New information from my contact in Australia,
who has good but not totally conclusive evidence
she is a descendant of the man we are talking about.
William marries under the surname WARREN in 1843 (Launceston),
presumably to get around the marriage
restrictions placed upon him. Marries a Mary Gifford.
They have two daughters born in Tasmania:
Marianne Wadden in 1843 & Catherine Wadham circa 1846.
A third daughter, Elizabeth Wadham is born in Victoria in 1850.
This means the family moved to the mainland 1846-1850.
Earlier in this discussion we noted that our William picked up
a document in 1846 certifying his release from his sentence some years earlier.
It could be that he needed this document to be permitted to leave.
My contact links this man with the death of a William Wadham in Ararat hospital February 1894.
The details on the death cert are consistent with what we know about the man from Tasmania.
*HOWEVER* though the trail of data is good, it has not been possible to absolutely prove that the man who died in Ararat is the man who was transported to Tasmania in 1831.
Can anyone double-check and verify that data I have provided and find a conclusive connection
between the Victoria Wadhams and the Tasmania convict?
-DC
