John and Sarah Cocker

So many of our families arrived as convicts; a few scoundrels to be sure but many were simply victims of circumstances and, ovewhelmingly, they adapted to their new life, they worked hard to create a future for their families and they helped create our wonderful island state.  And so many more selflessly fought and some made the ultimate sacrifice, , protecting their families and their future. 

Convicts

and those who served in the:

Boer War

First World War

Second World War

Korean War

Vietnam War

We salute them all.

Convicts

NAME: BORN: DIED:
Elizabeth Ainsley 16 Sep 1770 , Lincolnshire 12 Mar 1846 , Longford , Tasmania
Elizabeth Atkins 1798
Robert Bailey 1797 , Stow Bedon , Norfolk , England 3 Jul 1875 , Campania , Tasmania
 Ann Ball
   
James Barker 31 Oct 1822 , St Dunstan , London , England 17 Sep 1905 , Avoca , Tasmania
 Ann Bartlett
   
William Edward Beard
1820  
Joseph Bedford 22 Jan 1821 , Yardley , Northamptonshire , England 22 Oct 1906 , Hobart , Tasmania
Jacob Bellett 21 Jan 1765 , Shoreditch , England 2 Dec 1813 , Hobart , Tasmania
Elizabeth Anne Bennett 1816 21 May 1873 , Fingal , Tasmania
James Bird 14 Sep 1807 , Cambridgeshire (now Norfolk) England 10 Nov 1844 , Hobart
William Blackaby 12 Apr 1824 , Hitchin , Hertfordshire , England 28 Aug 1901 , Launceston
Daniel Blackwell    
Joseph Blackwell    
Peter Blake 1826  
Mary Walker Blease abt 1803 13 Oct 1855, Port Cygnet
Richard Bleathman    
Hannah Bolton 1769 , Warwickshire , England  
James Bones 1821, England 1899, Gordon, Tasmania
Mary Boswell 1810, Wells, Somersetshire, England  
Isaac Boxhall    
Sarah Braham    
John Brain
William Bramich 17 Dec 1798 , Edgbaston , Warwickshire , England 20 Nov 1861 , Deloraine , Tasmania
Isaac Briggs Elland , Yorkshire , England 31 Oct 1852 , Black Brush , Brighton , Tasmania
John Brimfield    
John Edwin Brimfield 1834 , Bothwell , Tasmania 9 May 1873 , Hobart , Tasmania
Ann Brooks 24 Dec 1773 , Warwickshire , England
James Brown  
Michael Burke 1815 , Cunnemarra , Galway , Ireland 28 Oct 1886
Edward Butler    
George Butler    
Mary Butler 1772 , England Norfolk Island
Samuel Butwell    
Catherine Cassidy    
John William Chapman 1792 , Essex , England 29 Jan 1852 , Ravenswood , Launceston
John Cocker Sep 1812 , Cambridgeshire (now Norfolk) England 10 Feb 1872 , Evandale , Tasmania
Cornelius Michael Colgan Abt 1822 , Ireland 12 Jul 1907 , New Town Charitable Institute , Hobart
George Collins 1747 , England 2 Mar 1803 , Norfolk Island
John Collins    
Thomas Todd Cooley    
Anthony Cowdery  
Thomas Wilkin Cowen about 1795, England 25 Jun 1833, Port Cygnet
Thomas Crawford 1814 , Middlesex , England 1845
James Cubit 1796 , County Antrim , Ireland 1857 , Chudleigh , Tasmania
Thomas Curtis    
Matthew Cute 1831 , Aramagh , Ireland Launceston , Tasmania
Harriet Davis by 1791 , England 1870 , Oatlands
Jane Davis 1815 , St Pauls Churchyard , Middlesex , England 16 Jun 1890 , Evandale , Tasmania
Rebecca Downes    
Charles Duke 1803 , Northampton , England 26 Nov 1872 , Greens Creek , Tasmania
Mary Evans 1840 , County Cork , Ireland 13 May 1904 , Perth , Tasmania
Daniel Field 1801 , England 1875 , Richmond
Thomas Fleming    
Joseph Flood 1763 12 Sep 1808 , Parramatta , New South Wales
Thomas Sandell Foot 1802 , Donhead , St Andrew Wilts , England 1 Apr 1866 , Ballarat , Victoria
Sarah Ann Ford 8 Jan 1818 , Dursley , Gloucestershire , England 13 May 1892 , Down Street , Collingwood , Victoria
