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Richard Rodwell was transported on the Cornwall, departing 28th Feb 1851 and arriving 11th Jun 1851 with 300 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/17, Page Number 46 |
| 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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Thank you D Wong, I will pass this info onto Richard Rodwell. His grandfather Richard Rodwell is buried at Yerranderie. M Pozza.
Richard Rodwell was 33 years old on arrival, his native place was Knighton, Leicester. Richard was 5’4 ¾” tall, could read and write a little, fresh complexion, brown hair and whiskers, grey eyes. Richard was married – wife Elizabeth and 2 children at Leicester. Mother: Mary Brother: John Sisters: Elizabeth, Mary-ann, Sarah, Ellen, Martha, Hannah. 28/9/1852: TOL 5/10/1852: Recommended for a CP John Coker and his wife Louisa (nee Duckett) and 6 children arrived per “Molton’ 30/10/1854. John Coker disappeared between 1854 -1859. Louisa then had a relationship with Richard Rodwell and had 2 sons, William born 5/11/1859 (he married Eliza Gore at St Marks on 17/7/1882). Richard born 20/2/1863 and died 1920 – he married Ann (Annie) Aylin (1866-1938) at Bathurst NSW in 1891. 1898-1901 Richard was a miner at Hill End, NSW. They had 3 sons – William George Rodwell born 1894 at Lucknow, NSW and died 28/9/1917, aged 23, in France, Killed in Action. James W. born 1905 at Picton, NSW Richard – no birth date found but he is listed on the NSW BDM as dying in 1948 at Parramatta – Parents were Richard and Annie. 3/11/1917 The Bathurst Times: Mrs. Rodwell, of North Sydney and late of Hill End, has been advised that her eldest son, Private William Rodwell, has fallen in France. Her younger son, Dick, is still in the firing line. He, too, had been wounded, but recovered and went back to the front. 17/8/1889 The Mercury, Hobart: RODWELL.-On Tuesday August 6, at Hobart, Richard Rodwell, after a long and painful illness, in the 70th year of his age. Richard died at the Hobart General Hospital of Hemiplegia (paralysis – usually from a stroke). Louisa died in 1871.
Janine Rodwell confirmed the B & D of Richard Rodwell, is there any information on Richard Rodwell born 20th Feb 1863 parents Richard Rodwell & Louisa Coker. Richard died at Yerranderie NSW 58 years born Tasmania father Richard. Maria Pozza.