Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:2293
| SURNAME | WILDING |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 340 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1823 Whitton, Radnorshire, Wales – 20.11.1881 Greenough |
| BRITISH DATA | s/o John WILDING a farmer, unmarr, gen servant, lit, Prot |
| PRE CONVICTION | |
| CONVICTION | Presteigne, Radnor, Wales 25.03.1848 with Thomas Wilding [2956 on the Ramillies] and Edward Cooke [2954 on the Ramillies], assaulting with violence Mr Richard Marston at Knighton and stealing a watch and seals, life (The Hereford Journal, 29 Mar 1858) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 7½ins, dark brown hair, grey eyes, round visage, fresh complexion, scar on left wrist, various cuts on both hands, a large mark on right leg |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Mermaid 17.05.1851 from Portland Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | ¹TL28.05.1853 (SO² p151) Perth, CP03.09.1859 |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | ¹6 Jun 1853 Perth working for John Dobson; 17.05.1853 (SO² p146) CE with extra work combined with good conduct for a considerable time - a remission of 15 days from his punishment at CE; ¹Jun 28 1853 York, engaged to Stephens as blacksmith; 01.08.1855 (SO4 p180) CE to receive extra rations while employed in the smith’s shop; ^long association with York and Northam; ^1860 - 1879 employed 10 TL men on occasions; member of the Templar Lodge; ^blacksmith at Northam, ^1870s Greenough, owned 100 acres and a substantial stone house and ‘smithy’; 1872 goods stolen from his house by Thomas Ryan [9281]; 1872 made a contribution to Greenough Disaster Relief, 1 shilling (The Inquirer & Commercial News, 18 Sep 1872); Dec 1872 Greenough, contract to shoe Police horses; Nov 1881 Greenough, a blacksmith |
| FAMILY | Marr – Cecilia FORWARD (b.26.10.1844, d/o William FORWARD & Caroline nee FRIEND) 07.06.1860 Northam
Children: - Sarah Caroline WILDING: b.1867 Northam |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 18 May 1868 Geraldton, drunk & incapable in the street, fined 5/- ᴳᴿᴾJan 1872 Greenough, assaulting E. I. Anderson on the public road by riding after & against her, guilty, fined £1/10/-, court costs & 2/6d to witness ᴳᴿᴾ01 Oct 1872 Greenough, drunk on a public road, fined 10/- or 10 days ᴳᴿᴾ03 Apr 1873 Greenough, drunk at Greenough Hotel, 21d ᴳᴿᴾ14 Jul 1873 Greenough, loitering about a Public House, a prohibited person, 7d ᴳᴿᴾ03 Nov 1873 Greenough, drunk on a public road, admitted, 21d ᴳᴿᴾ16 Feb 1874 Greenough, being a prohibited person & loitering about a public house to obtain a drink, 7d |
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| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R1A, R17, R21B; Convict Description Register Acc 128/41; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO2/SO4; ¹Perth Police Court TL Register Acc1386/1 p493; Geraldton Police Charge Book Cons 661/41; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; WA Police Gazette 1872/55 p318; Greenough Death Register 1884 - 1895, 1881 Entry 253; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p3307 |
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