Having spent some time recently, as I wrote about Henry Goucher for the A-Z Blogging Challenge. I sat this morning had another look to see if I could identify what happened to him after 1821.
Henry’s timeline is repeated here from the earlier post –
- 1775 – approx year of birth
- 18th Dec 1811 – Indited for stealing
- 9th January 1811 – Trial at the Old Bailey
- 25th May 1811 – Transferred to Hulk Ship Retribution
- 14th August 1811- Transported on board The Guildford
- January 1812 – Arrived New South Wales
- 1812 – 1821 – Government employ as labourer within Colony
- 4th Oct 1813 – Named on Colonial Secretary Papers – Newcastle on board the Estramina
- 8th Jan 1814 – Named on Colonial Secretary Papers – Newcastle on board the Estramina
- 4th & 5th April 1814 – Named on Colonial Secretary Papers – Derwent on board the Windham
- 26th April 1820 – Named on Colonial Secretary Papers -Newcastle on board the Elizabeth Henrietta
New South Wales & Tasmania Convict Muster 1830 |
- 1830 – NSW & Tasmania Convict Muster reveals that Henry was recorded as Henry Gougher and is listed as “freed by servitude”
- 1832 – NSW & Tasmania Convict Muster with Henry Gougher listed again with the word error by the side!
Tasmanian Archives CON31-1-13 Page 15 |
The search continues. Henry was 54 years old when he received his freedom, and I don’t know, something tells me that I suspect he might have been in trouble again – he appears to have liked beer!
From reading that document Henry was very partial!
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This was a poor quality article, but I could not get any better with it. I could not download or save so in the end resorted to taking a photo with my iPhone so I could use the data. Wonder what Henry would make of that?
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I wonder what the goats did once they got lose? Maybe they ate the crops. I couldn't read the article. My eyes aren't that good.
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Who doesn't like beer?
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50 lashes for letting some goats loose — oh my! Wonder if they were important goats?!
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Poor Henry!
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oh, my, your Henry does seem to be a bit of a rake — an interesting fellow to follow. Thanks for sharing this search with us.
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wishing you happy hunting for Henry.
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