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From: "Michael Cheeseman" <>
Subject: RE: [CONVICT] LINTO; Wiiliam George
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:48:38 +0800
In-Reply-To: <002701c2a93a$488813b0$45d33bcb@a2z3s6>


Hello Mike

Happy To hear from you since I worked at Big Bell Gold Mine in Cue. With
fellow lister
Dale Longman who I worked with at CSIRO 91-94 on the list as well it goes to
show what
a small world we live in.

Anyway to your request.

I have William George Linto was born 1804 in England. William was married in
England
with two children possibly widowed but this is not always the case even
though William
married in WA. He was literate and practiced the Church of England religion.
He worked
as a ploughman when convicted at Bridgewater on the 3rd of July 1849 for
stealing a hive
of bees. This may be Bridgewater near Taunton in Somerset England. Having a
previous
conviction William was sentenced to 10 years. As was customary he would have
spent 11
months in solitary confinement. Which Gaol he was sent to after being
convicted can be
found in P.Com 2 files for UK Prisons held at Battye. It is very likely
though that he
was sent to newly built Portland (Island) Prison in Dorset near Weymouth
where convicts
were used to Quarry Portland Stione and could be loaded on ships for
Transport to WA.

In December 1850/January 1851 William was placed on the Convict Transport
Ship "Mermaid"

"Mermaid"
This 473 ton barque was built in Calcutta in 1817. It was employed as a
convict transport
and left Portsmouth, England on January 9, 1851 bound for the Swan River
Colony.

The Mermaid arrived at the colony at Swan River Settlement on the
????7th/13/21st of May 1851.

Upon William's arrival in Western Australia his details were taken and he
was given a
new convict number different to the one he would have had in the UK
Prison(s)? he was
confined at.

William George Linto WA convict number 211 sentenced to 10 years at
Bridgewater was 46 years
old married with two children occupation Ploughman physical description was
5 feet 3 inches
tall, hair dark brown, eyes grey, face round, complexion dark, had whiskers
and Fore and
middle finger of left hand broken.

Granted a Ticket of Leave on the 17th of February 1852 upon which he would
either be assigned
an employer in the specified district listed on the Ticket of Leave which he
could not leave, curfew of 6 pm and other Leave conditions or if without an
employer would stay at a government convict depot working on various works
projects.

In the Half yearly returns 1853 sent back to England from the Colonial
government is noted William Linto was granted permission to marry.
Correspondence letters from William to the
Governor are likely to be found in Battye Library CSO Inward bound
letters.William married in 1853 to Mary Reading b 1823/4 county Kerry in
Ireland daughter of John Reading and Mary O'Dea. Mary having arrived in WA
circa 1850. In 1854 they had their first child John. William Linto
was granted a Conditional Pardon on the 26th of January 1856 part of which
included he could
not return to England. That year a son William was born followed in 1857 by
another son Walter. In 1858 son Stephan was born.

Mike your lucky here the 1859 Census was like all others, destroyed except
for York. William
Linto is listed at York as a small farmer. In 1860 son George was born,
Daughter Mary in 1862, Bridget in 1864 (baptised at York Roman Catholic
church). Mother Mary being Roman Catholic.
William bought/built York town lot 1868.

N.B. a Robert Hardington in Yeovil, Somerset is referenced as Kin to William
Linto.

William Linto died 23.12.1878 but headstone states died 1880 and born 1805.

Children :

John b 30.4.1854 married Jane Gault at York RC 6.5.1875. John Linto at York
was a
labourer 1876, Fencer 1885, Farmer 1888. Other occupations may be found in
children's
birth certificates. John had : Robert b 1877, William b 1879 d 1906,
Margaret
Mary b 1881, Matilda Mary b 1883, John Joseph b 1885, Flora b 1886, John
Henry b 1888
John died 12.8.1903 at York. Buried in the RC section.

William b 10.11.1856 at York married 23.8.1883 at the York Roman Church to
Catherine Grady daughter of Patrick and Julia. William had : Kate b 1884,
Helen b 1886 d 1914, William b 1888
d 1889, Amy b 1889, Lily b 1892, Thomas b 1894, Ethel Mary b 1896, Jessie b
1898, Lesley Fred
b 1900, Arthur William b 1902. Wife Catherine kept a coffee palace in York.
William died 24.11.1906

Walter b 1857 ?

Stephan b 22.8.1858 at York married 6.2.1883 at the York Roman Church to
Winifred Toomey
b 1855 at Sea the daughter of William Toomey and Julia/Joanna Cahill.
Winifred arrived on
the ship "Hamilia Mitchell" on the 6.4.1859 with her parents. Had York Town
lot 1867, worked
as a fencer, ganger and employed by railways. Subscribed to Greenough relief
Fund in 1888.
(Greenough then a populous area in 1888 was flooded out destroying many
buildings and at
least one well known local identity drowned). Stephan had: Johanna Julia b
1883, Mary
Josepine b 1885, Patrick Joseph b 1887, Monica b 1888, Patrick b 1890,
Winifred b 1894
d 1895, Frances Cecilia b 1897, Michael Stephan b 1898 all at York. Wife
Winifred died
13.11.1908 and Stephan died 26.1.1925 at York.

George b 5.5.1860 at York married 18.11.1880 at the York Roman Church to
Catherine Peacock
bp 25.5.1860 daughter of Frederick Peacock and Mary Kavan/Cavanaugh. George
was a farmer at
York, Clearing contractor in charge of a team of Chinese workman. Carting
contractor to the Goldfields before the construction of the railway then
Ganger on the Railway. George had :
James b 1882 d 1955, Mary b 1883, Clara J. Josephine b 1886, George Joseph b
1887 d 1960,
Amy, Eva b 1894, Pheobe Elizabeth bp 1891. George died 11.1.1930 at York.
Wife Catherine
died 20.12.1934

Mary b 1862 married 9.5.1886 at Perth Church of England to Frederick Thomas
Crowder
son of William N. (Gentleman). Frederick had arrived from the eastern states
on the
"Otway" on the 16.3.1879 with his wife and child. First wife Annie aged 30
died
21.1.1886. Mary may have been employed by Frederick at first to look after
his daughter
Ellie b 1877 in South Australia? Frederick applied for 112 and a half acres
Swan District
1880 as immigrant grant. Listed as a Cordial Manufacturer In Perth (Almanac
1884-1889)
in patnership with Letchford. Chairman Perth Gas Co formed 1883? Mr and Miss
Crowder
went to Victoria 4.4.1886 per the "Franklin". Member Legislative Council
(MLC) South East Province 1894-1900 and East Province 1900-1902. Frederick
died in 1902.

Bridget b 1864 married 6.5.1886 at the York Roman Church to Charles Mead b
25.11.1863
son of Thomas Mead and Elizabeth Smith. Charles had the reputation as a
"mechanical
genius". He was a blacksmith a York. Shod Cobb & Co horses and was employed
by Swansons.
He was educated by a private Tutor at "Springhill". Employed Ticket of Leave
convict men.
Bridget had : Jane b 1886 York died 1960 South Australia, Bridget b 1888,
Teresa b 1889,
Hilda May b 1891 d 1960, Eva b 1892 d 1967, Bertha b 1894 d 1968, William
Charles b 1895
d 1973, Thomas George b 1897 d 1935, Brandon b 1899 d 1899, Mary Elizabeth b
1900,
Mabel b 1902. Charles Mead died 23.9.1904 at York of Pneumonia after
attempting to rescue
a boy from the river. Wife Bridget nee Linto died 20.9.1920.

Mike I hope some of this is helpful.

regards

Michael Cheeseman


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