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    juliewebber
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    Is there any way of finding out what happened to a convict after they arrived in Australia ?
    Charles Love was convicted of burglary in Warwickshire Assizes in 1861 and sentenced to 10 yrs. He was sent to Western Australia in 1862 on The York. Not sure where to start looking so see what happened to him - any suggestions gratefully received.
    Many thanks

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    Hi juliewebber,

    I am in Victoria, Austraia. I have two gr gr grandparents who were transported to Tasmania c. 1845 and the records in the Tas. Archives and local newspapers exceed any info I was able to find of shore, until very recent times. The British Newspapers often carry articles relating to these "criminals". Check the State Archives of Western Australia. Some of our learned friends on B.G. are sure to pick up this thread, so be patient. You will probably be swamped with information!! The convict records here should give you a description of the individual and if there was any application to marry, after arrival in the colonies. Date of death can also be helpful. Often these convicts went on to become very useful citizens and stories can be traced through their descendants..Cheers Wendyar.

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    Ancestry show a marriage for a Charles Love in Marriage Place: Fremantle Western Australia
    Registration Year: 1874
    Registration number: 3681
    Spouse Name: Elizabeth Reed

    He was not the only Charles Love available in Australia tho'. Every state seemed to have one.

    Can you give his birth date & or Parents names to help in searches?

    Also, it was not unknown for such persons to return to UK.

    Just found him aged 43 when sentenced, still not too old to marry in 1874 providing he was not already married in Uk.
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    https://www.
    fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/Convict.aspx

    Convict Database

    Search the Convict Database to learn about the men (some 9,720) who were transported to the Swan River Colony, Western Australia from 1850 to 1868.

    This database is built on research undertaken by Rica Erickson and Gillian O’Mara for the publication Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887 Dictionary of Western Australians Volume IX, University of Western Australia Press 1994.

    LOVE, Charles

    click on his name to see his record of term & pardon in Fremantle Goal.
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    Hi
    He was born in 1821 in Enfield to John Love and Louisa Love (nee Watts). He married Susan Robinson in 1840, I believe she died in 1871 in Islington, London. I haven't been able to find him on any census from 1881 in the UK.

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    Convicts in Tasmania remarried whether they were previously married or not. A firey debate came up about that subject, just a year or so ago. The Church in Australia turned a blind eye to the matter and convicts were encouraged to take up the matrimonial state whether they had left behind a spouse and children or not. It was believed to have created a more harmonious community. No divorce necessary. Most thought they had no hope of returning to their homes. There was doubt in the debate as to whether convicts had to wait the obligatory 7 years before taking new vows. Tas Archives had no idea!! You are correct when you said many returned home after serving their sentences. Many also found conditions in Australia to be more comfortable than home, stayed and sent for their families later. wendyar.

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    For anyone trying to help, there is a previous thread on the family of Charles Love here which gives some additional background information. Post #15 onward concentrates on Charles.

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    A couple of thoughts Julie...

    If his wife Susan died in 1871 then he would have been free to marry again and the marriage in 1874 the Wendy has found to Elizabeth REED is certainly a possibility. I do wonder if she died as there is this death record in the same year ...

    1874 LOVE ELIZABETH Age 40 Unknown Unknown

    Can't see a death for Charles LOVE in the Western Australia BDM. One of my convicts returned home after his pardon. You say you can't find him in the 1881 census but could he have returned home and died before the 1881 census? For example. there is this death record in the index...

    DEATH Sep 1879 Croydon 2A 108
    LOVE, Charles
    Age: 60
    Est. birth date: 1819

    Did Charles have any family in the Croydon area that he may have returned home to?

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    Also thinking aloud again here! I am surprised that so late in the century Charles Love had the full 10 year sentence imposed on him. Victoria was on the throne and colonists were tired of having shiploads of convicts dumped on their doorstep. By the 1850's Victoria was pardoning shiploads of convicts and they arrived as exiles, were set free and told to get out of town. Perhaps the west was the last dumping ground?? wendyar

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    Also check out "Convicts to Australia" The full convict list of the "York" appears complete with physical description of your Charles Love: General Farm Labourer. Reg. No. 6653. You should be able to purchase a copy of his convict record which will probably give any other convictions etc. if he completed his term or if was actually pardoned after arrival. That is, if you don't already have it. wendyar.

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