UNCLAIMED LETTERS.. Trove Tuesday 31st Mar 2020

Unclaimed Letters Sep. 1843

Unclaimed letters... they can be a wealth of information... here's yet another list, a very long list, with thousands of names.. even more than last time.......
Try searching for individual names in Trove, check the classified ads...death notices, lists of prisoners, shipping records... If a convict, check other states and include Norfolk Island...

To quote from an earlier post.. see below. 

"Why would you bother looking through unclaimed letters, after all, if they weren't claimed, how does that help in finding ancestors?

What these lists can help you with, is knowing that the person you're trying to trace had a reason for either giving that address, or mostly in those times, the name of a town, sometimes a property, sometimes care of another person... as that is where they intended to be. In some cases, a friend or a family member would be named as 'care of..' as they were known associates or relatives of the person the letter was intended for. It pays to 'go off in a tangent' at times... look for the sidelines, the last known address, a place where others of the same family or occupation were. e.g. if you know that someone was working as a shopkeeper, you'd look in towns nearby, or a newly established place. "

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 8 September 1843 

 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230126740

Courtesy of clipart-library.com

unnamed images courtesy of Pixabay

Further Reading:

Earlier post... UNCLAIMED LETTERS DEC 1847

TROVE..    Goverment Gazettes  unclaimed letters

Claim a Convict  Search and Browse

Convict Records of Australia

Convicts Index 1791-1873  Shuttlewood as example

Convicts | Historical Indexes Online | NSW State Archives

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au › archives › guides-and-indexes › indexes

HOLD THAT HEADLINE... 1826 TROVE TUESDAY 24TH MAR 2020

File:Sydney Heads Augustus Earle ca. 1826 

Public Domain

In the early days of colonisation in Australia, newspapers were the lifeblood of the country. Among the many newspapers that were available was one called The Monitor... it tried to fulfil all the needs of the growing community by covering all manner of things.

TROVE has this..

The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838)

Cite this title: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title95

From Wikipedia

The Monitor was a biweekly English language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales and founded in 1826.[1] It is one of the earlier newspapers in the colony commencing publication twenty three years after the Sydney Gazette, the first paper to appear in 1803, and more than seventy years before the federation of Australia.  The Monitor changed name several times, subsequently being known as The Sydney Monitor, and in June 1838 Francis O'Brien and Edwyn Henry Statham introduced themselves as the new editors of the re-branded Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser.[2]

See the full Wikipedia entry


For this post, I have chosen the following issue..

Monitor (Sydney, NSW : 1826 - 1828), Friday 11 August 1826. National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31757730

You can read the whole volume by clicking on the link above. 


The front page is entirely different to what we would expect today...
you can click to enlarge... We certainly wouldn't expect to see Public Notices or Classified Ads on the front page. 

The one section that did catch my eye was the following, full of names and details as you would expect in an "Up-Country Police Report"... a great place to search for ancestors or simply get an idea of what life was like in 1826 in the growing colony of NSW...

File:Augustus Earle - View from the Sydney Hotel 

Public Domain

Some of the names mentioned above are Ann Bukinshaw, John Jones, Sarah Stokes, John Mahar, Daniel Coffee, Robert Williams, Samuel Davis #.

Names mentioned above are James Briffelt, Bridget Stewart*, Richard Ridge, Samuel Davis...

Names above are James Brown, Fullagher, Dr. Harris..

Some names above are John Murray, John Riley, John Moore, W. Lawson, widow Kane, Bath, Morrow, Mrs. Graham...

Some names above are John Riley, Moore, John England..

Names above... Crummy, John England... seems like Crummy by name and Crummy by nature...

# Samuel Davis...

https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/davis/samuel/105531

Born 1787, shipwright by trade, Died in 1871 aged 84 years...

He was one of 160 convicts transported on the Hibernia, 20 Nov 1818.. Devon Assizes

Community Contributions can be found here

* Bridget Stewart... I couldn't find a lot on her... perhaps you can add to her story.

Bridget was tried in Antrim, Ireland  in March, 1823

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem66.html

she was sent to Parramatta Female Factory

http://tradecoastcentralheritagepark.com.au/_dbase_upl/women_transported.pdf

Parramatta Female Factory

Public Domain Created: circa 1826

Augustus Earle (1793-1838)

Another publication of the time was 

The Sydney Gazette 

and New South Wales Advertiser

Can you imagine such a long title being accepted today?

