Simeon Greehhalgh (1821-1895)

Born: Abt 1821, Lancashire, England
Died: 6 July 1895, New Town, Tasmania
Parents: Unknown

Spouse: Sarah Jane Williams (1833-?)

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SIMEON GREENHALGH.

Born: abt 1821, Lancashire, England.

Convicted: 13 Aug 1845, Court of Assizes, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; burglary, sentenced to ten years’ transportation.

Ticket of Leave: 8 Apr 1851, approved.

Conditional Pardon: 10 Feb 1852, recommended.

Permission to Marry: 28 Feb 1855, Sarah Jane Williams, approved.

Married: 27 Mar 1855, Sarah Jane Williams, St Luke's Church, Bothwell; Simeon: 34, bachelor, farmer; Sarah: 22, spinster, servant; witnesses: Ephriam Talbot, Jane Talbot.

Conditional Pardon: 31 May 1859, approved.

Residence:  7 Aug 1859, Bothwell; carpenter.

Residence:  6 Dec 1859, [11.1] Alexander St, Bothwell; inserted, Miss Sarah Fisher (owner, inserted), house, old school-room, annual rateable value £18.

Residence:  14 Mar 1861, Grassy Hut, Bothwell, TAS; labourer.

Residence:  13 Mar 1866, [14] Elizabeth St, Bothwell; John Stevens (owner), house, annual rateable value £10.

Residence:  1867, Bothwell; fencer.

Residence:  26 Feb 1867, [6] Elizabeth St, Bothwell; William Moyes (owner), house, annual rateable value £7.

Died: 6 Jul 1895, Charitable Institution, New Town; aged 74, senility.

Buried: 8 Jul 1895, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.

Spouse - SARAH JANE WILLIAMS.

Born: abt 1833, Hertfordshire, England,

Convicted: 13 Sep 1852, Quarter Sessions, Surrey, England; stealing, sentenced to ten years’ transportation.

Departed: 28 Nov 1852, Woolwich, Kent, England; on board the Duchess of Northumberland.

Arrived: 21 Apr 1853, Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, Australia.

Permission to Marry: 28 Feb 1855, Simeon Greenhalgh, approved.

Married: 27 Mar 1855, Simeon Greenhalgh, St Luke's Church, Bothwell; Simeon: 34, bachelor, farmer; Sarah: 22, spinster, servant; witnesses: Ephriam Talbot, Jane Talbot.

Ticket of Leave: 28 Oct 1855, approved.

Conditional Pardon: 30 Jun 1857, approved.

No further research has been carried out at this time.

Children of Simeon Greenhalgh and Sarah Jane Williams:

  1. Hannah Greenhalgh.

    Born: 6 May 1857, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 29 Sep 1857, Bothwell.
    Died: 26 Mar 1861, Bothwell; aged 3, congestion of the lungs.
    Inquest: 28 Mar 1861, [8] Crown Inn, Alexander St, Bothwell.
    Buried: Bothwell Public Cemetery.

  2. Ellis Greenhalgh.

    Born: 22 May 1858, Bothwell; informant: Thomas Smith, friend of the family.
    Baptised: 31 May 1858, Bothwell.
    Died: 31 May 1858, Bothwell; aged 9 days, weakness; informant: Thomas Smith, friend of the family.
    Buried: Bothwell Public Cemetery.

  3. Simeon Greenhalgh.

    Born: 26 Apr 1859, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 7 Aug 1859, Bothwell.
    Reports of Crime: 3 Jul 1868, named under "Missing Friends."
    Reports of Crime: 17 Jul 1868, named under "Miscellaneous Information" Found.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  4. Sarah Ann Greenhalgh.

    Born: 18 Feb 1861, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 14 Apr 1861, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  5. Lydia Greenhalgh.

    Born: 20 Apr 1863, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 3 May 1863, Bothwell.
    Died: 30 Jan 1864, Bothwell; aged 9 months, whooping cough; informant: Ellis Love.
    Buried: Bothwell Public Cemetery.

  6. Eliza Greenhalgh.

    Born: 17 Feb 1866, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 5 Nov 1868, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  7. Thomas Edwin Greenhalgh.

    Born: 25 Jul 1868, Bothwell; informant: Sarah Greenhalgh, mother.
    Baptised: 5 Nov 1868, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

Bibliography

Resources Used:

  • Bateson, Charles. The Convict Ships: 1787–1868

  • FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925

  • Libraries Tasmania: Conduct Registers of Female Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System; Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Probation System; Findings relating to Coroner's Inquests; Registers of Applications for Permissions to Marry; Reports of Crime, 1860–1933; Registers of Births, Deaths & Marriages

  • Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Central Highlands Council

  • Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries

  • Tasmanian Archives: Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers.

  • TROVE: MacPhail's Directory of Tasmania 1867–68