Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of Oliver Michael JACOBS
For privacy reasons, Date of Birth and Date of Marriage for persons believed to still be living are not shown.

LEAR, Tasman John William {I00819} (b. 1852, d. 09 AUG 1907)

Note: Tasman LEAR, Mill owner, Surges Bay, Kent County, TAS, 1890-1 (Rootsweb TAS)

From the book "Jubilee History of Tasmania" Vol 2 part 2 pages 10-11. State Library of Victoria Stack. I am paraphrasing. Mr Joseph GOURLAY, married second daughter of the late Charles JESSOP. Timber business, head depot at Constitution Dock, to be moving to larger premises frontage to Macquarie-street. Now I quote "Mr. Tasman Lear is a native of Melbourne, where he was born in 1851, being the eldest son of Mr. John J. Lear, of South Gippsland. The whole of the business at the main depot is under the personal supervision of Mr. Lear." Joseph GOURLAY married Lillias JESSOP in 1878. There is no birth certificate for a Lillias Jessop, but there is one that matched the date and month, (one year out according to Lillias' gravestone) for a Lillias GRAY, daughter of John GRAY and Ann nee WALKER. Informant Anne JESSOP. As informants are often relatives, this will be the connection. I would like to establish the relaionship, and once the photo, (coming some time soon?) connects the families even closer it will be worthwhile asking BEARD, JESSOP and associated families if they have any knowledge of Lillias, any wills in which she may be mentioned, etc The small tintypes are of Lillias, Anne JESSOP and "Grandma BEARD" according to now deceased members of the GOURLAY family. Hence both the BEARD and JESSOP family will be of interest to us. Do you have LEAR family ancestors to tie in Tasman LEAR? I assume so as "My connection is thru their second child Susannah Priscilla Beard who married John James Lear." Thus Joseph's partner is a son of Susannah Priscilla Beard and perhaps Joseph's wife is a niece of Susannah's. Do you know more about Anna Elizabeth GRAY parentage, birth dates, deth dates, age at death? Anna who married Isaac LEAR 23 December 1871. I have not found an appropriate death for Ann GRAY nee WALKER. Thus I do not know her parentage. I had assumed Ann GRAY died sometime close to the birth of Lillias, for the JESSOP family to bring her up. Lots of questions. One may tie the knot. Regards, Bev Rodan

Source: (Burial)
Title: AIG Cemetery IndexSource Medium: Microfiche

Data:
Text: Tasman JW LEAR 9/8/1907 Alberton Vic.

Source: (Individual)
Title: Victorian Probate RecordsSource Medium: Book

Source: (Death)
Title: Victorian Probate RecordsSource Medium: Book

Page: 105-105
Data:
Text: Died 9/8/07

Occupation: Date: 09 AUG 1907
Place: Tarraville, Victoria, Australia

Religion: Place: Alberton, Victoria, Australia

Probate: Date: 09 JAN 1908
Place: Tarraville, Victoria, Australia

Note: Phone: 02 522 9716

Source: (Birth)
Title: AnecdotalSource Medium: Unknown
Source Quality: Low
Verbal or handwritten (unpublished) family stories, letters, conversations etc. Dubious quality - all require substantiation.

Page: Athalie Jacobs
Athalie Jacobs

Source: (Death)
Title: Ryerson Index of Newspaper Obits and Deaths NSW
Publication: Name: Sydney Morning Herald index;Source Medium: Book

Page: Sydney Morning Heral Deaths 12 Nov 1997
Data:
Text: FIDDEN,Thelma May 11NOV1997 93 Death 12NOV1997 SMH

Source: (Birth)
Title: Tasmanian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: GRD32 1833 #4869

Source: (Burial)
Title: AIG Cemetery IndexSource Medium: Microfiche

Data:
Text: Aged 75 Warnambool

Source: (Individual)
Title: Argus Shipping MovementsSource Medium: Book

Source: (Death)
Author: O'Shea
Title: O'shea Index to Hobart MercurySource Medium: Book
Source Quality: low

Event: Type: Moved
Date: 11 SEP 1848
Place: CShip "Circassian" Hobart to Melbourne

Event: Type: Electoral Roll
Date: 1856
Place: Smyth's Creek, Miner's Right, Ballarat, Woodi Yallock Div.