Click to enlarge...

and another

The Australian

Click to enlarge

So very different to our headlines today.'

when editors battle to stop the press 

with the most sensational headlines possible.

MISCELLANY OF 1826, FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, TROVE TUESDAY 17th Mar 2020

Hall, Sidney, fl. 1817-1860 London : Longman & Co., 1828 Map of Tasmania showing 19 police districts and Macquarie Harbour, with names of landholders. Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office: 746063 No restrictions


MISCELLANY, ORIGINAL AND SELECT CHRONOLOGY OF 1826, FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1827; 1830), Saturday 6 January 1827, page 4. National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790370

January 7 —Prisoners from the Road and working parties lent out to assist in getting in the harvest, settlers paying men who conduct themselves well, and
work from day-light till dark, 18d a-day. 
Meat supplied the Commissariat from 3d. to 41⁄2d. a-pound. 
Correspondence between His Excellency and twelve inhabitants of Hobart Town concerning the execution of criminals. 
Maccabe and thirteen others executed. 
Mr John Grant died at Sydney on the 11th ultimo. 
Lieutenant Gunn appointed to superintend the Prisoners' Barracks. 
Sheep robberies committed. 
News of General Darling's arrival at Sydney. 
18. The Denmark Hill, 252 tons, sails for England with Colonial Produce. The brig Elizabeth Henrietta lost at Newcastle, New South Wales. 
Jeffreys, the murderer, apprehended near Launceston. 
28. The Larne sloop of war arrived at Hobart Town, with the Archdeacon
passenger.
February.— The Head-quarters of the 40th regiment removed to Hobart Town. 
7. The Toward Castle arrived from England. 


Joseph Tice Gellibrand, Esq. removed from the office of Attorney General, and Joseph Hone, Esq. appointed to act in his stead. 

# Joseph Tice Gellibrand
See below








Jocelyn Thomas, Esq. appointed to be Colonial Treasurer, and Rolla O'Ferrall Naval Officer. 
The brig Nassau from Sydney, wrecked on the island of Tristan d'Acunha. The Bank of Van Diemen's Land shares a profit of 42 per cent. 
18. The Lieutenant Governor and the Archdeacon, visit Launceston. 
The Andromeda sails for London with produce. 
Wheat sold generally at 8s. a bushel. 
Revenue of Van Diemen's Land, for the year 1825 £48,403 2s. 7d. being £12,628 above that of 1824. 
The ship Prince Regent arrives from England. 
28. The brig Sun from Canton.
March 4 —Proclamation for the apprehension of bushrangers. 
Mr. John Welsh appointed Master Attendant of the Port. 
The Archdeacon holds his Visi-tation in St. David's Church. The Cape Packet, 200 tons, arrives from England with the Van Diemen's Land Company. 
10. A party of bushrangers surprised and one taken by Lieutenant Williams of the 57th. 
Edward Dumaresq, Peter Murdoch, and Roderic O'Connor, Esquires, appointed Commissioners of Lands. 
11. Order in Council for sterling payments published, 
18. Four bushrangers taken. 
21. Edward Abbott, Esq. appointed Civil Commandant of Port Dalrymple. The Maria cutter lost. 
Eighteen prisoners apprehended in Bass's Strait and brought to Hobart Town in the brig Duke of York. 
Dr. Priest died at Launceston from wounds received from the

bushrangers. 

