Richard and Priscilla Glasson

[Cornish Terrier]

found a place for me for this Charles. I now have only one to go

Lannanta - does this 'only one to go' include a certain Charles Glasson of Cornwall who arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1836 aboard the 'Henry Porcher'?

Charles Glasson was convicted at the Cornwall Qtr Sessions 28th June 1836 and sentenced to seven years transportation.

The following details are provided by Ancestry and I think there might be a slight error in them!

Departed 1st August 1836
Arrived 28th June 1836 (this was his date of conviction)

It seems that there is nothing right about these two dates!

Records held by the Archives Office of Tasmania show that the Henry Porcher departed 14th July 1836 from London and arrived 15th November 1836.

Unfortunately I would need to work my way through nearly 200 images online to find further details about him.

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CT

Charles Glasson was convicted at the Cornwall Qtr Sessions 28th June 1836 and sentenced to seven years transportation.

Yes, for Larceny.

This would explain what happened to Charles, the son of Charles and Mary, the brother of John Dunstone Glasson - the Charles who was transported to Tasmania was aged 17 years so he is most likley to be the son of Charles Glasson and Mary Dunstan? Explains why he does not appear in 1841?

Lannanta

[Cornish Terrier]

Okay - so we seem to have at least something on each of three children for Charles and Mary.

A marriage for John Dunstone Glasson.
The Transportation of Charles to Tasmania.
A potential marriage for Jane at Falmouth.

It is a matter now of pursuing John and Jane in particular to see if any trails might lead to Charles and Mary.

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

Lannanta - changing tack briefly with something for the family of Charles and Anna Maria.

I doubt that I have all the Charles Glassons in my database but I have just found an interesting one.

In 1861 a Charles Glasson marrried Elizabeth KAY in Victoria. She was nee PEARCE and had been previously married to John Kay.

The Death Record for Charles (1906) indicates his age as 70 which puts his birth around 1836 but unfortunately names of parents were not known.

Right now I have two Charles who could be potential matches.

1. born about 1836 son of John and Frances (nee Willoughby)
2. baptised 1834 son of Charles and Anna Maria (nee Clarke)

Any help?

CT

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In 1861 a Charles Glasson marrried Elizabeth KAY in Victoria. She was nee PEARCE and had been previously married to John Kay.

Is it possible to get the parents from this marriage entry?

Lannanta

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CT

The Transportation of Charles to Tasmania.

Do you think that this Charles would have stayed on Oz or more likely to go home after the seven years?

Lannanta

[Cornish Terrier]

[quoteIs it possible to get the parents from this marriage entry?
][/quote]

The only way would be to purchase the Marriage Certificate unfortunately.

Groom: Charles GLASSON
Bride: Mary KAY
Year: 1861
Reg Number: 920

Do you think that this Charles would have stayed on Oz or more likely to go home after the seven years?

He may have returned but I think if he served his full term it may be more likely that he stayed in Australia.

Having just written that I have found a little information in the Tasmanian Archives!

Index to Departures 1817-1867

Family Name - Glasson
Given Name(s) - Charles
Rank - Steerage
Ship of Departure - City of Melbourne
Date of Departure - 2 Mar 1852
Port of Departure - Launceston
Where Bound - Melbourne
Ship to Colony - Henry Porcher
Status - Free by servitude
References - POL220/1/1 p600

So now I need to see if I can find what happened to him after he arrived in Melbourne.

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

PRO Victoria has supplied me with the next item for Charles.

In January 1853 C Glasson age 32 was destined for Launceston aboard the 'Yarra Yarra I'.

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

That seems to be about all I can do for now unfortunately.

There are no Tasmanian BMD Indexes available online but ...............

For the 'petty sum' of about $500.00 (with perhaps a little change ) it seems that you, too, can own the CDRom Indexes of these records!!!

And people here were complaining about the fees Ancestry charges!

[davidkingmartin]

This week`s UK episode of "Who Do You Think You Are" (BBC TV) featured Jason Donovan, tracing his mother`s Australian line...a lot about Melbourne, Launceston and Tasmania and the building of a highway east across the Blue Mts by convict labour. The labourers were pardoned. 1850s,I think.
An extraordinary story. It`s repeated later this week.Try BBC iPlayer,on-line.

David