Labourer listed on his death certificate
From Judith Pitchford
He was convicted of a second felony offence (burglary) consisting of bread and cheese.May 2004 RL researched in the Essex Records Office In Chelsmford England, sited the actual 1840-1843 Assizes register for Essex in here was found the following two entries about Henry:
Page 76 Dunmow
Date:18 May 1841
Entry 18
Henry Lodge of Great Canfield - labourer
John Neville of Great Canfield - labourer
Charge of: Larceny by a servant
Sentenced: 4 calendar months of hard labour in the convict gaol at Springfield, the last 14 days in solitary confinement.
Page 143 Dunmow
Date:27 February 1842
Henry Lodge of Great Canfield - labourer
John Neville of Great Canfield - labourer
Plead: Puts himself guilty
Charge of: Burglary after a previous conviction for felony
Sentenced: to be transported beyond the seas for the term of 14 years to such a place as Her Majesty with the advice of her Privy Council shall think fit to declare and appoint.Henry was transported to Tasmania (Van Diemens Land) on the ship Eden which left Woolwich on 22 march 1842 and arrived in Hobart on 5th July 1842. TheEden carried 275 convicts and when they arrived in HobartTown they were indentured in labour gangs to local farmers and households.
He had numerous minor infractions during his time
Tasmanian archive records his permission as a convict to marry Elizabth Stevenson on 14 May 1850 this is less than 6 months after she arrived in Tasmania. She was working as a servant girl.
On 3rd June 1850 he married Elizabeth Jane Stevens ( who changed her name from Mary Ann Jefferies en route from England) who was also a convict, at Hamilton near New Norfolk in Tasmania. In January 1851 they had a daughter Sarah Jane. She died in July 11 July 1851. The next two children died, the third of the children died a month before the fourth child Eliza was born. Eliza was born in 1854 and died in 1917.
Henry and his first wife Elizabeth and second wife Caroline lived in and around Morven in Northern Tasmnaia. This is now near Evandale. The marriages produced 19 children.
One child Eliza married William Thompson who came to Tasmania with his parent when he was a young boy from Cambridgeshire. Their youngest son Arthur was Judiths grandfather. Athurs youngest child was was Judiths father Leslie Terrance Lyndon Thompson who married Ada Adams on 13th April 1936.
Henry Lodge's family were brought up in Evandale in Tasmania, then they moved around Australia with the Marriners moving to Victori in the late 1890's.
1 _NAMS
2 DATE AFT 1850
2 PLAC Changed to Elizabeth Jane Stephens
1 _NAMS
2 DATE ABT 1850
2 PLAC used the name Elizabeth Jane Lodge
1 _NAMS
2 DATE ABT 1850
2 PLAC Used the name Mary Jane Lodge
1 _HEIG 5 ft. 3 in.
Elizabeth Jane Stephens used an alias of Mary Ann Jefferies at some stage probably in England when being charged. Her name on the convict registration is noted as Elizabeth Jane Stephens with an alias of Mary Ann Jefferies. She was a dairymaid and was convicted on 1st January 1849 of larceny, stealing money from an unknown person in Worcester England. She was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. She originated from Keevil in Wiltshire and was a Protestant and could read.She was recorded as being absent with out leave on 3 February 1851 with convict Lodge. Was recommended for conditional pardon on 30 August 1853 and this was granted on 25 July 1854.
From Judith Pitchford
He was convicted of a second felony offence (burglary) consisting of bread and cheese.May 2004 RL researched in the Essex Records Office In Chelsmford England, sited the actual 1840-1843 Assizes register for Essex in here was found the following two entries about Henry:
Page 76 Dunmow
Date:18 May 1841
Entry 18
Henry Lodge of Great Canfield - labourer
John Neville of Great Canfield - labourer
Charge of: Larceny by a servant
Sentenced: 4 calendar months of hard labour in the convict gaol at Springfield, the last 14 days in solitary confinement.
Page 143 Dunmow
Date:27 February 1842
Henry Lodge of Great Canfield - labourer
John Neville of Great Canfield - labourer
Plead: Puts himself guilty
Charge of: Burglary after a previous conviction for felony
Sentenced: to be transported beyond the seas for the term of 14 years to such a place as Her Majesty with the advice of her Privy Council shall think fit to declare and appoint.Henry was transported to Tasmania (Van Diemens Land) on the ship Eden which left Woolwich on 22 march 1842 and arrived in Hobart on 5th July 1842. TheEden carried 275 convicts and when they arrived in HobartTown they were indentured in labour gangs to local farmers and households.
He had numerous minor infractions during his time
Tasmanian archive records his permission as a convict to marry Elizabth Stevenson on 14 May 1850 this is less than 6 months after she arrived in Tasmania. She was working as a servant girl.
On 3rd June 1850 he married Elizabeth Jane Stevens ( who changed her name from Mary Ann Jefferies en route from England) who was also a convict, at Hamilton near New Norfolk in Tasmania. In January 1851 they had a daughter Sarah Jane. She died in July 11 July 1851. The next two children died, the third of the children died a month before the fourth child Eliza was born. Eliza was born in 1854 and died in 1917.
Henry and his first wife Elizabeth and second wife Caroline lived in and around Morven in Northern Tasmnaia. This is now near Evandale. The marriages produced 19 children.
One child Eliza married William Thompson who came to Tasmania with his parent when he was a young boy from Cambridgeshire. Their youngest son Arthur was Judiths grandfather. Athurs youngest child was was Judiths father Leslie Terrance Lyndon Thompson who married Ada Adams on 13th April 1936.
Henry Lodge's family were brought up in Evandale in Tasmania, then they moved around Australia with the Marriners moving to Victori in the late 1890's.
1 NAME /Devine/
2 SOUR S03475
Was an immigrant
Harry was supposed to have a very hot temper. As a consequence his children were all born on different farms where he worked in the area. His temper it seems made his keeping one job for very long very difficult for him.
1 _MILT
2 DATE ABT 1943
2 PLAC Leading Aircraftman,1454753,Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve, 2915 Sqdn RAF regiment
2 SOUR S14499
George was a leading Aircraftman in 2915 Squadron RAF regiment. George was a part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve.Historical context for Georges death in north Africa.
Benghazi was an important goal for both Allies and Axis forces during the Western Desert campaigns of 1942 and 1943.
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