Religion: Place: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Note: Solomon Britton (9)
Thomas Lear (11)
Both drowned in a pit belonging to Samuel Whittuck when water broke in from an old coal works. Inquest Oldland 8.4.1813.

Source: (Birth)
Author: Unknown (probably Peter Peterson)
Title: Petrol Book
Publication: Name: c 1900;Source Medium: Book
Source Quality: low
A school exercise book containing a fabricated family history of the LEAR family containing mostly facts but hiding the fact that several family members were convicts.Repository:

Name: Originally held by Bill Piper

Source: (Baptism)
Title: Hanham & Oldland*, Gloucestershire. Baptism register 1796-1812Source Medium: Book

Data:
Text: 1801 Nov 08 Thomas s/o John/Jane LEAR

Source: (Burial)
Title: Bristol and Avon Family History SocietySource Medium: Internet

Page: Bristol & Avon Family History Society
Data:
Text: http://www.bafhs.org.uk/burialindex/burialslca1.htm 18 Apr 1813 LEAR Thomas 52 Gloucs Bitton, St Mary (age at death is misprint - should be 12)

Religion: Place: St. Marys, Bitton, GLS, ENG

Source: (Birth)
Title: Victorian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: 1853 1419

Source: (Death)
Title: Victorian DeathsSource Medium: Book

Page: 1853 2069

Source: (Birth)
Title: Victorian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: 1856 13701

Source: (Birth)
Author: Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
Title: International Genealogical Index (IGI)Source Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Low
This is an index only and requires confirmation of actual recordsRepository:

Name: http://www.familysearch.org

Page: C310446

Source: (Birth)
Title: Tasmanian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: GRD33 1877 #2777

Source: (Birth)
Title: Victorian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Victorian Births: 1872 23200

Source: (Death)
Title: Victorian DeathsSource Medium: Book

Page: 1962/12650
Data:
Text: Aged 89

Source: (Birth)
Title: EstimateSource Medium: Other
Estimate based on other known records

Page: from Death record

Source: (Death)
Title: Tasmania DeathsSource Medium: Civil Registry
Source Quality: High

Page: RGD35 #621
Data:
Text: Father James. Age 0

Note: Lady Emma Hamilton, the de facto wife of Lord Horatio Nelson (Viscount Nelson) (1758-1805) is reputedly a relative of Wardrop.

Note: Old family story reputedly states that a relative (possibly a Lear) was Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena (1815-1821). Note - Napoleon (Bonaparte) was also exiled to Elba (Mediterranean) in 1814 for less than one year.

Actor (vaudeville and comedy).

UK Channel Islands 1901 Census lists Wardrop H. Lear a visitor from Victoria Australia as a worker in an establishemnt and trade as theatrical actor.

Address
Sands Directory 1916
30 Sir John Young Crescent
Sydney NSW

1923
37 Taylor St.
Sydney NSW

1928
1 Dellview St.
Bondi NSW

Source: (Birth)
Author: Adelaide Theresa Lear (notes)?
Title: Lear Family BibleSource Medium: Book
Source Quality: Low
Bible appears to have been owned originally by Adelaide Theresa Lear. Information is inside front cover page 5. Printed after 1860 and probably before 1880. Held by Michael JacobsRepository:

Name: Michael Jacobs
Address: 5 Chatsworth close Port Macquarie NSW 2444

Lear Family Bible

Source: (Burial)
Title: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
Publication: Name: On line database;Source Medium: Internet
Source Quality: mediumRepository:

Name: http://www.esmp.nsw.gov.au/

Data:
Text: Name Date Age Location LEAR, Wardrop Hamilton 21-06-1949 74 Scattering

Source: (Individual)
Title: UK Census 1901Source Medium: Book

Source: (Death)
Author: New South Wales, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: NSW DeathsSource Medium: Book
Source Quality: High

Data:
Text: 8516/1949 LEAR WARDROP HAMILTON FRANCIS THERESA HURSTVILLE

Source: (Individual)
Title: Victorian Police Records 1901 - 1936Source Medium: Book

Event: Type: Arrived
Date: FEB 1904
Place: Arrived Melbourne from Foreign Port Aged 27 with May and Harold (James Ward?)

