc that could contain any info about what happened to John as a child after his father went to Norfolk Island and his mother to Tasmania (He would have been around 5-6 years old). I have all of Roberts convict documents, including petitions for clemency.

Many thanks

Hi everyone,

Can anyone help with the following (Name of Sister) - Convict Indent record.

So far I have

W (Wife) Sally NP (Native Place)
F (Father) Henry NP (Native Place)
4 B (Brothers) Michael Billy Patty
2 S (Sisters) Ellen ?

Cheers

Hi,

Can anyone help with the following? Cheers.

so far I have

Probation Department

Memo

The Probation stations at Westbury
and Broadmarsh will shorlty be
established under the sanction of
the Lt Governor.

May I request that the usual
authority for salaries may be issued
to the Colonial auditor - as the charge
? the storekeeper (2 salary) will
be colonial.

M Fenton
21 April 42

The Colonial Secretary

Hi,

Can anyone help with the following? (Note - Black marks on images to cross out documents from page underneath). Apologies, this one is a bit difficult. so far I have:

Page 9
Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 13th instance
(Crossed out) ? the store acocunts at the
stations at Westbury, Delorane and the
Mersey (crossed out) state
(crossed out) and I am to
request that you will have the ?
to ? ? ? ?
officer incharge of the duties to ?
a ? ? ? the state of the accounts
at last station and to ? the ?
? for the ? of the
?

Page 10
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to ? for the ? ? ?
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(Signed)

Hi,

Can anyone help with the following? (Note - Black marks on images to cross out documents from page underneath). Apologies, this one is a bit difficult. so far I have:

Page 1

CS Office
15 ? 45

Sir
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the
11th inst ? a ?
report of the Board appointed
to enquire with the ? accounts
at Westbury, Deloraine and the Mersey.
From the report of the
Board it appears that at Westbury the
sum of £10.14.5 a day for rations
supplied to the officers by the
contactors and £4.9.6 for a
? of ?. ?
the ? ? then amounts the

Page 2
this is get ?
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the station ? Mr Richardson
and Mr Clement the ? the
storekeeper is to be made
?, ? to ?
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who is impossible for the
same and the ? of this
?
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? the
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Page 3
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as to ? ? ? for the pay ?
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when ? the ? ? ?
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of

Page 4
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