George Withers, 18041878 (aged 74 years)

Name
George /Withers/
Given names
George
Surname
Withers
Birth
Text:

age given as 20 in 1824 and stated native of Berkshire. [see immigration below]

Immigration
Text:

George Withers, one of 160 convicts transported on the Guildford, 22 August 1823
Date of Birth: 14th October, 1802
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 29th August, 1878
Age: 75 years
Crime: Larceny
Convicted at: Berks. Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years
Ship: Guildford
Departure date: 22nd August, 1823
Arrival date: 15th [sic] March, 1824
Place of arrival New South Wales
Passenger manifest Travelled with 159 other convicts

Citation details: p. 344
Text:

The ship Guildford (6) arrived in NSW 5 Mar 1824

Citation details: Bound Indentures 1823-1826
Text:

George Withers, Berks Quarter Sessions, 8 Apr 1823, 7 years, native of Berks, a ploughman age 20, 5 feet 5 inches tall salllow complexion, dark brown hair and hazel eyes

Citation details: Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 14 April 1823 p. 4
Text:

"The Quarter Sessions for Berkshire were held at Newbury, on Tuesday, before C. Dundas, Esq. and a full Bench of Magistrates, when the following prisoners were tried...
George Batten and George Withers, for stealing six sheep skins, the property of Mr. Montagn, Esq - seven years transportation.

Census
Text:

Whters, George, 21, Guildford (6), 1823, 7 years, Protestant, Amos Crisp Lower Minto, government servant

Religious marriage
Citation details: Granted 1830
Text:

Geo. Withers, 26, Guildford, 7 years, free
Susannah Lloyd, 22, Harmony, 14 years, bond
Rev. Robert Cartwright, Campbelltown

Text:

Name: George Withers
Spouse Name: Susannah Lloyd
Marriage Date: 1830
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1830
Volume Number: V B

Citation details: 1830 (Reel 3035)
Text:

George Withers, 26, bachelor, Guildford (6), 1824, 7 years, free by servitude, labourer in the district of Lower Minto
Susannah Lloyd, 22, spinster, Harmony, 1826, 14 years, bond

Citation details: No 59
Text:

George Withers of the parish of Lower Minto
and Susannah Lloyd of the same parish
were married in this church with consent of the Governor
this 4th day of Aug 1830
George and Susannah both made their X marks in the register
in the presence of John Brien of Lower Minto who made his X mark in the register
and Ellen Moore of Lower Minto who made her X mark in the register

Death
Text:

Name: George Withers
Death Date: 1878
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: John
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Place: Goulburn, New South Wales
Registration Number: 5987

Source: Gravestone
Text:

29 Aug 1878 [see burial below]

Burial
Source: Gravestone
Text:

ERECTED
in
memory of
GEORGE WITHERS
WHO DIED
AUGUST 29TH 1878
AGED 88 YEARS.
WEe have loved him during life
let us not forget him after death
God of mercy Jesus blest!
Grant him thy eternal rest.

Family with Susannah Lloyd
himself
18041878
Birth: about 1804Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 29, 1878Goulburn, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
wife
18061880
Birth: about 1806
Death: February 25, 1880Goulburn, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageAugust 4, 1830Campbelltown, South Coast and Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia
9 months
son
18311904
Birth: May 15, 1831 27 25 Lower Minto, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1904Gundagai, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
20 months
son
18321832
Birth: 1832 28 26
Death: March 1832Macquarie Fields, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
13 months
son
18331893
Birth: February 3, 1833 29 27 Lower Minto, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1893Goulburn, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18351909
Birth: about 1835 31 29
Death: 1909Boorowa, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
18381877
Birth: about 1838 34 32
Death: 1877Yass, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
23 months
son
18391895
Birth: December 6, 1839 35 33 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1895Hay, Lower Western, New South Wales, Australia
18 months
son
18411916
Birth: May 28, 1841 37 35 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1916Hornsby, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
18431925
Birth: May 7, 1843 39 37 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1925Crookwell, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
16 months
son
18441915
Birth: August 21, 1844 40 38 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1915Petersham, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18471921
Birth: 1847 43 41 Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1921Crookwell, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
son
18491916
Birth: March 31, 1849 45 43 New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1916Narromine, Central Western Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18511917
Birth: 1851 47 45 Gunning, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1917Wagga Wagga, South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Text:

age given as 20 in 1824 and stated native of Berkshire. [see immigration below]

Immigration
Text:

George Withers, one of 160 convicts transported on the Guildford, 22 August 1823
Date of Birth: 14th October, 1802
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 29th August, 1878
Age: 75 years
Crime: Larceny
Convicted at: Berks. Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years
Ship: Guildford
Departure date: 22nd August, 1823
Arrival date: 15th [sic] March, 1824
Place of arrival New South Wales
Passenger manifest Travelled with 159 other convicts

Citation details: p. 344
Text:

The ship Guildford (6) arrived in NSW 5 Mar 1824

Citation details: Bound Indentures 1823-1826
Text:

George Withers, Berks Quarter Sessions, 8 Apr 1823, 7 years, native of Berks, a ploughman age 20, 5 feet 5 inches tall salllow complexion, dark brown hair and hazel eyes

Citation details: Hampshire Chronicle - Monday 14 April 1823 p. 4
Text:

"The Quarter Sessions for Berkshire were held at Newbury, on Tuesday, before C. Dundas, Esq. and a full Bench of Magistrates, when the following prisoners were tried...
George Batten and George Withers, for stealing six sheep skins, the property of Mr. Montagn, Esq - seven years transportation.

Census
Text:

Whters, George, 21, Guildford (6), 1823, 7 years, Protestant, Amos Crisp Lower Minto, government servant

Religious marriage
Citation details: Granted 1830
Text:

Geo. Withers, 26, Guildford, 7 years, free
Susannah Lloyd, 22, Harmony, 14 years, bond
Rev. Robert Cartwright, Campbelltown

Text:

Name: George Withers
Spouse Name: Susannah Lloyd
Marriage Date: 1830
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Campbelltown, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1830
Volume Number: V B

Citation details: 1830 (Reel 3035)
Text:

George Withers, 26, bachelor, Guildford (6), 1824, 7 years, free by servitude, labourer in the district of Lower Minto
Susannah Lloyd, 22, spinster, Harmony, 1826, 14 years, bond

Citation details: No 59
Text:

George Withers of the parish of Lower Minto
and Susannah Lloyd of the same parish
were married in this church with consent of the Governor
this 4th day of Aug 1830
George and Susannah both made their X marks in the register
in the presence of John Brien of Lower Minto who made his X mark in the register
and Ellen Moore of Lower Minto who made her X mark in the register

Death
Text:

Name: George Withers
Death Date: 1878
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: John
Registration Year: 1878
Registration Place: Goulburn, New South Wales
Registration Number: 5987

Source: Gravestone
Text:

29 Aug 1878 [see burial below]

Burial
Source: Gravestone
Text:

ERECTED
in
memory of
GEORGE WITHERS
WHO DIED
AUGUST 29TH 1878
AGED 88 YEARS.
WEe have loved him during life
let us not forget him after death
God of mercy Jesus blest!
Grant him thy eternal rest.