Event: Type: Arrived
Date: SEP 1901
Place: Melbourne, Vic from foreign port aged 19

Religion: Place: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Census: Date: 1901
Place: UK Channel Islands

Source: (Death)
Author: Society of Australian Genealogists
Title: AGCI (Australian Genealogical Computer Index)
Publication: Name: Index of Miscellaneous Events;Source Medium: Microfiche
Source Quality: Medium
Collected by Family History Societies around Australia.

Page: VGSV CTR11579 P8
Data:
Text: Burial from cemetery Transcript Infant

Note: 1. William was a convict. He arrived in Tasmania on the "Dromedary" January 1820
Convicted with James Baker (24), possibly his

2. Convict Record Reference:
Page 057
Fiche 643
File 395
Shelf 4/4007
Convicted Gloucester Assize 8/31/1818 and sentenced to 7 years transportation.
3. Record at SAG: Lear W.
Licensee of New Hotel
Elizabeth St. Hobart
1828
5. Newspaper record, Hobart: 1825
Lear, Wm granted a certificate of freedom
6. Lear W - mention encroachment LSD 1/79 /p
7. Lear William stayed Albion (inn), Elizabeth Street 5 Oct 1838; 11 Oct 1839; 8 Oct 1841
Index to HTG
8. Lear William - allotment in Hobart surveyed 1844 LSD 1/80/p.55 V60
9. Lear William - 9 perches Hobart Town 27 Jan 1845 SC285 219
(items 6,7,8,9 courtesy of Diana Hale/Bill Piper)
10.Albion Hotel, Elizabeth Street
1828 William LEAR
1834-35 James LEAR
1838-46 William LEAR
Also Isaac and Lawrence LEAR(?) were publicans.
From "Pubs in Hobart from 1807" David J Bryce
The "Albion Tavern" was sited approximately where 'Katies' fashion boutique
is currently located, on the western side of the Elizabeth Mall, two doors
south-east of Cat and Fiddle Arcade. Although having a narrow frontage on
the street, it has been said that it went 'well back' from the street.

Under the sign "Albion Tavern", it was licensed in 1823, and was immediately
regarded as a first-class eating house for nautical people in the 1870s,
serving a really tip-top luncheon for 1/- (10c). Other hotels at that time
did the same, but some were as high as 5/-(50c). Pay your money and take
your choice' as they once said!

As a coaching inn, Burbury's coaches set out from the "Albion" in Hobart,
and the "Criterion Hotel" in Launceston in competition with Page's coaches.

The "Albion" blossomed into a notable coaching house in the 1840s, through
to and including portion of the 1880s, being the New Town 'bus terminus' for
"Cooley's Hotel" for over half a century. Later, c. 1917, the "Albion" was
reported to be a 'First class coffee and eating house.' The land on which
the "Albion in 1915, was reported to have been valued at £300.0.0 - £400.. 0.
0 per foot.

The "Albion" was demolished in the early 1960s, along with a great deal more
of the central business district of Hobart.

11. From Hobart Sands Directories
(State Library of NSW)
1833
LEAR, William, Baker, Elizabeth St., Hobart
LEAR, James, Albion, Wellington St., Hobart

1835
LEAR, William, Yeoman, Hobart (not sure what yeoman implied in TAS at this
time)
LEAR, James, licensed victualler, Hobart

1847
LEAR, W, Elizabeth St., Hobart
LEAR, J., Murray St., Hobart
LEAR, S., Argyle St. Hobart (don't now who this is? could it be Samuel)

1854
LEAR, Isaac, Miller, Argyle St. Hobart (is the above a misprint for Isaac
given the same Street name?)
LEAR, James, Baker, Murray St. (seems like William has moved to Vic. and
James has taken over the bakery?)

