George MOOD, born 1831, Wiltshire, England

[BAC3]

Good Evening Lu,

Thank you for all your research.   I am extremely grateful.

Sadly, mention of his native place as Berlin, Germany, is probably sufficient to disqualify him as even a possibility, and being born 1847/48 clinches the argument.   A pity given the unusual surname.  Back to fossicking

Once again, thank you.

[Lucy2]

Hi BAC3

Was the George MOOD (born 1831) you seek, the same person as Goorge MOOD, (b 1831) - occupation : Baker - convicted 6 March 1844 -- who appears on the Pankhurst* Prison registers
[Note:  * Appears on index as Pankhurst ... but should probably read as Parkhurst ?
Some of these juvenile prisoners arrived in New Zealand. ]

   ~  Lu

Edit --- oops ... our posts crossed.

[kiwihalfpint]

I will throw this one in:

Alien Records - 1917

Name :MOOD George Henly
Date :1917
Age :70
Birth Country:Germany
Years in NZ :52
Place :Thames

Cheers
KHP

[BAC3]

Hello Lu,

He was an ex-Parkhurst Prison juvenile offender, transported as an "Exile" to Port Phillip (Melbourne) in 1847.   I tried researching him there, but no trace, and an off-chance look at the on-line NZ BDM produced the 1880/455 reference.   Many of those transported to Australia eventually crossed the Tasman and therefore George MOOD in NZ was a definite possibility!!

In 1842/43 123 "Parkhurst Boys" arrived in Auckland aboard the St. George and the Mandarin........some were termed Apprentices, the rest Free Immigrants.    I have been researching these as part of my PhD on Parkhurst Prison as a reformatory, but, unfortunately, they are proving an extremely difficult proposition and to date I have only managed to unearth fully about 12 of them.    They make interesting studies nonetheless. 

Once again thank you for helping.

BAC3