Jessie/Janet GEORGE

[ev]

It should name her mother and father , however it would only be to the best knowledge of the person signing the certificate(Death certificate)

Official certs. started in 1855 , so the marriage will probably not have much details 
(Old Parish Records)

ev

[Sharon01]

Is this her marriage in Australia?

Groom's Name John Clarke
Groom's Birth Date 1829
Groom's Age 41
Bride's Name Jessie George
Bride's Birth Date 1832
Bride's Age  38
Marriage Date   21 Mar 1870
Marriage Place   Ringarooma-Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia

I  really do not know what information would have been on a marriage cert then but do you have her marriage cert (if she married) & is there not any other information stated?

Sharon

[tigerquoll]

Yes, that's her. Unfortunately, for me,  Tasmanian marriage and death records of this time only contain very basic information. I was hoping that her parents Scottish marriage records could contain more details.

cheers Janine

[madhouse51]

There is so much to share re Jessie George!!  In brief for the moment, she was born to Ester McKenzie in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Ester was Jamaican.  In 1848, Janet was up for another offence (5th) and was sentenced to 7 years transportation (to VDL/Tasmania).  So, at 17, she went to the other side of the world.  Upon arriving in Hobart, she was placed in the Cascades Women's Prison.  She worked (for no pay) during the day.  Going back to the prison one evening, she was raped in a cab.  For this she was given another several months.  And when the baby was born, she got another few months.      She had four children - one to unknown, three to William Thomas, none with John Clark/e.  Most of her descendants live in Tasmania, the balance in New Zealand.

If you drop me an email, I can offer much much more.

happy days
Barney Reynolds
Launceston, Tasmania

[carol524459]

Hello I have just joined Rootschat and found this old thread about Jessie George - she had children with William Thomas in Tasmania - William is the great great uncle of my dad Stanley Miller - I wondered if any further information has been found about Jessie George's origins in Scotland.
Thank you.
carol

[Tyrian Terror]

Re William Garvock.
You should try the LDS Family Search website re your Garvock searches. It throws up quite a list of circa 42 hits relating to William Garvock in Aberdeen & the NE of Scotland. That's where I found the William Garvock that was relevant to my search. That is  the marriage of William Garvock to Ann Glennie: 6 October 1861 New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. This would make this William Garvock my great great granda on my mothers' side. As she was a Garvock from Scarehill, New Pitsligo.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/