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SURNAME GIVEN NAME PERIOD TOWN OR PARISH STATE - COUNTY COUNTRY MEMBER No
WORRAD William Henry 1832-1863 Scone NSW AUS 226
Anonymous, 20 April 2008
Researching the WORRAD family who lived in Scone NSW. In particular Thomas Edward WORRAD who married Julia Agnes BRADBERRY in 1875. Any information would be appreciated.
Anonymous, 19 April 2008
To Mary - re: William Henry Worrad. I am one of his descendants. Like you, I've not been able to trace him in Hampshire so far. Do you think he was a convict? It would seem the Cape Banks Family History Society does. They have a William Henry Worrad listed as having been transported to NSW on The Aurora I (1), arriving in Sydney on 3 November 1833. There are no details of his crime
or sentence. Without hard evidence, it is hard to say if this is true or not. I plan to do some research at the Archives shortly to see what I can find out. What sort of information do you have?
Anon
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Old 12-07-2008, 11:26 PM
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William Henry WORRAD was sentenced (could have been for horse stealing) and tranported to NSW on the 'Aurora' arriving in 1832. He was born in Hampshire 1818(c).
It is said "that his mother was a widow and she remarried a Squire Brown and became a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria".
Can anyone please help with this family name and/or advise where I could continue my search (prefably online).
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Old 13-07-2008, 01:18 AM
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Hello, again, Janice,
Fate must have thrown us together. You and I must be closely related. Are you a Worrad? A Bradbury? OK, here's what I have on William Henry Worrad:
He was born in 1815 in Hampshire to William Henry Worrad senior and Mary Worrad (nee Smith). He was an only child. He was a farm labourer and shepherd's groom. He was tried at Surrey Assizes on 25 March 1833 for stealing a horse and was sentenced to transportation for life. (This information comes from the convict indents). He was described as being 5 feet 6 1/2 inches tall, with dark, sallow complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes. He had a scar on the ball of his right thumb. He was a protestant, he could read and write. Stealing the horse was his first offence. He was transported on the Aurora 1 (1) on 4 July 1833, arriving in Sydney on 3 November 1833.
The story about his mother being married to Squire Brown I'm not sure of. One of our relatives, Marjorie Bertoli, did extensive research on William Henry Worrad in the early 1980s. I have copies of letters she wrote to my father, Jack Worrad, which detail her findings. I would be happy to pass copies on to you. While Marjorie did a wonderful job of researching the family history, I'm not sure where she got the Squire Brown lead from (I should go back to her letters and have a look, I suppose). I'm not sure when William Henry Worrad senior died or when Mary remarried. It would be interesting to find out.
I do know that Marjorie did not discover that William Henry Worrad was a convict. There are a few of reasons for this. Firstly, family folk-lore had it that William Henry Worrad was invited to NSW by John Macarthur to help him with his sheep. No-one thought to question that, although it's absolutely false. For a start, Macarthur did not run sheep in the Scone area, where William Henry was assigned, and neither did his sons, James or William (that info comes from the ADA). The other thing is that whenever Marjorie visited the archives and tried to find out which ship William Henry came out on, the moving reels would make her feel 'sea-sick' and she'd have to leave. I know how that feels, the same thing used to happen to me all the time at the archives. Then, of course, there's the spelling of the Worrad name.
William Henry Worrad was listed as Henry Worad in convict indents. His prisoner number was 33/2862. He was assigned to a Captain Thomas Clarke at Cassilis. He was given his ticket of leave on 10 January 1842. I have a copy of the ticket of leave and will gladly give you a copy. He married Ellen Edwards that same year. Courtesy of Judy Ford, I also have a copy of William Henry's probate notice. He died intestate in 1863 (typhoid fever). His estate, totalling 200 pounds, went to his widow, Ellen.
Ah, I'm finding all of this really exciting. I read a book recently called Australia's Birthstain, by Babette Smith (I highly recommend it). Babette talks about how many of us do not have any idea that we're descended from convicts. It got me thinking, then googling (you know how it is). Anyway, I've found six convicts in my family (three on dad's side - Bradbury, Worrad, Edwards) and three on my mum's. That's only so far. I know there are more. Babette Smith says that there has been a cover-up at private and public levels because of the shame of Australia's beginnings as a convict colony. It's only now that we're finding out the truth. In fact, convict records were only made public in the 1970s and that was because of agitation by family historians who kept coming up against brick walls.
