Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:424
| SURNAME | DODD |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| OTHER NAME | Edwin BANWELL |
| CONVICT NO | 5071/9968 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1835 Morten in Marsh Gloucestershire – 14.05.1917 Perth |
| BRITISH DATA | alias Edwin BANWELL; s/o John Henry BANWELL and Mary nee DODD; unmarr, jockey, lit, Prot; NOK father John Banwell, Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucestershire Chatham Prison - good, on voyage - good; 27.04.1858 ‘was placed in cross irons and parti-coloured clothes for attempting to convert some canvas into clothing to effect his escape’, character and conduct - very bad |
| PRE CONVICTION | Gloucester 09.06.1850 breaking and entering; 01.06.1851 aged 16, in the county gaol, stealing 2 pieces of sacking and 3 halters, the property of Robert Berman; 13.12.1851 in the county gaol with James Careless, stealing half a bushel of potatoes, the property of Henry Wells; 01.07.1852 in the county gaol with James Careless, stealing a carriage cover and 10yds of calico, the property of Thomas Horne, 7yrs transportation |
| CONVICTION | Warwick 19.12.1856 burglary, 2 prev conv, 20yrs |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | aged 23, 5ft 10ins, black hair, dark hazel eyes, long visage, fair complexion, stout build, scar left hand; *Feb 1878, (p39) 34 years of age, 5ft l0ins, black hair, dark eyes, long visage, swarthy complexion, middling stout build |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Edwin Fox 21.11.1858 from Chatham Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL27.03.1861 Bunbury, CP14.01.1865 Toodyay, CF20.02.1877 Champion Bay ]9968] CF 31.01.1882 (*p32) |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 28.06.1859 (SO7 p185) CE promoted to Constable 3rd Class; 23.07.1860 Bunbury; 30.06.1863 Toodyay, schoolmaster; 31.12.1863 Perth, musician; 02.04.1864 Toodyay, gen servant; ^1866 - 1868 Champion Bay, employed 4 TL men; [9968] 1876 Dongara farmer (WA Almanac 1884 - 1889); *Jan 1877 (p3) had money stolen at Dongara, a promissory note £7/10/-, police officers doubtful; 1895 to Arrino, kept a store & refreshments rooms, wife was the district midwife; Edwin Banwell Dodd declared bankrupt, a storekeeper at Arrino (The West Australian, 05 May 1913) |
| FAMILY | Marr – (^as ‘Edwin BANWELL), Emma PAYNE (1863 Dongara - 1951 Fremantle, d/o Henry alias John Williams & Frances nee Bracken) 20.12.1876
Children: Father is named as Edwin BANWELL Mary BENWELL known as DODD: 1878 Irwin - 1958; Henry Roy BENWELL known as DODD: 1879 Arrino - 10.05.1941 Geraldton, marr Sarah Mabel BELL: 28.11.1906 Arrino; John DODD: 1882 - 1970, Irwin; Charles DODD: b.1884 Irwin - 1972; Maud Emma DODD: b.1886; Elizabeth DODD: 05.08.1889 Dongara - 04.02.1931 Mt Lawley; Louisa DODD: 1893 Irwin - 1980, marr Wilfred WILLIAMS 1915 Fremantle; Amy DODD: 1896 Upper Irwin - 1944, marr Arthur G. SAUNDERS 1913 Irwin; Sarah Ann DODD: 1898 Arrino - 1980, marr John E. COPE 1915 Perth; Ruby Frances DODD: 1901 Arrino - 1856, marr Arnold S. COPE 1916 Fremantle |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 03 Jul 1867 Geraldton, warrant, forging & uttering, remanded, for trial 04 Sept 1867 Geraldton, forgery & uttering, not guilty ᴳᴿᴾ28 Apr 1869 Greenough, failing to fulfil engagement with James Pascoe to cut timber, settled 9968 ᴳᴿᴾOct 1870 Greenough, perjury to Sessions in Geraldton Court *Feb 1878 (p37, p39, p43, p101, p102, p153) Dongara, warrant, larceny of cheque £7 property of Robert Fane, Irwin Hotel, case dismissed 1878 – Dongara Police records indicate 6 prev convictions for drunkenness & obscene language *Mar 1881 (p44, p52, p166) Dongara, Irwin Hotel, larceny of a bottle of orange bitters, the property of W. Linthorne, remanded, 6m Feb 1882 Dongara, drunk at the Race Course, fined 10/- or 7d Apr 1882 Dongara, drunk while in charge of a team, fined 15/- or 14d Oct 1882 Dongara, drunk, fined 15/- & costs Jul 1883 Dongara, drunk, fined 10/- 1892 Dongara, drunk, cautioned Feb 1908 Mingenew, cutting timber without a license, fined £5 (The Midlands Advertiser, 07 Feb 1908) Aug 1912 lost a suit against Arthur Gordon Saunders |
| WA RECONVICTIONS | [9968] – ᴵᴿ25.09.1869 arrested Upper Irwin - 01.10.1869 Geraldton, perjury before the Quarter Sessions, 7yrs hard labour, sentence remitted 1871 WA Data – s/o William Banwell of Morton Gloucestershire |
| COMMENTS | |
| REFERENCES | SROWA – General Register Acc 1156 R1, R8, R16, R21B; Estimates and Convict Lists Acc 128/32; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO7; Record of Court Cases Acc 1156 V23; Local Prisoner Register Acc 1156 V16A; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; *WA Police Gazette; Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs; Police Charge Book Dongara Cons417/22 p18; ᴵᴿPolice Occurrence Book Dongara 1868 - 1871 Cons 417/01; Midwest of Western Australia Pre – 1901 Pioneer Family Register, p7 |
| STORY | No story has been recorded. Please send us one if you have it. |
| Photograph | Signature or Mark |
 |  |