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Hi all,
I am researching the Hatfield bushrangers for a little project of mine. 
Not a well know group of bushrangers and their life as bushrangers was only short lived. (4 days  )
I have a lot of details from Trove newspaper site, lots.

Hatfield, NSW, between Balranald and Ivanhoe.
Year - 1879

What I need is a bit more background on the men.

- Thomas Gorman b.c. 1858 stockman (likely ring leader) -21 years hard labour
- charles Jones, b.c. 1858, stockman from Qld. - 14 years hard labour
- William Kaye, b.c. 1860 , stockman local to Hatfield, NSW - 10 years hard labour
- William Hobbs, b.c. 1846, ex- sailor, deformed arm and leg. cook at Hatfield, - 14 years hard labour.

I know what sentences they got but do not know which gaol they ended up in.  The trial was at Deniliquin.
If I can find out where they were born, when they died, if they ever married it will help ad to my files and background details.

thanks in advance
Margaret

Hi all,
hope you can help me with a dilemma. Not sure but think I might be dealing with 2 fellows of the same name, David Simpson.
I have included ALL the details I have on him so you know where I stand.  It is the various charges that are of concern. We were led to believe that there may have been two David Simpsons in the area. However, both blacksmiths?  Extreme coincidence.
Any help in sorting this out would be really appreciated. Must finish my book. 


DAVID SIMPSON

1831 - David Simpson born 15th July 1831, Kildwick, Yorkshire.
Bp. 28 June 1837, Ickornshaw, Yorkshire.
Parents – John Simpson and Elizabeth Whitaker.
1841 – Census, home with parents in Kildwick
1851 – Census, home with parents in Kildwick
1852 - Married – 1. Ellen Robinson in 1852, Kildwick
Issue – 1. Henry Simpson Robinson,               b. 1850, d. 1851 (middle name – assumption)
              2. Sarah Elizabeth Simpson,                b. 1852, married John Guy in 1871
              3. Alice Simpson,                                   b. 1854,(2nd July) d. Possible only – in 1856.
1853 – Possible conviction – 27th June 1853. Larceny, 2 months imprisonment, trial – Skipton W. Yks.
*This could be a different David Simpson.
David to Australia
Possible shipping choices: Taken from Public Record Office, Vic, Unassisted indexes.
1854 - Champion of the Seas - Dec. 1854 – age 24 – Found this one in the State Library, not a great deal of extra information.  The extra info just stated: David Simpson, age 24, labourer.  Directly beneath his name is Jos Simpson, age 21, labourer.  (*note, our Joseph Simpson was born in 1819)
Further on, on a different page, there is a Thos Simpson, age 30, cabinet maker, and a Rd or Ro Simpson, age 27, also a cabinet maker.  The age looks good for David but not for Joseph.  I think we can disregard the cabinet makers as all our Simpson boys were blacksmiths.
1855 – James Baines – Feb 1855 – just states Adult no actual age given. This fiche was missing from the state library when I looked for it, typical, I have not followed up on this as yet, the PRO is very difficult to get to.
1859 – Mentioned in Pastoral Times, Joseph Simpson states his brother David will be looking after his      blacksmith business while he is away.  Deniliquin.
1865 – Numerous articles in police gazettes. (Sorry, may not be in exact order)
David Simpson (and Mary Anne Simpson/Anston) charged with stealing wearing apparel.  Arrested at Forbes – trial at Bathurst. Tried Oct 1865, 18months jail.

*David Simpson charged with receiving stolen property, states he is a blacksmith and from Yorkshire, states he was born in 1830 and the ship he arrived on was the Champion of the Seas. His description is given as thus:
5ft 6or 7 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, brown hair, worn long and curly, light sandy beard and moustache. 
David Simpson charged with stealing a horse. Arrested at Forbes, discharged.
David Simpson charged with stealing a pair of trousers, arrested at Forbes (6 months at Bathurst gaol).
David Simpson (and Mary Ann Simpson) for stealing under clothes, arrested at Forbes, committed to trial at Orange Quarter sessions.
1869  -  David Simpson charged on warrant with disobeying a summons for selling spirits without a    licence. Arrested at Balranald, remanded at Hay.  Age 36, Blacksmith, description as thus:
Same descript given as earlier, but mentions clothing as thus: dressed in light tweed coat and tweed trousers strapped with black cloth, a blacksmith.

1871 -   David Simpson, vagrancy, tried at Balranald P. C. On the 5th June 1871, states born England, occupation blacksmith.  He was goaled at Deniliquin.  States he arrived on ship Champion of the Seas in 1854 and gives his year of birth as 1842. (Even though the age is wrong in this, I feel it may be a misprint as same details are given in the 1865 police gazzette* and age is different.
   David Simpson charged with being a rogue and vagabond.
1874 – David is in Wilcannia and has set up a Blacksmith shop. Numerous articles or docs to verify this.
1875 - Married – 2.  David marries Elizabeth Ferrier. (Have marriage certificate.)
Issue from this marriage – 1. John Simpson, b. 1876, married Elizabeth Neeson in 1900.  (Have certificates)
1901 – David Simpson dies on the 27th June 1901 in Wilcannia, NSW. Blacksmith. (Have certificate     and write up in paper on his death)


Margaret

Hi folks,
I am trying to find out a bit more about a fellow called Jeremiah Greeny.
He was mentioned in a newsarticle where he had abused and insulted Margaret Simpson wife of Joseph simpson. (1869- Deniliquin)
Joseph at the time owned The Supreme Court Hotel in Deni and the next day this same fellow came into the hotel and Joseph kicked him out because of the way he had treated his wife.  Jeremiah took him to court for assault and Joseph pleaded guilty.

I have since found out that his same fellow went missing in 1875, drunk and drowned.

I am hoping to find out more about him to include in more story, a bit of background info.  Thought I had a contact but the email bounced back at me. 

possible marriage Geremiah Greeny to Elizabeth Donaldson in 1861.

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks in advance.

Margaret

Hi all,
just wondering. In the 1850's writing was done with pen and ink.
I have a lot of newsarticles that were produced from court room cases.
How would a journalist have scribbled down his notes to take back and put in the paper, I would imagine pencils (grey lead) would have been used but not exactly sure.

any advice welcome.

Margaret

Hi all,
I am nearing the end of my story on my family history and  have been looking at printers online and most seem to want to do the covers themselves, design, layout etc.

As an artist, and having an image painted already, I wish to do it myself.  Not only for self satisfaction  but it will also save on costs.

However, they seem to stipulate about mock-ups, and spines and back covers, and a whole lot of technical stuff.
I am having the book done in A5 size, but have no idea where to go from here.

Does anyone know of a specific program or layout that I can use to play with this design so I can present it in a professional manner.
I do have photoshop.

kind regards
Margaret