Janice, I hope you find this helpful. I'm still searching for information about William Henry Worrad. Anything I find I will be happy to share with you. What say you, Judy Ford and I get together one of these days. Judy lives in Bondi, I live in Penrith. Where do you live?
If you'd like to email me direct, my email address is miworrad at optusnet dot com dot au.
Kindest regards
Merril
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From: "Colin Borrott-Maloney"
Subject: [PJ] William Henry Worrad
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:08:27 +1000
References: <200807280140.m6S1ef93007801@mail09.syd.optusnet.com.au>
Hi Merril
What changed in 1861 was the Torrens Land Title came into effect in NSW.
This is how most land is still handled today.
Before 1861 land was granted.
Yes 200 pounds was a large paddock, possibly more then 100 acres ?
Cheers
Col
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Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [PJ] Fw: convicts who returned to the UK
> Does anyone know about inheriting property in the 1860s? The reason I'm
> asking is that my convict ancestor, William Henry Worrad, died in 1863 and
> his widow, Ellen inherited his estate. There was an amount of 200 pounds.
> He died intestate but the money was awarded to her. I heard that this
> would not have happened earlier because it was only in 1860 that women
> could inherit their husband's estates. It doesn't sound right to me, but
> I don't know. Was there a particular Act passed in 1860 that allowed a
> widow to inherit from her husband? Or had that always been the case. I'm
> not sure if there was any property involved, although later accounts show
> that Ellen had a considerable amount of land, so there must have been.
> Can anyone help?
>
> Merril
>
>
>
>> June Henderson wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Grahame, that was a very detailed and comprehensive answer and
>> now I
>> am the 'full quid' so to speak. I should have realised that some
>> convicts
>> actually returned to UK as one of my husband's ancestors applied for
>> permission/tickent of freedom to do so but unfortunately died before it
>> was
>> given.
>> Once again, many thanks. Regards, June
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Grahame & Rosslyn Thom"
>> To:
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PJ] Fw: convicts who returned to the UK
>>
>>
>> > Hi June
>> >
>> > Have a read of the book Convicts & the Colonies by A G L Shaw. It
>> > was expected that no convicts would return to the UK. Certainly
>> > those who got life were not allowed to return. Others could once
>> > they had served their sentence, but no assistance was given, except
>> > once, when Macquarie approved several free passages on the Kangaroo
>> > in 1817. Shaw estimates overall about 5% returned, with higher
>> > numbers before 1820. Due to better living conditions numbers
>> > declined in later years. He does give some statistics, mainly due to
>> > the fact that anyone leaving the colonies needed the Governor's
>> > permission. I am not sure if this applied to the total convict
>> > period, probably not. In regards to serving convicts some who
>> > absconded may have got back but who knows. If a convict or an ex-
>> > convict who got life, was caught again in the UK the penalty was
>> death.
>> >
>> > One interesting group of convicts, the French-Canadian political
>> > exiles, arrived from Canada in 1840, 58 were sent to Sydney and 83 to
>> > Hobart. Those in Sydney were pardoned in June 1844 and all went home
>> > except one, Joseph Marceau. He married and had quite a large
>> > family. While these convicts were held at the Longbottom Stockade
>> > (Concord) my ancestor William Lane was in charge of the guard. I
>> > think all those in Hobart returned to Canada. But none had any
>> > official support to do so.
>> >
>> > cheers
>> >
>> > Grahame
>>
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Anonymous, 13 July 2007
My great grandfather was William Henry Worrad. he married Ellen Edwards at Spring Ridge in 1842. He had nine children, died in 1863, his death certificate says he came from Hampshire, UK.Ellen Edwards came from Meath Ireland, lived to 1917 at Scone. have not been able to trace the name Worrad at Hampshire but have found some listed in Leicestershire Would welcome contact with others interested in the name-Mary
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Anonymous, 28 April 2006
to Jannies 18/4/06-original William HENRY Worrad married Ellen Edwards Spring
Ridge 1842 - 9 children- died 1863 buried pioneers grave old catholic cemetery
Scone no information so fardeath certificate and tombstone says born Hampshire
UK - no record of any Worrads there-some in leicestershire Dolly -
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CONVICT MUSTERS
Name: Wm Worrad
Arrival Date: 1832
Vessel: Aurora
Piece: HO 10/35
Province: New South Wales
Title: General muster R-Y
Year(s): 1837
Estimated birth year: abt 1808
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