12. (email from Louis Daniels, lvdan@ozemail.com.au, whi is writing a book on Hobart hotels from 1803 to 1880)
1. Albion Hotel
LICENCING RECORD:
May 1823: Evan Henry Thomas received a license to keep a common inn and retail wine spirits and beer at the Sign of the Albion, Elizabeth Street, Hobart Town.
November 1824: Peter Copeland licensed for the Albion Inn.
December 1824: Timothy Bentley licensed for the Albion.
October 1825: E H Thomas
October 1829: William Lear deprived of his license.
October 1830: Felix Murray
September 1831: John Jones
September 1832: James Lear
September 1834: James Lear
September 1835: William Lear
October 1838: William Lear
September 1840: William Lear
September 1845: William Lear
November 1847: Transfer from O'Neil to Basstian
September 1851: William Lear
September 1851: T Allwright
September 1853: Susannah Elizabeth Allwright
December 1854: Susannah Allwright
November 1856: Transfer from Mrs Allwright to her new husband, John Reid Richards
December 1856: John Reid Richards
December 1857: John Reid Richards
December 1858: John Reid Richards
December 1859: John Reid Richards
December 1860: John Reid Richards
December 1861: John Reid Richards

PRESS CUTTINGS:
13 September 1823: HTG: Albion Hotel and Coffee House: The delicate health of my wife rendering me anxious to reside in the country, I will let the above named extensive and well patronised establishment together with most of the furnishings on liberal terms. This hotel is known as the chosen resort of Captains, Gentlemen and new Settlers, its recent improvements are considerable - its stabling, chaise-house, and piggery are convenient, and from experience I assert that it offers to any couple, who combine politeness with industry and prudence, the amplest reason to anticipate success. Evan Henry Thomas.
1 November 1823: HTG: Mr Evan Henry Thomas having leased for three years the Albion Hotel to Mr Peter Copeland, late of the Ship Inn, most anxiously solicits etc.
3 December 1824: HTG: Albion Hotel Tavern and Coffee House, Wellington Bridge. This truly respectable and well known House of Public Entertainment has recently been reopened by Mr Timothy Bentley who trusts by assiduity, cleanliness, and a constant supply of the best provisions, wines spirits and beers to deserve the general patronage, which he is most anxious to obtain, etc. - the attached stabling is extensive and the utmost attention paid to horses.
1 October 1825: HTG: Albion Hotel: Mr Evan Henry Thomas on re-entering his above named and formerly well patronised establishment, pledges his constant endeavours to deserve and presumes with great submission to solicit a share of respectable support.
20 October 1827: HT Courier: To be let, Albion Hotel, close to Wellington Bridge, etc.
2 December 1842: Courier: Licensing Court decision reversed - William Lear regains license.
18 April 1867: Mercury: Advertisement - Henry Mitson, Albion Inn - having laid in a superior stock, necessary to the carrying on of a first class business, hopes to meet with a fair share of support. The stable accommodation is also very superior - a good hostler is always in attendance. Inn and stable charges in accordance with the times.

ILLUSTRATIONS:

Williams Collection:
Photograph Frame: Albion Hotel, Elizabeth Street, 1901
Caption: none
Licensee: C Davis.
File Card: Licensed 1823 as an Inn and Coffee House - starting point for the daily coaches for both town and country.
1823-25 - Licensee E Thomas
1831, license transferred from Felix Murray to James Jones.
1832-33, J Lear
1841, W Lear
1852-53, W Allwright, owner Broadribb, rent 80 pounds.
1855, Susan Allwright, owner Broadribb, rent 110 pounds.
1857, W Allwright.
1860, John Richards
1867, Henry Mitson
1881-2, Richard Aughey
1887, J Ransley
Mr E H Thomas advertised in the Hobart Town Gazette, 11 February 1826, that he is intending to reside upon his farm, and offers the above licensed extensive and respectable premises for a term of either two or three years.
Mr W Evan Thomas on re-entering his above named and formerly well patronaged establishment pledges his earnest endeavours to deserve and presumes with great submission to solicit a share of respectable patronage. HTG 8 October 1825.

