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Hoping.

I am dancing round the room in delight,I have kissed all and sundry that I can {including pooches} and asked for tham to be sent to Tas for your good self.

You really are a wonderful,fantastic,brilliant ,dedicated ,research person to go those extra few miles back into town to search again for me.

How to repay you?If you are ever over here {wales}there is a HUGE welcome sign on my gate for you and no expense will be spared on a slap up meal.
As long as its under a tenner!wine included of course.

Back to the nitty gritty now.
BURT you say was emma reeves mothers maiden name?
Samuels son born 1911 married a miss martin and her mothers surname was BURT, and they all came from,wait for it...

Wittersham in Kent,where Samuel was going,and retired to, when he came back from oz in 1932!!
Does that "help"verify things or does that verify things???
The way things get connected from all over the world is amazing.

Now to find John Harris going out to oz as you say.
And check for Emmas parents being freesettlers or convicts.
Oh Hoping you really have made my year.
Thank you so,so,sooooooooooooo much.

Blimey, glad to be of service, but just to verify, town is 5 mins away!!! Not like I made a huge trek to the arctic or something. I love leeks so if I ever am over your way, shall definitely drop in, now put out a request for shipping records, there are some very knowledgeable people on here!!

OK we have 2 marriage recordsJohn Harris and Emma married in 1866 (march 12th) john is aged 59 widower, and shoemaker and emma is aged 21, spinster. The witnesses are: what looks to be eliza and elizabeth Viner? M maxfield, and robert and william reeves and a harriet hasler, and john Wornersley. They married in St matthews church in New norfolk.

John reeves and millicent e burt also married in St mattheews, new norfolk in 1841 (aug 9th) and their details are John reeves aged 31, millicent aged 24. It looks as if it reads farming amn T.L. "Geo" Boadicea for john and Gilbert Henderon for millicent. Shall do a quick check for convicts on that one. Their witnesses are mary burt nad Richard Cordrau?? So shall check those out on the tas site as well. Regards Linda :)

OK millicent was a convict:

Burt, Milicent
Convict No: 9485
Extra Identifier:
SEE Surname:
SEE Given Names:
Voyage Ship: Gilbert Henderson
Voyage No: 165
Arrival Date: 24 Apr 1840
Departure Date: 14 Dec 1839
Departure Port: London
Conduct Record: CON40/1/2
Muster Roll:
Appropriation List: MM33/7
Other Records:
Indent:
Description List: CON19/1/12 p493

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and john appears to have been a soldier:
Reeves, John
Convict No: 58856
Extra Identifier:
SEE Surname:
SEE Given Names:
Voyage Ship: Boadicea
Voyage No:
Arrival Date: 22 Sep 1836
Departure Date:
Departure Port:
Conduct Record: CON31/1/37 p204
Muster Roll:
Appropriation List:
Other Records: CON13/1/8 p339
Indent: CON16/1/1 p34
Description List:
Remarks: Soldier. To NSW per George 4

If you go to tasmanian bmd then click on colonial whatsits and then tas convicts and type in the name, you can actually view the record on line, takes ages to down load!!
Regards Linda :)

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Ho Ho Ho.
The irony of it.
Emma was the convicts daughter,and samuel her son married a very wealthy solicitors daughter!
Hot footing it to Tasbmd now.

Who am I looking for on shipping records again?
Millicent burt,john reeves and john harris shoemaker?

I recieved a birth cert for a burt {1868} from wittersham kent today,wonder if it might be the same family that millicent came from?
Thats for another day to look at though.

John Reeves is image no 220
Transported from Gazupore ,east Indies,for desertion,absent for 5 days and striking a sergeant,12 months in solitary.Ooooooo

Going back in to trawl for millicent now!

Millicent got her free cert on 7 may 1852,but I cant read what she was transported for,the writing is really scrawley.
So daughter Emma was born while they were still convicts.

Image no 71

And there was a ,
mary burt
on the same transport ship.

There are STACKS of John Harris on the New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922

If he is in that list then there is no image available for them.

So what do I ask for if I ask for a passage look up ??
I have searched all the poss sites on ancestry for him going out,where next?

I will have to come back to this after the weekend as I have 2 of my boys having birthdays and we are off to see them for a couple of days.
will check back later
thanks.

Millicent was transported for larceny, along with (it looks like) her sister mary burt. So she''s single b 1817 and tried in Devon. John's record says single and then further along say's widower?

