Thomas Hoy is my GGGrandfather, so we are related: he was a carpenter of Maitland and Lambton.
John Linsley was an upstanding man, and with his brother Wm, were at the forefront with James Fletcher (mayor of Plattsburg) fighting for coal miners rights; which was the beginning of the union movement in Aust. Sister Margaret Coxon (nee Linsley) died while visiting the family at Plattsburg, from Lambton.
George Hoy b1842 Fulbourn, CAM, travelled to Aust 1855, last seen in Maitland 1867.
Brothers William and Alfred were bakers also. Although Alfred later became a shopkeeper in Warialda near Tamworth, and later in life ran off with the maid and changed his name. Alfred was registered Alfred but they called him Stephen in honour of his dead older brother. Changing names seems to be a family trick. The family also doesn’t seem to be good with money and many of the brothers went bankrupt and dodged debts.
Brother William used George's name in bankrupt court cases and even on children B certs. He had many aliases in his court cases: George Wm Hoy, George Missen etc, he died in Maitland gaol.