(This is from my document on my own ancestor, William Champion, and the "he" refers to him.)

Certainly he was very loyal to his friends, most of whom came from the same background and business class as himself. He was willing to publicly support others when injustices occurred. In 1845 Isaac Lear lost a case in the Court of Requests when William Peet, a bailiff, swore that he had seen him frequently write his name. His brother, William Lear, swore that Isaac was unable to read or write, but the jury believed Peet. William therefore inserted a declaration in the press for some weeks, whereby sixteen citizens of note certified that Isaac had never been seen to write his signature, other than by affixing his mark. William Champion and his brother-in-law George Mills were among them.

(This is from another document about another of my ancestors, whose brother Henry Mitson was licensee of the Albion much later than the Lears.)

From 1867 to 1869 he was at the "Albion" Inn, Elizabeth Street . The "Albion" was on the western side of Elizabeth Street, in what is now the Mall, two doors south-east of Cat and Fiddle Arcade. It was a coaching inn, from where Burbury's Coaches left for Launceston each day. It was first licensed in 1823, and fell victim to the massive destruction of old Hobart in the early 1960s. Henry gave up the license to William Hatton in May 1869.

He aimed to make it a respected hotel, and as it was the site for a number of inquests and other public functions, he may well have succeeded. In 1867 he advertised for some time in the Mercury, the wording of which reveals his aim.

Having laid in a superior stock, necessary to the carrying on of a first class business, hopes thereby to meet with a fair share of support. The stable accommodation is also very superior. A good hostler is always in attendance. Inn and stable charges in accordance with the times.

When the city was illuminated for the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in January 1868, Mitson had a picture of an anchor in the window of his hotel, with a gas light shining behind it.

An advertisement on the same day asked readers of the Mercury to look out for a white Manilla Poodle, answering to the name of Pompey, and to bring him to the Albion Hotel to receive a reward. Maybe he was the pet of the young ladies of the house, Rosa Mitson and her cousins, frightened away by the crowds and the noise of the Royal Visit.

A vivid description of the "Albion Inn" in 1857 was published in 1930.

The Albion Inn was licensed in 1823 as an Hotel and Coffee House, and was a first class eating house for nautical people in the seventies, serving a really tiptop luncheon for 1/-. Other hotels did the same, and some were as high as 5/-, pay your money and take your choice.

The house has undergone many changes. Before the introduction of tram cars in Hobart, it was the starting point for the New Town buses, or as they were called, "Cooleys", seeing as they ran between there and Cooley's Hotel at Moonah, to whom they belonged, and were stables there. The smaller buses ran through the day, but at 1 and 6 pm it was a busy time at the Albion for they started off with the large coach and four in hand. There was always an additional horse waiting at the hills to hook on and lighten the pull.

As the clock struck those hours there was a cheery "Gee Up," and the cracking of the long whip, together with the rattle of the horses' hoofs on the road, made music with an echo from the buildings.

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Info about the Ship Dromedary"

A great number of the Royal Navy's fighting ships ended their days as hulks. Stripped of sailing gear, upper decks roofed over and lower decks converted to cells or store rooms. In this state they were commonly used as prisons or barracks or floating store houses or hospitals. Hulks of one sort or another were used for many years in Bermuda. Moored in St. Georges Harbor, Murry's Achorage, Spanish Point and at Ireland Island.
The hulk that this find is centered around is the Dromedary. A ship of 20 guns which arrived in Bermuda in 1826 with the second shipment of 100 convicts destined to spend many years at hard labor building the Dockyard. The Dromedary was ordered to stay in Bermuda and converted to a hulk for 400 newly arriving convicts. For 37 years she lay along side short arm of the Dockyard at the southern entrance to the north basin, a short distance from the quarries and construction sites that the convicts would be laboring. In 1851, having built the bridge to Bows Island and the new barracks, 600 prisoners were moved off the Caramando hulk and the Dromedary and onto the island.

