Letitia Waddle

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Naomi Parsons on 23rd March 2026

There is a possible death record for Letitia- recorded as 'Lydia Wardle' buried 19/08/1835 within St Philips parish, Sydney. Aged 41. Age is exactly right and previous records call her Letia and Wardle.

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Maureen Withey on 15th October 2023

LANCASHIRE ASSIZES, Tuesday, Aug. 18. CROWN SIDE.— BANK PROSECUTIONS James Waddle, aged 24, and Letitia Waddle, aged 24 (a woman more than ordinarily good- looking, and modest in her demeanour at the bar) charged with the uttering of forged notes, were  persuaded to plead guilty to the possession, and were consequently acquitted of the capital charge They were sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. James Waddle addressed bis Lordship praying his interference to get £22 restored to him, which Miller, the constable, had taken from him His Lordship ordered that any property of that kind should be immediately restored. Miller positively asserted that he had never found any money at all upon his person. Lancaster Gazette, 29 Aug 1818.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 13th February 2021

New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools, Applications For Admission - 1825 Date of Petition; Petitioner; Letitia Waddle Father; Prisoner of the Crown and resides near Windsor Mother; Letitia Waddle Reason; Mother in jail at Wallis Plains, Name of Child; William Waddle. Aged upwards of 6 years old. Ordered to be submitted. Was baptised at Parramatta about 4 years ago Australia, Birth Index, Name: William Waddle Birth Date: 1820. Birth Place: New South Wales. Registration Year: 1820 Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Father: Waddle. Mother: Letitia Volume Number: V18205329 1B New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Baptisms, Date of birth; 26 Nov 1820. Baptism Date: 14 Jan 1821. Parish: St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta Father: Thomas ?? Waddle. Mother: Latia Waddle New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools. Applications for Removal No; 32/572. William Waddle - 12 years of age. Application for removal: 10 Dec 1832 Petitioner Name: John Betts, for a domestic servant. -----------------------

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 18th October 2020

1822 - 11 Jan. Nurse in the Hospital; to be sent to the Factory. On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta. Charged with leaving her Employment without leave a assaulting a free woman. To be sent to the Factory have her head shaved and wear a log until further orders 1822 - Wife of James, the scourger and constable at Newcastle; resident with Mr Mudie of Patricks Plains. Refused to join her husband "on account of the peculiarity of his Employment"; Scourger - a person who whips someone 1828 - Census. No; 1417. Age 35. Employment; Mrs Wylde. Cabramatta. G. S, 1828 - Census Householders Return. Employed as a Housemaid. Religion; Protestant 1835 - 17 March. Certificate of Freedom. 35/141. Name: Letitia Waddle Age: 41. Birth Year: 1794 Native Place: County Down, Northern Ireland Offence: Uttering Forged Notes Date of Trial; 15 August 1818 Trade or Calling; Servant Sentence: 14 years Height; 5 ft. 5 1/2 inches Complexion: Ruddy Hair; Dark Brown Eyes; Haze. General Remarks; Scar on right check bone

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Carol Axton-Thompson on 9th November 2014

Letitia Waddle and husband James Waddle were both found guilty of uttering forged notes. 14 yr transportation sentenced. Letitia was sent to New South Wales on the 'Lord Wellington' in 1820. (James came on the 'Baring' 1819.) Letitia - b. 1794 Co. Down, Ireland. 5'5 1/2"; ruddy complexion; Hazel eyes; brown hair. Colony: upon arrival, assigned to Nicholas Bayley at Paramatta, Sydney. 1822 - employed as a nurse at Paramatta hospital. Sent to the Female Factory after leaving her employment and assaulting a female person. After leaving the Factory, was assigned to James Mudie in the Hunter Valley. In 1823 the Mudie family moved to Newcastle on the cutter "Mermaid" and Letitia is listed as accompanying them. 06/09/1827: Sydney Gaol - Letitia was sent to the Female Factory. In 1828 Letitia was recorded at Cabramatta assigned to Joseph Wylde. 1830: Sydney Gaol - on her way to Newcastle. 1835: Certificate of Freedom. Husband James had been assigned a Constable at the Newcastle Penal Settlement. He requested that Letitia and their child join him but she did not go. James was later transferred to Port Macquarie.