Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:2146
| SURNAME | TREMBATH |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas Henry |
| OTHER NAME | TRENBATH |
| CONVICT NO | 8140 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 28 Jan 1843 Redruth Union Workhouse, Cornwall – 24.11.1908 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o Mary Trenbath; 1851 census, aged 8, Union Workhouse, Illogan, Cornwall; unmarr, miner, imperfectly instructed |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Bodmin, Cornwall 18.03.1863 rape of his cousin, Elizabeth Jane Trembath [b.1856], a girl under 10 years of age, d/o James Trembath & Elizabeth Noy, at the parish of Illogan, 10yrs (The Royal Cornwall Gazette, 20 Mar 1863 p5; The Western Daily Mercury, 21 Mar 1863) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 3½in, light brown hair, dark grey eyes, oval visage, fair complexion, middling stout, ring second finger left hand |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Merchantman 12.09.1864 from Portland Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL03.05.1866, CR19.07.1869, CF17.03.1871 Champion Bay |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 12.09.1864 CE signed for his personal possessions - 2 hymn books, subsequently received - 19.05.1866, 5 keys, sent to Champion Bay; 17.09.1864 (SO9 p112) CE per Flying Foam, to Champion Bay to be employed on the road between Geraldton and the Chapman River Bridge; ^1870 employed TL man; ᴽ05.05.1866 - 30.10.1868 Victoria District, worked for 8 masters including S. Mitchell |
| FAMILY | 01.01.1872 Christchurch, New Zealand, married Mary JOHNS in Christchurch; 1901 – Chirstchurch, painter |
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| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R3, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/43; Prisoner Property Book Acc 1156 V14; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO9; ᴽTicket of Leave Register Geraldton Courthouse Acc 1914, p58; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p3099 |
| STORY | No story has been recorded. Please send us one if you have it. |
| Photograph | Signature or Mark |
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