For the next 40 years the Dromedary would become a kitchen for the working prisoners and those who guarded them. With hundreds of prisoners and guards coming and going, some living on the hulks for days, their waste as well as treasures, ended up overboard into 30 feet of water and buried for the next 150 years. Until now.

We are interested in international recognition for the work that has been done and the unique nature of the one-of-a-kind artifacts. Other sites in Bermuda have been discovered that we have yet to explore. We are interested in individuals possibly seeking to research, publicize and dramatize the importance of this serious find. These clues to the past have gone unrecognized because of the atrocities that occurred and unwillingness of people in the present to recognize the inhumanity at that time. There is a story to be told in the finding of these artifacts and we are looking for help in telling it. Thank you.
(see website http://www.inad.com/bermuda/)

Convicts

More than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. About 80,000 convicts were sent to New South Wales, including a few to Port Phillip (Victoria) and Moreton Bay (Queensland) which were part of NSW until 1851. Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) received 69,000. The last convicts to land in eastern Australia were in Tasmania in 1853. Western Australia only started receiving convicts in 1850 and continued to 1868 - 9,700 convicts were sent to WA to help its very small population to build public buildings. No convicts were sent to South Australia.

12.William Lear Dromedary 7 August 1818
Aug 13 1829 FS/ Assaulted Philip Smith, fined £5 [J Hone & JHM]
Mar 22 1831 F.S./ Breach of the Peace & creating an affray
on the Race Course at New Town on the 7th Instant.
To find penalties for his good behaviour for 6 months / CPM & APM

(per Bill Piper)
________________________________________________________________________

From email dated 25/5/2000
There are several cards in the General Index in Tas. Archives Office relating to
the names of James, Samuel, William and Isaac LEAR including petitions for
Town Allotments, death notices etc. William as the licencee of the Good
Woman Inn - 1838, 1839, 1841, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846.
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Hi again Michael
William Lear, convict No. 45787. Went back into the convict Cd but there is
no port of arrival. Would take a guess on Hobart but really don't know.
Best to contact the Archives after the new year.
Best wishes
Pam Bell, Melbourne
-----Original Message-----
From: michael jacobs
To: PAMELA BELL
Date: Tuesday, 26 December 2000 22:44
Subject: Re: Convict Info - James BAKER
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Quite frankly, whatever you are prepared to share that would help me put
together a useful biography. My postal address is PO Box 446 JAMISON, ACT
2614, if that makes it easier. I'm almost frightened by the task ahead, so
the less original research I have to do, the better for me, and the more
accurate and useful the final product will probably be. Thanks again for
your help.

Lou
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Maldon Index (area of Maldon, Victoria)Purchases of Land in Maldon area
Lear, William RB488 WB Hse, Parkins Reef. (assume this means weatherboard house)
Parkins Reef is near Maldon which is near Castlemaine, Victoria, half way between Ballarat and Bendigo (also near Eaglehawk). It was an early gold mining area
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LEAR Wm. 15 Feb 1817 19 Bitton Labourer Q/Gc5/1 (Conviction record Gloucester)
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William died in the Eaglehawk area which is now part of Bendigo.
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It would seem William and his family headed for the Victorian goldfields around 1848. His daughter Nancy was married in Victoria in 1849. According to a report from the Victorian govt (http://heritage.vic.gov.au/PDFS/HGMS/sites/north_west_victoria/MaldonMiningDivision4.pdf) Lear purchased an interest in a mine at Parkins Reef (near Maldon) around 1859
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Archives Office of Tasmania On Line Index

