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Transportation
John Dobbokin was transported on the Mangles, departing 8th Dec 1832 and arriving 17th Apr 1833 with 236 passengers.
ManglesReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 496 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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"John Dobbokin is my GGGG Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
John met his wife Catherine Connor while working at Patricks Plains, now called Singleton in the Hunter Valley. Catherine was born 1811 in Carlow, Ireland, tried in Galway on 28 June 1836, given a 7-year sentence, and sent to Sydney as a convict on the ship ‘Margaret’ in 1837. This information is on her Ticket of Leave from 18 July 1841 and her Certificate of Freedom from 6 March 1844. Catherine and John had Mary Ann Dobbikin in 1842 in Cockerabill, NSW, were married on 22 September 1843 in West Maitland, had Elizabeth Dobekin in 1845 in New England, NSW, and Margaret Dobikin in 1846 in Unumgar, NSW. Catherine died in Emmaville, NSW on 14 August 1891. Her death certificate lists her father as Patrick O’Connor (farmer) and her mother as Margaret Lalor. Philip Sullivan was listed as the informant on her death certificate. Philip was one of her grandsons. Mary Ann Dobbikin married Daniel Sullivan on 4 May 1858 in Ipswich, Queensland. Daniel was convicted in Surrey, Newington, given a 10-year sentence, and sent to Moreton Bay as a convict on the ship ‘Bangalore’ in 1850. This information is on his Ticket of Leave from 10 May 1850 and on a second Ticket of Leave from 31 Oct 1857. His first Ticket of Leave was cancelled on 23 June 1851 for receiving a sentence of ‘six months in irons for a most unprovoked and violent assault upon a Constable whilst in the course of his duty’. Mary Ann and Daniel had 10 children between 1859 and 1882. The first 9 children were born in Ipswich, but the 10th child was born in 1882 in Emmaville, NSW, where Catherine Connor was buried.
Correction to entry immediately above. Child born in 1845 was ELIZABETH.
NSW BMD 1842 Mary A Dobbikin. Reg No 2797/1842. Parents John and Catherine, LK district (Roman catholic, East Maitland; Maitland ; West Maitland) 1845. John Dobekin, Reg No 1473/1845. Parents John and Catherine, Lu district (Roman catholic, Moreton Bay (QLD); New England district) 1846. Margaret Dobikin Reg No 3178/1846 Parents John and Catherine, NI district (Church of England, Clarence River district)
John Dobbikin, was committed by the same Magistrate, to the House of Correction, Southwell, for trial at the next sessions, charged with feloniously stealing a feather bed. and one gown, the property of Romanza Doubleday. of Snenton, ... Nottingham Review, 3 June 1831. John Dobbikin, aged 21, stealing at Snenton, on the 25th of May, a feather bed and a gown, the property of Doubleday. Four months imprisonment, two weeks solitary. Nottingham Review, 1 July 1831. John Dobbikin, aged 22, to stealing …. twenty lamb’s wool shirts, the property of Slater, Nottingham Review, 6 July 1832.
Physical characteristics listed on his Certificate of Freedom 3 December 1840 Height: 5 feet 2 1/4 inches Complexion: Dark, sallow and freckled Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel General remarks: JD and flower pot on the left arm, blue ring on the middle finger of left hand, JD on the back of left hand.
John Dobbokin had three daughters with Catherine Connor. The surnames of his three daughters are all spelt differently on their baptism records, and spelt differently to his surname too. Mary Anne Dobbikin in 1842 in Cockerabill, NSW. Elizabeth Dobekin in 1846 in New England, NSW.
John "Dobikin" (used in most records) was 22 years old on arrival and was transported for "stealing 20 shirts". His occupation was a Weaver/Labourer/Waiter. 1837: TOL Patrick Plains. 1837: TOL Holder employed by James Glennie, Patrick Plains. 3/12/1840: COF 1843: Married Catherine O'Conner at Maitland (listed as Dobbikin). They had 2 or 3 daughters (could not find all the records). 3/8/1858: John died at Bremer River near Ipswich. 14/8/1858: Moreton Bay Courier: This article was inserted by his wife Catherine Dobikin, Bremer River, near Ipswich 11/8/1858 - There had been a report that John was intoxicated at the time of his accident and Catherine wrote to say that this was not so and John had been on a dray, along with his daughter and son-in-law, and his other 12 year old daughter. He had gone to pick up some goods and to deliver them to a neighbour, Mr Duke of Sandy Creek. Upon leaving Mr Duke's at a distance of about 600 yards, the horse missed it's footing and the dray tipped over, throwing John and his 12 year old daughter into a waterhole. John Dobikin struck his head on the side of the wheel and fractured his skull, dying instantly. His daughter was unscathed. Catherine died at Emmaville in 1891.