^Mr. Charles Robertson shot by Captain Hugh Wilson. 
see below

Thirty persons drowned at the launch of the Princess Charlotte at Portsmouth. 
A new act to equalise weights and measures. 
Sir Lowry Cole, Governor of the Isle of France, proclaims a reward for the killing of rats. 
Dreadful fire at Montreal. 
Hurri-cane in the West Indies. 
The brig Calder lost at Valparaiso.
April.—Eight more bushrangers taken and lodged in Gaol ; Russel another having been killed and eaten by his companions Jeffreys and Perry. 
Captain Kellie of the ship Cape Packet tried for shooting at one of his men on board that ship at sea, and acquitted. 
Mr. Andrew Bent sentenced to three months imprisonment and to pay a fine of £200 for libel. 
The Colony sub-divided into military districts, with troops and field police under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Bal-four. The " Ross Association" establishes a market at Ross. 
Mrs Moodie died. 
11. The ships Lang and Medway sail with produce for London. 
24. The King's Birthday kept. 
The Government schooner Despatch lost. 
15. Mr. Bent tried and convicted of libel. 
A society formed to introduce English game into the Colony. 
24. John Montague, Esq. appointed to act as Clerk of the Council, W. H. Hamilton, Esq. as Colonial Secretary, Charles Arthur, Esq. as Private Secretary, and Malcolm L. Smith, as Barrack-master. 
19. The Greenock arrives from Leith. 
Lord Charles Somerset embarks for England from the Cape of Good Hope.
May.—Lieutenant Millar appointed Ordnance Store-keeper. 
The duties of the different departments specified for general information. 
The Woodman with male prisoners, the Albion with horses and implements for the Company, directed by Captain Thomas, and the Doncaster arrives from London. 
News of the death of the Emperor Alexander, and of the King of Bavaria. Nicholas succeeds to the Russian throne.
Alarming distress in England, and numerous bankruptcies. 
The Commissary buys oats at 5s. 4d. a-bushel. 
Marquis Wellesley marries Mrs. Patterson, an American lady. 
Dudgeon and Bell brewery prosperously established. 
17.—The Providence arrives with female prisoners. 
In a trial, Cartwright v. Mulgrave, for a bill protested and returned from England, a verdict was given for the full amount of the bill, costs, 10s. commission, 25 per cent, in the whole, and interest at 8 per cent, from the day of demand. 
Dreadful fire at Miramichi. 
Mr. Gordon and Mr. Anstey appointed Coroners. 
Sheep commonly sold at 23s. each. 
Death of Lieutenant Jeffreys, R. N. 
The sloop Woodman of Sydney carries off three prisoners from Preservation Island to New Zealand. 
Two black natives convicted of murder.

June.—Mr. George Farquharson, a free settler, convicted of sheep-stealing. Cattle generally sold at £6 a-head. Barley 5s. 6d. Wheat 7s. a-bushel. 
Mr. George Gatenby heroically defends himself against six robbers and shoots one dead. 
The gum plank introduced as an article of export by Mr. Bethune. 
Some contracts for the supply of meat as low as 21⁄2d. pound. 
The brig Fairfield arrives from London. 
July.—News of a dreadful storm at Gibralter. 
The Henry arrives from England. 
A turf club established at Jericho. 
Melancholy and disastrous shipwreck of the schooner Sally in the bay opposite Waterhouse Island, in which 13 souls perished. 
A new bank established by Messrs. Gellibrand. 
An institution for education, called the Cornwall Collegiate established at Launceston. 
Missolonghi the strong hold of the Greeks taken by the Turks.
August.—Bhurtpoor taken and peace with the Bur-mese. 
A general complaint of the costs of civil law. 
The Legislative Council passes an act empowering the Principal Superintendent of Convicts to try prisoners for all offences short of felony. 10. Four bushrangers taken by Mr. Gray and Mr. Robertson, and three 
notorious characters by Mr. Holdship and Mr. Lucas. 
An order for the classification of the prisoners in the Colony. 
14. The ship Earl St. Vincent arrive with male prisoners from England, and the Portland from Leith with goods. 
Bad accounts of the exports by the Cumberland. 
Hops raised by Mr. Shewbridge superior to the best Farnham hops. 
Colonial soap meets with great success. 
25. Three men convicted of the horrid murder of Mr. Simpson.
September.—Mr. Forbes erects a wharf at Herdsman's Cove. 
Dogs become an abominable nuisance both in town and country. 
Sudden deaths and other dreadful effects of rum. 
The Veteran Corps arrives but do not accomplish much in their capacity of overseeing the prisoners. 
Sheriff's sales become less common. 
The whale fishery proves successful. 
46,095 gallons of spirits with a duty of £18,071 consumed in the Colony
in 1825, besides what may have been smuggled. 
Mr. Capon appointed Chief Constable of the Colony. 
Sentence of Death passed on 37 criminals. 
6. The Cape Packet, 210 tons, sails for England with produce. 
9. An act passed to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors and to check the grog system. 
A book society established in Hobart Town with 60 members. 
Numerous runaways from these Colonies harboured in New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific. 
The Adrian arrives with goods. 
The season continues very wet. 
Death of Dr. Heber, Bishop of Calcutta. 
16. Twenty-three criminals executed. 
20. A concert takes place in the Court-house, patronised by His Excellency and Mrs. Arthur. 
Captain Middleton of the Earl St. Vincent convicted of smuggling 3 puncheons of rum. 
Mr. Cunningham makes a botanical tour in New Zealand; The ship Harvey makes a bad passage to England. 
Lieutenant Wale drowns himself.
A Mr. Wakefield runs away with Miss Turner a young lady of high connections, and occasions a great noise in England. 
Lord Cochrane joins himself to the Greek cause. 
Three new volumes of Arabian tales found. 
23. An act passed to promote the circulation of sterling money.

