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I have been researching my wifes ancestor, Wilson Cornwall for 17 years and he is proving an incredibly tough nut to crack! I - or rather we since my work is based largely on collaboration with one or two others - have found four related Cornwalls who came to Australia in the late Colonial era ...
Wilson Cornwall, the Convict records
Police and trial documents
14/03/1839 Alexander Mitchell of Bally[magingan], [Artria] parish Barony of Loughanshollin robbed by three men near Castledawson who escaped towards Londonderry through the Town Bridge turnpike
16/03/1839 Wilson Cornwall & Moses Hutchinson apprehended for the crime in Belfast
21/03/1839 Tried for Highway Robbery, Aged 21 (therefore
b.22/03/1817-21/03/1818) No previous offences, sentenced to 15 years
Transportation
Transportation records
06/07/1839 Departed Dublin Town on board the MIDDLESEX
25/01/1840 Arrived Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW; Aged 23 (therefore b.26/01/1816-25/01/1817); Single, no children, R[ead and W[rite]; Religion Protestant; Native Place Co Armagh; Occupation Labourer; Cousin John Cornwall, transported 3y ago; Convict Indent No 160; Convict standing No 40-172 "Folio 10" [Indent No] Described as 5'8 1/2"; Fair ruddy & freckled complexion; Light sandy hair;
Grey eyes; Large semicircular scar on the top of head; breast & arms hairy and freckled; two scars inside third finger of left hand
Ticket of Leave
13/11/1845 Ticket of Leave recommended by Goulburn Bench
07/03/1846 Ticket of Leave 46/428 granted "Allowed to remain in the service of Thos. Woore Esqr at his station on the Murray River for 12 Mths"
20/07/1846 Ticket of Leave Passport 46/696 granted
21/03/1847 Ticket of Leave 46/696 "Cancelled for being absent from his district"
22/10/1847 Ticket of Leave 47/785 granted "Allowed to remain in the district of Melbourne
... Much more on Wilsons subsequent life in early Goldrush Melbourne and as a selector out past the Dandenongs as one of the pioneers of the Toomuc Valley and later the Gippsland district. Wilson was Protestant and "a proud Orangeman" - I speculate that since there was an Orange Lodge in Melbourne at the time, he was a member there.
John Cornwall, cousin of Wilson
-30/06/1837 Convicted of stolen property in possession at Antrim; No former convictions, sentenced to 14 years transportation
-01/01/1838 Arr Sydney, NSW on the Neptune(4); Aged 28 (b.02/01/1809-01/01/1810); Married, 2 Male children, R[ead] & W[rite]; Religion Protestant; Native Place Co Armagh; Occupation Groom; Convict Indent No 184; Convict standing No 38-181
-13/01/1844 Ticket of Leave No 44/287; "Allowed to remain in the District of Melbourne."
-In Melbourne his Master is shown as Watson & Hunter
-1847 Muster - Self employed at Pentridge
Mary Jane Cornwall, wife of John Cornwall
-18/10/1837 Convicted of Receiving stolen goods at Antrim; No former convictions, sentenced to 7 yrs transportation
-28/03/1838 Arr Sydney, NSW on the "Diamond"; Aged 26 (b.29/03/1811-28/03/1812); Married, no children, R[ead]; Religion Roman Catholic; Native Place Belfast; Occupation Needle-woman; Husband John Cornwall per Neptune 1838; Convict Indent No 105; Convict standing No 104-38
No children listed as coming on the "Diamond" with her
-16/03/1843 Ticket of Leave signed, No 43/918. Allowed to remain in the district of Wollombi [in the Hunter Valley, NSW]
-14/07/1845 Certificate of Freedom No 45/918. Marginal notation "Wollombi; 31 July". All other details as per Ships Muster.
Thomas Cornwall, The brother of Wilson
-1835 born?
-"Came to Melbourne with his brother, Wilson" according to family tradition
-10/02/1859 - 05/09/1861 Constable, Victoria Police
-1862 Paid rates of £17 to Moorabbin Roads Board District, on a weather board house in Fern Rd, Moorabbin, Vic. close to Wilson
-post 1862 emigrated to New Zealand (or America?)
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This is a speculative family tree I have put together as a "Search Profile" of the above individuals. Does anyone know an Ulster Cornwall family that this looks like?
1-- Grandfather CORNWALL (pre 1786-)
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|_______2-- Father CORNWALL (pre 1802-)
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| |_______3-Wilson CORNWALL (1816-1818-16/12/1900)
| | sp: Sarah Ann MACATIER (1824-25/07/1905)
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| | |_______4-Sarah Ann CORNWALL (1851-)
| | 4-Wilson Henry CORNWALL (1853-)
| | 4-John Charles CORNWALL (1855-)
| | 4-Maria Jane CORNWALL (1857-)
| | 4-Susan Elizabeth CORNWALL (1859-)
| | 4-Eliza CORNWALL (1861-)
| | 4-William CORNWALL (24/03/1861-23/04/1946)
| | 4-James CORNWALL (1864-)
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| |_______3-Thomas CORNWALL (1835-post 1862)
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|_______2-- Father CORNWALL (-)
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|_______3-John CORNWALL (1809-post 1847)
sp: Mary Jane UNKNOWN (1811/12-post 1845)
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|_______4-Male CORNWALL (post 1827-)
4-Male CORNWALL (post 1828-)
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??? Specific questions ???
- Does anyone recognise the family?
- Can anyone add anything? eg arrival or departure details for Thomas, subsequent history of John or Mary Jane.
- Has anyone heard of any other Cornwalls transported to Australia from Ireland, perhaps to another state?
- Does anyone know anything about Thomas in NZ or elsewhere post 1862?
- Does anyone know anything about Wilsons' son James CORNWALL (1864-) who left Australia for America?
Regards
Alan Anderton, Bargo NSW Australia
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