William CAWSTON, Born C1827, Wisbech

[BAC3]

Hello,

This is a difficult case.

I have completed the usual index searches family details (birth etc.) to no avail .......the only information I have managed to uncover is from his convict documentation in Tasmania, which states:

Father:  George
No Mother
Brothers: George, Henry, Charles,
Sisters:  Emily, Jane, Fanny

He was imprisoned in 1842 and 1843.....but no 1841 Census.....and transported in 1845.

Possibly someone can help??   Thank you.

BAC3

[CaroleW]

Have you looked for his siblings on censuses or marriages for his sisters?

Do his records confirm he was b Wisbech

[trish1120]

Have you ruled out the 1851 Census that has;

George CAWSTON born c 1794 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, living in Wisbech?
With Son Henry and family.
Henry born c 1831 Lynn, Norfolk

[trish1120]

1841 in Suffolk;
George Conston   45
Charles Cawston 19
Henry Cawston 10

1851 George Cawston is lodging in Essex born c 1794 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

[BAC3]

Thank you for all that detail.   I'm vey grateful as it does help enormously.

However, it did throw up one peculiar fact using your information in further searching.   The father, George, was acquitted on 29/07/1842 of receiving stolen goods.   The very day his son, William, in the same court was found guilty of theft!!!!

BAC3

[trish1120]

Yes I saw for George also.

Sorry off to bed

[ciderdrinker]

Good afternoon
A Christening for Charles
Charles Cawston born 3 Nov 1823 bapt 8 June 1824 s of George Cawston and Maria Mothersole
Bury St Edmunds  St Mary
Emily 24 Oct 1821 age 2 and Sister Harriot born 1821
Maria Jane Sudbury 17 July 1817
George Phillip   Burwell Suffolk 13 April 1816 age 1

George Cawton buried St Peter Wisbech 24 Dec 1867 age 74 of East Field Raithbys Square
He married Maria Mothersole at Bury St Edmunds St James 13 Jan 1815
Maria buried St Margaret kings Lynn 2 Oct 1834 w of George age 37 years Austin St
It looks like she was baptised at Great Livermere 7 April 1796 d of Phillip and Jane.Born the 6th.

Ciderdrinker

[BAC3]

Ciderdrinker,

Thank you for those details......I thought George CAWSTON possibly married Maria MOTHERSOLE, which you have now confirmed, and I'm happy to go searching further with that knowledge. 

BAC3

[DCB]

May be a different William:-

Ipswich Journal 30 July 1842
  William Cawston, 14, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a gold ring, one sovereign, and one shilling, the property of Nassau Wenn, of Bury St. Edmund's:
One Months' solitary confinement, and to be once severely whipped.
  William Cawston, 49, was aquitted on a charge of receiving the above, knowing it to have been stolen.
The Court adjourned at 7 to 9 o'clock this morning.

Bury and Norwich Post 21 December 1842
 COMMITTED TO BURY GAOL.-William Cawston, (by F.G. Probert, Esq.)charged with stealing a pair of Cobourg boots, the property of George Clarke, of Bury.

There was a William Causton (Cawston) b 1828 in Great Whelnetham, Thingoe, near Bury, Suffolk in 1841, son of William, b 1802.

David