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From: "Stuart Tokely" <>
Subject: Re: ELLIS family of Diss
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:48:27 +1000


Hi Margaret
Welcome to a very active and helptul list
The following may be of use to you
Henry Ellis m Mary Coe 5/11/1801 in Diss
Henry Ellis m Elizabeth Peacock 7/1/1829 in Shelfanger
Henry Ellis m Elizabeth Rolfe 26/11/1832 in Shelfanger
Shelfanger is 3 km north of Diss
Maureen in Melbourne

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Wise <>
To: <>
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2003 9:29 AM
Subject: ELLIS family of Diss


>Hello Everyone,
>As I am new to the list I would like to introduce myself and submit my
first
>query.
>
>My name is Margaret Wise, a retired primary school teacher of thiry-eight
>years, married with two daughters, two-step daughters, eleven
grandchildren,
>two great-grandchildren (step) and expecting a third and I'm only fifty six
>years of age. My husband and I live about a mile out of the centre of
>Hobart, Tasmania where the weather is still extremely cold considering it
is
>well into the Spring season.
>
>My query is about the 'ELLIS' family from Diss. My great-great
grandfather,
>Henry Ellis, believed to be the son of Henry Ellis and Mary Coe, was born
>about 1805 but no church record has yet been found for his birth. The IGI
>record was submitted by an LDS member and therefore can't be verified.
>
>However, Henry Jun., together with Benjamin Jackaman, stole some malt, oats
>and sacks from a maltery in Palmer Street at Walsham Le Willows where
>Benjamin Jackaman was employed. These two were caught, convicted in the
>Suffolk Assizes at Bury and on 7 March, 1837 they were sentenced to be
>transported to Van Diemen's Land for seven years each arriving at Hobart
>Town on 18 January, 1838 per the Neptune.
>
>On the Genuki Norfolk website (William White's History, Gazetteer, and
>Directory of Norfolk 1845) I found, in a Directory of Diss the following
>members of the ELLIS
>family:
>Simpson Ellis, farmer, owned his own land at Heywood.
>Henry Ellis, farmer, at Heywood
>Robert Ellis, farmer, owned his own land at Scole Road.
>
>Henry Ellis' Convict Indent form on arrival in Tasmania stated that he was
>married with three children and had a father and wife at his native place.
>As he was born about 1805 it is probable that he married about 1825. I
>can't find a marriage or children for him on the IGI so I have no idea of
>his wife's name. However, I am confident that his father's name was Henry.
>
>As there was no mention of his mother, it could be presumed that she had
>died. Where do I look for the death of Mary ELLIS?
>
>Could SKS please check the 1841 Census and see if any of the above can be
>verified. Not "living on site", it is a bit difficult to even know where
to
>look, let alone obtain the information from such a great distance.
>
>I would be really grateful for any information about this family at all.
>
>Should anybody require information from "The Great South Land", I would
>consider it a privilege to offer my assistance.
>
>Cheers,
>Margaret
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