Stephen Joseph Foster Abt 1832 , Staffordshire , England 6 Jun 1912 , Latrobe , Tasmania
Sarah Fox    
Olivia Rose Gascoigne 1761 , Worcestershire , England 10 Jun 1830 , Launceston
Ann Germaine
Henry Godfrey Abt 1812 , Shoreditch , England 26 Jan 1862 , Westbury , Tasmania
John Eli Goodyer 11 Apr 1823 , Coventry , Warwickshire , England 25 May 1908 , Ravenswood , Launceston
Samuel Winsor Green 1809 , Berry Pomeroy , Devon , England 31 Jan 1864 , Bendigo , Victoria
Edward Griffiths    
Thomas Hale    
James Hally 1827 , Carrick on Suir , Tipperary , Ireland 11 Jul 1903 , his residence , Brighton , Tasmania
Ann Hamilton    
Thomas Hampton 1819 , England 24 Nov 1859 , Tasmania
William Handley 1825 , Yorkshire , England 22 May 1877 , Fingal , Tasmania
Henry Andrew Harris    
Margaret Hartnell    
Robert Hay 31 Mar 1774 , Kirkmichael , Bannffshire , Scotland 5 Jun 1839 , Back River , New Norfolk , Tasmania
Elizabeth Hayward 30 Jul 1773 , Stepney , Middlesex , England 29 Oct 1836 , Launceston
William Hazelwood
Ann Henderson  
John Alexander Herbert 26 Apr 1767 , Holborn , London , England 19 Nov 1846 , Hope Inn , Westbury , Tasmania
Mary Higgins
Thomas Hodgetts 1761 , Aldridge , Staffordshire , England 24 Oct 1823 , Longford , Tasmania
James Holloway
Joseph Hopkins  
Elizabeth Hopper  
William Hughes 25 Dec 1796 , Great Gidding , Huntingdonshire , England 30 Dec 1874 , Deloraine , Tasmania
James Jessop 1784 , Huntingfield , Suffolk , England 27 Nov 1855 , Launceston
Robert P. Jillett 1760 , Kingston Upon Thames , Surrey , England 3 Nov 1832 , Back River , New Norfolk , Tasmania
Thomas William Johnson    
Frederick Thomas Jones 1824 , Tasmania 6 Aug 1884 , Launceston
Margaret Jones 1821 , Cardiff , Glamorgan , Wales 4 Dec 1894 , Sassafras
Robert Jones 1791 , England 1888 , Oatlands
Thomas Jones    
James Jordan Abt 1756 , Ireland 4 Feb 1840 , Talisker , White Hills
William Keep    
Martin Kehoe 1792
Margaret Kirby 21 May 1820 , Liverpool , Lancashire , England 1863 , Bendigo , Victoria
Mary Lalor    
Jesse larkin    
Euphemia Lawson    
John Lee
John Clark Lethborg 7 Jun 1819 , Middlesex , England 28 Jun 1895 , Launceston
Nathaniel Lucas 1764 , England 1818 , Liverpool , NSW
William Lucas    
Ann Macavine    
Mary Mahon 1827 , Ireland 1873 , Richmond
Harriet Eliza Manners Jul 1815 , Lewes , Sussex , England 14 Jun 1897 , Glen Dhu , Launceston , Tasmania
John Arnold Mawer 1806 , Wainfleet All Saints , Lincolnshire , England 7 Feb 1865 , Moorlands , Wesley Vale , Port Sorell
Mary Ann McDonald
James McGiveron 7 Aug 1823 , Magheralin Parish , Down , Ireland 26 Oct 1889 , Launceston
Alfred Miles 30 Jan 1819 , Spirtafields , England 22 May 1867 , 252 Elizabeth Street , Hobart , Tasmania
Thomas Medlicott    
Elizabeth Merry    
Alfred Miles    
Peter Mooney 1819, England  
Sophia Morgan 16 Feb 1817 , Westminster , Middlesex , England 12 Jul 1889 , New Norfolk
James Morrisby 23 Jan 1757 , Cawood , Yorkshire , England 29 May 1839 , Rokeby , Tasmania
Robert Mott abt 1797 14 Feb 1882, Longford, Tasmania
James Thomas Munting    
Peter Mooney    
Sophia Morgan    
James Morrisby    
Robert Mott    
James Thomas Munting    
Ellen Murphy 1818 1 Sep 1870 , Deloraine , Tasmania
Charles Packett    
George Page Abt 1827 , Lewes , Sussex , England 25 Jul 1888 , Beaconsfield , Tasmania
David Parry 1812 , Wales 23 Mar 1887 , Westbury , Tasmania
Aaron Patient    
Matthew Frederick Pearce