Mr. Charles Burgh a settler convicted of stealing a mare. 
An expedition explores the coal mine at South Cape, and ascertains its existence of a good quality in several parts of the island. 
The Atalanta sails for London with produce. 
Rum distilled from sugar at Sydney. 
Coarse earthenware made at Maria Island.
October.—The black natives in New South Wales commit dreadful outrages. Wheat supplied to the King's Store at 6s.6d. per bushel. 
A fine vessel of 105 tons called the Apollo built on the banks of the Derwent. The Van Diemen's Land Company's brig Tranmere arrives at George Town from London. 
The Doncaster 235 tons sails for London with produce. 
A bridge proposed across the Derwent 12 miles above Hobart Town. 
The pay and rations of prisoners regulated by Government. 
The Chapman arrives from England with male prisoners. 
13. B. Broughton tried for embezzlement of public money and acquitted. 
15. The brig Earl of Liverpool arrives from London. 
The brig Mariner found deserted at sea 1000 miles from the Cape of Good Hope. 

* Dunne the bushranger taken. * see below

Jane Robson a female convict and her illegitimate infant die in the hospital, deserted by the unnatural father. 
Dogs continue to do great mischief in town and country. 
27. The Hugh Crawford with goods arrives from England. 
Robert Lathrop Murray tried for forgery and found guilty. 
Great quantities of flour exported from the Supply Mills at Launceston.
November.—New settlements formed at Western Port and King George's Sound on the West coast of New Holland. 
Sir Charles Turner, Governor of Sierra Leone dies. 
A new Parliament elected in England.
Wheat 5s. a bushel, bread too dear in proportion. 
A tribe of black natives headed by one called Tom, half civilized, commit several murders, among which was that of Mr. George Taylor, junr. of the Macquarie River. 
Rum retailed in great quantities by sly grog sellers. 
16. The Henry, 259 tons, sails for England with produce. 
The Turkish Janissaries destroyed. 
24. The Woodford with male prisoners arrives from England. 29. A Government notice regarding the black natives gives great satisfaction throughout the Colony.

December 4.—Charles Bradshaw convicted before the Rev. R. Knopwood and James Scott, Esq. of re-tailing spirits without a licence, in which case perjury was committed by two witnesses for the defence. 
8. John Burnett, Esq. appointed Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records. Periodical markets established at the Cross Marsh and New Norfolk. 
Wheat sold in some parts of the Colony at 3s. a bushel. 
The price of bread bears no proportion to that of wheat. 
The Rev. R. Claiborne appointed master of the new school at Launceston. 
A house burned in Elizabeth-street. 
Inaccurate weights and measures used in Hobart Town. 
Prisoners who bring property from England not allowed the use of it until after a period of tried good conduct in the Colony. 
The brigs Sun and Venus wrecked in Torres Straits. 
The Australia arrives from Hamburgh with sheep for the New South Wales Company. 
A French expedition arrives at Sydney. 
J. C. Macdougall and John Boon tried for infringing the licencing act, and acquitted, conflicting evidence in both cases. 
A large vessel chartered at Launceston for the export of flour to the Isle of France.

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# Joseph Tice Gellibrand

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^Mr. Charles Robertson shot by Captain Hugh Wilson. 

Hobart Town Gazette (Tas. : 1825 - 1827; 1830), Saturday 25 March 1826, page 2  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8790690

* DUNNE bushranger

Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas. : 1825 - 1827), Friday 20 October 1826, page 3  National Library of Australia  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2448714

Happy St. Patrick's Day !

 Watch for future article on settlement of Irish in Tasmania