Type Identifier Title Start Date End Date
Item NS162/1/4 Supplemented plan of the valuable premises in Elizabeth Street and Albion Row the property of Mr William Lear which will be sold by auction on Wednesday the 16th of February, by Lowes and MacMichael (MS water damaged). nd 31 Jul 1832
Item NS543/1/1065 Photograph of Lear (man)
Item NS543/1/1075 Photograph of Mr E. Lear
Item NS543/1/1566 Photograph of Lear (man)
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Victoria Public Records Office
Alphabetical index to male prisoners
Lear William Register #8879 Register 15 page 85
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Type Identifier Title Start Date End Date
Item NS162/1/4 Supplemented plan of the valuable premises in Elizabeth Street and Albion Row the property of Mr William Lear which will be sold by auction on Wednesday the 16th of February, by Lowes and MacMichael (MS water damaged). nd 31 Jul 1832
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Lear, William. Jury Duty Tasmania, 1835,39,40,42,43
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20/2/1824 Appointed Constable of Hobart HTG 20/2/1824

Source: (Name)
Author: Gloucester County Council, ENG
Title: Gloucestershire Record Office Genealogical DatabaseSource Medium: Internet

Page: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx

Source: (Birth)
Title: AnecdotalSource Medium: Unknown
Source Quality: Low
Verbal or handwritten (unpublished) family stories, letters, conversations etc. Dubious quality - all require substantiation.

1798.....Estimated from Marriage records 1804.....Derived from private family records not sighted by the Tasmanian Archives Office

Source: (Birth)
Title: AnecdotalSource Medium: Unknown
Source Quality: Low
Verbal or handwritten (unpublished) family stories, letters, conversations etc. Dubious quality - all require substantiation.

Page: Email from Kaye Purnell kayepur@ozemail.com.au
Data:
Text: Raw data provided to Kaye by: Bill Piper Drey Cottage High St. Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12-OAB England dreycott@clara.net

Source: (Baptism)
Title: Hanham & Oldland*, Gloucestershire. Baptism register 1796-1812Source Medium: Book

Data:
Text: 1798 Mar 04 William s/o John/Jane LEAR

Source: (Burial)
Title: Bendigo Cemeteries TrustSource Medium: Internet
All burials at Bendigo/Eaglehawk

Page: Eaglehawk Cemetery Records
Data:
Text: Old Monumental Section A Part 4 2/235 (Lear) and 3/235 Pearsall

Source: (Burial)
Title: Victorian DeathsSource Medium: Book

Data:
Text: See Death Certificate

Source: (Individual)
Title: CensusSource Medium: Book

Source: (Individual)
Author: Govt. of Tasmania
Title: Archives Office of TasmaniaSource Medium: BookRepository:

Name: 77 Murray St, Hobart, TAS

Source: (Individual)
Author: Gloucester County Council, ENG
Title: Gloucestershire Record Office Genealogical DatabaseSource Medium: Internet

Source: (Individual)
Title: Hobart Town Gazette

Event: Type: Moved
Date: ABT 1850
Place: Hobart to Eaglehawk, Vic - probably in search of gold

Event: Type: Arrived
Date: 28 JAN 1820
Place: Tasmania on the "Dromedary"

Event: Type: Convicted
Date: 31 AUG 1818
Place: Gloucester Assizes

Event: Type: Ticket of Leave
Date: APR 1823
Place: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Occupation: Date: BET 1828 AND 1846
Place: Publican Albion Hotel, Elizabeth St, Hobart

Property: Date: FEB 1834
Place: 10 Acres at Bellerive (Hobart)

Property: Date: JAN 1835
Place: Grant claim of 38 perches in Hobart Town

Property: Date: 23 DEC 1837
Place: 3 roods 4 perches at Bellerive

Property: Date: 17 NOV 1843
Place: 38 perches Hobart Town

Property: Date: 27 JAN 1845
Place: 9 perches Hobart Town

Religion: Place: Eaglehawk Cemetery, County of Bendigo, Vic.