Just rec'd this from a chap here in tas:

Ancestors of Emma Maria Reeves
Generation No. 1
1. Emma Maria Reeves, born 1845. She was the daughter of 2. John Reeves and 3. Millicent Emma Burt. She married (1) John Harris 1866 in New Norfolk , Tasmania.

More About John Harris and Emma Reeves:
Marriage: 1866, New Norfolk , Tasmania
Generation No. 2

2. John Reeves, born 1810 in Bolton , Lancashire , England. He married 3. Millicent Emma Burt 1841 in Hobart Tasmania.
3. Millicent Emma Burt, born 1817 in Exeter , England.

Notes for John Reeves:
Soldier - 3rd Buffaloes , India
Convict - 7 years for desertion - 9 Oct. 1835
Free Cert - 23 Jan. 1852

More About John Reeves:
Convict: 9 Oct 1835, 7 years for desertion
Occupation: 1835, Soldier - Gazapur , East Indies
More About Millicent Emma Burt:
Convict: 15 Oct 1839, 7 years for theft
Occupation: 1839, House Servant
More About John Reeves and Millicent Burt:
Marriage: 1841, Hobart Tasmania

Children of John Reeves and Millicent Burt are:
1 i. Emma Maria Reeves, born 1845; married John Harris 1866 in New Norfolk , Tasmania.
ii. Robert Reeves, born 26 Apr 1850 in Hobart , Tasmania; married Elizabeth Mary Wallis 1874 in
Hobart Tasmania; born 1856.
More About Robert Reeves and Elizabeth Wallis:
Marriage: 1874, Hobart Tasmania
iii. Robert John Reeves, born 1846 in Hobart , Tasmania; died 1847 in Hobart , Tasmania.
iv. William Reeves, born 1847.
Children of

OK, back to the harris's. There are two marriages for a John Harris around 1830's and the most likely is to a mary groom in Hobart in 1832. This is the only one that appears to have produced offspring (although the records state mary unknown) so shall try and check those out next time I'm in town and if John is a shoemaker then I think we can take it that he's our man. Not that it'll give us any info as to his birthplace. But witnesses etc may help. I was lucky enough once to find a marriage that had taken place at the grooms parents home, and from that worked out that he was born in Yorkshire, fingers crossed. Linda :)

Thank you so much for all this extra info, hoping.
You really are worth your wieght in gold.
I will print it all off and sit and digest it in the morning as it is quite late here.

I thought that millicent burts record said larceny but wasnt certain,so its nice to have it confirmed.
Wonder what the 2 of them stole?
I presume that her and mary did it together as they were convicted and transported together.
But if they were sisters, which seems very likely,at least they had each other for support in such awful conditions,and all the fear of what they would find at the end of the voyage.
All I can say is that they were very strong women I would think.

Hi, to add info on the sisters...Milicent and Mary Burt
both coming out here on the Gilbert Henderson. july 1841.

in the 1841 musters.
Milicent Burt was working for Mr Thomas Mason Esquire
New Norfolk.
Mary Burt was working for the Rev W Garrard
New Norfolk.

kind regards, Lorraine in sunny Mackay Qld.

Hi Lorraine, thanks for the help, are you able to find john harris born 1807??!! I think I have his first marriage, (shall check that out tomorrow). Regards Linda :)

Thank you for the extra info Lorraine,it is much appreciated.
The more the better.
I am finding all this totally fascinating.
But I was dreaming about being transported last night,which wasnt so good!
I must try to think of something else just before sleep.

I must say that I feel somewhat redudndant with you 2 so well on the case,but I know its in good hands.
thank you.
B

OK, john harris widower/shoemaker b 1810 married sarah east, widow aged 51 in new norfolk in 1861. Sarah then died of heart disease in 1865. No offpsring to them then, BUT. John died in 1893 and his death was reported by the supt of police. Death confirmed with shoemaker, john died of senile decay? None of the other marriages I checked had an occupation for john, so unable to verify that, and the two I was hoping for hav john as a convict (to mary groom in 1832), and bachelor to eliza mccreedy, also in 1832. So, no closer to finding out where john came from I'm afraid. I also couldn't find any births to john/eliza to match fathers occ, and the only ones to a possible mary, were a yeoman, corndealer and farmer. Drats!! Linda :)

Thank you Linda for that further info,my word you are a veritable "Tas devil" when it comes to Tas research.
There is but one thing now that I would really like to know and then I think that I will have the most filled out history that I can get on this lot,courtesy of you and Lorraine.

When did emma maria harris ,nee reeves, die?
Or have you already found that and I have missed it?