Daniel Pickett 14 Nov 1813 , Maidenhead , Berkshire , England 27 Dec 1899 , Chudleigh , Tasmania
Mary Philips    
Daniel Pickett    
George Eston Piggins    
William Pitt 15 Apr 1808 , Bristol , Devon , England 7 Jan 1891 , Longford , Tasmania
Thomas Poole    
John Pugh 1 Mar 1810 , Denbigh , Denbighshire , Wales 9 Dec 1877 , Westbury , Tasmania
Thomas Radburn 1800 , Slabourne , Wiltshire , England 17 Jan 1877 , Newville , New South Wales
John Radford    
Joseph Rainbow 1808 , Addebury , Oxfordshire , England 29 Sep 1873 , Fingal , Tasmania
Mark Redburn 1825, Berkshire, England 29 Jan 1886, Campbell Town
Stephen Radford 10 Sep 1809 , Farnham , Surrey , England After 1853 , Victoria
John Reeves 22 Jan 1815 , Buckland , Buckinghamshire , England 29 May 1894 , Sheffield
Isaac Richardson 10 Feb 1804 , Babington , Somerset , England 13 Mar 1873 , Campbell Town , Tasmania
Simeon Richardson 1808
Ann Rickett 7 Dec 1823 , Nottinghamshire , England 1843 , Tasmania
Elizabeth Riley
Cornelius Robinson  
Samuel Robinson 1830 , Knutsford , Cheshire , England George Town , Tasmania
William Rootes 25 Apr 1815 , Halling , Kent , England 26 Aug 1868 , Longford , Tasmania
George Saker    
William Sallis Abt 1821 , Horeling , Oxford 28 Sep 1883 , Brighton , Tasmania
William Saltmarsh 1770 , Kingston on Thames , Surrey , England 1792 , at sea , near Sulawesi , Indonesia
John Simmons 1770 , Reading , Berkshire , England 15 Nov 1847 , Launceston , Tasmania
Jonathon Skipper 7 Nov 1805 , Beighton , England 13 Aug 1875 , Tasmania
Sarah Smith 1800 , Walworth , Surrey , England 11 Nov 1865 , Westbury , Tasmania
Thomas Fellows Smith 1 Aug 1816 , Isle of Wight , England 25 Jul 1894 , residence of his daughter , Mrs. Ruth Wood , 23 Tait St. , North Fitzroy , Melbourne
Sarah Smith 1800 , Walworth , Surrey , England 11 Nov 1865 , Westbury , Tasmania
Joseph Solomon 17 May 1780 , Sheerness , Kent , England 18 May 1851 , Evandale , Tasmania
James Sparkes    
Joseph Speed    
Jacob Standring    
Thomas Stevens    
Thomas Stevens    
James Taylor 1810 , Preston , Lancaster , England 1856 , Hobart , Tasmania
John Thomas 1803
Mary Thorpe Abt 1816 , Ireland
Joseph Thurrowgood 13 Apr 1800 , Bedford , Bedfordshire , England 16 May 1885 , Murroon , Victoria
Joseph Tipper Abt 1817 , West Petersfield , Sussex , England 18 Feb 1874 , Deloraine , Tasmania
Catherine Tobin 1787 , Skibereen , Cork , Ireland
John Tongs 10 Jun 1869
James Triffitt 11 Jun 1769 , Whixley , Yorkshire , England 3 Apr 1853 , New Norfolk
George Trowbridge 1775 , England
Ann Tully 1825 , Belfast , Ireland 27 Nov 1884 , Forth , Tasmania
Agnes Turley    
Thomas Tustin    
Sarah Venables    
William Wadley 1808 , Crowmarsh Gifford , Oxforshire , England 19 Jan 1875 , Westbury , Tasmania
Mary Wall    
Bemjamin Walters 1791 , Penritch , Derby , England 29 Sep 1859 , Longford , Tasmania
William Lewin Watkins 1799 , Wolverley , Worcestshire , England 22 Sep 1850 , Hobart , Tasmania
Charlotte Watts 17 Sep 1837 , Westminster , Middlesex , England 22 Dec 1898 , Launceston
John William Webb 27 May 1798 , Little Tew , Oxfordshire , England 27 Nov 1873 , Sorell
Thomas Webb 1790 , Portsmouth , Hampshire , England 7 Jan 1870 , Westbury , Tasmania
Jane Wheeler    
Isaac Williams    
Richard Wise 1777 , Erith , Kent , England 10 Nov 1850 , Longford , Tasmania
George Wolfe 1826 , Wolston , Warwickshire , England 29 Oct 1914 , Forth , Tasmania
William Wyatt    

Count: 183

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