Census: Date: 1842
Place: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Note: From Victorian Mining Accident List
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/miners/l.htm

Lear, Wm.
1886/03/10
Injured
Married, 25 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Source: (Birth)
Title: Victorian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: 1860 20854

Source: (Death)
Author: New South Wales, Birth, Death and Marriage Registrar
Title: NSW DeathsSource Medium: Book
Source Quality: High

Data:
Text: Registration Number Last Name Given Name(s) Father's Given Name(s) Mother's Given Name(s) District Purchase Certificate 5049/1909 LEAR WILLIAM WILLIAM MATILDA COBAR

Note: From:http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/miners/l.htm#L
Mining Accidents

Lear, Wm.
1886/03/10
Injured
Married, 25 Y. O.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst
(A.R.Sec.Mines)

Source: (Burial)
Title: Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Vic, AUSSource Medium: Internet
On Line index direct from Cemetery
http://www.fcmp.com.au/

Data:
Text: Fawkner Crematorium And Memorial Park wishes to advise that the location of the buried remains of the late William George Lear aged 76 are located at Church Of England: Compartment R Grave 0272.

Religion: Place: Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Gardens, Vic, AUS

Source: (Birth)
Title: Victorian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Vic Births:1865 #7780

Source: (Burial)
Title: Victorian DeathsSource Medium: Book

Source: (Death)
Author: Adelaide Theresa Lear (notes)?
Title: Lear Family BibleSource Medium: Book
Source Quality: Low
Bible appears to have been owned originally by Adelaide Theresa Lear. Information is inside front cover page 5. Printed after 1860 and probably before 1880. Held by Michael JacobsRepository:

Name: Michael Jacobs
Address: 5 Chatsworth close Port Macquarie NSW 2444

Address: 46 Hanover st. / Fitzroy, Vic. / Australia

Religion: Place: Melbourne Cemetery

Source: (Individual)
Author: Australian Federal Government
Title: Australian National ArchivesSource Medium: Internet
Source Quality: Good
Index available on line:
http://www.naa.gov.au/
Primarily records after Federation (1901)Repository:

Name: Canberra Australia

Occupation: Date: 1915
Place: Butcher

Note: Maldon Index (area of Maldon, Victoria)Purchases of Land in Maldon area
Lear, William RB488 WB Hse, Parkins Reef. (assume this means weatherboard house)
Parkins Reef is near Maldon which is near Castlemaine, Victoria, half way between Ballarat and Bendigo (also near Eaglehawk). It was an early gold mining area
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Outwards passengers from Melbourne

LEAR WILLIAM 26 CITY OF HOBART II MAR 1859 HOBART TOWN MAR 1859 001
LEAR WILLIAM 32 CITY OF HOBART I FEB 1858 HOBART TOWN FEB 1858 001

Source: (Birth)
Title: Tasmanian State Archives Web SiteSource Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: Medium

Page: Tasmanian Christenings: 1830 RGD 3398/32

Source: (Birth)
Title: Tasmanian BirthsSource Medium: Book

Page: GDR32 1830 #3398

Source: (Individual)
Title: Victorian Outward Passengers 1852 - 1886Source Medium: Book

Source: (Death)
Title: AnecdotalSource Medium: Unknown
Source Quality: Low
Verbal or handwritten (unpublished) family stories, letters, conversations etc. Dubious quality - all require substantiation.

Data:
Text: Gold Fileds data from Bill Piper

Event: Type: Departed
Date: FEB 1858
Place: Melbourne for Hobart on City of Hobart I aged 32

Event: Type: Electoral Roll
Date: 1856
Place: Castlemaine, Vic, Castlemaine Borrough, Miner's Right

Event: Type: Departed
Date: FEB 1859
Place: Melbourne for Hobart on City of Hobart II aged 26

Event: Type: Electoral Roll
Date: 1856
Place: Campbell's Creek, Fryerstown Div. Miners Right

Will: Date: 1717
Place: Will proved

Residence: Date: ABT 1630
Place: Northcourt, Shorewell, IOW, ENG

Source: (Name)
Author: Netherlands Govt. Registrar of Civil Records
Title: GenLias
Publication: Name: Dutch on-line searchable records;Source Medium: Electronic
Source Quality: High
On line data typically covers years 1811-1900Repository:

Name: http://www-lias.rad.archief.nl/genlias/ara/logon?cid=-1

Page: Utrecht/281/329/Woerden/Marriage/14