Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Charles Woodivis was transported on the York, departing 11th Aug 1832 and arriving 29th Dec 1832 with 201 passengers.
The York I was built in Southwick, West Sussex, England in 1819. 429 tons. Three voyages to Australia with transport convicts - 1829, 1830 and 1832. The York II was built in Sunderland, England in 1854. 940 ton ship. Transported convicts and pensioner guards and families to Western Australia in 1862.
York (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 386 |
| 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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Convict Notes
There is a Baptism For Charles Woodiwis. Manchester, Lancashire. 3 Dec 1809. Son of William and Martha Woodiwiss.
Manchester Times 21 April !832. Charles Woodiwis, 21 and John Simpson, 18 were indicted for stealing from the person of Mary Morton on the 21st of January a purse containing about £8, the property of her husband Thomas Morton. Simpson pleaded Guilty and Woodiwis not guilty. From the evidence it appeared that on the day mentioned in the indictment a number of loose characters amongst whom were the prisoners, were abusing a female in hanover Street, apparently with the intenton of collecting together a crowd, that they might pick pockets and on Thomas Morton remonstrating with them they assaulted him. His wife came out of the house to get him away from the crowd but had not many out minutes before her pocket was picked by Simpson, and Woodiwis was aiding and assisting him. Several witnesses swore to seeing Simpson take the purse out of her pocket and give it to another lad telling him "to cut" and then they all ran away, but shortly after the two prisoners were taken into custody. The jury found Woodiwis guilty . Both prisoners had been repeatedly convicted before and the chairman sentenced them to transported for life.
This man's correct name was Woodiwiss. In Tasmania, his name is recorded with one final s. His daughter, Ellen, was recorded with two final s's. He almost certainly came from Derbyshire, probably around the Bonsall / Matlock area.