Tasmanian Edwards families

[tullosboy]

My wifes ancesters were amongst the first free settlers in Tasmania.

There was apperently a long line of "William Edwards". The family ran a hotel but I dont have a lot more information than that. They were Methodists from Wales.

Any ideas where to start looking??

Thanks

Patrick

[piedstilt]

Hi Patrick,

The best place to start is at:

www.archives.tas.gov.au

Gives all sorts of indexes to explore.

Good luck,

Ros 

[tullosboy]

Thanks Ros,

The Archive was a great help. As a result I am looking for links with name EDWARDS in Scottsdale and Ringarooma, Tasmania.

I have confirmed 2 Williams but apparently there were more.

Any information would be great.

Thanks

Patrick

[PrueM]

HI Patrick,
Have you looked at Jenny Fawcett's website, Genseek?

http://www.genseek.net/ozzlinks.htm#TAS

Jenny has provided indeces and transcriptions, as well as links, for alot of early information including in Tasmania.  I have been really lucky to find ads that one of my ancestors placed in a Launceston newspaper in 1833, and a news report of the inquest into the 1836 death of another ancestor in Sydney!  I found these on an index she had online, and then paid her a small fee to transcribe the full ad/article for me. 

I hope you find it as useful as I have 

Prue

[flinders]

So we need to be looking for either
William Jordan Edwards to do with Ringarooma

and the one in Scottdale - do you have a middle name to help narrow down a person

do we have any names to match them to Wales

[tropicalj]

Hi there based on the william jordan i looked up my tassie index and found

william jordan  born 15/11/1855 to
william edwards father
mother elizabeth davison fisher
married at longford reg no 1071/1855 reference RGD33 the groom as 35 and the bride was 28

other children were elizabeth 1859
john 1866
lillie 1863
lousia 1867
mary 1862
mary jane 1861
minnie may 1871


now william jordan married Amy richardson 4/6/1884 the bride was 21 at
ringarooma reg no 927/1884 RGD37
children
dorothy emma 1897
leslie robert 1889
lucy grace1886
mabel amy 1891
roy edward1894
stanley hubert1889
william henry 1885
                                             all born ringarooma

regards jenn

[tullosboy]

Thanks Jen,

We must have been looking at the indexes at about the same. How do I go further back than this any ideas?

Thanks

Patrick and Toni ( nee Edwards )

[tropicalj]

Hi there
the only way to get it right from the word lets look is unfortunetly to get birth and death certificates with such a common name it is hard to know if you are going on the right path
are you sure that you are after william jordan edwards?
if so i will see what is on the birth and death certificate ie what information they give re parentage it is a pity that the states do difffer so much.
regards jenn

[tullosboy]

Well as they used to say the plot thickens!! William Jordon is definately my wifes relative, one of his sons was my wifes Great grandfather. Williams dad William Ward Edwrads was actually sent down on the Good ship Duncan in 1840 or 1841 for stealing. He later owned the Vine Grove hotel and was a Wesleyan.

I found some information that leads me to believe that he also changed his name from Thomas Hinds or Hindes to Edwards!!

So any information on either of these names would be great.

Thanks again

Patrick