Moses Ashworth

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D Wong on 24th March 2021

Stockport Advertiser and Guardian Cheshire, England 18 Feb 1842 KNUTSFOHD SESSIONS Moses Ashworth, stealing a dish and sausages, at Macclesfield, 4 months. - Larceny. Ancestry entry: Moses Ashworth in the England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Name: Moses Ashworth Age: 16 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Date of Trial: 14 Feb 1842 Trial Year: 1842 Location of Trial: Cheshire, England Sentence: Imprisonment. ________________________ 4/1/1843: Moses Ashworth in the England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Name: Moses Ashworth Age: 17 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Date of Trial: 4 Jan 1843 Trial Year: 1843 Location of Trial: Cheshire, England Sentence: Transportation For Larceny. _________________________ Moses Ashworth in the UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 Name: Moses Ashworth Marital status: Single Criminal Admission Age: 17 Record Type: Register Birth Date: abt 1826 Birth Place: Macclesfield Occupation: Weaver Criminal Charge: Larceny Sentence: 7 Criminal Admission Date: 24 Jan 1843 Source Description: Hulks: Register of Prisoners on the Hulk York Described as: 17, brown hair, grey eyes, 4'10¾" tall, listed as illiterate, scar on right cheek, scar left eyebrow, scar on back of neck, Moses Ashworth was 5'0¾" tall, fresh complexion, brown hair, light blue eyes, scar on back of right hand, scar on little finger, scar on back of left hand, scar on left eyebrow, small scar on right eyebrow. Place of Birth: Macclesfield. Sister: Eliza - at native place. 3/4/1849: TOL 26/2/1852: Free Certificate. No marriage records found but Moses and Agnes McPhail/Andrew (Agnes married Robert Andrew in 1845 in New Kirkpatrick, Scotland - Robert died soon after they arrived in Victoria C1852). 1855: William born to William Ashworth in Forest Hill, near Castlemaine - this child died. 1857: A child born to Moses Ashworth in Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla - this child was also William. 1860: Margaret Sommerville Ashworth born to Agnes and Moses Ashworth at Sandy Creek/Tarnagulla. 19/9/1862 The Argus, Melbourne: Suicide.—An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Agnes Ashworth, which was found Saturday afternoon, in the Kingarra Creek, two miles from Inglewood. Moses Ashworth said he was a publican, residing at Tarnagulla. Deceased was his wife. He had not seen her since June last. She was in the habit of indulging in liquor. He did not think she was sober three months during the last two years. She had frequently been in the horrors, and was sometimes very violent. On one occasion she threatened to make away with herself. Ellen Hamilton said deceased came to her place on Saturday night, the 6th inst. She had known her six or eight weeks, and had often seen her drunk during that time. Letitia McQueen said she saw deceased on Saturday, the 6th inst. She had the horrors, and said she would cut her throat. Saw her afterwards, the same night, at Shafer's. She got a letter, which appeared to sober her down. John Amery, a carter, said he was looking for a horse at Kingarra, on Monday week, when he found a woman's dress on the bank of the creek, in the pocket of which he found the letter produced. Gave them to the police. Witness read the following letter :-" Inglewood, 4th September, 1862. Mrs. Ashworth. Dear friend, As I am now soon about to leave this colony for home, and I have not the opportunity of speaking to you verbally, I do so in writing. Dear friend, I am very sorry to hear of you in the position in society you now occupy, and it is my sincere wish and earnest prayer that you deviate from the path you are now treading to a better one. By so doing, you may again become a useful and honourable member of society; by treading the former path, you cannot but expect disgrace and misery. I now bid you a kind farewell; and may God give you strength to overcome all temptations is the fervent prayer of your sincere well-wisher,—John Thomas." The constable who found the body, and Dr. Crosland, who made a post-mortem examination, gave evidence ; and the jury returned a verdict of "Death from Drowning."-Inglewood. 21/1/1863 Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser, Victoria: DIED. ASHWORTH—On the 29th Decembtr, Moses Ashworth, publican, Tarnagulla, aged 34 years. Lancashire and Glasgow papers please copy. (Moses said to have died of delerium tremens). 2 children adopted by Christina McPhail and her husband Robert Rumsey also living in Tarnagulla. Son William went to the Melbourne Orphanage.

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Iris Dunne on 7th January 2019

Conduct Record:- Transported for Larceny, Single, stated this offence stealing 2 yards of ribbon, Trade: Weaver, aged 17, Protestant, could read and write, Tried 4 January 1843, Ticket of Leave 3 April 1849, Free Certificate 26 February 1852 https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-44$init=CON33-1-44p3 Departure 2 July 1852 from Hobart on ship Goldseeker, in steerage, to Melbourne, aged 26, Trade Miner

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Jess Miller on 24th September 2017

Became a publican at the Victoria Hotel & Theatre, Tarnagulla, Vic.